Ocean Acidification: Effects on Sponges

A tract of corals growing on a massive, wave-resistant structure and associated sediments, substantially built by skeletons of successive generations of corals and other calcareous reef-biota.

Interaction of living organisms with the physical or chemical environment in a body of saltwater.

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Source: Florida Sea Grant Marine Extension