seasonal variability

Seasonal Variability in Near-bed Environmental Conditions in the Vazella pourtalesii Glass Sponge Grounds of the Scotian Shelf

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REFERENCE Hanz, U; Beazley, L; Kenchington, E; Duineveld, G; Rapp, HT; Mienis, F (2021). Frontiers in Marine Science https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.597682. ABSTRACT The Scotian Shelf harbors unique aggregations of the glass sponge Vazella pourtalesii that provides an important habitat for benthic and … Read More

Silicon utilization by sponges: an assessment of seasonal changes

by on October 26, 2018 with No Comments

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