Sponges are ecologically important benthic organisms with many important functional roles.
However, despite increasing global interest in the functions that sponges perform, there has …

Large and hyperdiverse marine ecosystems pose significant challenges to biodiversity
monitoring. While environmental DNA (eDNA) promises to meet many of these challenges …

Abstract The Arabian Peninsula accounts for approximately 6% of the world's coral reefs.
Some thrive in extreme environments of temperature and salinity. Using 51 Autonomous …

The Salento Peninsula represents the eastern-most edge of the Italian Peninsula, and one
of the first areas to be invaded by thermophilic non-indigenous species. The diversity of non …

Marine sponges have recently been recognized as natural samplers of environmental DNA
(eDNA) due to their effective water filtration and their ubiquitous, sessile, and regenerative …

In the present study, we assessed prokaryotic communities of demosponges, a calcareous
sponge, octocorals, sediment and seawater in coral reef habitat of the central Red Sea …

Abstract The Indian Ocean (IO) continental shelf characterized by unique oceanographic
and meteorological features and extreme habitat is a biodiversity hotspot region. Marine …

Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are spherical particles with a number of specific and unique
physical (such as surface plasmon resonance, high electrical conductivity and thermal …

Coral-dwelling crabs form a diverse community on coral reefs, and various families
independently colonised scleractinian corals. Species of Domecia have a circumtropical …

The effective management of marine species relies on a comprehensive understanding of
how the environment can influence biodiversity and distributions. This study quantified the …