Impact of life history traits on gene flow: A multispecies systematic review across oceanographic barriers in the Mediterranean Sea

M Pascual, B Rives, C Schunter, E Macpherson - PLoS One, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Background Marine species can demonstrate strong genetic differentiation and population
structure despite the hypothesis of open seas and high connectivity. Some suggested …

Marine spongin: Naturally prefabricated 3D scaffold-based biomaterial

T Jesionowski, M Norman, S Żółtowska-Aksamitowska… - Marine drugs, 2018 - mdpi.com
The biosynthesis, chemistry, structural features and functionality of spongin as a
halogenated scleroprotein of keratosan demosponges are still paradigms. This review has …

Marine caves of the Mediterranean Sea: a sponge biodiversity reservoir within a biodiversity hotspot

V Gerovasileiou, E Voultsiadou - PLoS One, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Marine caves are widely acknowledged for their unique biodiversity and constitute a typical
feature of the Mediterranean coastline. Herein an attempt was made to evaluate the …

[HTML][HTML] Marine sponge aquaculture towards drug development: An ongoing history of technical, ecological, chemical considerations and challenges

M Maslin, N Gaertner-Mazouni, C Debitus, N Joy… - Aquaculture …, 2021 - Elsevier
Marine sponges have a long history of farming, starting with bath sponges over 5000 years
ago in the Mediterranean. Many species have since been found appropriate for distinct …

Implications of population connectivity studies for the design of marine protected areas in the deep sea: An example of a demosponge from the Clarion‐Clipperton …

S Taboada, A Riesgo, H Wiklund… - Molecular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The abyssal demosponge Plenaster craigi inhabits the Clarion‐Clipperton Zone (CCZ) in
the northeast Pacific, a region with abundant seafloor polymetallic nodules with potential …

Exploring seascape genetics and kinship in the reef sponge Stylissa carteri in the Red Sea

EC Giles, P Saenz‐Agudelo, NE Hussey… - Ecology and …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
A main goal of population geneticists is to study patterns of gene flow to gain a better
understanding of the population structure in a given organism. To date most efforts have …

Global conservation status of sponges

JJ Bell, E McGrath, A Biggerstaff, T Bates… - Conservation …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Sponges are important for maintaining ecosystem function and integrity of marine and
freshwater benthic communities worldwide. Despite this, there has been no assessment of …

Comparative Metagenomics Reveals the Distinctive Adaptive Features of the Spongia officinalis Endosymbiotic Consortium

E Karimi, M Ramos, JMS Gonçalves… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Current knowledge of sponge microbiome functioning derives mostly from comparative
analyses with bacterioplankton communities. We employed a metagenomics-centered …

Long distance dispersal and oceanographic fronts shape the connectivity of the keystone sponge Phakellia ventilabrum in the deep northeast Atlantic

S Taboada, C Whiting, S Wang, P Ríos… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Little is known about dispersal in deep-sea ecosystems, especially for sponges, which are
abundant ecosystem engineers. Understanding patterns of gene flow in deep-sea sponges …

Not out of the Mediterranean: Atlantic populations of the gorgonian Paramuricea clavata are a separate sister species under further lineage diversification

MAG Coelho, GA Pearson, JRH Boavida… - Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The accurate delimitation of species boundaries in nonbilaterian marine taxa is notoriously
difficult, with consequences for many studies in ecology and evolution. Anthozoans are a …