Ecological Interactions and the Distribution, Abundance, and Diversity of Sponges

Advances in Marine Biology

Volumn 61, Issue , 2012, Pages 273-344

  Wulff, Janie ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abiotic factors; Abundance; Competition; Diversity; Ecology; Interactions; Mutualism; Predation; Sponges; Spongivory

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MORTALITY; MUTUALISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPONGE; SYMBIONT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84860490853     PISSN: 00652881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-387787-1.00003-9     Document Type: Chapter

References (247)

1. Abdo D.A., Battershill C.N., Harvey E.S. Manipulation of environmental variables and the effect on the growth of Haliclona sp.: Implications for open-water aquaculture. Marine Biology Research 2006, 2:326-332.
2. Aerts L.A.M. Dynamics behind stand-off interactions in three reef sponge species and the coral Montastrea cavernosa. Marine Ecology 2000, 21:191-204.
3. Aerts L.A.M., van Soest R.W.M. Quantification of sponge/coral interactions in a physically stressed reef community, NE Colombia. Marine Ecology Progress Series 1997, 148:125-134.
4. Alcolado P.M. General features of Cuban sponge communities. New Perspectives in Sponge Biology 1990, 351-357. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC. K. Rützler (Ed.).
5. Alcolado P.M. General trends in coral reef sponge communities of Cuba. Sponges in Time and Space: Biology, Chemistry, Paleontology 1994, 251-255. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam. R.W.M. van Soest, T.M.G. van Kempen, J.-C. Braekman (Eds.).
6. Alcolado P. Reading the code of coral reef sponge community composition and structure for environmental biomonitoring: Some experiences from Cuba. Série Livros 28 2007, 3-10. Museu Nacional, Rio de Janiero. M.R. Custódio, G. Lôbo-Hajdu, E. Hajdu, G. Muricy (Eds.).
7. Alvarez B., Diaz C.M., Laughlin R.A. The sponge fauna on a fringing coral reef in Venezuela. I: Composition, distribution, abundance. New Perspectives in Sponge Biology 1990, 358-366. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC. K. Rützler (Ed.).
8. Amsler C.D., Moeller C.B., McClintock J.B., Iken K.B., Baker B.J. Chemical defenses against diatom fouling in Antarctic marine sponges. Biofouling 2000, 16:29-45.
9. Ávila E., Carballo J.L. A preliminary assessment of the invasiveness of the Indo-Pacific sponge Chalinula nematifera on coral communities from the tropical Eastern Pacific. Biological Invasions 2008, 11:257-264.
10. Backus G. The effects of fish-grazing on invertebrate evolution in shallow tropical waters. Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper 1964, 27:1-29.
11. Baldacconi R., Corrierro G. Effects of the spread of the alga Caulerpa racemosa var. cylindracea on the sponge assemblage from coralligenous concretions of the Apulian coast (Ionian Sea, Italy). Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective 2009, 30:337-345.
12. Bannister R.J., Hoogenboom M.O., Anthony K.R.N., Battershill C.N., Whalan S., Webster N.S., de Nys R. Incongruence between the distribution of a common coral reef sponge and photosynthesis. Marine Ecology Progress Series 2011, 423:95-100.
13. Barnes D.K.A. High diversity of tropical intertidal zone sponges in temperature, salinity, and current extremes. African Journal of Ecology 1999, 37:424-434.
14. Barthel D. On the ecophysiology of the sponge Halichondria panicea in Kiel Bight. I. Substrate specificity, growth and reproduction. Marine Biology 1986, 32:291-298.
15. Barthel D., Gutt J. Sponge associations in the Weddell Sea. Antarctic Science 1992, 4:137-150.
16. Battershill C.N., Bergquist P.R. The influence of storms on asexual reproduction, recruitment, and survivorship of sponges. New Perspectives in Sponge Biology 1990, 396-403. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC. K. Rützler (Ed.).
17. Becerro M.A. Quantitative trends in sponge ecology research. Marine Ecology 2008, 29:167-177.
18. Becerro M.A., Paul V.J. Effects of depth and light on secondary metabolites and cyanobacterial symbionts of Dysidea granulosa. Marine Ecology Progress Series 2004, 280:115-128.
19. Becerro M.A., Uriz M.J., Turon X. Chemically-mediated interactions in benthic organisms: The chemical ecology of Crambe crambe (Porifera, Poecilosclerida). Hydrobiologia 1997, 355:77-89.
20. Becerro M.A., Turon X., Uriz M.J., Templado J. Can a sponge feeder be a herbivore? Tylodina perversa (Gastropoda) feeding on Aplysina aerophoba (Demospongiae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 2003, 78:429-438.
21. Becerro M.A., Starmer J.A., Paul V.J. Chemical defenses of cryptic and aposematic gastropterid molluscs feeding on their host sponge Dysidea granulosa. Journal of Chemical Ecology 2006, 32:1491-1500.
22. Bell J.J. The sponge community in a semi-submerged temperate sea cave: Density, diversity and richness. P.S.Z.N.I. Marine Ecology 2002, 23:297-311.
23. Bell J.J. The functional roles of marine sponges. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 2008, 79:341-353.
24. Bell J.J., Barnes D.K.A. Effect of disturbance on assemblages: An example using Porifera. Biological Bulletin 2003, 205:144-159.
25. Bell J.J., Carballo J.L. Patterns of sponge biodiversity and abundance across different biogeographic regions. Marine Biology 2008, 155:563-570.
26. Benzoni F., Calcinai B., Eisinger M., Klaus R. Coral disease mimic: Sponge attacks Porites lutea in Yemen. Coral Reefs 2008, 27:695.
27. Bergquist P.R. Sponges 1978, University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles.
28. Bergquist P.R. The present state of sponge science. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 1999, 44:23-26.
29. Biggs, B., Strimaitis, A., Wulff, J. (in prep). The effect of a cold water shock on the coral reef sponge fauna of the Florida Keys, USA.
30. Bingham B.L. Life histories in an epifaunal community: Coupling of adult and larval processes. Ecology 1992, 73:2244-2259.
31. Bingham B.L., Young C.M. The influence of sponges on invertebrate recruitment - A field-test of allelopathy. Marine Biology 1991, 109:19-26.
32. Bingham B.L., Young C.M. Stochastic events and dynamics of a mangrove root epifaunal community. P.S.Z.N.I. Marine Ecology 1995, 16:145-163.
33. Blanquer A., Uriz M.J. Sponge cryptic species revealed by mitochondrial and ribosomal genes: A phylogenetic approach. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 2007, 45:392-397.
34. Blanquer A., Uriz M.J., Agell G. Hidden diversity in sympatric sponges: Adjusting life-history dynamics to share substrate. Marine Ecology Progress Series 2008, 371:109-115.
35. Bryan P.G. Growth rate, toxicity and distribution of the encrusting sponge Terpios sp. (Hadromerida: Suberitidae) in Guam, Mariana Islands. Micronesica 1973, 9:237-242.
36. Buss L.W. Better living through chemistry: The relationship between allelochemical interactions and competitive networks. Aspects of Sponge Biology 1976, 315-327. Academic Press, New York. F.W. Harrison, R.R. Cowden (Eds.).
37. Buss L.W., Jackson J.B.C. Competitive networks-Non-transitive competitive relationships in cryptic coral-reef environments. American Naturalist 1979, 113:223-234.
38. Butler M.J., Hunt J.H., Herrnkind W.F., Childress M.J., Bertelsen R., Sharp W., Matthews T., Field J.M., Marshall H.G. Cascading disturbances in Florida Bay, USA: Cyanobacteria blooms, sponge mortality and implications for juvenile spiny lobsters Panulirus argus. Marine Ecology Progress Series 1995, 129:119-125.
39. Calcinai B., Bavestrello G., Cerrano C. Dispersal and association of two alien species in the Indonesian coral reefs: The octocoral Carijoa riisei and the demosponge Desmapsamma anchorata. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2004, 84:937-941.
40. Carballo J.L., Ávila E. Population dynamics of a mutualistic interaction between the sponge Haliclona caerulea and the red alga Jania adhaerens. Marine Ecology Progress Series 2004, 279:93-104.
41. Carballo J.L., Vega C., Cruz-Barraza J.A., Yañez B., Nava H., Ávila E., Wilson M. Short- and long-term patterns of sponge diversity on a rocky tropical coast: Evidence of large-scale structuring factors. Marine Ecology 2008, 29:216-236.
42. Cebrian E., Uriz M.J. Grazing on fleshy seaweeds by sea urchins facilitates sponge Cliona viridis growth. Marine Ecology Progress Series 2006, 323:83-89.
43. Cebrian E., Uriz M.J., Garrabou J., Ballesteros E. Sponge mass mortalities in a warming Mediterranean Sea: Are cyanobacteria-harboring species worse off?. PloS One 2011, 6:e20211.
44. Cerrano C., Arillo A., Bavestrello G., Calcinai B., Catteneo-Vietti R., Penna A., Sarà M., Totti C. Diatom invasion in the antarctic hexactinellid sponge Scolymastra joubini. Polar Biology 2000, 23:441-444.
45. Cerrano C., Bavestrello G., Bianchi G.N., Catteneo-Vietti R., Bava S., Morganti C., Morri C., Picco P., Sara G., Schiaparelli S., Sicarrd A., Sponga G. A catastrophic mass-mortality of gorgonians and other organisms in the Ligurean Sea (North-western Mediterranean), summer 1999. Ecology Letters 2000, 3:284-293.
46. Cerrano C., Calcinai B., Cucchiari E., De Camillo C., Totti C., Bavestrello G. The diversity of relationships between Antarctic sponges and diatoms: The case of Mycale acerata Kirkpatrick, 1907 (Porifera, Demospongiae). Polar Biology 2004, 27:231-237.
47. Cerrano C., Pansini M., Valisano L., Calcinai B., Sarà M., Bavestrello G. Lagoon sponges from Carrie Bow Cay (Belize): Ecological benefits of selective sediment incorporation. Sponge Science in the New Millennium 2004, vol. 68:239-252. Bollettino dei Musei Istituti Biologici, Universitá di Genova. M. Pansini, R. Pronsato, G. Bavestrello, R. Manconi (Eds.).
48. Cerrano C., Calcinai B., Di Camillo C.G., Valisano L., Bavestrello G. How and why do sponges incorporate foreign material? Strategies in Porifera. Série Livros 28 2007, 239-246. Museu Nacional, Rio de Janiero. M.R. Custódio, G. Lôbo-Hajdu, E. Hajdu, G. Muricy (Eds.).
49. Chaves-Fonnegra A., Zea S., Gómez M.L. Abundance of the excavating sponge Cliona delitrix in relation to sewage discharge at San Andrés Island, sw Caribbean, Colombia. Boletín de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras 2007, 36:63-78.
50. Chiappone M., Sullivan K.M. Ecological structure and dynamics of near-shore hard-bottom communities in the Florida Keys. Bulletin of Marine Science 1994, 54:747-756.
51. Chiappone M., Rutten L.M., Miller S.L., Swanson D.W. Large-scale distributional patterns of the encrusting and excavating sponge Cliona delitrix Pang on Florida Keys coral substrates. Série Livros 28 2007, 255-263. Museu Nacional, Rio de Janiero. M.R. Custódio, G. Lôbo-Hajdu, E. Hajdu, G. Muricy (Eds.).
52. Christofoletti R.A., Murakami V.A., Oliveira D.N., Barreto R.E., Flores A.A.V. Foraging by the omnivorous crab Pachygrapsus transversus affects the structure of assemblages on sub-tropical rocky shores. Marine Ecology Progress Series 2010, 420:125-134.
53. Cleary D.F.R., de Voogd N.J. Environmental associations of sponges in the Spermonde Archipelago, Indonesia. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2007, 87:1669-1676.
54. Coles S.L., Bolick H. Invasive introduced sponge Mycale grandis overgrows reef corals in Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Hawaii. Coral Reefs 2007, 26:911.
55. Connell J.H. The influence of interspecific competition and other factors on the distribution of the barnacle Cthamalus stellatus. Ecology 1961, 42:710-723.
