Editorial: Deep-sea sponge ecosystems: Knowledge-based approach towards sustainable management and conservation

• Joana R. Xavier,
• Joana R. Xavier,
• Shirley A. Pomponi,
• Ellen L. Kenchington

Affiliations

Joana R. Xavier

CIIMAR – Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research of the University of Porto, Matosinhos, Portugal

Joana R. Xavier

Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

Shirley A. Pomponi

Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Florida Atlantic University, Fort Pierce, FL, United States

Ellen L. Kenchington

Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Ocean Ecology Section, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, NS, Canada