Demography alters carbon flux for a dominant benthic suspension feeder, the giant barrel sponge, on Conch Reef, Florida Keys

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

(2016) Joseph R. Pawlik et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Differential recycling of coral and algal dissolved organic matter via the sponge loop

(2016) Laura Rix et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Selective feeding by the giant barrel sponge enhances foraging efficiency

(2016) Steven E. McMurray et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

Microbial and sponge loops modify fish production in phase-shifting coral reefs

(2015) Cynthia B. Silveira et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Population dynamics of giant barrel sponges on Florida coral reefs

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

Benthic grazing and carbon sequestration by deep-water glass sponge reefs

(2015) Amanda S. Kahn et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

Sponge symbionts and the marine P cycle

(2015) Albert S. Colman   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Phosphorus sequestration in the form of polyphosphate by microbial symbionts in marine sponges

(2015) Fan Zhang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Sizing ocean giants: patterns of intraspecific size variation in marine megafauna

(2015) Craig R. McClain et al.   PeerJ

The stage-classified matrix models project a significant increase in biomass carbon stocks in China’s forests between 2005 and 2050

(2015) Huifeng Hu et al.   Scientific Reports

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

(2014) SE McMurray et al.   Aquatic Biology

Resilience to Disturbance Despite Limited Dispersal and Self-Recruitment in Tropical Barrel Sponges: Implications for Conservation and Management

(2014) James J. Bell et al.   PLoS One

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

(2014) Benjamin Mueller et al.   PLoS One

Cell Turnover and Detritus Production in Marine Sponges from Tropical and Temperate Benthic Ecosystems

(2014) Brittany E. Alexander 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

Large-Scale Geospatial Mapping of Forest Carbon Dynamics

(2014) Jingjing Liang et al.   Journal of Sustainable Forestry

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

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

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

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

Temporal changes in benthic assemblages on Florida Keys reefs 11 years after the 1997/1998 El Niño

(2013) RR Ruzicka 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

Population structure determines functional differences among species and ecosystem processes

(2013) Volker H. W. Rudolf et al.   Nature Communications

Estimates of Particulate Organic Carbon Flowing from the Pelagic Environment to the Benthos through Sponge Assemblages

(2012) Alejandra Perea-Blázquez et al.   PLoS One

Demography of the demosponge Amphimedon compressa: Evaluation of the importance of sexual versus asexual recruitment to its population dynamics

(2011) Alex E. Mercado-Molina et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

Human activity selectively impacts the ecosystem roles of parrotfishes on coral reefs

(2011) D. R. Bellwood et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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

(2010) Steven E. McMurray et al.   ECOLOGY

In situ fluxes of dissolved inorganic nitrogen from the sponge community on Conch Reef, Key Largo, Florida

(2010) Melissa W. Southwell et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

The Impact of Climate Change on the World's Marine Ecosystems

(2010) O. Hoegh-Guldberg et al.   SCIENCE

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

Regional spatio-temporal trends in Caribbean coral reef benthic communities

(2009) VGW Schutte et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Genetic structure of the Caribbean giant barrel sponge Xestospongia muta using the I3-M11 partition of COI

(2008) S. López-Legentil et al.   CORAL REEFS

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

Size-dependent variation in the functional role of the parrotfish Scarus rivulatus on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

(2008) RM Bonaldo et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Herbivore species richness and feeding complementarity affect community structure and function on a coral reef

(2008) D. E. Burkepile et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A Novel Technique for the Reattachment of Large Coral Reef Sponges

(2008) Steven E. McMurray et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY