Sponge Grounds as Key Marine Habitats: A Synthetic Review of Types, Structure, Functional Roles, and Conservation Concerns
This study has benefitted from funding by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (CTM2012 37787) to MM; from the Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystems Program and the National Museum of Natural History, Washington to KR, CD, and MM (Contribution Number 986) from Stiftung Drittes Millennium, Fundacion Biodiversidad, and the Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentacion y Medio Ambiente to Oceana and RA; from NIWA, New Zealand Foundation for Research, Science and Technology, and CSIRO's Division of Marine and Atmospheric Research to MK; the Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada for Discovery and Ship Time grants to SPL; from the Norwegian Research Council to RJB and HTR; from The Norwegian Oil and Gas and the Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre to HTR; and from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada for Discovery and Ship Time grants to SPL.