Journal article
FrontiersEcoPics: Not just corals – sponges are bleaching too
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, Vol.16(8), pp.471-471
10/2018
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Abstract
While coral bleaching is a well-known phenomenon, incidences of sponge bleaching might not be on the radar for many who are documenting coral reef vulnerability. Like corals, sponges also face environmental stressors that can compromise their health. Following exposure to stress events, sponges can lose cells, leaving a bare skeleton. Some species live in symbiosis with photosynthetic organisms, and the loss of these communities as a result of environmental stress can lead to sponges “bleaching”, in a process similar to that seen in corals
Details
- Title
- FrontiersEcoPics: Not just corals – sponges are bleaching too
- Creators
- Steve Whalan - Central Caribbean Marine Institute (CCMI)
- Publication Details
- Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, Vol.16(8), pp.471-471
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
- Identifiers
- 991012979164002368
- Copyright
- © The Ecological Society of America
- Academic Unit
- Marine Ecology Research Centre; Faculty of Science and Engineering; Science
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article