The sponge holobiont in a changing ocean: from microbes to ecosystems

L Pita, L Rix, BM Slaby, A Franke, U Hentschel - Microbiome, 2018 - Springer
The recognition that all macroorganisms live in symbiotic association with microbial
communities has opened up a new field in biology. Animals, plants, and algae are now …

Cyanobacteria in coral reef ecosystems: a review

L Charpy, BE Casareto, MJ Langlade… - Journal of Marine …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Cyanobacteria have dominated marine environments and have been reef builders on Earth
for more than three million years (myr). Cyanobacteria still play an essential role in modern …

Scuba diving damage and intensity of tourist activities increases coral disease prevalence

JB Lamb, JD True, S Piromvaragorn, BL Willis - Biological Conservation, 2014 - Elsevier
Recreational diving and snorkeling on coral reefs is one of the fastest growing tourism
sectors globally. Damage associated with intensive recreational tourist use has been …

Marine sponge microbial association: Towards disclosing unique symbiotic interactions

GS Kiran, S Sekar, P Ramasamy, T Thinesh… - Marine environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Sponges are sessile benthic filter-feeding animals, which harbor numerous microorganisms.
The enormous diversity and abundance of sponge associated bacteria envisages sponges …

Episodic eruptions of volcanic ash trigger a reversible cascade of nuisance species outbreaks in pristine coral habitats

T Schils - 2012 - journals.plos.org
Volcanically active islands abound in the tropical Pacific and harbor complex coral
communities. Whereas lava streams and deep ash deposits are well-known to devastate …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial distribution of microbial communities among colonies and genotypes in nursery-reared Acropora cervicornis

N Miller, P Maneval, C Manfrino, TK Frazer, JL Meyer - PeerJ, 2020 - peerj.com
Background The architecturally important coral species Acropora cervicornis and A. palmata
were historically common in the Caribbean, but have declined precipitously since the early …

Delineation of outbreak stages of the coral-killing sponge Terpios hoshinota

BK Fiedler, AD Montgomery, F Chong, H Miyagi… - Regional Studies in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Outbreaks of the cyanobacteriosponge Terpios hoshinota are one of the many issues
contributing to coral reef decline in the Indo-Pacific. This species occasionally undergoes …

Ecological importance of cyanobacteria

B Díez, K Ininbergs - Cyanobacteria: an economic perspective, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Cyanobacteria inhabit all possible habitats, performing crucial ecological services.
Cyanobacterial photopigments generate a great diversity in color. They exhibit several types …

Monthly progression rates of the coral-killing sponge Terpios hoshinota in Sesoko Island, Okinawa, Japan

SN Aini, SL Tang, H Yamashiro - Coral Reefs, 2021 - Springer
Terpios hoshinota is a black, encrusting sponge that hosts numerous symbiotic
cyanobacteria in its tissues. The sponge often overgrows live scleractinian corals, thereby …

Abundance and genetic variation of the coral-killing cyanobacteriosponge Terpios hoshinota in the Spermonde Archipelago, SW Sulawesi, Indonesia

E van der Ent, BW Hoeksema… - Journal of the Marine …, 2016 - cambridge.org
The cyanobacteriosponge Terpios hoshinota is expanding its range across the Indo-Pacific.
This species can have massive outbreaks on coral reefs, actively kill corals it overgrows and …