Selective feeding by the giant barrel sponge enhances foraging efficiency

The surprisingly complex immune gene repertoire of a simple sponge, exemplified by the NLR genes: A capacity for specificity?

(2015) Sandie M. Degnan   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Population dynamics of giant barrel sponges on Florida coral reefs

(2015) Steven E. McMurray et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

Sponge waste that fuels marine oligotrophic food webs: a re-assessment of its origin and nature

(2015) Manuel Maldonado   Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective

Trait-mediated ecosystem impacts: how morphology and size affect pumping rates of the Caribbean giant barrel sponge

(2014) SE McMurray et al.   Aquatic Biology

Natural Diet of Coral-Excavating Sponges Consists Mainly of Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC)

(2014) Benjamin Mueller et al.   PLoS One

Chemical defenses and resource trade-offs structure sponge communities on Caribbean coral reefs

(2014) T.-L. Loh et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

In situactivity of a dominantProchlorococcusecotype (eHL-II) from rRNA content and cell size

(2013) Yajuan Lin et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

A generalized functional response for predators that switch between multiple prey species

(2013) E. van Leeuwen et al.   JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY

Sponge heterotrophic capacity and bacterial community structure in high- and low-microbial abundance sponges

(2013) Ericka Poppell et al.   Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective

Temporal variation in food utilisation by three species of temperate demosponge

(2013) A Perea-Blázquez et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Surviving in a Marine Desert: The Sponge Loop Retains Resources Within Coral Reefs

(2013) Jasper M. de Goeij et al.   SCIENCE

Behavioral and morphological changes caused by thermal stress in the Great Barrier Reef sponge Rhopaloeides odorabile

(2012) Andrew J. Massaro et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

Demographics of increasing populations of the giant barrel sponge Xestospongia muta in the Florida Keys

(2010) Steven E. McMurray et al.   ECOLOGY

In situ investigation of Spongia officinalis (Demospongiae) particle feeding: Coupling flow cytometry and stable isotope analysis

(2010) Nur Eda Topçu et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

The effect of iron- and light-limitation on phytoplankton communities of deep chlorophyll maxima of the western Pacific Ocean

(2010) Zackary I. Johnson et al.   JOURNAL OF MARINE RESEARCH

Tracing 13C-enriched dissolved and particulate organic carbon in the bacteria-containing coral reef sponge Halisarca caerulea: Evidence for DOM-feeding

(2010) Jasper M. de Goeij et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

Particle capture mechanisms in suspension-feeding invertebrates

(2010) HU Riisgård et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Selective uptake of prokaryotic picoplankton by a marine sponge (Callyspongia sp.) within an oligotrophic coastal system

(2009) Christine E. Hanson et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

Particulate organic matter as a food source for a coral reef sponge

(2009) E. Hadas et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Selective feeding by sponges on pathogenic microbes: a reassessment of potential for abatement of microbial pollution

(2009) M Maldonado et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Redwood of the reef: growth and age of the giant barrel sponge Xestospongia muta in the Florida Keys

(2008) S. E. McMurray et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY

Major bulk dissolved organic carbon (DOC) removal by encrusting coral reef cavity sponges

(2008) JM de Goeij et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES