A marine karst ecosystem in need of some love
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A study of Orchid Island's marine karst pool and cave system identified 17 potentially novel sponge species, highlighting the ecosystem's rich biodiversity and lack of formal protection near a nuclear waste facility.
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Here, we describe a karst pool and cave ecosystem of Taiwan’s ‘Orchid Island’. The pool and cave system contained a particularly rich sponge fauna with 17 potentially novel species identified after careful examination and a large number of possibly novel species identified following preliminary examination. The ecosystem currently receives no formal protection and is adjacent to a nuclear storage waste facility.
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