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Submersibles Greatly Enhance Research on the Diversity of Deep-Reef Fishes in the Greater Caribbean

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022
Understanding the diversity and ecology of deep-reef fishes is challenging. Due to intensive and widely dispersed sampling, the Greater Caribbean (GC) fauna of species found on shallow reefs is much better characterized than the fauna of deep-reef ...
D. Ross Robertson, Luke Tornabene, Claudia C. Lardizabal, Carole C. Baldwin   +3 more
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Vertical structure of Caribbean deep-reef fishes from the altiphotic to deep-sea boundary [PDF]

Scientific Reports
While recent technical breakthroughs have enabled advances in the description of reefs down to 150 m, the structure and depth zonation of deep-reef communities below 150 m remains largely unknown.
Juliette Jacquemont, Simon J. Brandl, Emily P. McFarland, Joachim Claudet, Carole C. Baldwin, Jenna Barrett, Luke Tornabene   +6 more
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Carbonate framework and sediment production across island-fringing coral reef habitats and a natural nutrient gradient [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Coral reef framework production and sediment generation are key controls on vertical reef accretion and reef island maintenance. However, quantitative data on these geo-ecological functions remain scarce, particularly within shallow habitats that mediate
Ines D. Lange, Marleen Stuhr, Chris T. Perry, Aitana Gea-Neuhaus   +3 more
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Metagenomic 16S rDNA reads of in situ preserved samples revealed microbial communities in the Yongle blue hole [PDF]

PeerJ, 2023
Our knowledge on biogeochemistry and microbial ecology of marine blue holes is limited due to challenges in collecting multilayered water column and oxycline zones.
Hongxi Zhang, Taoshu Wei, Qingmei Li, Liang Fu, Lisheng He, Yong Wang   +5 more
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Two new species of Varicus from Caribbean deep reefs, with comments on the related genus Pinnichthys (Teleostei, Gobiidae, Gobiosomatini, Nes subgroup) [PDF]

ZooKeys, 2023
Tropical deep reefs (~40–300 m) are diverse ecosystems that serve as habitats for diverse communities of reef-associated fishes. Deep-reef fish communities are taxonomically and ecologically distinct from those on shallow reefs, but like those on shallow
Katlyn M. Fuentes, Carole C. Baldwin, D. Ross Robertson, Claudia C. Lardizábal, Luke Tornabene   +4 more
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Experimental study on regular wave propagation characteristics over coral reef topography with composite slopes

Shui kexue jinzhan, 2021
A series of experimental tests to study the effect of the height and period of ocean wave on composite coral reef topography was performed. Our study found that the breaker height and breaker distance to a certain reference location increases as either ...
Yuliang ZHU, Chengyu DING, Liujun ZONG, Hongjun ZHAO, Dawei GUAN, Wenqian TAN   +5 more
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A systematic review on the anthropogenic stressors on sessile benthic mesophotic reef communities: implications for temperate reef management in Australia

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023
Temperate rocky reefs are complex habitats that support high levels of biodiversity and productivity. However, the sessile benthic communities attached to these reefs are vulnerable to climate change and local human impacts due to their limited capacity ...
Rachel H. X. Wong, Jacquomo Monk, Nicholas R. Perkins, Neville S. Barrett   +3 more
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Predicting the location and spatial extent of submerged coral reef habitat in the Great Barrier Reef world heritage area, Australia. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
AIM: Coral reef communities occurring in deeper waters have received little research effort compared to their shallow-water counterparts, and even such basic information as their location and extent are currently unknown throughout most of the world ...
Tom Bridge, Robin Beaman, Terry Done, Jody Webster   +3 more
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Stakeholder‐derived recommendations and actions to support deep‐reef conservation in the Western Indian Ocean

Conservation Letters, 2023
Deep reefs below 30 m provide essential ecosystem services for ocean health and human well‐being such as food security and climate change resilience. Yet, deep reefs remain poorly researched and largely unprotected, including in the Western Indian Ocean (
Paris V. Stefanoudis, Sheena Talma, Nico Fassbender, Denise Swanborn, Christine Nyangweso Ochieng, Kevin Mearns, John D. Komakoma, Levy M. Otwoma, Nsajigwa Emmanuel Mbije, Kennedy E. Osuka, Melita Samoilys, Nirmal Shah, Toufiek Samaai, Evan Trotzuk, Arthur Tuda, Francisco Zivane, Daniel Wagner, Lucy C. Woodall   +17 more
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Mapping Ecological Units in Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems of San Andrés Island (Southwestern Caribbean)

Diversity, 2022
To map ecological units in mesophotic coral ecosystems on the western side of San Andrés Island (Colombia) considering biotic components and geomorphic zonation among 30–140 m deep, 27 video transects were done using an ROV.
Katherine Mejía-Quintero, Cristina Cedeño-Posso, Santiago Millán, Luis Chasqui   +3 more
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