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

Marine microbial symbiosis heats up: the phylogenetic and functional response of a sponge holobiont to thermal stress

(2013) Lu Fan et al.   ISME Journal

A complex life cycle in a warming planet: gene expression in thermally stressed sponges

(2013) N. Webster et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Ocean Acidification and Coral Reefs: Effects on Breakdown, Dissolution, and Net Ecosystem Calcification

(2012) Andreas J. Andersson et al.   Annual Review of Marine Science

Recognising ocean acidification in deep time: An evaluation of the evidence for acidification across the Triassic-Jurassic boundary

(2012) Sarah E. Greene et al.   EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS

Ocean acidification reduces coral recruitment by disrupting intimate larval-algal settlement interactions

(2012) Christopher Doropoulos et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Sea anemones may thrive in a high CO2 world

(2012) David J. Suggett et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Ocean acidification reduces induction of coral settlement by crustose coralline algae

(2012) Nicole S. Webster et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Effects of seawater temperature and pH on the boring rates of the sponge Cliona celata in scallop shells

(2012) Alan R. Duckworth et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY

Effects of water temperature and pH on growth and metabolite biosynthesis of coral reef sponges

(2012) AR Duckworth et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Facilitation of coral reef biodiversity and health by cave sponge communities

(2012) M Slattery et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Restriction of sponges to an atoll lagoon as a result of reduced environmental quality

(2012) Ingrid S.S. Knapp et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Genomic insights into the marine sponge microbiome

(2012) Ute Hentschel et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

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

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

Ocean Acidification Accelerates Reef Bioerosion

(2012) Max Wisshak et al.   PLoS One

Diel Variability in Seawater pH Relates to Calcification and Benthic Community Structure on Coral Reefs

(2012) Nichole N. Price et al.   PLoS One

Episodic Eruptions of Volcanic Ash Trigger a Reversible Cascade of Nuisance Species Outbreaks in Pristine Coral Habitats

(2012) Tom Schils   PLoS One

The 27-year decline of coral cover on the Great Barrier Reef and its causes

(2012) G. De'ath et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

(2011) Joseph R. Pawlik   BIOSCIENCE

Assessing loss of coral cover on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef over two decades, with implications for longer-term trends

(2011) H. Sweatman et al.   CORAL REEFS

On the run: free-living mushroom corals avoiding interaction with sponges

(2011) B. W. Hoeksema et al.   CORAL REEFS

The role of sponge competition on coral reef alternative steady states

(2011) Manuel González-Rivero et al.   ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

Sponge-specific clusters revisited: a comprehensive phylogeny of sponge-associated microorganisms

(2011) Rachel L. Simister et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Marine sponges and their microbial symbionts: love and other relationships

(2011) Nicole S. Webster et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Ocean acidification impacts multiple early life history processes of the Caribbean coral Porites astreoides

(2011) REBECCA ALBRIGHT et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Nutrient utilisation by shallow water temperate sponges in New Zealand

(2011) Alejandra Perea-Blázquez et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Decadal-scale changes in abundance of non-scleractinian invertebrates on a Caribbean coral reef

(2011) Nicholas B. Colvard et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

Hymedesmia (Porifera: Demospongiae: Poecilosclerida) from Irish and Scottish cold-water coral reefs, with a description of five new species

(2011) C.E. Goodwin et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

Bleaching of the giant barrel spongeXestospongia mutain the Florida Keys

(2011) Steven E. McMurray et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

Complex interactions between marine sponges and their symbiotic microbial communities

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

Strict thermal threshold identified by quantitative PCR in the sponge Rhopaloeides odorabile

(2011) R Pantile et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Phylogenetic Relationships among NE Atlantic Plocamionida Topsent (1927) (Porifera, Poecilosclerida): Under-Estimated Diversity in Reef Ecosystems

(2011) Julie Reveillaud et al.   PLoS One

Multi-Scale Approach for Predicting Fish Species Distributions across Coral Reef Seascapes

(2011) Simon J. Pittman et al.   PLoS One

Atmospheric PCO2 Perturbations Associated with the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province

(2011) M. F. Schaller et al.   SCIENCE

The larval sponge holobiont exhibits high thermal tolerance

(2011) Nicole S. Webster et al.   Environmental Microbiology Reports

Losers and winners in coral reefs acclimatized to elevated carbon dioxide concentrations

(2011) Katharina E. Fabricius et al.   Nature Climate Change

Community ecology of mesophotic coral reef ecosystems

(2010) S. E. Kahng et al.   CORAL REEFS

Plasticity of larval pre-competency in response to temperature: observations on multiple broadcast spawning coral species

(2010) A. J. Heyward et al.   CORAL REEFS

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

(2010) Steven E. McMurray et al.   ECOLOGY

On the potential for ocean acidification to be a general cause of ancient reef crises

(2010) WOLFGANG KIESSLING et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Elevated seawater temperature causes a microbial shift on crustose coralline algae with implications for the recruitment of coral larvae

(2010) Nicole S Webster et al.   ISME Journal

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

Evidence of a resource trade-off between growth and chemical defenses among Caribbean coral reef sponges

(2010) W Leong et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Incongruence between the distribution of a common coral reef sponge and photosynthesis

(2010) RJ Bannister et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Ocean acidification compromises recruitment success of the threatened Caribbean coral Acropora palmata

(2010) R. Albright et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Rising to the challenge of sustaining coral reef resilience

(2010) Terry P. Hughes et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Do the organic sulfur compounds DMSP and DMS drive coral microbial associations?

(2010) Jean-Baptiste Raina et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Nitrogen fixation and nitrogen transformations in marine symbioses

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

An early Hettangian coral reef in southern France: Implications for the end-Triassic reef crisis

(2009) W. Kiessling et al.   PALAIOS

The Roles and Interactions of Symbiont, Host and Environment in Defining Coral Fitness

(2009) Jos C. Mieog et al.   PLoS One

Microbial disease and the coral holobiont

(2009) David G. Bourne et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Ocean acidification and calcifying reef organisms: a mesocosm investigation

(2008) P. L. Jokiel et al.   CORAL REEFS

The effect of temperature on larval pre-settlement duration and metamorphosis for the sponge, Rhopaloeides odorabile

(2008) S. Whalan et al.   CORAL REEFS

Physiology, phylogeny andin situevidence for bacterial and archaeal nitrifiers in the marine spongeAplysina aerophoba

(2008) Kristina Bayer et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The functional roles of marine sponges

(2008) James J. Bell   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

Beyond corals and fish: the effects of climate change on noncoral benthic invertebrates of tropical reefs

(2008) RACHEL PRZESLAWSKI et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Temperature thresholds for bacterial symbiosis with a sponge

(2008) Nicole S Webster et al.   ISME Journal

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

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

Population dynamics of a coral reef ascidian in a deteriorating environment

(2008) N Shenkar 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

Bleaching and stress in coral reef ecosystems:hsp70expression by the giant barrel spongeXestospongia muta

(2008) SUSANNA LÓPEZ-LEGENTIL et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Phase Shift from a Coral to a Corallimorph-Dominated Reef Associated with a Shipwreck on Palmyra Atoll

(2008) Thierry M. Work et al.   PLoS One

Ocean acidification causes bleaching and productivity loss in coral reef builders

(2008) K. R. N. Anthony et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA