Climate Change, Ocean Acidification and Sponges

1. Climate Change and Sponges: An Introduction
José Luis Carballo, James J. Bell

2. Lessons from the Past: Sponges and the Geological Record
Lucy A. Muir, Joseph P. Botting, Matilde S. Beresi

3. Sponges as Proxies for Past Climate Change Events
Carina Sim-Smith, Michael Ellwood, Michelle Kelly

4. Molecular Responses of Sponges to Climate Change
Jose Maria Aguilar-Camacho, Grace P. McCormack

5. Molecular and Functional Ecology of Sponges and Their Microbial Symbionts
Malcolm S. Hill, Oriol Sacristán-Soriano

6. Impacts of Short-Term Large-Scale Climatic Variation on Sponge Assemblages
James J. Bell, Megan Shaffer, Holly Bennett, Emily McGrath, Charli Mortimer, Alberto Rovellini, Joseph Marlow, Andrew Biggerstaff, José Luis Carballo

7. Bioeroding Sponges and the Future of Coral Reefs
Christine H. L. Schönberg, James Kar-Hei Fang, José Luis Carballo

8. Nutrient Fluxes and Ecological Functions of Coral Reef Sponges in a Changing Ocean
Jasper M. Goeij, Michael P. Lesser, Joseph R. Pawlik

9. Sponge Disease and Climate Change
Heidi M. Luter, Nicole S. Webster

10. Sponge Reefs of the British Columbia, Canada Coast: Impacts of Climate Change and Ocean Acidification
K. W. Conway, F. Whitney, S. P. Leys, J. V. Barrie, M. Krautter

11. Future Research Directions and Gaps in Our Knowledge
James J. Bell, José Luis Carballo

Nyckelord: Life Sciences, Freshwater & Marine Ecology, Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts, Marine & Freshwater Sciences, Invertebrates