Dr Laura Rix

Jessen, Christian, Bednarz, Vanessa N., Rix, Laura, Teichberg, Mirta and Wild, Christian (2014). Marine eutrophication. Environmental indicators. (pp. 177-203) Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer Netherlands. doi: 10.1007/978-94-017-9499-2_11

Turnlund, Abigail C., O’Brien, Paul A., Rix, Laura, Webster, Nicole, Lurgi, Miguel and Vanwonterghem, Inka (2025). Understanding the role of micro-organisms in the settlement of coral larvae through community ecology. Marine Biology, 172 (3) 43, 3. doi: 10.1007/s00227-025-04607-6

O'Brien, Paul A., Bell, Sara C., Rix, Laura, Turnlund, Abigail C., Kjeldsen, Shannon R., Webster, Nicole S., Negri, Andrew P., Wahab, Muhammad A. Abdul and Vanwonterghem, Inka (2025). Light and dark biofilm adaptation impacts larval settlement in diverse coral species. Environmental Microbiome, 20 (1) 11. doi: 10.1186/s40793-025-00670-0

O'Brien, Paul A., Robbins, Steven J., Tan, Shangjin, Rix, Laura, Miller, David J., Webster, Nicole S., Zhang, Guojie and Bourne, David G. (2024). Comparative genomics identifies key adaptive traits of sponge-associated microbial symbionts. Environmental Microbiology, 26 (9) e16690, 1-17. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.16690

Glasl, Bettina, Luter, Heidi M, Damjanovic, Katarina, Kitzinger, Katharina, Mueller, Anna J., Mahler, Leonie, Engelberts, Joan Pamela, Rix, Laura, Osvatic, Jay T., Hausmann, Bela, Séneca, Joana, Daims, Holger, Pjevac, Petra and Wagner, Michael (2024). Co-occurring nitrifying symbiont lineages are vertically inherited and widespread in marine sponges. The ISME Journal, 18 (1) wrae069. doi: 10.1093/ismejo/wrae069

van Hoytema, Nanne, de Goeij, Jasper M., Kornder, Niklas A., El-Khaled, Yusuf, van Oevelen, Dick, Rix, Laura, Cardini, Ulisse, Bednarz, Vanessa N., Naumann, Malik S., Al-Horani, Fuad A. and Wild, Christian (2023). Correction to: A carbon cycling model shows strong control of seasonality and importance of sponges on the functioning of a northern Red Sea coral reef. Coral Reefs, 42 (2), 383-383. doi: 10.1007/s00338-023-02353-z

van Hoytema, Nanne, de Goeij, Jasper M., Kornder, Niklas A., El-Khaled, Yusuf, van Oevelen, Dick, Rix, Laura, Cardini, Ulisse, Bednarz, Vanessa N., Naumann, Malik S., Al-Horani, Fuad A. and Wild, Christian (2023). A carbon cycling model shows strong control of seasonality and importance of sponges on the functioning of a northern Red Sea coral reef. Coral Reefs, 42 (2), 367-381. doi: 10.1007/s00338-022-02339-3

Engelberts, J. Pamela, Abdul Wahab, Muhammad A., Maldonado, Manuel, Rix, Laura, Marangon, Emma, Robbins, Steven J., Wagner, Michael and Webster, Nicole S. (2022). Microbes from Mum: symbiont transmission in the tropical reef sponge Ianthella basta. ISME Communications, 2 (1) 90, 90. doi: 10.1038/s43705-022-00173-w

Hudspith, Meggie, de Goeij, Jasper M., Streekstra, Mischa, Kornder, Niklas A., Bougoure, Jeremy, Guagliardo, Paul, Campana, Sara, van der Wel, Nicole N., Muyzer, Gerard and Rix, Laura (2022). Harnessing solar power: photoautotrophy supplements the diet of a low-light dwelling sponge. ISME Journal, 16 (9), 2076-2086. doi: 10.1038/s41396-022-01254-3

Hudspith, Meggie, Rix, Laura, Achlatis, Michelle, Bougoure, Jeremy, Guagliardo, Paul, Clode, Peta L., Webster, Nicole S., Muyzer, Gerard, Pernice, Mathieu and de Goeij, Jasper M. (2021). Subcellular view of host–microbiome nutrient exchange in sponges: insights into the ecological success of an early metazoan–microbe symbiosis. Microbiome, 9 (1) 44, 1-15. doi: 10.1186/s40168-020-00984-w

Hudspith, Meggie, van der Sprong, Joëlle, Rix, Laura, Víg, Dóra, Schoorl, Jorien and de Goeij, Jasper M. (2021). Quantifying sponge host and microbial symbiont contribution to dissolved organic matter uptake through cell separation. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 670, 1-13. doi: 10.3354/meps13789