56. Connell J.H. Diversity in the tropical rain forests and coral reefs. Science 1978, 199:1302-1310.
57. Corriero G., Liaci L.S., Ruggiero D., Pansini M. The sponge community of a semi-submerged Mediterranean cave. P.S.Z.N.I. Marine Ecology 2000, 21:85-96.
58. Dam R., van Diez C.E. Predation by hawksbill turtles at Mona Island, Puerto Rico. Proceedings of the 8th International Coral Reef Symposium, Panama 1997, vol. 2:1421-1426.
59. Davis A.R., Ward D.W. Does the large barnacle Austrobalanus imperator (Darwin, 1954) structure benthic invertebrate communities in SE Australia?. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 1999, 44:125-130.
60. Davis A.R., Ward D.W. Establishment and persistence of species-rich patches in a species-poor landscape: Role of a structure-forming subtidal barnacle. Marine Ecology Progress Series 2009, 380:187-198.
61. Davis A.R., Roberts D.E., Cummins S.P. Rapid invasion of a sponge-dominated deep-reef by Caulerpa scalpelliformis (Chlorophyta) in Botany Bay, New South Wales. Australian Journal of Ecology 1997, 22:146-150.
62. Dayton P.K. Observations of growth, dispersal and population dynamics of some sponges in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica 1979, 271-282.
63. Dayton P.K. Interdecadal variation in an Antarctic sponge and its predators from oceanographic climate shifts. Science 1989, 245:1484-1486.
64. Dayton P.K., Robilliard G.A., Paine R.T. Benthic faunal zonation as a result of anchor ice at McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Antarctic Ecology 1970, vol. 1:244-258. Academic Press, London. M. Holgate (Ed.).
65. Dayton P.K., Robilliard G.A., Paine R.T., Dayton L.B. Biological accommodation in the benthic community at McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Ecological Monographs 1974, 44:105-128.
66. De Goeij J.M., van den Berg H., van Oostveen M.M., Epping E.H.G., van Duyl F.C. Major bulk dissolved organic carbon (DOC) removal by encrusting coral reef cavity sponges. Marine Ecology Progress Series 2008, 357:139-151.
67. de Voogd N.J., Cleary D.F.R. An analysis of sponge distribution and diversity at three taxonomic levels in the Thousand Islands/Jakarta Bay reef complex, West Java, Indonesia. Marine Ecology 2008, 29:205-215.
68. de Voogd N.J., Necking L.E., Hoeksema B.W., Noor A., van Soest R.W.M. Sponge interactions with spatial competitors in the Spermonde Archipelago. Bollettino dei Musei Istituti Biologici, Universitá di Genova 2004, 68:253-261.
69. Diaz M.C., Smith K.P., Rützler K. Sponge species richness and abundance as indicators of mangrove epibenthic community health. Atoll Research Bulletin 2004, 518:1-17.
70. Duckworth A.R., Wolff C., Evans-Illidge E., Whalan S., Lui S. Spatial variability in community structure of Dictyoceratid sponges across Torres Strait, Australia. Continental Shelf Research 2008, 28:2168-2173.
71. Dunlap M., Pawlik J.R. Video-monitored predation by Caribbean reef fishes on an array of mangrove and reef sponges. Marine Biology 1996, 126:117-123.
72. Duran S., Rützler K. Ecological speciation in a Caribbean marine sponge. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 2006, 40:292-297.
73. Duris Z., Horká I., Juracka P.J., Petrusek A., Sandford F. These squatters are not innocent: The evidence of parasitism in sponge-inhabiting shrimps. PloS One 2011, 6:e21987.
74. Eckrich C.E., Peachey R.B.J., Engel M.S. Crustose, calcareous algal bloom (Ramicusta sp.) overgrowing scleractinian corals, gorgonians, a hydrocoral, sponges, and other algae in Lac Bay, Bonaire, Dutch Caribbean. Coral Reefs 2011, 30:131.
75. Ellison A.M., Farnsworth E.J. The ecology of Belizean mangrove-root fouling communities. I. Epibenthic fauna are barriers to isopod attack of red mangrove roots. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 1990, 142:91-104.
76. Ellison A.M., Farnsworth E.J., Twilley R.R. Facultative mutualism between red mangroves and root-fouling sponges in Belizean mangal. Ecology 1996, 77:2431-2444.
77. Elvin D.W. Seasonal growth and reproduction of an intertidal sponge, Haliclona permollis (Bowerbank). Biological Bulletin 1976, 151:108-125.
78. Engel S., Pawlik J. Interactions among Florida sponges. II. Mangrove habitats. Marine Ecology Progress Series 2005, 303:145-152.
79. Enriquez S., Ávila E., Carballo J.L. Phenotypic plasticity induced in transplant experiments in a mutualistic association between the red alga Jania adhaerens (Rhodophyta, Corallinales) and the sponge Haliclona caerulea (Porifera: Haplosclerida): Morphological responses of the alga. Journal of Phycology 2009, 45:81-90.
80. Erwin P.M., Thacker R.W. Phototrophic nutrition and symbiont diversity of two Caribbean sponge-cyanobacteria symbioses. Marine Ecology Progress Series 2008, 362:139-147.
81. Farnsworth E.J., Ellison A.M. Scale dependent spatial and temporal variability in biogeography of mangrove-root epibiont communities. Ecological Monographs 1996, 66:45-66.
82. Fell P.E., Lewandrowski K.B. Population dynamics of the estuarine sponge, Halichondria sp., within a New England eelgrass community. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 1981, 55:49-63.
83. Fromont J., Vanderklift M.A., Kendrick G.A. Marine sponges of the Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia: Patterns of species distributions, abundance and diversity. Biodiversity and Conservation 2006, 15:3731-3750.
84. Fugii T., Hirose E., Keshavmurthy S., Chen C.A., Zhou W., Reimer J.D. Coral-killing cyanobacteriosponge (Terpios hoshinota) on the Great Barrier Reef. Coral Reefs 2011, 30:483.
85. Garson M.J., Clark R.J., Webb R.I., Field K.L., Charan R.D., McCaffrey E.J. Ecological role of cytotoxic alkaloids: Haliclona n. sp., an unusual sponge/dinoflagellate association. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 1999, 44:205-213.
86. Goreau T.F., Hartman W.D. Sponge: Effect on the form of reef corals. Science 1966, 151:343-344.
87. Hajdu E., Lopes D.A. Checklist of Brazilian deep-sea sponges. Série Livros 28 2007, 353-359. Museu Nacional, Rio de Janiero. M.R. Custódio, G. Lôbo-Hajdu, E. Hajdu, G. Muricy (Eds.).
88. Aspects of Sponge Biology 1976, Academic Press, New York, 354pp. F.W. Harrison, R.R. Cowden (Eds.).
89. Hartman W.D. Sponges as reef builders and shapers. Studies in Geology 1977, 4:127-134.
90. Hartman W.D., Goreau T.F. Jamaican coralline sponges: Their morphology, ecology, and fossil relatives. The Biology of the Porifera 1970, 205-243. W.C. Fry (Ed.).
91. Hill M.S. Symbiotic zooxanthellae enhance boring and growth rates of the tropical sponge Anthosigmella varians forma varians. Marine Biology 1996, 125:649-654.
92. Hill M.S. Spongivory on Caribbean reefs releases corals from competition with sponges. Oecologia 1998, 117:143-150.
93. Holmes K.E. Eutrophication and its effect on bioeroding sponge communities 1997, 1411-1416.
94. Hooper J.N.A., Kennedy J.A. Small-scale patterns of sponge biodiversity (Porifera) on Sunshine Coast reefs, eastern Australia. Invertebrate Systematics 2002, 16:637-653.
95. Hooper J.N.A., Kennedy J.A., List-Armitage S.E., Cook S.D., Quinn R. Biodiversity, species composition and distribution of marine sponges in northeast Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 1999, 44:263-274.
96. Hooper J.N.A., Kennedy J.A., Quinn R.J. Biodiversity " hotspots" , patterns of richness and endemism, and taxonomic affinities of tropical Australian sponges. Biodiversity and Conservation 2002, 11:851-885.
97. Hourigan T.F., Stanton F.G., Motta P.J., Kelley C.D., Carlson B. The feeding ecology of three species of Caribbean angelfishes (family Pomacanthidae). Environmental Biology of Fishes 1989, 24:105-116.
98. Hughes T.P. Demographic approaches to community dynamics: A coral reef example. Ecology 1996, 77:2256-2260.
99. Hummel H., Fortuin A.W., Bogaards R.H., Meijboom A., DeWolf L. The effects of prolonged emersion and submersion by tidal manipulation on marine macrobenthos. Hydrobiologia 1994, 283:219-234.
100. Hunting E.R., van Soest R.W.M., van der Geest H.G., Vos A., Debrot A.O. Diversity and spatial heterogeneity of mangrove associated sponges of Curaçao and Aruba. Contributions to Zoology 2008, 77:205-215.
101. Hunting E.R., van der Geest H.G., Krieg A.J., van Mierlo M.B.L., van Soest R.W.M. Mangrove-sponge associations. Aquatic Ecology 2010, 44:679-684.
102. Ilan M., Abelson A. The life of a sponge in a sandy lagoon. Biological Bulletin 1995, 189:363-369.
103. Ise Y., Takeda M., Watanabe Y. Psammobiontic Clionidae (Demospongiae: Hadromerida) in lagoons of the Ryukkyu Islands, southwestern Japan. Bollettino dei Musei Istituti Biologici, Universitá di Genova 2004, 68:381-389.
104. Jackson J.B.C., Goreau T.F., Hartman W.D. Recent brachiopod-coralline sponge communities and their paleoecological significance. Science 1971, 173:623-625.
105. Jokiel P.L. Solar ultraviolet radiation and coral reef epifauna. Science 1980, 207:1069-1071.
106. Knowlton A.L., Highsmith R.C. Convergence in the time-space continuum: A predator-prey interaction. Marine Ecology Progress Series 2000, 195:285-291.
107. Kobluk D.R., van Soest R.W.M. Cavity-dwelling sponges in a southern Caribbean coral reef and their paleontological implications. Bulletin of Marine Science 1989, 44:1207-1235.
108. Lang J.C., Hartman W.D., Goreau T.F. Sclerosponges: Primary framework constructors on the Jamaican deep forereef. Journal of Marine Research 1975, 33:223-231.
109. Lehnert H., Fischer H. Distribution patterns of sponges and corals down to 107 m off North Jamaica. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 1999, 44:307-316.
110. León Y.M., Bjorndal K.A. Selective feeding in the hawksbill turtle, an important predator in coral reef ecosystems. Marine Ecology Progress Series 2002, 245:249-258.
111. Lesser M.P. Benthic-pelagic coupling on coral reefs: Feeding and growth of Caribbean sponges. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 2006, 328:277-288.
112. Lewis S.M. Sponge-zoanthid associations: Functional interactions. Smithsonian Contributions to the Marine Sciences 1982, 12:465-474.
113. López-Victoria M., Zea S. Current trends of space occupation by encrusting excavating sponges on Colombian coral reefs. Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective 2005, 26:33-41.
114. López-Victoria M., Zea S., Weil E. Competition for space between encrusting excavating Caribbean sponges and other coral reef organisms. Marine Ecology Progress Series 2006, 312:113-121.
115. Macdonald I.A., Perry C.T. Biological degradation of coral framework in a turbid lagoon environment, Discovery Bay, north Jamaica. Coral Reefs 2003, 22:523-535.
116. Macintyre I.G. Status of scleractinian corals in some Pelican Cays ponds following the 1998 bleaching event. Atoll Research Bulletin 2000, 466:35-37.
117. Macintyre I.G., Mountjoy E.W., D'Anglejan B.F. An occurrence of submarine cementation of carbonate sediments off the west coast of Barbados, WI. Journal of Sedimentary Petrology 1968, 38:660-664.
118. Maldonado M. The ecology of sponge larva. Canadian Journal of Zoology 2006, 84:175-194.
119. Maldonado M., Uriz M.J. Microrefuge exploitation by subtidal encrusting sponges: Patterns of settlement and post-settlement survival. Marine Ecology Progress Series 1998, 174:141-150.
120. Maldonado M., Young C.M. Bathymetric patterns of sponge distribution on the Bahamian slope. Deep-Sea Research 1996, 43:897-915.
121. Maldonado M., Young C.M. Limits on the bathymetric distribution of keratose sponges: A field test in deep water. Marine Ecology Progress Series 1998, 174:123-139.
122. McClintock J.B., Amsler C.D., Baker B.J., van Soest R.W.M. Ecology of Antarctic marine sponges: An overview. Integrative and Comparative Biology 2005, 45:359-368.
123. McDonald J.I., Hooper J.N.A., McGuiness K.A. Environmentally influenced variability in the morphology of Cinachyrella australiensis (Carter 1886) (Porifera: Spirophorida: Tetillidae). Marine and Freshwater Research 2002, 53:79-84.
124. McDonald J.I., McGuiness K.A., Hooper J.N.A. Influence of re-orientation on alignment to flow and tissue production in a Spongia sp. (Porifera: Demospongiae: Dictyoceratida). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 2003, 296:13-22.
125. McLean E.L., Yoshioka P.M. Substratum effects on the growth and survivorship of the sponge Desmapsamma anchorata. Caribbean Journal of Science 2008, 44:83-89.
126. Mercado-Molino A.E., Yoshioka P.M. Relationships between water motion and size-specific survivorship and growth of the demosponge Amphimedon compressa. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 2009, 375:51-56.
127. Meylan A. Spongivory in hawksbill turtles - A diet of glass. Science 1988, 239:393-395.
128. Meylan A. Nutritional characteristics of sponges in the diet of the hawksbill turtle. Eretmochelys imbricata. New Perspectives in Sponge Biology 1990, 472-477. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC. K. Rützler (Ed.).
129. Muricy G. Sponges as pollution bio-monitors at Arrail do Cabo, Southeastern Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Biologia 1989, 49:347-354.
130. Page M.J., Handley S.J., Northcote P.T., Cairney D., Willan R.C. Successes and pitfalls in the aquaculture of the sponge Mycale hentscheli. Aquaculture 2011, 312:52-61.
131. Palumbi S.R. Tactics of acclimation: Morphological changes of sponges in an unpredictable environment. Science 1984, 225:1478-1480.
132. Palumbi S.R. Spatial variation in an alga-sponge commensalism and the evolution of ecological interactions. American Naturalist 1985, 126:267-274.
133. Pawlik J.R. A sponge-eating worm from Bermuda: Branchiosyllis oculata (Polychaeta, Syllidae). P.S.Z.N.I. Marine Ecology 1983, 4:65-79.
134. Pawlik J.R., Chanas B., Toonen R.J., Fenical W. Defenses of Caribbean sponges against predatory reef fish. I. Chemical deterrency. Marine Ecology Progress Series 1995, 127:183-194.
135. Pawlik J.R., McMurray S.E., Henkel T.P. Abiotic factors control sponge ecology in Florida mangroves. Marine Ecology Progress Series 2007, 339:93-98.
136. Peters K.J., Amsler C.D., McClintock J.B., van Soest R.W.M., Baker B. Palatability and chemical defenses of sponges from the western Antarctic Penninsula. Marine Ecology Progress Series 2009, 385:77-85.
137. Peterson B.J., Chester C.M., Jochem F.J., Fourqurean J.W. Potential role of sponge communities in controlling phytoplankton blooms in Florida Bay. Marine Ecology Progress Series 2006, 328:93-103.
138. Plucer-Rosario G. The effect of substratum on the growth of Terpios, an encrusting sponge which kills corals. Coral Reefs 1987, 5:197-200.
139. Porter J.W., Target N. Allelochemical interactions between sponges and corals. Biological Bulletin 1988, 175:230-239.
140. Preciado I., Maldonado M. Reassessing the spatial relationship between sponges and macroalgae in sublittoral rocky bottoms: A descriptive approach. Helgoland Marine Research 2005, 59:141-150.
141. Pronzato R. Sponge-fishing, disease and farming in the Mediterranean Sea. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 1999, 9:485-493.
142. Pronzato R. A climber sponge. Bollettino dei Musei Istituti Biologici, Universitá di Genova 2004, 68:549-552.
143. Pronzato R., Manconi R. Mediterranean commercial sponges: Over 5000 years of natural history and cultural heritage. Marine Ecology 2008, 29:146-166.
144. Randall J.E., Hartman W.D. Sponge-feeding fishes of the West Indies. Marine Biology 1968, 1:216-225.
145. Reed J.K., Pomponi S.A. Biodiversity and distribution of deep and shallow water sponges in the Bahamas. Proceedings of the 8th International Coral Reef Symposium, Panama 1997, vol. 2:1687-1692.
146. Reimer J.D., Nozawa Y., Hirose E. Domination and disappearance of the black sponge: A quarter century after the initial Terpios outbreak in southern Japan. Zoological Studies 2010, 50:394.
147. Reiswig H.M. Particle feeding in natural populations of three marine demosponges. Biological Bulletin 1971, 141:568-591.
148. Reiswig H.M. Population dynamics of three Jamaican Demospongiae. Bulletin of Marine Science 1973, 23:191-226.
149. Reiswig H.M. Water transport, respiration, and energetics of three tropical marine sponges. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 1974, 14:231-249.
150. Reiswig H.M. Partial carbon and energy budgets of the bacteriosponge Verongia fistularis (Porifera: Demospongiae) in Barbados. Marine Ecology 1981, 2:273-293.
151. Rios R., Duffy J.E. Description of Synalpheus williamsi, a new species of sponge-dwelling shrimp (Crustacea: Decapoda: Alpheidae), with remarks on its first larval stage. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 1999, 112:541-552.
152. Roberts D.E., Cummins S.P., Davis A.R., Chapman M.G. Structure and dynamics of sponge-dominated assemblage on exposed and sheltered temperate reefs. Marine Ecology Progress Series 2006, 321:19-30.
153. Rose C.S., Risk M.J. Increase in Cliona delitrix infestation of Montastrea cavernosa heads on organically polluted portions of the Grand Cayman fringing reef. Marine Ecology 1985, 6:345-363.
154. Rosell D., Uriz M.J. Do associated zooxanthellae and the nature of the substratum affect survival, attachment, and growth of Cliona viridis (Porifera: Hadromerida)? An experimental approach. Marine Biology 1992, 114:503-507.
155. Russell B.D., Degnan B.M., Garson M.J., Skilleter G.A. Distribution of a nematocyst-bearing sponge in relation to potential coral donors. Coral Reefs 2003, 22:11-16.
156. Rützler K. Substratstabilatät im marinen Benthos als ökologishcher Faktor, dargestellt am Beispiel adriatischer Porifera. International Review of Hydrobiology 1965, 50:281-292.
157. Rützler K. Spatial competition among Porifera: Solution by epizoism. Oecologia 1970, 5:85-95.
158. Rützler K. Sponges in coral reefs. Monographs on Oceanographic Methodology 1978, 5:299-313. UNESCO, Paris. D.R. Stoddart, R.E. Johannes (Eds.).
159. Rützler K. Mangrove sponge disease induced by cyanobacterial symbionts: Failure of a primitive immune system?. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 1988, 5:143-149.
160. Rützler K. Associations between Caribbean sponges and photosynthetic organisms. New Perspectives in Sponge Biology 1990, 455-466. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC. K. Rützler (Ed.).
161. Rützler K. Low-tide exposure of sponges in a Caribbean mangrove community. P.S.Z.N. I. Marine Ecology 1990, 16:165-179.
162. Rützler K. The role of psammobiontic sponges in the reef community. Proceedings of the 8th International Coral Reef Symposium, Panama 1997, vol. 2:1393-1398.
163. Rützler K. Impact of crustose clionid sponges on Caribbean coral reefs. Acta Geologica Hispanica 2002, 37:61-72.
164. Rützler K. Sponges on coral reefs: A community shaped by competitive cooperation. Bollettino dei Musei Istituti Biologici, Universitá di Genova 2004, 68:85-148.
165. Rützler K., Hooper J.N.A. Two new genera of hadromerid sponges (Porifera, Demospongiae). Zoosystema 2000, 22:337-344.
166. Rützler K., Muzik K. Terpios hoshinota, a new cyanobacteriosponge threatening Pacific reefs. Sciencias Marinas 1993, 57:395-403.
167. Rützler K., Diaz M.C., van Soest R.W.M., Zea S., Smith K.P., Alvarez B., Wulff J.L. Diversity of sponge fauna in mangrove ponds, Pelican Cays, Belize. Atoll Research Bulletin 2000, 477:231-250.
168. Rützler K., Goodbody I., Diaz M.C., Feller I.C., Macintyre I.G. The aquatic environment of Twin Cays, Belize. Atoll Research Bulletin 2004, 512:1-49.
169. Rützler K., Duran S., Piantoni C. Adaptation of reef and mangrove sponges to stress: Evidence for ecological speciation exemplified by Chondrilla caribensis new species (Demospongiae, Chondrosida). Marine Ecology 2007, 28:95-111.
170. Ruzicka R., Gleason D.F. Sponge community structure and anti-predator defenses on temperate reefs of the South Atlantic Bight. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 2009, 380:36-46.
171. Sandford F. The Florida hermit-crab sponge, a little known 'mobile' sponge from the NE corner of the Gulf of Mexico, and its hermit crab associates. Sponges in Time and Space: Biology, Chemistry, Paleontology 1994, 273-278. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam. R.W.M. van Soest, T.M.G. van Kempen, J.-C. Braekman (Eds.).
172. Sandford F. Sponge/shell switching by the hermit crab Pagurus impressus. Invertebrate Biology 1997, 114:73-78.
173. Sará M. Competition and cooperation in sponge populations. Symposia of the Zoological Society of London 25 1970, 273-284.
174. Schaal G., Riera P., Leroux C. Microscale variations of food web functioning within a rocky shore invertebrate community. Marine Biology 2011, 158:623-630.
175. Schlacher T.A., Schlacher-Hoehlinger M.A., Williams A., Althaus F., Hooper J., Kloser R. Richness and distribution of sponge megabenthos in continental margin canyons off southeastern Australia. Marine Ecology Progress Series 2007, 340:73-88.
176. Schmahl G.P. Community structure and ecology of sponges associated with four southern Florida coral reefs. New Perspectives in Sponge Biology 1990, 376-383. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC. K. Rützler (Ed.).
177. Schönberg C.H.L. Substrate effects on the bioeroding demosponge Cliona orientalis. 1. Bioerosion rates. P.S.Z.N.I. Marine Ecology 2002, 23:313-326.
178. Schönberg C.H.L. Substrate effects on the bioeroding demosponge Cliona orientalis. 2. Substrate colonization and tissue growth. P.S.Z.N.I. Marine Ecology 2003, 24:59-74.
179. Schönberg C.H.L., Suwa R. Why bioeroding sponges may be better hosts for symbiotic dinoflagellates than many corals. Série Livros 28 2007, 569-580. Museu Nacional, Rio de Janiero. M.R. Custódio, G. Lôbo-Hajdu, E. Hajdu, G. Muricy (Eds.).
180. Schönberg C.H.L., Wilkinson C.R. Induced colonization of corals by a clionid bioeroding sponge. Coral Reefs 2001, 20:69-76.
181. Seguin F., Le Brun O., Hirst R., Al-Thary I., Dutrieux E. Large coral transplantation in Bal Haf (Yemen): An opportunity to save corals during the construction of a liquefied natural gas plant using innovative techniques 2008.
182. Shield C.J., Witman J.D. The impact of Henricia sanguinolenta (O.F. Müller) (Echinodermata:Asteroidea) predation on the finger sponges, Isodictya spp. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 1993, 166:107-133.
183. Soong K., Yang S.-L., Chen C.A. A novel dispersal mechanism of a coral-threatening sponge, Terios hoshinota (Suberitidae, Porifera). Zoological Studies 2009, 48:596.
184. Sorokin S.J., Laperousaz T.C.D., Collings G.J. Investigator Group Expedition 2006: Sponges (Porifera). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 2008, 132:163-172.
