The following handle holds various files of this Leiden University dissertation:
http://hdl.handle.net/1887/81578
Author: Swierts, T.
DIVERSITY IN THE GLOBALLY INTERTWINED
GIANT BARREL SPONGE SPECIES COMPLEX
This Ph.D. research was made possible with financial support of: The Dutch Research Council (NWO)
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW)
DIVERSITY IN THE GLOBALLY INTERTWINED
GIANT BARREL SPONGE SPECIES COMPLEX
Proefschrift
Ter verkrijging van
de graad van Doctor aan de Universiteit Leiden, op gezag van Rector Magnificus prof. mr. C.J.J.M. Stolker,
volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties te verdedigen op dinsdag 17 december 2019
klokke 10:00 uur
door
Thomas Swierts geboren te Amsterdam
Dr. D.F.R. Cleary (University of Aveiro)
PROMOTIECOMMISSIE
Prof. Dr. A. Tukker (Universiteit Leiden) - Voorzitter Prof. Dr. Ir. M. G. Vijver (Universiteit Leiden) - Secretaris
Prof. Dr. J. C. Biesmeijer (Naturalis Biodiversity Center & Universiteit Leiden) Dr. D. E. Rozen (Universiteit Leiden)
Prof. Dr. J. Pawlik (UNC Wilmington)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1 General introduction 7
Section one: Genetics
Chapter 2 Globally intertwined evolutionary history of giant barrel sponges 21 Chapter 3 Two differently colored giant barrel sponge species in 41
Tanzania merge when they grow against each other Section two: Prokaryotes
Chapter 4 Prokaryotic communities of Indo-Pacific giant barrel sponges are 47 more strongly influenced by geography than host phylogeny
Chapter 5 Impacts of host identity and geography on the prokaryotic 69 community of giant barrel sponges at multiple spatial scales
Section three: Reef Interactions
Chapter 6 The sponge microbiome within the greater coral reef 117 microbial metacommunity
Chapter 7 The giant barrel sponge facilitates the recovery of 147 coral fragments after a tropical storm in Taiwan
