Marine caves are biodiversity reservoirs and refuge habitats, harbouring rare species and
living fossils. The Mediterranean Sea hosts more than 3000 caves, which are among the …

Bycatch–a term widely used to refer to part of the catch unintentionally caught during a
fishing operation, in addition to target species, and consisting of the discards and incidental …

The influence of sedimentation, depth and substratum angle on sponge assemblages in the
Wakatobi region, south-eastern Sulawesi, Indonesia was considered. Sponge assemblages …

Although abiotic factors may be important first-order filters dictating which sponge species
can thrive at a particular site, ecological interactions can play substantial roles influencing …

Marine caves are widely acknowledged for their unique biodiversity and constitute a typical
feature of the Mediterranean coastline. Herein an attempt was made to evaluate the …

Quaternary climate and sea-level research in coastal karst basins (caves, cenotes,
sinkholes, blueholes, etc.) generally focuses on analyzing isotopes in speleothems, or …

Hypotheses on the spatial and temporal distribution of sessile assemblages in submerged
marine caves have rarely been tested. Classically, the distribution of cave benthos has been …

Sponges are a major component of benthic ecosystems across the world and fulfil a number
of important functional roles. However, despite their importance, there have been few …

Sponge assemblages were investigated in the Spermonde Archipelago, southwestern
Sulawesi, Indonesia. In this study spatial patterns of sponge similarity among sites were …

Continental shelf and margins contains a wide variety of habitats that have traditionally
remained poorly explored because of their inaccessibility to humans and low-light …