Volume 61: Advances in Sponge Science: Phylogeny, Systematics, Ecology, 1st Edition

Key Features

This volume will become a reference to marine biologists with interest in

• benthic ecology and biotic interactions, including symbiosis
• chemical and molecular ecology
• systematics, phylogeny, and evolution
• sponge culture and tissue engineering

Advances in Sponge Science: Phylogeny, Systematics, Ecology, 1st Edition

1. 1- Deep Phylogeny and Evolution of Sponges (Phylum Porifera)

   Gert Wörheide, Martin Dohrmann, Dirk Erpenbeck, Claire Larroux,

   Manuel Maldonado, Oliver Voigt, Carole Borchiellini and Denis Lavrov

   2- Sponge Systematics Facing new challenges

   Paco Cárdenas, Thierry Pérez and Nicole Boury-Esnault

   3- The role of sponges in the Mesoamerican barrier-reef ecosystem, Belize

   Klaus Rützler

   4- Ecological interactions and the distribution, abundance, and diversity of sponges

   Janie Wulff

   5- Sponge ecology in the molecular era

   Maria J. Uriz and Xavier Turon