Reef rubble from a number of locations in the southwest and central Pacific (Fiji, Kiribati, Solomon Islands) was surveyed for its level of infestation with bioeroding sponges. The assessment was performed by random sampling of reef rubble in shallow water ranging from intertidal to subtidal down to 15 m of water depth. It was found that essentially four styles of bioerosion prevailed: 1) small cavities with roundish cross sections commonly produced by Pione spp. and Cliona cf. macgeachii Holmes; 2) large cavities in the order of cm-size are for example produced by Aka spp., Cliothosa spp., Cliona cf. janitrix Topsent, Cliona cf. ensifera Sollas, and others; 3) multiple etchings which can degrade the interior of coral rubble on a scale of a...
The changes in seawater quality that are associated with eutrophication due to increased antropogeni...
This study focuses on bioerosion of an aphotic deep-water coral mound, the Propeller Mound, in the n...
Coral reefs are increasingly threatened by anthropogenic disturbances and consequently coral cover a...
Excavating sponges are among the most important macro-eroders of carbonate substrates in marine syst...
Excavating sponges are among the most important macro-eroders of carbonate substrates in marine syst...
Bioerosion describes the removal of hard ocean substrates by living organisms via several mechanisms...
A bioeroding sponge was found in a sabellariid worm reef in Florida, USA. The sponge was investigate...
Bioerosion, the weakening and erosion of hard substrates by boring, etching, and grazing organisms, ...
Some species of limestone-excavating Porifera (Clionidae, Hadromerida) cover their substrate as a th...
Abstract. The degree of internal bioerosion was examined in the dead basal portions of live branches...
Abstract Cliona vermifera is a common excavating sponge in coral reefs from the East Pacific. Abunda...
Decreasing coral cover on the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) may provide opportunities for rapid growth an...
The part played by sponges in the destruction of gregarious molluscan beds and coral reefs has been ...
Samples of Porites porites rubble were collected from across three fringing reefs which lie along a ...
Coral reefs are among the most diverse ecosystems on the planet, yet they are also sensitive to anth...
The changes in seawater quality that are associated with eutrophication due to increased antropogeni...
This study focuses on bioerosion of an aphotic deep-water coral mound, the Propeller Mound, in the n...
Coral reefs are increasingly threatened by anthropogenic disturbances and consequently coral cover a...
Excavating sponges are among the most important macro-eroders of carbonate substrates in marine syst...
Excavating sponges are among the most important macro-eroders of carbonate substrates in marine syst...
Bioerosion describes the removal of hard ocean substrates by living organisms via several mechanisms...
A bioeroding sponge was found in a sabellariid worm reef in Florida, USA. The sponge was investigate...
Bioerosion, the weakening and erosion of hard substrates by boring, etching, and grazing organisms, ...
Some species of limestone-excavating Porifera (Clionidae, Hadromerida) cover their substrate as a th...
Abstract. The degree of internal bioerosion was examined in the dead basal portions of live branches...
Abstract Cliona vermifera is a common excavating sponge in coral reefs from the East Pacific. Abunda...
Decreasing coral cover on the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) may provide opportunities for rapid growth an...
The part played by sponges in the destruction of gregarious molluscan beds and coral reefs has been ...
Samples of Porites porites rubble were collected from across three fringing reefs which lie along a ...
Coral reefs are among the most diverse ecosystems on the planet, yet they are also sensitive to anth...
The changes in seawater quality that are associated with eutrophication due to increased antropogeni...
This study focuses on bioerosion of an aphotic deep-water coral mound, the Propeller Mound, in the n...
Coral reefs are increasingly threatened by anthropogenic disturbances and consequently coral cover a...