The functional roles of marine sponges

By J. Bell. 2008

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Subfields: Biotechnology, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change

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Citations in the corpus

The role of sponge competition on coral reef alternative steady states (2011, neutral): “Sponges constitute an abundant and functionally important component of coral reef systems (Bell, 2008; Díaz and Rützler, 2001).”
Deep-sea sponge grounds of the Flemish Cap, Flemish Pass and the Grand Banks of Newfoundland (Northwest Atlantic Ocean): Distribution and species composition (2012, background): “They also have biochemical and genetic properties which make them a valuable source of chemical compounds for the pharmaceutical industry (Thakur & Müller 2004; Bell 2008).”
Marine Animal Microbiomes: Toward Understanding Host–Microbiome Interactions in a Changing Ocean (2017, background): “Sponges (phylum Porifera) are common members of the ocean’s diverse benthic habitats and their abundance and ability to filter large volumes of seawater have led to the awareness that these organisms play critical roles in influencing benthic and pelagic processes in the ocean (Bell, 2008).”
An Overview on Marine Sponge-Symbiotic Bacteria as Unexhausted Sources for Natural Product Discovery (2017, background): “Sponges are sessile, ancient metazoans from the phylum Porifera [49,54–57] that date back about 600 million years [58,59] and the fact that sponges have survived in different and extreme environments for as long as they have demonstrates that modern sponges are highly evolved and successful organism”
The distribution of deep-sea sponge aggregations in the North Atlantic and implications for their effective spatial management (2016, background): “Studies in shallow waters have suggested sponge communities create complex habitats supporting high biodiversity, provide refuge for fish, are a source of novel chemical compounds, and have an important role in biogeochemical cycling (Bell 2008; Maldonado et al., 2016).”
An Overview of the Animal Forests of the World (2017, background): “The distribution of sponges, and their dominance in many ecosystems, is driven both by physical and biological factors, with depth, substrate type, and current regimes being among the most important (Bell 2008).”