Browsing University of Galway Theses (PhD Theses) by Subject "Porifera"
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Exploring the chemical diversity of marine sponges from Futuna Islands in the Pacific ocean
(NUI Galway, 2022-06-15)Marine biodiversity is still unknown in underexplored regions of the Ocean. Sponges, and their associated microbiome, living in the precious marine ecosystems are known to produce intricate chemical scaffolds ... -
Integrative taxonomy of sponges and cnidarians at "El Pelado" marine protected area (Santa Elena), Ecuador: Assessing the potential of metabolomics
(NUI Galway, 2020-01-23)In the course of the XXI century, the explorations of our oceans have moved towards the extremes with several highly funded projects to inspect remote places like the poles or the deep-sea. Does it mean that inventories ... -
Investigations of spicules and spicule formation in Haplosclerida (Porifera, Demospongiae) using a multidisciplinary approach
(NUI Galway, 2019-01-09)Sponges are simple animals and their body is formed by different cell types and a dense skeleton either of collagen, chitin or spicules made of amorphous silica or calcium carbonate that they secrete. The phylum Porifera ...