Rix, Laura, Ribes, Marta, Coma, Rafel, Jahn, Martin T., de Goeij, Jasper M., van Oevelen, Dick, Escrig, Stéphane, Meibom, Anders and Hentschel, Ute (2020). Heterotrophy in the earliest gut: a single-cell view of heterotrophic carbon and nitrogen assimilation in sponge-microbe symbioses. ISME Journal, 14 (10), 2554-2567. doi: 10.1038/s41396-020-0706-3

Tilstra, Arjen, van Hoytema, Nanne, Cardini, Ulisse, Bednarz, Vanessa N., Rix, Laura, Naumann, Malik S., Al-Horani, Fuad A. and Wild, Christian (2018). Effects of water column mixing and stratification on planktonic primary production and dinitrogen fixation on a northern Red Sea coral reef. Frontiers in Microbiology, 9 (OCT) 2351, 2351. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02351

Bednarz, Vanessa N., Naumann, Malik S., Cardini, Ulisse, van Hoytema, Nanne, Rix, Laura, Al-Rshaidat, Mamoon M. D. and Wild, Christian (2018). Contrasting seasonal responses in dinitrogen fixation between shallow and deep-water colonies of the model coral Stylophora pistillata in the northern Red Sea. PLoS One, 13 (6) e0199022, e0199022. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0199022

Pita, L., Rix, L., Slaby, B. M., Franke, A. and Hentschel, U. (2018). The sponge holobiont in a changing ocean: from microbes to ecosystems. Microbiome, 6 (1) 46, 46. doi: 10.1186/s40168-018-0428-1

Rix, Laura, de Goeij, Jasper M., van Oevelen, Dick, Struck, Ulrich, Al-Horani, Fuad A., Wild, Christian and Naumann, Malik S. (2018). Reef sponges facilitate the transfer of coral-derived organic matter to their associated fauna via the sponge loop. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 589, 85-96. doi: 10.3354/meps12443

Rix, Laura, de Goeij, Jasper M., van Oevelen, Dick, Struck, Ulrich, Al-Horani, Fuad A., Wild, Christian and Naumann, Malik S. (2017). Differential recycling of coral and algal dissolved organic matter via the sponge loop. Functional Ecology, 31 (3), 778-789. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.12758

Cardini, Ulisse, van Hoytema, Nanne, Bednarz, Vanessa N., Rix, Laura, Foster, Rachel A., Al-Rshaidat, Mamoon M. D. and Wild, Christian (2016). Microbial dinitrogen fixation in coral holobionts exposed to thermal stress and bleaching. Environmental Microbiology, 18 (8), 2620-2633. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.13385

Naumann, Malik S., Rix, Laura, Al-Horani, Fuad A. and Wild, Christian (2016). Indications of mutual functional benefits within a polychaete-sponge association in the northern Red Sea. Bulletin of Marine Science, 92 (3), 377-378. doi: 10.5343/bms.2015.1101

Rix, Laura, de Goeij, Jasper M., Mueller, Christina E., Struck, Ulrich, Middelburg, Jack J., van Duyl, Fleur C., Al-Horani, Fuad A., Wild, Christian, Naumann, Malik S. and van Oevelen, Dick (2016). Coral mucus fuels the sponge loop in warm- and cold-water coral reef ecosystems. Scientific Reports, 6 (1) 18715. doi: 10.1038/srep18715

Cardini, Ulisse, Bednarz, Vanessa N., Naumann, Malik S., van Hoytema, Nanne, Rix, Laura, Foster, Rachel A., Al-Rshaidat, Mamoon M. D. and Wild, Christian (2015). Functional significance of dinitrogen fixation in sustaining coral productivity under oligotrophic conditions. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 282 (1818) 20152257, 20152257. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2015.2257

Rix, Laura, Bednarz, Vanessa N., Cardini, Ulisse, van Hoytema, Nanne, Al-Horani, Fuad A., Wild, Christian and Naumann, Malik S. (2015). Seasonality in dinitrogen fixation and primary productivity by coral reef framework substrates from the northern Red Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 533, 79-92. doi: 10.3354/meps11383

Advani, Sahir, Rix, Laura N., Aherne, Danielle M., Alwany, Magdy A. and Bailey, David M. (2015). Distance from a Fishing Community Explains Fish Abundance in a No-Take Zone with Weak Compliance. PL o S One, 10 (5) e0126098, e0126098. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126098

Rix, L. N., Burdett, H. L. and Kamenos, N. A. (2012). Irradiance-mediated dimethylsulphoniopropionate (DMSP) responses of red coralline algae. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, 96 (1), 268-272. doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2011.11.022

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