image: Coral reef sponges in Curacao in the southern Caribbean Sea are shown. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the 4 Oct., 2013, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by Jasper M. de Goeij at University of Amsterdam in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and colleagues was titled, "Surviving in a Marine Desert: The Sponge Loop Retains Resources Within Coral Reefs." view more
Credit: [Image courtesy of Erik van Bommel]