185. Stevely J.M., Sweat D.E. The recovery of sponge populations in Florida Bay and Upper Keys following a widespread sponge mortality 2001, Final Report, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
186. Storr J.F. Ecological factors controlling sponge distribution in the Gulf of Mexico and the resulting zonation. Aspects of Sponge Biology 1976, 261-276. Academic Press, New York. F.W. Harrison, R.R. Cowden (Eds.).
187. Sutherland J.P. Dynamics of the epibenthic community on roots of the mangrove Rhizophora mangle, at Bahia de Buche, Venezuela. Marine Biology 1980, 58:75-84.
188. Swain T.D. Phylogeny-based species delimitations and the evolution of host associations in symbiotic zoanthids (Anthozoa, Zoanthidea) of the wider Caribbean region. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 2009, 156:223-238.
189. Swain T.D., Wulff J.L. Diversity and specificity of Caribbean sponge-zoanthid symbioses: A foundation for understanding the adaptive significance of symbioses and generating hypotheses about higher-order systematics. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 2007, 92:695-711.
190. Swearingen D.C., Pawlik J.R. Variability in the chemical defense of the sponge Chondrilla nucula against predatory reef fishes. Marine Biology 1998, 131:619-627.
191. Thacker R.W. Impacts of shading on sponge-cyanobacteria symbioses: A comparison between host-specific and generalist associations. Integrative and Comparative Biology 2005, 45:369-376.
192. Thacker R.W., Becerro M.A., Lumbang W.A., Paul V.J. Allelopathic interactions between sponges on a tropical reef. Ecology 1998, 79:1740-1750.
193. Trautman D.A., Hinde R., Borowitzka M.A. Population dynamics of an association between a coral reef sponge and a red macroalga. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 2000, 244:87-105.
194. Trussell G.C., Lesser M.P., Patterson M.R., Genovese S.J. Depth-specific differences in growth of the reef sponge Callyspongia vaginalis: Role of bottom-up effects. Marine Ecology Progress Series 2006, 323:149-158.
195. Tsuriumi M., Reiswig H.M. Sexual vs. asexual reproduction in an oviparous rope-form sponge, Aplysina cauliformis (Porifera: Verongida). Invertebrate Reproduction and Development 1997, 32:1-9.
196. Turon X., Becerro M.A., Uriz M.J., Llopis J. Small scale association measures in epibenthic communities as a clue for allelochemical interactions. Oecologia 1996, 108:351-360.
197. Turon X., Codina M., Tarjuelo I., Uriz M.J., Becerro M.A. Mass recruitment of Ophiothix fragilis (Ophiuroidea) on sponges: Settlement patterns and post-settlement dynamics. Marine Ecology Progress Series 2000, 200:201-212.
198. Uriz M.J., Rosell D., Martin D. The sponge populations of the Cabrera Archipelago (Belearic Islands): Characteristics, distribution and abundance of the most representative species. P.S.Z.N.I. Marine Ecology 1992, 13:101-117.
199. Vacelet J., Boury-Esnault N. Carnivorous sponges. Nature 1995, 373:333-335.
200. Vacelet J., Vasseur P. Sponge distribution in coral reefs and related areas in the vicinity of Tuléar (Madagascar). Proceedings of the 3rd International Coral Reef Symposium, Miami 1977, vol. 1:113-117.
201. Vaghela A., Bhadja P., Ramoliya J., Patel N., Kundu R. Seasonal variations in the water quality, diversity and population ecology of intertidal macrofauna at an industrially influenced coast. Water Science and Technology 2010, 61:1505-1514.
202. Vicente V.P. An ecological evaluation of the West Indian demosponge Anthosigmella varians (Hadromerida, Spirastrellida). Bulletin of Marine Science 1978, 28:771-777.
203. Vicente V.P. Overgrowth activity by the encrusting sponge Chondrilla nucula on a coral reef in Puerto Rico. New Perspectives in Sponge Biology 1990, 436-443. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC. K. Rützler (Ed.).
204. Vilanova E., Mayer-Pinto M., Curbelo-Fernandez M.P., Da Silva S.H.G. The impact of a nuclear power plant discharge on the sponge community of a tropical bay (se Brazil). Bollettino dei Musei Istituti Biologici, Universitá di Genova 2004, 68:647-654.
205. Wagner D., Kahng S.E., Toonen R.J. Observations on the life history and feeding ecology of a specialized nudibranch predator (Phyllodesmium poindemieri), with implications for biocontrol of an invasive octocoral (Carijoa riisei) in Hawaii. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 2009, 372:64-74.
206. Walker S.J., Degnan B.M., Hooper J.N.A., Skilleter G.A. Will increased storm disturbance affect the biodiversity of intertidal, nonscleractinian sessile fauna on coral reefs?. Global Change Biology 2008, 14:2755-2770.
207. Ward-Paige C.A., Risk M.J., Sherwood O.A., Jaap W.C. Clionid sponge surveys on the Florida reef tract suggest land-based nutrient inputs. Marine Pollution Bulletin 2005, 51:570-579.
208. Webster N.S., Cobb R.E., Negri A.P. Temperature thresholds for bacterial symbiosis with a sponge. ISME Journal 2008, 8:830-842.
209. Weisz J.B., Lindquist N., Martens C.S. Do associated microbial abundances impact marine demosponge pumping rates and tissue densities?. Oecologia 2008, 155:367-376.
210. Werding B., Sanchez H. Life habits and functional morphology of the sediment infaunal sponges Oceanapia oleracea and Oceanapia peltata (Porifera: Haplosclerida). Zoomorphology 1991, 110:203-208.
211. West D.A. Aposematic coloration and mutualism in sponge-dwelling tropical zoanthids. Coelenterate Biology and Behavior 1976, 443-452. Plenum Press, New York. G.O. Mackie (Ed.).
212. Wilcox T.P., Hill M., DeMeo K. Observations on a new two-sponge symbiosis in the Florida Keys. Coral Reefs 2002, 21:198-204.
213. Wilkinson C.R. Role of sponges in coral reef structural processes. Perspectives on Coral Reefs 1983, 263-274. Brian Clouston Publisher, Manuka, Australia. D.J. Barnes (Ed.).
214. Wilkinson C.R. Interocean differences in size and nutrition of coral reef sponge populations. Science 1987, 236:1654-1657.
215. Wilkinson C.R., Cheshire A.C. Growth rate of Jamaican coral reef sponges after Hurricane Allen. Biological Bulletin 1988, 175:175-179.
216. Wilkinson C.R., Cheshire A.C. Patterns in the distribution of sponge populations across the central Great Barrier Reef. Coral Reefs 1989, 8:127-134.
217. Wilkinson C.R., Cheshire A.C. Comparisons of sponge populations across the barrier reefs of Australia and Belize: Evidence for higher productivity in the Caribbean. Marine Ecology Progress Series 1990, 67:285-294.
218. Wilkinson C.R., Evans E. Sponge distribution across Davies Reef, Great Barrier Reef, relative to location, depth, and water movement. Coral Reefs 1988, 8:1-7.
219. Wilkinson C.R., Vacelet J. Transplantation of marine sponges to different conditions of light and current. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 1979, 17:91-104.
220. Willenz P., Hartman W.D. Growth and regeneration rates of the calcareous skeleton of the Caribbean coralline sponge Ceratoporella nicholsoni: A long term survey. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 1999, 44:675-685.
221. Witman J.D., Sebens K.P. Distribution and ecology of sponges at a subtidal rock ledge in the central Gulf of Maine. New Perspectives in Sponge Biology 1990, 391-396. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC. K. Rützler (Ed.).
222. Woodley J.D., Chornesky E.A., Clifford P.A., Jackson J.B.C., Kaufman L.S., Lang J.C., Pearson M.P., Porter J.W., Rooney M.C., Rylaarsdam K.W., Tunnicliffe V.J., Wahle C.W., et al. Hurricane Allen's impact on Jamaican coral reefs. Science 1981, 214:749-755.
223. Wright J.T., Benkendorff K., Davis A.R. Habitat associated differences in temperate sponge assemblages: The importance of chemical defense. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 1997, 213:199-213.
224. Wulff J.L. Sponge-mediated coral reef growth and rejuvenation. Coral Reefs 1984, 3:157-163.
225. Wulff J.L. Fish predation on cryptic sponges of Caribbean coral reefs. American Zoologist 1988, 28:A166.
226. Wulff J.L. Sponge-feeding by Caribbean angelfishes, trunkfishes, and filefishes. Sponges in Time and Space: Biology, Chemistry, Paleontology 1994, 265-271. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam. R.W.M. van Soest, T.M.G. van Kempen, J.-C. Braekman (Eds.).
227. Wulff J.L. Effects of a hurricane on survival and orientation of large, erect coral reef sponges. Coral Reefs 1995, 14:55-61.
228. Wulff J.L. Sponge-feeding by the Caribbean starfish Oreaster reticulatus. Marine Biology 1995, 123:313-325.
229. Wulff J.L. Mutually beneficial associations among species of coral reef sponges. Ecology 1997, 78:146-159.
230. Wulff J.L. Parrotfish predation on cryptic sponges of Caribbean coral reefs. Marine Biology 1997, 129:41-52.
231. Wulff J.L. Causes and consequences of differences in sponges diversity and abundance between the Caribbean and eastern Pacific at Panama 1997, 1377-1382.
232. Wulff J.L. Sponge predators may determine differences in sponge fauna between two sets of mangrove cays, Belize Barrier Reef. Atoll Research Bulletin 2000, 477:251-263.
233. Wulff J.L. Assessing and monitoring coral reef sponges: Why and how?. Bulletin of Marine Science 2001, 69:831-846.
234. Wulff J.L. Sponges on mangrove roots, Twin Cays, Belize: Early stages of community assembly. Atoll Research Bulletin 2004, 519:1-10.
235. Wulff J.L. Trade-offs in resistance to competitors and predators, and their effects on the diversity of tropical marine sponges. Journal of Animal Ecology 2005, 74:313-321.
236. Wulff J.L. Rapid diversity and abundance decline in a Caribbean coral reef sponge community. Biological Conservation 2006, 127:167-176.
237. Wulff J.L. Resistance vs. recovery: Morphological strategies of coral reef sponges. Functional Ecology 2006, 20:699-708.
238. Wulff J.L. Sponge systematics by starfish: Predators distinguish cryptic sympatric species of Caribbean fire sponges, Tedania ignis and Tedania klausi n. sp. (Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida). Biological Bulletin 2006, 211:83-94.
239. Wulff J.L. Ecological interactions of marine sponges. Canadian Journal of Zoology 2006, 84:146-166.
240. Wulff J.L. Collaboration among sponge species increases sponge diversity and abundance in a seagrass meadow. Marine Ecology: An Evolutionary Perspective 2008, 29:193-204.
241. Wulff J.L. Life history differences among coral reef sponges promote mutualism or exploitation of mutualism by influencing partner fidelity feedback. American Naturalist 2008, 171:597-609.
242. Wulff J.L. Sponge community dynamics on Caribbean mangrove roots: Significance of species idiosyncrasies. Smithsonian Contributions to Marine Science 38 2009, 501-514. Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, Washington, DC.
243. Wulff, J. L. (in prep). Context-dependency of growth rate in tropical marine sponges.
244. Wulff J.L., Buss L.W. Do sponges help hold coral reefs together?. Nature 1979, 281:474-475.
245. Zea S. Patterns of coral and sponge abundance in stressed coral reefs Santa Marta, Colombian Caribbean. Sponges in Time and Space: Biology, Chemistry, Paleontology 1994, 257-264. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam. R.W.M. van Soest, T.M.G. van Kempen, J.-C. Braekman (Eds.).
246. Zea S. Patterns of sponge (Porifera, Demospongiae) distribution in remote, oceanic reef complexes of the southwestern Caribbean. Revista de al Academia Colombian de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales 2001, 25:579-592.
247. Zilberberg C., Solé-Cava A.M., Klautau M. The extent of asexual reproduction in sponges of the genus Chondrilla (Demospongiae: Chondrosida) from the Caribbean and Brazilian coasts. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 2006, 336:211-220.