Science. 1983 Jan 28;219(4583):410-2. doi: 10.1126/science.219.4583.410.
Nine of the ten most common sponge species on the fore-reef slope of Davies Reef(Great Barrier Reef) contain symbiotic cyanobacteria. Six of the ten are net primary producers, with three times more oxygen produced by photosynthesis than is consumed during respiration. Light interception is enhanced by morphological flattening, thereby increasing the potential for phototrophic nutrition, a factor crucial in the ecology of most sessile coral reef invertebrates.
大堡礁戴卫礁前礁坡上最常见的十海绵物种中有九种都含有共生的蓝细菌。这十种物种中有六种是初级净生产者，光合作用产生的氧气比呼吸作用消耗的氧气多三倍。形态扁平化增加了光的捕获，从而提高了光合作用营养的潜力，这是大多数固着珊瑚礁无脊椎动物生态学中的一个关键因素。
