Geographic range size and species morphology determines the organization of sponge host-guest interaction networks across tropical coral reefs.

ABSTRACT: Sponges are widely spread organisms in the tropical reefs of the American Northwest-Atlantic Ocean, they structure ecosystems and provide services such as shelter, protection from predators, and food sources to a wide diversity of both vertebrates and invertebrates species. The high diversity of sponge-associated fauna can generate complex networks of species interactions over small and large spatial-temporal gradients. One way to start uncovering the organization of the sponge host-guest complex networks is to understand how the accumulated geographic area, the sponge morphology and, sponge taxonomy contributes to the connectivity of sponge species within such networks. This study is a meta-analysis based on previous sponge host-guest literature obtained in 65 scientific publications, yie

SUBMITTER: Perez-Botello AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10680448 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature