Bioeroding sponges play a central role in carbonate cycling on corals reefs. They may
respond differently to habitat deterioration than many other benthic invertebrates, because at …

Despite global deterioration of coral reef health, not all reef-associated organisms are in
decline. Bioeroding sponges are thought to be largely resistant to the factors that stress and …

Health of tropical coral reefs depends largely on the balance between constructive
(calcification and cementation) and destructive forces (mechanical-chemical degradation) …

Coral reefs are under threat, exerted by a number of interacting effects inherent to the
present climate change, including ocean acidification and global warming. Bioerosion drives …

Functional roles of sponges in coral reef ecosystems include: increasing coral survival by
binding live corals to the reef frame and preventing access to their skeletons by excavating …

We tested the hypothesis whether bioerosion is likely to increase on stressed coral reefs,
using bioeroding sponges as a key group. A survey was conducted on the central Great …

The combination of ocean warming and acidification as a result of increasing atmospheric
carbon dioxide (CO2) is considered to be a significant threat to calcifying organisms and …

Ocean acidification will disproportionately impact the growth of calcifying organisms in coral
reef ecosystems. Simultaneously, sponge bioerosion rates have been shown to increase as …

Excavating sponges are prominent bioeroders on coral reefs that in comparison to other
benthic organisms may suffer less or may even benefit from warmer, more acidic and more …

The effect of climate change, both thermal stress and ocean acidification, on coral reefs is of
increasing concern with the effects on calcification at the organismal level, and changes in …