http://thatsasponge.com/chrisfreemanhome daily 0.75 2014-10-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1427196350835-XC3VZTR9X2ABXVERHV4J/GWS-4170.jpg Home http://thatsasponge.com/blog daily 0.75 2016-03-07 http://thatsasponge.com/pictures daily 1.0 2025-12-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1557452396672-WKXFXVR4QAO2BEK2668R/GWS-4393.jpg Pictures - Miskito Cays of Honduras https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1557452396672-WKXFXVR4QAO2BEK2668R/GWS-4393.jpg Pictures - Miskito Cays of Honduras https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1557452414504-VM11CZCR7VS9SKVZYGEN/GWS-4407.jpg Pictures - Reefs of Miskito Cays https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1557452928855-ABNUD5I918450039188Z/G0451789.jpg Pictures https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1557453651896-H7PH2FGVL7W6CDXZZDZH/G0451789.JPG Pictures - Myanmar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1557452423228-RS3BON7PXBB6B9CIZ5MS/GWS-4170new.jpg Pictures - Closeup of Caribbean sponge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1557452432126-4QLYGQWXQFTWPX0SG8TZ/GWS-3798new.jpg Pictures - Caribbean octocoral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1557453245829-A8FH88Q5B526G79DKKKN/DSCN0944+2.JPG Pictures - Relaxing between dives on Escudo Island in Panama https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1557453537266-Y26XNT8ONKF8HFB27487/DSCN1406.JPG Pictures - Small Haliclona sponge at the Intercontinental resort in Moorea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1557453327980-8BWE02LTX8LVDTEVPULM/DSC_0164+2.JPG Pictures - Preparing for a shore dive in Hong Kong https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1557453390966-Y4T5BXYRXHVJGKAIKCS9/DSC_0053.JPG Pictures - Polynesian sponge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1557453397783-WTI4MXOKXHU61Y0KTYS6/DSC_0423.JPG Pictures - The view from Mt. Rotui in Moorea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1557453437905-JHM0O3FECSSU3KOP6LQB/DSC_0960.JPG Pictures - Myanmar dive site https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1557453494823-QKLZPPQMIAP1OWIZA3S2/DSCN1917.JPG Pictures - Beautiful reef of Hong Kong https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1557453506399-7H2DM0V2292QH337GK6E/IMG_1594.JPG Pictures - Carrie Bow Cay in Belize https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1557453256895-P1VY0R13I132EZZ6Q7IO/IMG_3165.JPG Pictures - Collecting coral rubble with Dr. Cole Easson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1557453433551-FABITFV9KI0F27A4VVFS/DSCN1212.JPG Pictures - Another Polynesian sponge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1557453446681-S5EWTTFE34ZSSWI3EHPY/GOPR0482.JPG Pictures - Shallow water, phototrophic sponge in Moorea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1557453451774-37YS94HDQS21Z580KMDY/IMG_0645.JPG Pictures - 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Collecting POM in Panama https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1557498567340-3JUY1GZZO632CMYTI6S4/DSCN0110.JPG Pictures - Mangrove sponges in Bocas del Toro, Panama https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1557498602065-JFCR4MPZA31G7HI4KWQF/IMG_0637.JPG Pictures - A beautiful reef in Myanmar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1557498650898-PZ2E84XYBYULMFG9VNXJ/GOPR9312.JPG Pictures - A Caribbean lionfish about to be culled https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1557794535281-L98BH19FQ7JUNMX0B3HD/IMG_0435.jpg Pictures - Myanmar islands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1557498696327-9P1R6DVAUQA01T78ZKSN/DSC_0612.JPG Pictures - Dive site in Hong Kong https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1557498705526-TF8CFY2T5K9IVAAFD4R5/DSCN1518.JPG Pictures - Island in the Miskito Cays of Honduras https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1557498826029-MOMB5ZEY9253PAKLR7US/GOPR1700.JPG Pictures - Sample of the community on Grays Reef https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1557501245251-4Q5EG44TL4NPJCXKQL85/IMG_0397.jpg Pictures - Burmese fishing boat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1557501313670-TLRO24H7W8PW1N46NJNY/DSCN0205.JPG Pictures - Taiwan corals http://thatsasponge.com/pictures-1 daily 0.75 2022-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1590074413978-Q5CWHTLPOGBJ3JWFRSQP/20190607_091143.JPG Pictures - Sponge collections in Bocas del Toro Panama https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1590074413978-Q5CWHTLPOGBJ3JWFRSQP/20190607_091143.JPG Pictures - Sponge collections in Bocas del Toro Panama https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1590074471783-ZGDU9DEUE3AT4OX6X82X/IMG_6220.jpg Pictures - College of Charleston students carrying out sponge research in Bocas del Toro, Panama https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1557453268014-W4KU2R7RVG1QUNORJ28R/davecroc.jpeg Pictures - 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Like sponges, many of these organisms are filter-feeders that remove large quantities of particulate matter from the water each day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1430737799085-M2TGSZPFPZQ15T69BBPF/20150225_140054.jpg Community