The European Parliament Intergroup on Climate Change, Biodiversity & Sustainable Development hosted the meeting ‘Healthier Oceans and Human Beings – Sponges as “engine” of the Deep Sea‘ on the 6th of November at the European Parliament. The meeting was chaired … Read More
REFERENCE López-Acosta, Maria; Leynaert, Aude; Coquille, Valérie; Maldonado, Manuel (2018). Marine Ecology Progress Series. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12752. ABSTRACT Awareness that sponges are relevant silicic acid (DSi) users is growing; however, understanding how their DSi consumption kinetics perform is still limited. We investigated … Read More
REFERENCE Beazley, Lindsay; Wang, Zeliang; Kenchington, Ellen; Yashayaev, Igor; Rapp, Hans Tore; Xavier, Joana R; Murillo, Francisco Xavier; Fenton, Derek; Fuller, Susanna. (2018). PLoS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0205505. ABSTRACT Emerald Basin on the Scotian Shelf off Nova Scotia, Canada, is home to … Read More
Did you know that chemical compounds can also be fossilized? When it happens, they become evidence for the presence of particular organisms in ancient rocks. This is the lead for a new paper by Zumberge & colleagues in Nature … Read More
REFERENCE Colaço, Ana; Carreiro-Silva, Marina (2018). Desenvolvimento Sustentável do Oceano: uma Utopia Útil / Sustainable Development of the Ocean: a Necessity. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2600712. ABSTRACT The deep-sea environment is the largest ecosystem on earth and poorly study. The lack of affordable technology … Read More
On October 2-3 2018, SponGES coordinator Hans Tore Rapp and FAO Senior Office Hassan Moustahfid spoke about deep-sea sponges at the North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC), Permanent Committee of Management and Science (PECMAS) at NEAFC Headquarters, London, UK. This … Read More
REFERENCE Adl, Sina M; Bass, David; Lane, Christopher E; Lukes, Julius; Schoch, Conrad L; Smirnov, Alexey; Agatha, Sabrine; Berney, Cedric; Brown, Mattew W; Burki, Fabien; Cárdenas, Paco; Cepicka, Ivan; Chistyakova, Lzudmila; del Campo, Javier; Dunthorn, Micah; Edvardsen, Bente; Eglit, Yana; … Read More
Summer is over – and it has been a long one! Have a look at some sunny moments in our photogallery.
Between the 10th and the 15th of September, four generations of sponge researchers gathered in Marseille to advance our knowledge of the taxonomy (and history, and biology) of Atlanto-Mediterranean deep-sea and cave sponges. The workshop also paved the way for … Read More
Highlights from the SponGES team at the DSBS 2018 (Deep-Sea Biology Symposium – Monterey) to present part of the work done within the project. Karin Steffen presented a talk entitled: “Investigating sponge microbiome and metabolome along a depth gradient“, Ana … Read More