Advances in Marine Biology, Volume 61: Advances in Sponge Science: Phylogeny, Systematics, Ecology

About this book

Advances in Marine Biology has been providing in-depth and up-to-date reviews on all aspects of marine biology since 1963--over 45 years of outstanding coverage! The series is well-known for both its excellence of reviews and editing. Now edited by Michael Lesser, with an internationally renowned Editorial Board, the serial publishes in-depth and up-to-date content on a wide range of topics that will appeal to postgraduates and researchers in marine biology, fisheries science, ecology, zoology, and biological oceanography. This volume will become a reference to marine biologists with interest in benthic ecology and biotic interactions, including symbiosis; chemical and molecular ecology; systematics, phylogeny, and evolution; and, sponge culture and tissue engineering.

Contents

1- Deep Phylogeny and Evolution of Sponges (Phylum Porifera)
2- Sponge Systematics Facing new challenges
3- The role of sponges in the Mesoamerican barrier-reef ecosystem, Belize
4- Ecological interactions and the distribution, abundance, and diversity of sponges
5- Sponge ecology in the molecular era

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