Corals and sponges communicate via metabolism
University of Bremen. The research team is jointly led by Prof. Dr. Christian Wild (Marine Ecology, University of Bremen), Dr. Malik Naumann (Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology, ZMT), Dr. Jasper de [...] of Amsterdam), und Dr. Dick van Oevelen (Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, NIOZ). Sponge loop The researchers found that coral mucus, which is continuously released by corals in large quantities [...] able to communicate. This surprising discovery on coral reefs was recently made by an international research team. Interestingly, this food web linkage apparently not only exists in tropical, shallow warm-water