The study of sediments on coral reefs: a hydrodynamic perspective

JA Schlaefer, SB Tebbett, DR Bellwood - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2021 - Elsevier
There is a rich literature on coral reef sediments. However, this knowledge is spread among
research fields, and the extent to which major sediment reservoirs and reservoir connecting …

Bioerosion of siliceous rocks driven by rock-boring freshwater insects

IN Bolotov, AV Kondakov, GS Potapov… - npj Materials …, 2022 - nature.com
Macrobioerosion of mineral substrates in fresh water is a little-known geological process.
Two examples of rock-boring bivalve molluscs were recently described from freshwater …

Relationships between linear extension, calcification rate, skeletal density, and nutrients with coral bioerosion: A case study in the Persian Gulf

Y Pouryousef, J Seyfabadi, MR Shokri - Regional Studies in Marine Science, 2024 - Elsevier
The balance between reef growth and physical and biological erosion that underlies the
coral reef framework can be disrupted by environmental disturbances. The variation in …

Bioeroding sponge assemblages: the importance of substrate availability and sediment

J Marlow, CHL Schönberg, SK Davy… - Journal of the Marine …, 2019 - cambridge.org
Despite global deterioration of coral reef health, not all reef-associated organisms are in
decline. Bioeroding sponges are thought to be largely resistant to the factors that stress and …

[PDF][PDF] Life on Mars Discovered by NASA's 1976 Viking Landers: Lichens, Algae, Moss, Microbial Mats, Vesicular Trace Fossils in Utopia Planitia and Chryse Planitia

R Schild, R Joseph - Journal of Cosmology, 2022 - researchgate.net
Vesicular rocks and thick clumps of green-colored matter photographed in Utopia Planitia
and Chryse Planitia by NASA's Viking landers were subject to morphological and …

Decadal variability in sponge abundance and biodiversity on an Indo-Pacific coral reef

A Rovellini, MR Dunn, EA Fulton, NS Webster… - Marine Ecology …, 2019 - int-res.com
Natural communities can undergo large temporal changes in abundance and species
composition that may be difficult to detect without long-term ecological monitoring …

[PDF][PDF] R.“Mollusks on Mars! Rock-Boring Marine Life in Jazero Crater: A Comparative Quantitative Morphological Analysis.”

RA Joseph, R Armstrong - Journal of Cosmology, 2022 - researchgate.net
Rocks with numerous deep concave holes similar to trace fossils fashioned by mollusks
have been photographed by Viking 2 in Utopia Planitia and the rover Perseverance in the …

Bleaching and recovery of a phototrophic bioeroding sponge

J Marlow, SK Davy, M Shaffer, A Haris, JJ Bell - Coral Reefs, 2018 - Springer
In the Wakatobi region of Indonesia, a prolonged period of elevated water temperature in
2016 caused extensive coral bleaching and mortality. Unusually, bleaching was also …

The relative influence of sea surface temperature anomalies on the benthic composition of an Indo‐Pacific and Caribbean coral reef over the last decade

JV Johnson, DA Exton, JTA Dick, J Oakley… - Ecology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Rising ocean temperatures are the primary driver of coral reef declines throughout the
tropics. Such declines include reductions in coral cover that facilitate the monopolization of …

Biodiversity and structure of marine sponge assemblages around a subtropical island

HFM Fortunato, TS De Paula, EL Esteves, G Muricy… - Hydrobiologia, 2020 - Springer
We evaluated the structural responses of marine sponge assemblages to different
substrates as well as their positioning around Ilha Grande, a local hotspot of marine …