Dear Stephen,
here are some more papers that may interest you.
Barthel D. and Theede H. 1986. A new method for the culture of marine
sponges and its application for experimental studies. Ophelia 25: 75-82.
Cahn A.R. 1948. Japanese sponge culture experiments in the South Pacific
Islands. US Fish Wildl Serv, Fish Leaflet 309. Pp7.
Crawshay L.R. 1939. Studies in the market sponges 1. Growth from the planted
cutting. J Mar Biol Assoc UK 23:553-574
Duckworth A.R., Battershill C.N. and Bergquist P.R. 1997. Influence of
explant procedures and environmental factors on culture sucess of three
sponges. Aquaculture 165: 251-267.
Duckworth A.R., Battershill C.N., Schiel D.R. and Bergquist P.R. 1999.
Farming sponges for the production of bioactive metabolites. Memoirs of the
Queensland Museum 44: 155-159.
Munro M.H.G. et al. 1999. The discovery and development of marine compounds
with pharmaceutical potential. J Biotechnology 70: 15-25.
Hope this helps.
cheers Alan
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