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Article: Living in a potentially toxic environment: Comparisons of endofauna in two congeneric sponges from the Great Barrier Reef
Title | Living in a potentially toxic environment: Comparisons of endofauna in two congeneric sponges from the Great Barrier Reef |
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Keywords | Haliclona Sponges Coral reefs Endofauna Great Barrier Reef |
Issue Date | 2005 |
Citation | Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2005, v. 304, p. 67-75 How to Cite? |
Abstract | The abundance and community composition of the endofauna in 2 species of sponge, Haliclona sp. 1 and Haliclona sp. 2 (phylum Porifera: order Haplosclerida), were examined at different sites on the slope at Heron Island Reef, in the southern Great Barrier Reef, on 2 separate occasions. Both species of Haliclona occupy similar habitats on the reef slope and are often found living adjacent to each other, but the major groups of secondary metabolites and the gross external morphology in the 2 species of sponge are different. The 2 species of sponge supported significantly different endofaunal communities, with Haliclona sp. 2 supporting 3 to 4 times more individuals than Haliclona sp. 1. Fewer demersal zooplankton (copepods), nematodes and some peracarid crustaceans were found in Haliclona sp. 1 compared with Haliclona sp. 2. There were also differences in the numbers of spionid, nereidid and syllid polychaetes living in the 2 species of sponge. The only taxon that was more abundant in Haliclona sp. 1 than Haliclona sp. 2 was the spionid Polydorella prolifera, and this difference was only evident on 1 of the 2 occasions. The amount of free space (pores, channels, cavities) for a given weight of sponge was only 19% greater in Haliclona sp. 2 than in Haliclona sp. 1, suggesting other factors, such as the differences in the allelochemicals, may have a role in determining the numbers and types of animals living in these 2 species of sponge. © Inter-Research 2005. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/212856 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 2.2 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.802 |
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dc.contributor.author | Skilleter, Greg A. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Russell, Bayden D. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Degnan, Bernard M. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Garson, Mary J. | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-07-28T04:05:14Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2015-07-28T04:05:14Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2005 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2005, v. 304, p. 67-75 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0171-8630 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/212856 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The abundance and community composition of the endofauna in 2 species of sponge, Haliclona sp. 1 and Haliclona sp. 2 (phylum Porifera: order Haplosclerida), were examined at different sites on the slope at Heron Island Reef, in the southern Great Barrier Reef, on 2 separate occasions. Both species of Haliclona occupy similar habitats on the reef slope and are often found living adjacent to each other, but the major groups of secondary metabolites and the gross external morphology in the 2 species of sponge are different. The 2 species of sponge supported significantly different endofaunal communities, with Haliclona sp. 2 supporting 3 to 4 times more individuals than Haliclona sp. 1. Fewer demersal zooplankton (copepods), nematodes and some peracarid crustaceans were found in Haliclona sp. 1 compared with Haliclona sp. 2. There were also differences in the numbers of spionid, nereidid and syllid polychaetes living in the 2 species of sponge. The only taxon that was more abundant in Haliclona sp. 1 than Haliclona sp. 2 was the spionid Polydorella prolifera, and this difference was only evident on 1 of the 2 occasions. The amount of free space (pores, channels, cavities) for a given weight of sponge was only 19% greater in Haliclona sp. 2 than in Haliclona sp. 1, suggesting other factors, such as the differences in the allelochemicals, may have a role in determining the numbers and types of animals living in these 2 species of sponge. © Inter-Research 2005. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Marine Ecology Progress Series | - |
dc.subject | Haliclona | - |
dc.subject | Sponges | - |
dc.subject | Coral reefs | - |
dc.subject | Endofauna | - |
dc.subject | Great Barrier Reef | - |
dc.title | Living in a potentially toxic environment: Comparisons of endofauna in two congeneric sponges from the Great Barrier Reef | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_OA_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3354/meps304067 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-30744458363 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 304 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 67 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 75 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000234750100007 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0171-8630 | - |