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Chemical defenses and resource trade-offs structure sponge communities on Caribbean coral reefs by Loh, Tse-Lynn, Pawlik, Joseph R.

“…Ecological studies have rarely been performed at the community level across a large biogeographic region. Sponges are now the primary habitat-forming organisms…”
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A review of bottom-up vs. top-down control of sponges on Caribbean fore-reefs: what's old, what's new, and future directions by Pawlik, Joseph R, Loh, Tse-Lynn, McMurray, Steven E

“…Interest in the ecology of sponges on coral reefs has grown in recent years with mounting evidence that sponges are becoming dominant members of reef…”
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Molecular Networking Revealed Unique UV-Absorbing Phospholipids: Favilipids from the Marine Sponge Clathria faviformis by Scarpato, Silvia, Teta, Roberta, De Cicco, Paola, Borrelli, Francesca, Pawlik, Joseph R, Costantino, Valeria, Mangoni, Alfonso

“…Analysis of extracts of the marine sponge by high-resolution LC-MS and molecular networking resulted in the discovery of a new family of potentially…”
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New Tricks with an Old Sponge: Feature-Based Molecular Networking Led to Fast Identification of New Stylissamide L from Stylissa caribica by Scarpato, Silvia, Teta, Roberta, Della Sala, Gerardo, Pawlik, Joseph R, Costantino, Valeria, Mangoni, Alfonso

“…Feature-based molecular networking was used to re-examine the secondary metabolites in extracts of a very well studied marine sponge, , known to contain a…”
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Fast Detection of Two Smenamide Family Members Using Molecular Networking by Caso, Alessia, Esposito, Germana, Della Sala, Gerardo, Pawlik, Joseph R, Teta, Roberta, Mangoni, Alfonso, Costantino, Valeria

“…Caribbean sponges of the genus are a prolific source of chlorinated secondary metabolites. The use of molecular networking as a powerful dereplication tool…”
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Application of diet theory reveals context-dependent foraging preferences in an herbivorous coral reef fish by Hanmer, John, White, J. Wilson, Pawlik, Joseph R.

“…Dietary preferences of grazers can drive spatial variability in top-down control of autotroph communities, because diet composition may depend on the relative…”
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Sponge communities on Caribbean coral reefs are structured by factors that are top-down, not bottom-up by Pawlik, Joseph R, Loh, Tse-Lynn, McMurray, Steven E, Finelli, Christopher M

“…Caribbean coral reefs have been transformed in the past few decades with the demise of reef-building corals, and sponges are now the dominant habitat-forming…”
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Indirect effects of overfishing on Caribbean reefs: sponges overgrow reef-building corals by Loh, Tse-Lynn, McMurray, Steven E, Henkel, Timothy P, Vicente, Jan, Pawlik, Joseph R

“…Consumer-mediated indirect effects at the community level are difficult to demonstrate empirically. Here, we show an explicit indirect effect of overfishing on…”
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Testing the relationship between microbiome composition and flux of carbon and nutrients in Caribbean coral reef sponges by Gantt, Shelby E, McMurray, Steven E, Stubler, Amber D, Finelli, Christopher M, Pawlik, Joseph R, Erwin, Patrick M

“…Sponges are important suspension-feeding members of reef communities, with the collective capacity to overturn the entire water column on shallow Caribbean…”
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Cyanobacterial diversity and a new acaryochloris-like symbiont from Bahamian sea-squirts by López-Legentil, Susanna, Song, Bongkeun, Bosch, Manel, Pawlik, Joseph R, Turon, Xavier

“…Symbiotic interactions between ascidians (sea-squirts) and microbes are poorly understood. Here we characterized the cyanobacteria in the tissues of 8 distinct…”
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Sponges With Microbial Symbionts Transform Dissolved Organic Matter and Take Up Organohalides by Olinger, Lauren K., Strangman, Wendy K., McMurray, Steven E., Pawlik, Joseph R.

“…Seawater dissolved organic matter (DOM) is a large reservoir of carbon composed of a complex and poorly characterized mixture of molecules. Sponges have long…”
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Looking for the sponge loop: analyses of detritus on a Caribbean forereef using stable isotope and eDNA metabarcoding techniques by Olinger, Lauren K, McClenaghan, Beverly, Hajibabaei, Mehrdad, Fahner, Nicole, Berghuis, Lesley, Rajabi, Hoda, Erwin, Patrick, Lane, Chad S, Pawlik, Joseph R

“…Coral reefs are biodiverse ecosystems that rely on trophodynamic transfers from primary producers to consumers through the detrital pathway. The sponge loop…”
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Isolation of Smenopyrone, a Bis-γ-Pyrone Polypropionate from the Caribbean Sponge Smenospongia aurea by Esposito, Germana, Teta, Roberta, Della Sala, Gerardo, Pawlik, Joseph R, Mangoni, Alfonso, Costantino, Valeria

“…The organic extract of the Caribbean sponge has been shown to contain an array of novel chlorinated secondary metabolites derived from a mixed PKS-NRPS…”
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Evidence for Vertical Transmission of Bacterial Symbionts from Adult to Embryo in the Caribbean Sponge Svenzea zeai by Lee, On On, Chui, Pui Yi, Wong, Yue Him, Pawlik, Joseph R, Qian, Pei-Yuan

“…The Caribbean reef sponge Svenzea zeai was previously found to contain substantial quantities of unicellular photosynthetic and autotrophic microbes in its…”
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The Chemical Ecology of Sponges on Caribbean Reefs: Natural Products Shape Natural Systems by Pawlik, Joseph R

“…Sponges are now the dominant habitat-forming animals on Caribbean reefs, where the combined effects of climate change, pollution, and disease have decimated…”
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How are single-shot photographs orthorectified?: Comment on “Quantifying sponge communities from shallow to mesophotic depths using orthorectified imagery” (Lesser et al. 2023) by Pawlik, Joseph R.

“…For many decades, marine ecologists have used the point-intercept method to estimate the percentage cover of organisms on topographically complex benthic…”
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Defense by association: Sponge‐eating fishes alter the small‐scale distribution of Caribbean reef sponges by Wooster, Michael K., Marty, Micah J., Pawlik, Joseph R.

“…Recent studies have demonstrated that sponge‐eating fishes alter the community of sponges on coral reefs across the Caribbean. Sponge species that lack…”
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Zeamide, a Glycosylinositol Phosphorylceramide with the Novel Core Arap(1β→6)Ins Motif from the Marine Sponge Svenzea zeai by Della Sala, Gerardo, Teta, Roberta, Esposito, Germana, Pawlik, Joseph R, Mangoni, Alfonso, Costantino, Valeria

“…Glycosylinositol phosphorylceramides (GIPCs) show a great structural diversity, but all share a small number of core structures, with a glucosamine, a mannose,…”
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Role of Vanadium in the Chemical Defense of the Solitary Tunicate, Phallusia nigra by Odate, Shobu, Pawlik, Joseph R

“…Ascidians (sea squirts) may defend themselves from predators, biofouling competitors, and bacterial infection by producing secondary metabolites or…”
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Unusual Morphotypes of the Giant Barrel Sponge off the Coast of Barbados by Pawlik, Joseph R., Manker, Denise C., Evans, James S., Erwin, Patrick M., López-Legentil, Susanna

“…Giant barrel sponges (GBSs) belong to a cryptic species complex (Xestospongia spp.) and are found on tropical reefs worldwide. Over their range, including most…”
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