Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) is essential to balance the metabolic demands of North-Atlantic deep-sea sponges

• Main Authors: Bart, Martijn C, Mueller, Benjamin, Rombouts, Titus, van de Ven, Clea, Tompkins, Gabrielle J, Osinga, Ronald, Brussaard, Corina PD, MacDonald, Barry, Engel, Anja, Rapp, Hans Tore, de Goeij, Jasper M
• Format: Report
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Deep-sea sponge grounds; demosponge; hexactinellid; respiration; carbon budget; DOC; ex situ incubation; 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; Bedford; Bergen; Canada; Norway; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/4293853; https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.09.21.305086

ABSTRACT Sponges are ubiquitous components of various deep-sea habitats, including cold water coral reefs and deep-sea sponge grounds. Despite being surrounded by oligotrophic waters, these ecosystems are known to be hotspots of biodiversity and carbon cycling. To assess the role of sponges in the c...