FILTRATION OF THE BLOOM-FORMING CYANOBACTERIA SYNECHOCOCCUS BY THREE SPONGE SPECIES FROM FLORIDA BAY, U.S.A

摘要

The extensive sponge mortalities observed in Florida Bay during the 1990s have been linked by some researchers to recent blooms of the planktonic cyanobacterium, Synechococcus spp. However, a direct causal link between these phenomena has yet to be Firmly established.