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Climate change winner in the deep sea? Predicting the impacts of climate change on the distribution of the glass sponge Vazella pourtalesii

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REFERENCE Beazley, Lindsay; Kenchington, Ellen; Murillo, Francisco Javier; Brickman, David; Wang, Zeliang; Davies, AndrewJ; Roberts, Emyr Martyn; Rapp, Hans Tore (2021). Marine Ecology Progress Series https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13566. ABSTRACT Shallow-water sponges are often cited as being ‘climate change winners’ due to their … Read More

Comparison of physical connectivity particle tracking models in the Flemish Cap region

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REFERENCE Wang, Shuangqiang; Wang, Zeilang; Lirette, Camille; Davies, Andrew J; Kengchington, Ellen (2019). Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3663643. ABSTRACT Lagrangian particle tracking models are considered an important tool for assessing connectivity in the deep sea. A number of … Read More

Sponges from the 2010-2014 Paamiut Multispecies Trawl Surveys, Eastern Arctic and Subarctic: Class Demospongiae, Subclass Heteroscleromorpha, Order Poecilosclerida, Families Microcionidae, Acarnidae and Esperiopsidae

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REFERENCE Bouchard Marmen, M; Tompkins, G; Harrington, N; Savard-Drouin, A; Wells, M; Baker, E; Odenthal, B; Walkusz, W; Siferd, T; Kenchington, E (2019). Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3831235. ABSTRACT Sponges (phylum Porifera) are benthic filter feeding animals that … Read More

New paper in Scientific Reports present groundbreaking discovery in the quest for marine invertebrate cell cultures

New paper in Scientific Reports present groundbreaking discovery in the quest for marine invertebrate cell cultures

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The new paper led by our team member Shirley Pomponi (and collaborators the Florida Atlantic University – Harbor Branch, Wageningen University & Research, and Nord University Bodø) describes the first successful development of rapid cell division in marine sponges. You … Read More

Breakthrough in marine invertebrate cell culture: Sponge cells divide rapidly in improved nutrient medium

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REFERENCE Conkling, Megan; Hesp, Kylie; Munroe, Stephanie; Sandoval, Kenneth; Martens, Dirk E; Sipkema, Detmer; Wijffels, Rene H; Pomponi, Shirley A (2019). Scientific Reports. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-53643-y. ABSTRACT Sponges (phylum porifera) are among the oldest Metazoa and considered critical to understanding animal evolution … Read More

Environmental factors influencing benthic communities in the oxygen minimum zones on the Angolan and Namibian margins

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REFERENCE Hanz, Ulrike; Weinberg, Claudia; Hebblen, Dierk; Duineveld, Gerard; Lavaleye, Marc; Juva, Katriina; Dullo, Wolf-Christian; Friewald, Andrè; Tamborrino, Leonardo; Reichart, Gert-Jan; Flögel, Sascha; Mienis, Furu (2019). Biogeosciences. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-4337-2019. ABSTRACT Thriving benthic communities were observed in the oxygen minimum zones along … 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

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