Marine sponges belonging to the phylum Porifera (Metazoa), evolutionarily the oldest
animals are the single best source of marine natural products. The present review presents …

With the completion of a single unified classification, the Systema Porifera (SP) and
subsequent development of an online species database, the World Porifera Database …

Marine biogeographic realms have been inferred from small groups of species in particular
environments (eg, coastal, pelagic), without a global map of realms based on statistical …

The diversity of life is one of the most striking aspects of our planet; hence knowing how
many species inhabit Earth is among the most fundamental questions in science. Yet the …

Background The question of how many marine species exist is important because it
provides a metric for how much we do and do not know about life in the oceans. We have …

Increasing use of metal and metal oxide nanoparticles [Me (O) NPs] in products means
many will inevitably find their way into marine systems. Their likely fate here is sedimentation …

The state-of-art on alien species in the Mediterranean Sea is presented, making distinctions
among the four subregions defined in the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive:(i) the …

The Census of Marine Life (2000–2010) was the largest global research programme on
marine biodiversity. This paper integrated the findings of reviews of major world regions by …

The aquarium trade and other wildlife consumers are at a crossroads forced by threats from
global climate change and other anthropogenic stressors that have weakened coastal …

Bioturbation, the biogenic modification of sediments through particle reworking and burrow
ventilation, is a key mediator of many important geochemical processes in marine systems …