Sponge Grounds as Key Marine Habitats: A Synthetic Review of Types, Structure, Functional
Roles, and Conservation Concerns Page 1 Sponge Grounds as Key Marine Habitats: A …

Biogenic reefs are known worldwide to play a key role in benthic ecosystems, enhancing
biodiversity and ecosystem functioning at every level, from shallow to deeper waters …

Seamounts are one of the major biomes of the global ocean. The last 25 years of research
has seen considerable advances in the understanding of these ecosystems. The …

Biosilicification has driven variation in the global Si cycle over geologic time. The evolution
of different eukaryotic lineages that convert dissolved Si (DSi) into mineralized structures …

With the decline of reef-building corals on tropical reefs, sponges have emerged as an
important component of changing coral reef ecosystems. Seemingly simple, sponges are …

Bycatch–a term widely used to refer to part of the catch unintentionally caught during a
fishing operation, in addition to target species, and consisting of the discards and incidental …

Abstract Floating Offshore Wind Farms (FOWFs) are the most promising renewable energy
resource. Floating turbines are installed at progressively increasing water depths, interacting …

Microbial carbonates were major components of early Paleozoic reefs until coral-
stromatoporoid-bryozoan reefs appeared in the mid-Ordovician. Microbial reefs were …

Abstract The Balearic Archipelago (western Mediterranean) is an area of great ecological
interest due to the combination of complex geomorphology, highly oligotrophic waters and …

Seamounts host some of the most important deep‐sea ecosystems. The unique
environmental characteristics of seamounts sustain rich biological hot spots, which, in recent …