Effects of combined dredging-related stressors on sponges: a laboratory approach using realistic scenarios

Abstract Dredging can cause increased suspended sediment concentrations (SSCs), light attenuation and sedimentation in marine communities. In order to determine the combined effects of dredging-related pressures on adult sponges, three species spanning different nutritional modes and morphologies we...

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Main Authors: Mari-Carmen Pineda, Brian Strehlow, Jasmine Kamp, Alan Duckworth, Ross Jones, Nicole S. Webster
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-05251-x