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Other Publications (Biological Sciences)
Items in this Collection
- 1Amanda Kahn, Nathan Grant, Stephanie Archer, Anya Dunham, Sally Leys
- 1Bayer, K
- 1Dinn, Curtis
- 1Evelyn Lise Jensen
- 1Keenan Guillas
- 1Leys, Sally P
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Building a Glass Sponge Reef
2019-02-10
Keenan Guillas, Amanda Kahn, Nathan Grant, Stephanie Archer, Anya Dunham, Sally Leys
ABSTRACT Glass sponge reefs are endemic to the continental shelf waters of British Columbia and Alaska where they form complex three-dimensional habitats used by a variety of commercially important fish and invertebrate species. The Hecate Strait and Queen Charlotte Sound Glass Sponge Reefs...
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2018-01-01
The goal of this guide is to derive a better understanding of the biodiversity of sponges across the eastern Canadian Arctic. Specimens were collected during research cruises aboard the Canadian Coast Guard Ship (CCGS) Amundsen in October 2015, July 2016 and July 2017. Collection sites were...
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2011
Abstract The sponge reefs, found only off the coast of British Columbia, Canada, are a unique and alien deep sea ecosystem that is not well understood and is threatened by human activities. Here I developed a genetic barcode to differentiate between the two most common sponges on the reefs,...
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Supplementary Data (Table 4.1) associated with "Nitrogen And Phosphorus Cycling Through Marine Sponges: Physiology, cytology, genomics, and ecological implications"
Supplementary Data (Table 4.1) associated with "Nitrogen And Phosphorus Cycling Through Marine Sponges: Physiology, cytology, genomics, and ecological implications"
Download2022-01-11
Maldonado, M, Bayer, K, Lopez-Acosta, M
SUMMARY Several inorganic compounds of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) are key to ocean ecology because, among other effects, they sustain primary production. After discovering in the 1980s that sponges can be both source and sink of such nutrients, much has been learned, including that fluxes...
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