Ecology Quarterly collections of natural assemblages of these organisms are coupled with transplant experiments like this one with common bivalves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1430737820237-I5XAEKHLD2LDBQ0KXB2W/20150330_104221.jpg Community Ecology We are also conducting feeding experiments in "monster" raceways to assess feeding efficiency of bivalve grazers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1590073992161-QMI907BUZEQO6ZTNQ4F7/SMS_01_T2.JPG Community Ecology - Suspension feeder community in the Indian River Lagoon of Florida https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1430056204286-WXDKRZS2HQ9EGJAGOAML/image-asset.jpeg Community Ecology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1481229520530-QGHMZWU4S4LLNC9CFMIM/GWS-3211.jpg Community Ecology http://thatsasponge.com/story daily 0.75 2014-10-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1481229465186-80ZPQOXM77PQRH3XLKKU/GWS-3798new.jpg Home http://thatsasponge.com/media-and-links daily 0.75 2019-05-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1481229599598-959PS7Y0DBZWV99P3S5Y/GWS-3832.jpg Links http://thatsasponge.com/sponge-ecology daily 0.75 2022-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1430510711942-ZOVQKPUTAUIL4JK9H5KC/DSCN0110.JPG Sponge Ecology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1646859659088-YBQKYN816BHZMABIIIG1/IMG_6378.jpeg Sponge Ecology Dissecting sponges to find larvae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1646859539550-5X8QA5KJHSYK2Z6T54MW/IMG_6374.jpeg Sponge Ecology Sponge larvae! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1646859529025-7AH4U843L16O0DIP5TUB/IMG_6234.jpeg Sponge Ecology Most of this sponge lives buried under the sediment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1430510714349-9SX5YRUGM9HRJOAWN323/DSCN0112.JPG Sponge Ecology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1430510714061-7BD4XU2BZ3YI2H051XXQ/DSCN0125.JPG Sponge Ecology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1430510715515-GHSMHQN3X0E79FHLSEHX/DSCN0490.JPG Sponge Ecology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1646858276669-JCPITSDXPI9YUZ3JEV5F/IMG_5562.JPEG Sponge Ecology Microplastics found in sponge tissue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1430510738634-5SDKAFWV8AVOJXPZJHL9/IMG_2436.JPG Sponge Ecology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1430510792301-K8HA2IPUXOH3T1G4QAX5/DSCN1212.JPG Sponge Ecology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1430510810065-OJTMF08NNFBQNEOD841X/IMG_0645.JPG Sponge Ecology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1589590829299-A7Y8PAYVUIHT23J3NTG5/IMG_6389.jpg Sponge Ecology Larvae embedded in sponge tissue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1481229560892-J3LE7RBJ7RO7033DASGU/GWS-3789new.jpg Sponge Ecology http://thatsasponge.com/chrisfreeman-cv daily 0.75 2025-12-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1430708333540-MZSOC24I295DUSVP9UX6/IMG_2498.JPG CV http://thatsasponge.com/symbiosis daily 0.75 2022-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1557516338633-NLUJVCBUZ7OVERVAA0HQ/Cyano2.jpg Symbiosis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1430508938577-1N7LPNO89Q43ZPDH4CSW/IMG_2430.JPG Symbiosis Xestospongia bocatorensis in Bocas del Toro, Panama. This sponge hosts filamentous cyanobacteria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1430508975384-DWYE3V0QB3V6NDLJP037/DSCN1635.JPG Symbiosis Vase sponge with "sparse" microbial symbiont community in Belize https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1430509019052-WKO0SV97XPLWPO1U57FZ/DSCN1636.JPG Symbiosis A very common rope sponge in the Caribbean that hosts abundant microbial symbionts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1430509031991-MTX7R7L0N7X6YQYL9KUB/GOPR0482.JPG Symbiosis Symbiotic sponge in Moorea, French Polynesia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1430509805729-EMV4YK42OI2C7GYISRV0/IMG_2273.JPG Symbiosis Pigment analysis allows me to quantify the abundance of particular symbiont groups within different sponge species https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1430509815539-MI93ZMRFU66R6VY6RHBG/IMG_2274.JPG Symbiosis High chlorophyll a concentration (green vials) implies that these sponges host abundant photosymbiont or cyanobacterial communities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1432785259631-P1BX5UHBDK3W7AJZWTKL/Cyano3.jpg Symbiosis Photosymbionts like cyanobacteria can also visualized using fluorescence microscopy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1432785340988-UAG1BA3F96MAD2B1HG72/Cyano.jpg Symbiosis A photo-transect of cyanobacterial symbionts (orange dots) in a cross section of a Caribbean sponge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1430508811570-R6FRE501TIZ9OUGZ9C6S/IMG_2137.JPG Symbiosis Shading experiment (transparent or control canopy) in Bocas del Toro, Panama. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1430508816987-BKSBQZPGK9O2LRQAGMQL/IMG_0199.JPG Symbiosis Shading experiment (shade or treatment canopy) in Bocas del Toro, Panama. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1430510463582-LSWJ6MM5OZQSJDLCOUXL/IMG_1828.JPG Symbiosis Shading experiment setup on a shallow reef in Bocas del Toro, Panama https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1430508835303-ZP79XHQXGYTV57RW44ZH/IMG_2258.JPG Symbiosis Gorgonians on a shallow reef in Belize https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1430510454414-OF89OVAMCEG06P8P2467/IMG_2240.JPG Symbiosis Hardbottom community near Carrie Bow Cay in Belize https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1430509046627-IMYSJ2THSOQFWCR2U8J4/IMG_0721.JPG Symbiosis We also use short term incubations to investigate symbiont and host C, N, and H metabolism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1430508827507-7POLVI1RI26V4DOCBRT2/IMG_0726.JPG Symbiosis These incubations couple classic light/dark bottle experiments with seawater laced with C, N, or H "tracer" compounds and have been conducted with sponges, hard corals, octocorals, and Cassiopeia jellyfish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1430511055127-XPIMH5TX1ND48SX7BQQY/GWS-4367.jpg Symbiosis Many co-occurring sponge species host unique microbial communities. These unique interactions may allow some species to utilize novel nutrient sources within reef communities and support the coexistence of diverse organisms within these systems. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1430511055760-4L7IJRSD8GLI4R6GRHXF/GWS-4370.jpg Symbiosis Metabolic diversity across co-occurring sponge species may have an important role in supporting diverse and complex reef communities like these in the Miskito Cays of Honduras. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1432785187036-WCAT5Z3HC2SOY010OOZQ/Cyano2.jpg Symbiosis http://thatsasponge.com/freshwater-sponges daily 0.75 2022-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/ad80b88b-07c7-43b0-a13a-1ef78e8c31ec/IMG_5133.jpg Freshwater sponges https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/d4ed7125-78be-4b9f-905c-eab807806911/64670590344__871F874E-8615-4C47-87B2-DAFCB78D4FCD.JPG Freshwater sponges https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/60c0fc5f-2a7f-4be3-8c7f-ffeb77e09f20/IMG_5436.JPG Freshwater sponges - 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Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/be6f9dcb-9fbf-47a4-9294-2d785e29eab5/64900081139__5656DA8A-9C62-4846-B02A-B31896B3230F.JPG Microbial-mediated niche partitioning in Caribbean sponges - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://thatsasponge.com/lab-members daily 0.75 2025-12-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/bd525296-eb5b-41d1-91e4-fe6468656f2a/IMG_4668.JPG Lab Members - Make it stand out Jake Kuenzli taking sponge samples for future metabolomics work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/ede3d847-182a-4a96-a8e4-17d1ac33dba8/IMG_5690.JPG Lab Members College of Charleston undergraduate and graduate students assisting with field work in Charleston Harbor (from left: Hunt Jones, Josie Shostak, Kate Davis, Jake Kuenzli, and Alex Parry) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/bf8eabe6-cf59-4e67-ab84-5f273f03cfa7/IMG_5933.JPG Lab Members Hunt Jones is a MS student in the Graduate Program in Marine Biology at Grice Marine Lab. Hunt studies nutrient assimilation and recycling in Caribbean sponges using a combination of stable isotope analyses, scanning electron microscopy, and nanoSIMS. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/664d9834-69b0-4a9f-a33f-2bc3e649be4c/IMG_4431.JPG Lab Members - Make it stand out Jake Kuenzli was an REU student working with me and Dr. Peter Lee at Hollings Marine Lab. Jake is studying how a shift from coral reefs to “sponge reefs” will impact volatile organic compound cycling and release https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/1a8aac84-827a-40fd-b41f-753a1adb1d3b/IMG_6220.jpg Lab Members - Make it stand out College of Charleston students (from right) Bailey Fallon, Samantha Czwalina, and Abby Stephens travelled with our research team to Bocas del Toro, Panama in 2019. In addition to assisting with our main research project, they carried out their own independent research. Bailey studied microplastics in sponges (publication here), Abby found and isolated larvae from adult sponges, and Samantha quantified the release of cellular detritus from sponges. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/be03517a-3a25-477a-847b-0d16fbf6b044/IMG_5248.JPG Lab Members Kate Davis is an undergraduate at the College of Charleston conducting a senior research project aimed at characterizing macroinvertebrate communities within Caribbean sponges. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/88efaf08-9785-4f1d-82eb-62c5c1ca3f1b/IMG_5482.JPG Lab Members Alex Parry is a MS student in the Graduate Program in Marine Biology at Grice Marine Lab. 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Her work was assisted by MS student Alex Parry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/3051e835-6028-4949-91df-b0c8eb146d07/IMG_6321.jpg Lab Members - Make it stand out Samantha Czwalina filtering water to measure cellular detritus release from Caribbean sponges https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5361b053e4b0ad70e22d9ad2/57c8b6cb-cc99-4964-9c71-8d9094b1641f/IMG_5488.JPG Lab Members Josie Shostak is an undergraduate at the College of Charleston. 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