Interest in the ecology of sponges on coral reefs has grown in recent years with mounting evidence that sponges are becoming dominant members of reef communities, particularly in the Caribbean. New estimates of water column processing by sponge pumping activities combined with discoveries related to carbon and nutrient cycling have led to novel hypotheses about the role of sponges in reef ecosy...

Nesting populations of Critically Endangered hawksbill sea turtles remain depleted across much of their range in the Caribbean. Some islands, however, including Jumby Bay (Pasture Bay) in Antigua, have shown a steady increase in the number of nesting females. Furthermore, in recent years nesting has occurred in particularly high densities within the remnant maritime forest on the northwestern s...