🌊 Rock sponges in the Eastern Mediterranean provide crucial deep-sea habitats. With the increasing anthropogenic impacts in deep waters, #SponBIODIV (#BiodivProtect) highlights the urgent need for further mapping, monitoring, and conservation efforts.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-025-01525-0

🧽 #SponBIODIV (#BiodivProtect) finds sponge reproduction may be influenced by microbiomes. Early oocyte development in some species aligns with microbial shifts linked to nutrition and immunity.
https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.02019-24