National Capital Region Network Resource Brief: Freshwater Sponges
Nortrup M and Watts T. 2010. National Capital Region Network Resource Brief: Freshwater Sponges. National Capital Region Network, Inventory & Monitoring
This brief describes the presence of freshwater sponges in National Capital Region Network parks. Describes new colonies of the family Spongillidae in Prince William Forest Park and historic reports of freshwater sponges from Mine Run Branch near George Washington Memorial Parkway, Wolf Trap Creek in Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts, and Pimmit Run between GWMP and the Potomac River. Also describes basic biology of freshwater sponges.
- Type
- Resource Brief
- Authors
- Nortrup, Megan; Watts, Tonya
- Date of Issue
- 2010-09
- Publisher
- National Capital Region Network, Inventory & Monitoring
- Units
- CHOH , GWMP , NCR , NCRN , PRWI , WOTR
- Keywords
- Aquatic Resources, Ephydatia muelleri, Freshwater sponges, George Washington Memorial Parkway, GWMP, I&M, Inventory & Monitoring, Macros Brief, Mine Run Branch, National Capital Region, National Capital Region Network, NCR, NCRN, NCRN Briefs, North Fork Quantico Creek, Pimmit Run, Porifera, Potomac River, Prince William Forest Park, PRWI, South Fork Quantico Creek, Spongillidae, stream brief, Water Brief, Water Quality, Wolf Trap Creek, Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts, WOTR