SponGES Policy Brief: The ecological value of deep-sea sponges

This SponGES policy brief provides a list of ecosystem features of deep-sea sponges covering five different domains: distribution, biodiversity, genetic diversity, nutrient and element fluxes, and response to threats and impacts. It also presents the results of a questionnaire that was administered...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: FAO
Format: Report
Language:unknown
Published: Zenodo 2021
Subjects:
Sponges
Features
Use value
European Union EU
Horizon 2020
Grant Agreement No 679849
Deep-sea Sponge Grounds Ecosystems of the North Atlantic an integrated approach towards their preservation and sustainable exploitation
SponGES
North Atlantic
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4497600
https://zenodo.org/record/4497600
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Summary:This SponGES policy brief provides a list of ecosystem features of deep-sea sponges covering five different domains: distribution, biodiversity, genetic diversity, nutrient and element fluxes, and response to threats and impacts. It also presents the results of a questionnaire that was administered to sponge experts within the SponGES project, to gain further knowledge and understanding on the overall ecological value of deep-sea sponges and possible consequences of their damage/destruction.

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