Rapid diversity and abundance decline in a Caribbean coral reef sponge community

By J. Wulff. 2006

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Subfields: Biotechnology, Ecology, Immunology

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In Biotechnology

1. J. Bell
2. S. Leys
3. K. Bjorndal
4. A. Bolten
5. Gert Wörheide
6. J. Wulff

In Ecology

1. Bj Godley
2. K. Bjorndal
3. M. Chaloupka
4. AC Broderick
5. A. Bolten
6. Lucy A. Hawkes
7. J. Bell
8. R. Dam

In Immunology

1. J. Bell
2. A. Bolten
3. K. Bjorndal
4. S. Leys
5. Maria Byrne

Citations in the corpus

• Somatic growth dynamics of West Atlantic hawksbill sea turtles: a spatio‐temporal perspective (2016, background): “In some areas within our study region, abundances of sponges, corallimorpharians and zoanthids have declined as a result of diseases, thermal stress, or over- harvesting for the aquarium trade (Peterson et al. 2006, Wulff 2006, McClanahan et al. 2009, Torres- Pratts et al. 2011).”
• Beyond corals and fish: the effects of climate change on noncoral benthic invertebrates of tropical reefs (2008, background): “Although we have records of decreasing diversity and abundance of noncoral tropical invertebrates (e.g. Panama sponges in Wulff, 2006), the underlying causes remain unknown, particularly regarding interactions between multiple natural and anthropogenic stressors.”
• Hawksbill sea turtles in seagrass pastures: success in a peripheral habitat (2010, background): “Their close association with coral reefs suggests that the survival outlook for hawksbills may be further jeopardized by the well-documented decline in quality and quantity of reef habitats (Pandolfi et al. 2003; Mora 2008) and reef-associated fauna (Jones et al. 2004; Wulff 2006 ).”
• Ecological interactions of marine sponges (2006, background): “A pattern of disproportionately frequent disease in keratose sponges (e.g., Smith 1941; Pansini and Pronzato 1990; Pronzato et al. 1999; Cervino et al. 2000; Wulff 2006a) was suggested by Vicente (1989) to reflect increased vulnerability owing to temperature stress in these sponges that may have evo”
• Sponge Grounds as Key Marine Habitats: A Synthetic Review of Types, Structure, Functional Roles, and Conservation Concerns (2016, background): “%) and a 42.6 % drop in the local sponge biomass (Wulff 2006).”