Recruitment, growth and mortality of an Antarctic hexactinellid sponge, Anoxycalyx joubini.

Polar ecosystems are sensitive to climate forcing, and we often lack baselines to evaluate changes. Here we report a nearly 50-year study in which a sudden shift in the population dynamics of an ecologically important, structure-forming hexactinellid sponge, Anoxycalyx joubini was observed. This is...

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Main Authors: Paul K Dayton, Stacy Kim, Shannon C Jarrell, John S Oliver, Kamille Hammerstrom, Jennifer L Fisher, Kevin O'Connor, Julie S Barber, Gordon Robilliard, James Barry, Andrew R Thurber, Kathy Conlan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3584113?pdf=render