Trophic niche separation that facilitates co-existence of high and low microbial abundance sponges is revealed by in situ study of carbon and nitrogen fluxes

Sponge exhalent seawater contains a unique chemical profile of dissolved organic matter

(2017) Cara L. Fiore et al.   PeerJ

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

(2016) Joseph R. Pawlik et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Selective feeding by the giant barrel sponge enhances foraging efficiency

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

VacuSIP, an Improved InEx Method for In Situ Measurement of Particulate and Dissolved Compounds Processed by Active Suspension Feeders

(2016) Teresa Morganti et al.   Jove-Journal of Visualized Experiments

The HMA-LMA Dichotomy Revisited: an Electron Microscopical Survey of 56 Sponge Species

(2016) Volker Gloeckner et al.   BIOLOGICAL BULLETIN

The roles of amensalistic and commensalistic interactions in large ecological network stability

(2016) Akihiko Mougi   Scientific Reports

Microbial Diversity and Putative Diazotrophy in High- and Low-Microbial-Abundance Mediterranean Sponges

(2015) Marta Ribes et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

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

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

Trophic ecology of sponges from shallow to mesophotic depths (3 to 150 m): Comment on Pawlik et al. (2015)

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

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

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

Transcriptional activity of the giant barrel sponge, Xestospongia muta Holobiont: molecular evidence for metabolic interchange

(2015) Cara L. Fiore et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Trophic ecology of sponges from shallow to mesophotic depths (3 to 150 m): Comment on Pawlik et al. (2015)

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

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

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

Biofouling of inlet pipes affects water quality in running seawater aquaria and compromises sponge cell proliferation

(2015) Brittany E. Alexander et al.   PeerJ

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

Specificity and temporal dynamics of complex bacteria–sponge symbiotic interactions

(2013) Johannes R. Björk et al.   ECOLOGY

Removing environmental sources of variation to gain insight on symbionts vs. transient microbes in high and low microbial abundance sponges

(2013) Andrea Blanquer et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Syntrophy in microbial fuel cells

(2013) Jan Dolfing   ISME Journal

Sponges as important sources of nitrate on an oligotrophic continental shelf

(2013) John K. Keesing et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

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

Specificity and transcriptional activity of microbiota associated with low and high microbial abundance sponges from the Red Sea

(2013) Lucas Moitinho-Silva et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Impacts on Coralligenous Outcrop Biodiversity of a Dramatic Coastal Storm

(2013) Núria Teixidó et al.   PLoS One

Nitrogen Biogeochemistry in the Caribbean Sponge, Xestospongia muta: A Source or Sink of Dissolved Inorganic Nitrogen?

(2013) Cara L. Fiore et al.   PLoS One

Ecology of Caribbean Sponges: Are Top-Down or Bottom-Up Processes More Important?

(2013) Michael P. Lesser et al.   PLoS One

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

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

Molecular characterization of dissolved organic matter (DOM): a critical review

(2012) Antonio Nebbioso et al.   ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Functional convergence of microbes associated with temperate marine sponges

(2012) M. Ribes et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Ecological niche separation in the Polynucleobacter subclusters linked to quality of dissolved organic matter: a demonstration using a high sensitivity cultivation-based approach

(2012) Keiji Watanabe et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Bacterial community profiles in low microbial abundance sponges

(2012) Emily C. Giles et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Experimental silicon demand by the sponge Hymeniacidon perlevis reveals chronic limitation in field populations

(2012) Manuel Maldonado et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Combined effect of light exposure and microbial activity on distinct dissolved organic matter pools. A seasonal field study in an oligotrophic coastal system (Blanes Bay, NW Mediterranean)

(2012) Cristina Romera-Castillo et al.   MARINE CHEMISTRY

Genomic insights into the marine sponge microbiome

(2012) Ute Hentschel et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Complex interactions between marine sponges and their symbiotic microbial communities

(2011) Christopher J. Freeman et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

Differences Between Bacterial Communities Associated with the Surface or Tissue of Mediterranean Sponge Species

(2011) Berna Gerçe et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Dissolved Organic Matter in the Ocean: A Controversy Stimulates New Insights

(2011) Dennis Hansell et al.   OCEANOGRAPHY

Phylogenetic Diversity, Host-Specificity and Community Profiling of Sponge-Associated Bacteria in the Northern Gulf of Mexico

(2011) Patrick M. Erwin et al.   PLoS One

DOC dynamics in the meso and bathypelagic layers of the Mediterranean Sea

(2010) Chiara Santinelli et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Opposing effects of competitive exclusion on the phylogenetic structure of communities

(2010) Margaret M. Mayfield et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

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

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

Nitrogen fixation and nitrogen transformations in marine symbioses

(2010) Cara L. Fiore et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Deep sequencing reveals exceptional diversity and modes of transmission for bacterial sponge symbionts

(2009) Nicole S. Webster et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Evidence of nitrification and denitrification in high and low microbial abundance sponges

(2009) Marie-Lise Schläppy et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY

Global warming-enhanced stratification and mass mortality events in the Mediterranean

(2009) R. Coma et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Molecular Microbial Diversity Survey of Sponge Reproductive Stages and Mechanistic Insights into Vertical Transmission of Microbial Symbionts

(2008) S. Schmitt et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Diversity and expression of nitrogen fixation genes in bacterial symbionts of marine sponges

(2008) Naglaa M. Mohamed et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

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

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

Nitrification controls on fluxes and isotopic composition of nitrate from Florida Keys sponges

(2007) Melissa W. Southwell et al.   MARINE CHEMISTRY