Joseph R. Pawlik

Does the odor from sponges of the genus Ircinia protect them from fish predators?

Phorbasterones A-D, cytotoxic nor-ring A steroids from the sponge Phorbas amaranthus.

Winogradskyella poriferorum sp. nov., a novel member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from a sponge in the Bahamas.

Nonlabens tegetincola gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from a microbial mat in a subtropical estuary.

Stenothermobacter spongiae gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from a marine sponge in the Bahamas, and emended description of Nonlabens tegetincola.

Description of Fabibacter halotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov. and Roseivirga spongicola sp. nov., and reclassification of [Marinicola] seohaensis as Roseivirga seohaensis comb. nov.

The role of vanadium in the chemical defense of the solitary tunicate, Phallusia nigra.

Bioactive metabolites from the Caribbean sponge Aka coralliphagum.

Amaranzole A, a new N-imidazolyl steroid from Phorbas amaranthus.

Bleaching and stress in coral reef ecosystems: hsp70 expression by the giant barrel sponge Xestospongia muta.

Amaroxocanes A and B: sulfated dimeric sterols defend the Caribbean coral reef sponge Phorbas amaranthus from fish predators.

Presence of Aspergillus sydowii, a pathogen of gorgonian sea fans in the marine sponge Spongia obscura.

Siphonodictyal B1 from a marine sponge increases intracellular calcium levels comparable to the Ca2+-ATPase (SERCA) inhibitor thapsigargin.

Evidence for vertical transmission of bacterial symbionts from adult to embryo in the Caribbean sponge Svenzea zeai.

Amaranzoles B-F, imidazole-2-carboxy steroids from the marine sponge Phorbas amaranthus. C24-N- and C24-O-analogues from a divergent oxidative biosynthesis.

Effects of sponge bleaching on ammonia-oxidizing Archaea: distribution and relative expression of ammonia monooxygenase genes associated with the barrel sponge Xestospongia muta.

Demographics of increasing populations of the giant barrel sponge Xestospongia muta in the Florida Keys.

The pathology of sponge orange band disease affecting the Caribbean barrel sponge Xestospongia muta.

Is there a trade-off between wound-healing and chemical defenses among Caribbean reef sponges?

Cyanobacterial diversity and a new acaryochloris-like symbiont from Bahamian sea-squirts.

Effects of Karenia brevis on clearance rates and bioaccumulation of brevetoxins in benthic suspension feeding invertebrates.

Sponge communities on Caribbean coral reefs are structured by factors that are top-down, not bottom-up.

Chemical defenses and resource trade-offs structure sponge communities on Caribbean coral reefs.

The HMA-LMA dichotomy revisited: an electron microscopical survey of 56 sponge species.