Sponge chemical defenses are a possible mechanism for increasing sponge abundance on reefs in Zanzibar

 Biologically active substances from water invertebrates: a review

(2018) J. Sinko et al.   VETERINARNI MEDICINA

Coral reefs in the Anthropocene

(2017) Terry P. Hughes et al.   NATURE

A Vicious Circle? Altered Carbon and Nutrient Cycling May Explain the Low Resilience of Caribbean Coral Reefs

(2016) Joseph R. Pawlik et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Significance of investigating allelopathic interactions of marine organisms in the discovery and development of cytotoxic compounds

(2016) Anshika Singh et al.   CHEMICO-BIOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS

Coral microbial community dynamics in response to anthropogenic impacts near a major city in the central Red Sea

(2016) Maren Ziegler et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

A novel sponge disease caused by a consortium of micro-organisms

(2015) Michael Sweet et al.   CORAL REEFS

Crowding of white shrimp Litopenaeus vananmei depresses their immunity to and resistance against Vibrio alginolyticus and white spot syndrome virus

(2015) Yong-Chin Lin et al.   FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY

Bioactive Secondary Metabolites from the Red Sea Marine Verongid Sponge Suberea Species

(2015) Lamiaa Shaala et al.   Marine Drugs

A review of evidence for food limitation of sponges on Caribbean reefs

(2015) JR Pawlik et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Population structure and dispersal of the coral-excavating spongeCliona delitrix

(2015) Andia Chaves-Fonnegra et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Marine natural products

(2015) John W. Blunt et al.   NATURAL PRODUCT REPORTS

Ehrenasterol and biemnic acid; new bioactive compounds from the Red Sea sponge Biemna ehrenbergi

(2015) Diaa T.A. Youssef et al.   Phytochemistry Letters

Antimicrobial activity of selected benthic Arctic invertebrates

(2015) C. Angulo-Preckler et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

A review of evidence for food limitation of sponges on Caribbean reefs

(2015) JR Pawlik et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Persistent outbreaks of the “black disease” sponge Terpios hoshinota in Indonesian coral reefs

(2015) Hawis Madduppa et al.   Marine Biodiversity

Indirect effects of overfishing on Caribbean reefs: sponges overgrow reef-building corals

(2015) Tse-Lynn Loh et al.   PeerJ

Prevalence and Mechanisms of Dynamic Chemical Defenses in Tropical Sponges

(2015) Sven Rohde et al.   PLoS One

Vibrio coralliilyticus Strain OCN008 Is an Etiological Agent of Acute Montipora White Syndrome

(2014) Blake Ushijima et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Application of Diffusion Growth Chambers for the Cultivation of Marine Sponge-Associated Bacteria

(2014) Georg Steinert et al.   MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Seaweed-Coral Interactions: Variance in Seaweed Allelopathy, Coral Susceptibility, and Potential Effects on Coral Resilience

(2014) Roberta M. Bonaldo et al.   PLoS One

Cellular Effects of Bacterial N-3-Oxo-Dodecanoyl-L-Homoserine Lactone on the Sponge Suberites domuncula (Olivi, 1792): Insights into an Intimate Inter-Kingdom Dialogue

(2014) Johan Gardères et al.   PLoS One

Antibacterial Properties of Marine Sponges from Mauritius Waters

(2014) J Govinden-Soulange et al.   TROPICAL JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH

Could some coral reefs become sponge reefs as our climate changes?

(2013) James J. Bell et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Allelopathy in the tropical algaLobophora variegata(Phaeophyceae): mechanistic basis for a phase shift on mesophotic coral reefs?

(2013) Marc Slattery et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY

Towards the Small and the Beautiful: A Small Dibromotyrosine Derivative from Pseudoceratina sp. Sponge Exhibits Potent Apoptotic Effect through Targeting IKK/NFκB Signaling Pathway

(2013) Jui-Hsin Su et al.   Marine Drugs

Link between sewage-derived nitrogen pollution and coral disease severity in Guam

(2013) Jamey E. Redding et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Coral reefs in a crystal ball: predicting the future from the vulnerability of corals and reef fishes to multiple stressors

(2013) Timothy R McClanahan et al.   Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Manzamenones L–N, new dimeric fatty-acid derivatives from an Okinawan marine sponge Plakortis sp.

(2012) Takaaki Kubota et al.   BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS

Molecular cloning of partial 14-3-3 genes in the marine sponge Hymeniacidon perleve and its role in differentiating infectious and non-infectious bacteria

(2012) WanTao Fu et al.   CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN

Seaweed Allelopathy Against Coral: Surface Distribution of a Seaweed Secondary Metabolite by Imaging Mass Spectrometry

(2012) Tiffany D. Andras et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Spatial Variability in Secondary Metabolites of the Indo-Pacific Sponge Stylissa massa

(2012) Sven Rohde et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

N-acyl homoserine lactone production by bacteria within the sponge Suberites domuncula (Olivi, 1792) (Porifera, Demospongiae)

(2012) Johan Gardères et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY

Sponge disease in the Adriatic Sea

(2012) Cristina G. Di Camillo et al.   Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective

Isotopic and microbial indicators of sewage pollution from Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania

(2012) Molly A. Moynihan et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Vibrio owensii Induces the Tissue Loss Disease Montipora White Syndrome in the Hawaiian Reef Coral Montipora capitata

(2012) Blake Ushijima et al.   PLoS One

Structural and stereochemical investigations into bromotyrosine-derived metabolites from southern Australian marine sponges, Pseudoceratina spp.

(2012) Angela A. Salim et al.   TETRAHEDRON

The Chemical Ecology of Sponges on Caribbean Reefs: Natural Products Shape Natural Systems

(2011) Joseph R. Pawlik   BIOSCIENCE

Allocation of chemical and structural defenses in the sponge Melophlus sarasinorum

(2011) Sven Rohde et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

Brominated Compounds from Marine Sponges of the Genus Aplysina and a Compilation of Their 13C NMR Spectral Data

(2011) Narlize Silva Lira et al.   Marine Drugs

Evaluation of sewage source and fate on southeast Florida coastal reefs

(2011) J. Carrie Futch et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Sponge Mass Mortalities in a Warming Mediterranean Sea: Are Cyanobacteria-Harboring Species Worse Off?

(2011) Emma Cebrian et al.   PLoS One

Macroalgal terpenes function as allelopathic agents against reef corals

(2011) D. B. Rasher et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Polyketide-peroxides from a Species of JamaicanPlakortis(Porifera: Demospongiae)

(2010) Rabab Mohammed et al.   AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY

High CO2 enhances the competitive strength of seaweeds over corals

(2010) Guillermo Diaz-Pulido et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Impacts of artisanal fishing on key functional groups and the potential vulnerability of coral reefs

(2010) JERKER LOKRANTZ et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

The pathology of sponge orange band disease affecting the Caribbean barrel sponge Xestospongia muta

(2010) Hilde Angermeier et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Sea fan corals provide a stable isotope baseline for assessing sewage pollution in the Mexican Caribbean

(2010) David M. Baker et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

Prevalence of tissue necrosis and brown spot lesions in a common marine sponge

(2010) Heidi M. Luter et al.   MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH

Chemical defenses, nutritional quality, and structural components in three sponge species: Ircinia felix, I. campana, and Aplysina fulva

(2010) Christopher J. Freeman et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY

Immense Essence of Excellence: Marine Microbial Bioactive Compounds

(2010) Ira Bhatnagar et al.   Marine Drugs

Metagenomic analysis of stressed coral holobionts

(2009) Rebecca Vega Thurber et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The emerging role of pharmacology in understanding consumer–prey interactions in marine and freshwater systems

(2009) Erik E. Sotka et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Bitten down to size: Fish predation determines growth form of the Caribbean coral reef sponge Mycale laevis

(2009) Tse-Lynn Loh et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

Antiplasmodial Activities of Homogentisic Acid Derivative Protein Kinase Inhibitors Isolated from a Vanuatu Marine Sponge Pseudoceratina sp.

(2009) Nicolas Lebouvier et al.   Marine Drugs

The reef crisis and the reef science crisis: Nitrogen isotopic ratios as an objective indicator of stress

(2009) Mike Risk   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Chemical bioactivity of sponges along an environmental gradient in a Mediterranean cave

(2009) Xavier Turon et al.   SCIENTIA MARINA

Aplysamine 6, an Alkaloidal Inhibitor of Isoprenylcysteine Carboxyl Methyltransferase from the SpongePseudoceratinasp.

(2008) Malcolm S. Buchanan et al.   JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS

Phase-shift in coral reef communities in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS), USA

(2008) Ronald J. Maliao et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY

Competitive effects of macroalgae on the fecundity of the reef-building coral Montastraea annularis

(2008) NL Foster et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Antibacterial chemical defenses in Hawaiian corals provide possible protection from disease

(2008) DJ Gochfeld et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Alternative states on coral reefs: beyond coral–macroalgal phase shifts

(2008) AV Norström et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

One-Third of Reef-Building Corals Face Elevated Extinction Risk from Climate Change and Local Impacts

(2008) K. E. Carpenter et al.   SCIENCE