Deep-Sea Sponge Grounds: Reservoirs of Biodiversity

By M. Hogg, O. Tendal, K. Conway, S. Pomponi, R. Soest, J. Gutt, M. Krautter, J. M. Roberts. 2010

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Deep-sea sponge grounds enhance diversity and abundance of epibenthic megafauna in the Northwest Atlantic (2013, background): “Sponge grounds have only been recently recognized as important drivers of biodiversity and ecological function in deep-sea ecosystems (Hogg et al., 2010).”
Predicting the distribution of vulnerable marine ecosystems in the deep sea using presence-background models (2014, background): “…age of deep-sea discovery has brought with it an awareness of the complex and diverse ecosystems found in deeper waters (i.e. Freiwald et al., 2004; Hogg et al., 2010; Vanreusel et al., 2010), and evidence of the significant threats that they face (Davies et al., 2007; Williams et al., 2010;…”
Benthic grazing and carbon sequestration by deep‐water glass sponge reefs (2015, unknown): “Glass sponges (Class Hexactinellida) are deep-sea animals that occur in large numbers on seamounts, in the Southern Ocean, and on continental slopes and fjords in several oceans (Hogg et al. 2010).”
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): “The sponge grounds found in northwest Atlantic have very similar species composition to the boreal sponge grounds identified in the northeast Atlantic Ocean (Klitgaard & Tendal 2004).”