Ecology of sponge assemblages (Porifera) in the Wakatobi region, south-east Sulawesi, Indonesia: richness and abundance

By J. Bell, David C. Smith. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 2004

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Subfields: Biotechnology, Ecology, Ocean Engineering

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• The functional roles of marine sponges (2008, background): “…tropical and polar habitats (e.g. Lilly et al., 1953; Dayton et al., 1974; Diaz et al., 1990; Barthel et al., 1991; Bell and Barnes, 2000; Bell and Smith, 2004; Bell, 2007), but despite their often numerical abundance, biomass dominance and longevity in many ecosystems, their functional…”
• Nutrient Fluxes and Ecological Functions of Coral Reef Sponges in a Changing Ocean (2017, background): “For Indo-Pacific coral reefs, among the highest open reef sponge cover data are for Wakatobi, Indonesia, in the “Coral Triangle,” with values ranging from 25 to 45% (Bell and Smith 2004), while other areas in the Coral Triangle have reported values of 10% open reef sponge cover (Chou et al.”