Surviving in a Marine Desert: The Sponge Loop Retains Resources Within Coral Reefs

Sponge Pump “Darwin's Paradox” asks how productive and diverse ecosystems like coral reefs thrive in the marine equivalent of a desert. De Goeij et al. (p. 108 ) now show that coral reef sponges are part of a highly efficient recycling pathway for dissolved organic matter (DOM), converting it, via r... View More