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Adaptive Potential of Intracolonial Genetic Variability in Coral Populations

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 11, November 2025.
Intracolonial genetic variability (IGV) is key to coral reef resilience but remains underexplored in current coral research. This review compares corals with well‐studied clonal systems like seagrass meadows, discusses methods to detect IGV and estimate the number of potential new genotypes, and advocates incorporating these clonal concepts into coral ...
Lutfi Afiq‐Rosli, Carlos M. Duarte
wiley   +1 more source

Differential recycling of coral and algal dissolved organic matter via the sponge loop

, 2017
Corals and macroalgae release large quantities of dissolved organic matter (DOM), one of the largest sources of organic matter produced on coral reefs.
de Goeij, J.M., Struck, U., van Oevelen, Dick, Al-Horani, F.A., Ulrich Struck, Wild, Christian, Struck, Ulrich, Rix, L., Malik S. Naumann, de Goeij, Jasper M., Naumann, Malik S., Fuad A. Al‐Horani, Rix, Laura, Jasper M. de Goeij, Al-Horani, Fuad A., Naumann, M.S., Christian Wild, Dick van Oevelen, Laura Rix, Wild, C., Van Oevelen, D., Freshwater and Marine Ecology (IBED, FNWI)   +21 more
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Seawater carbonate chemistry and bacterial diversity and immune repertoire of the demosponge, Neopetrosia compacta, and the calcareous sponge, Leucetta chagosensis

, 2021
The sponge-associated microbial community contributes to the overall health and adaptive capacity of the sponge holobiont. This community is regulated by the environment and the immune system of the host.
Nada, Michael Angelou L, Posadas, Niño, Conaco, Cecilia, Kelly, Michelle, Baquiran, Jake Ivan P   +4 more
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Shifting microbial communities in acidified seawaters: insights from polychaetes living in the CO2 vent of Ischia, Italy

Integrative Zoology, Volume 20, Issue 6, Page 1278-1293, November 2025.
The microbiome of polychaetes Syllis prolifera and Platynereis massiliensis complex changes in naturally acidified CO2 vents. A slight degree of acidification is associated with relevant changes in the microbial community, stressing the importance of investigations about the possible effects of ocean acidification on key biological and ecological ...
Irene ARNOLDI, Davide CARRARETTO, Marco MUNARI, Matteo NANNINI, Maria Cristina GAMBI, Antonio CANNAVACCIUOLO, Camilla DELLA TORRE, Paolo GABRIELI   +7 more
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Elevated seawater temperature disrupts the microbiome of an ecologically important bioeroding sponge

, 2018
Bioeroding sponges break down calcium carbonate substratum, including coral skeleton, and their capacity for reef erosion is expected to increase in warmer and more acidic oceans.
Webster, Nicole S, Blake D. Ramsby, Whalan, Steve W, Webster, Nicole S., Ramsby, Blake D, Hoogenboom, Mia O, Whalan, Steve, Nicole S. Webster, Ramsby, Blake D., Hoogenboom, Mia O., Mia O. Hoogenboom, Steve Whalan   +11 more
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Marine Sponge Holobionts in Health and Disease

, 2019
Sponges—like all multicellular organisms—are holobionts, complex ecosystems comprising the host and its microbiota. The symbiosis of sponges with their microbial communities is a highly complex system, requiring interaction mechanisms and adaptation on ...
Jahn, Martin T., Rix, Laura, Hentschel, Ute, Pita, Lucia, Franke, Andrea, Slaby, Beate M., Bayer, Kristina   +6 more
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Sponge Symbiosis: Microbes Make an Essential Part of What It Means to Be a Sponge

67 pages, 7 figures, 1 tableSponges live in tight associations with associated microbes thriving within their bodies. In this chapter, we discuss these intertwined host-symbiont relationships and how microbes influence multiple features of sponge ...
Morganti, Teresa Maria, Pita, Lucía, Marulanda-Gómez, Angela M., Busch, Kathrin, Bayer, Kristina   +4 more
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Dynamics, diversity, and roles of bacterial transmission modes during the first asexual life stages of the freshwater sponge Spongilla lacustris

Environmental Microbiome
Background Sponge-associated bacteria play important roles in the physiology of their host, whose recruitment processes are crucial to maintain symbiotic associations.
Benoit Paix, Elodie van der Valk, Nicole J. de Voogd   +2 more
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Diversity in sponge holobiont functioning: the role of microbial abundance, host sponge identity, and geography

, 2016
Although marine sponges are frequently placed into functional categories based on their overall microbial abundance (High and Low Microbial Abundance [HMA and LMA]), recent research has shown that these communities and overall interactions are highly ...
Paul, V, Baker, DM, Freeman, CJ, Easson, CG   +3 more
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Sponges on shifting reefs: holobionts show similar molecular and physiological responses to coral versus macroalgal food

Frontiers in Marine Science
IntroductionMany coral reefs witness an ongoing coral-to-algae phase shift. Corals and algae release large quantities of (in)organic nutrients daily, of which a large part is utilized by sponges.
Sara Campana, Milou G. I. Arts, Cristina Díez-Vives, Cristina Díez-Vives, Benjamin Mueller, Benjamin Mueller, Corinna Bang, Ana Riesgo, Ana Riesgo, Andreas F. Haas, Gerard Muyzer, Jasper M. de Goeij, Jasper M. de Goeij   +12 more
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