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Laura Rix
Researcher at University of Queensland
Publications - 22
Citations - 1014
Laura Rix is an academic researcher from University of Queensland. The author has contributed to research in topics: Coral reef & Coral. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 17 publications receiving 728 citations. Previous affiliations of Laura Rix include Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology & University of Glasgow.
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The sponge holobiont in a changing ocean: from microbes to ecosystems.
TL;DR: The concept of holobionts as dynamic ecosystems that interact at multiple scales and respond to environmental change is discussed and the link between environmental perturbations, dysbiosis, and sponge diseases is discussed.
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Coral mucus fuels the sponge loop in warm- and cold-water coral reef ecosystems
Laura Rix,Jasper M. de Goeij,Christina E. Mueller,Ulrich Struck,Jack J. Middelburg,Fleur C. van Duyl,Fuad A. Al-Horani,Christian Wild,Christian Wild,Malik S. Naumann,Dick van Oevelen +10 more
TL;DR: The presence of a sponge loop on Red Sea warm-water and north Atlantic cold-water coral reefs suggests it is a ubiquitous feature of reef ecosystems contributing to the high biogeochemical cycling that may enable coral reefs to thrive in nutrient-limited and energy-limited environments.
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Differential recycling of coral and algal dissolved organic matter via the sponge loop
Laura Rix,Jasper M. de Goeij,Dick van Oevelen,Ulrich Struck,Fuad A. Al-Horani,Christian Wild,Malik S. Naumann +6 more
TL;DR: The higher uptake and transformation rates of algal- compared with coral-derived DOM suggest that reef community phase shifts from coral to algal dominance may stimulate DOM cycling through the sponge loop with potential consequences for coral reef biogeochemical cycles and food webs.
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Functional significance of dinitrogen fixation in sustaining coral productivity under oligotrophic conditions.
Ulisse Cardini,Vanessa N. Bednarz,Malik S. Naumann,Nanne van Hoytema,Laura Rix,Rachel A. Foster,Mamoon M. D. Al-Rshaidat,Christian Wild,Christian Wild +8 more
TL;DR: Evidence is provided of an important functional role of diazotrophs in sustaining coral productivity when alternative external N sources are scarce and coral gross primary productivity remained stable despite lower Symbiodinium densities and tissue chlorophyll a contents.
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Reef sponges facilitate the transfer of coral-derived organic matter to their associated fauna via the sponge loop
Laura Rix,Jasper M. de Goeij,Dick van Oevelen,Ulrich Struck,FFuad A. Al-Horani,Christian Wild,Malik S. Naumann +6 more
TL;DR: It is hypothesized that reef sponges convert the dissolved organic matter released by benthic primary producers into particulate detritus that is transferred to sponge-associated detritivores via the sponge loop pathway, thereby acting as key players within reef food webs.