Credit: Ayushi Kachhara NIWA 2018

Academic publication

Responses of a common New Zealand coastal sponge to elevated suspended sediments: Indications of resilience

Cummings VJ, Beaumont J, Mobilia V, Bell JJ, Tracey D, Clark MR and Barr N (2020) Marine Environmental Research 155: 104886

Highlights

Investigated New Zealand cushion sponge tolerance to elevated suspended sediments
Sponge survival was high, and respiration rates were not affected
Apical fistules developed, potentially due to external/internal sediment accumulation
Resilience likely influenced by sediment exposure in their dynamic coastal habitat

Keywords

Marine; Crella incrustans; physiology; temperate; demospongiae; porifera

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