Are Sponges Good Natural Sentinels for Monitoring Fish Diversity in Antarctic Coastal Waters?
Carlos Angulo‐Preckler, Marta Turon, Oriol Sacristan‐Soriano, Kim Præbel, Conxita Avila, Owen Simon Wangensteen · 2025
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Description
Sponges filter the sea and keep a diary of its DNA, which tempts scientists to read fish diversity from a squeezed sponge instead of hauling nets in Antarctic cold. Carlos Angulo-Preckler and co-authors test the temptation in a 2025 study along the western Antarctic Peninsula, sampling both sponges and plain seawater.
Both sources named the same fourteen fish species and one marine mammal, and seawater matched or beat the sponges at most sites. Sponge species differed among themselves without a clear winner. The local fish list was dominated by icefish relatives, all Antarctic natives. The authors judge sponges useful but not superior sentinels.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Carlos Angulo‐Preckler, Marta Turon, Oriol Sacristan‐Soriano, Kim Præbel, Conxita Avila, Owen Simon Wangensteen |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 49 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |