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Sponge skeletons as an important sink of silicon in the global oceans

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REFERENCE Maldonado, Manuel; López-Acosta, María; Sitjà, Cèlia; García-Puig, Marta; Galobart, Cristina; Ercilla, Gemma; Laynaert, Aude (2019). Nature Geoscience. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-019-0430-7. ABSTRACT Silicon (Si) is a pivotal element in the biogeochemical and ecological functioning of the ocean. The marine Si cycle is … Read More

Heck diversification of indole-based substrates under aqueous conditions: From indoles to unprotected halo-tryptophans and halo-tryptophans in natural product derivatives

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REFERENCE Pubill-Ulldemolins, Cristina; Sharma, Sunil V; Cartmell, Christopher; Zhao, Jinlian; Cárdenas, Paco; Goss, Rebecca JM (2019). Chemistry – A European Journal. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201901327. ABSTRACT The blending of synthetic chemistry with biosynthetic processes provides a powerful approach to synthesis. Biosynthetic halogenation and … Read More

In situ determination of Si, N, and P utilization by the demosponge Tethya citrina: A benthic-chamber approach

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REFERENCE López-Acosta, Maria; Laynaert, Aude; Chavaud, Laurent; Amice, Erwan; Bihannic, Isabelle; Le Bec, Thierry; Maldonado, Manuel (2019). Plos ONE https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0218787. ABSTRACT Sponges consume dissolved silicon (DSi) to build their skeletons. Few studies have attempted to quantify DSi utilization by these … Read More

Prokaryotic Diversity and Community Patterns in Antarctic Continental Shelf Sponges

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REFERENCE Steinert, Georg; Wemheuer, Bernd; Janussen, Dorte; Erpenbeck, Dirk; Daniel, Rolf; Simon, Meinhard; Brinkhoff, Thorsten; Schupp, Peter J (2020). Frontiers in Marine Science https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00297. ABSTRACT Marine sponges (Phylum Porifera) are globally distributed within marine and freshwater ecosystems. In addition, sponges … Read More

Revision of the genus Exsuperantia Özdikmen, 2009 (Tetractinellida: Phymaraphiniidae) with description of a new species from the Atlantic Ocean

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REFERENCE Carvalho, Francisca C; Pisera, Andrezj (2019). Zootaxa. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4613.1.7. ABSTRACT Phymaraphiniidae Schrammen 1924 (Porifera: Astrophorina) is a family of lithistid demosponges that has received little attention in the past decades. The systematic problems within this family have not been addressed … Read More

A new deep-water Tethya (Porifera, Tethyida, Tethyidae) from the Great Australian Bight and an updated Tethyida phylogeny

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REFERENCE Sorokin, Shirley J; Ekins, Merrick G; Yang, Qi; Cárdenas, Paco (2019). European Journal of Taxonomy. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2019.529. ABSTRACT A new species of Tethya Lamarck, 1815 is described from a depth of 1000 m on the continental slope of the Great … Read More

Characterization and mapping of a deep-sea sponge ground on the Tropic Seamount (Northeast Tropical Atlantic): Implications for spatial management in the high seas

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REFERENCE Ramiro-Sánchez, Berta; Gonzalez-Irusta, José Manuel; Henry, Lea-Anne; Cleland, Jason; Yeo, Isobel; Xavier, Joana R; Carreiro-Silva, Marina; Sampaio, Ìris; Spearmanm, Jeremy; Victorero, Lissette; Messing, Charles G; Kazanidis, Georgios; Roberts, J Murray; Murton, Bramley (2019). Frontiers in Marine Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00278. ABSTRACT … Read More

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