Potential role of sponge communities in controlling phytoplankton blooms in Florida Bay

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Proterozoic photosynthesis – a critical review (2015, background): “Sponges are a key factor in suppressing light-attenuating plankton blooms in at least some modern shelf systems (Peterson et al. 2006) and are likely to have played a similar role in engineering the late Neoproterozoic oceans.”
Recurrence of Thalassia testudinum seagrass die-off in Florida Bay, USA: initial observations (2016, background): “…nearly flat limestone foundation, the bay actually consists of a loosely connected network of 45 seagrassdominated basins (sometimes referred to as ‘lakes’) separated by shallow subtidal to intertidal carbonate mudbanks, which cover nearly 25% of the bay (Peterson et al. 2006, Hall et al. 2007).”
The functional roles of marine sponges (2008, background): “For example, Peterson et al. (2006) explained that increased phytoplankton blooms in Florida Bay are likely to be the result of decimated sponge populations in the region, rather than increased nutrients fuelling the blooms.”
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).”