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Typhoon damage on a shallow mesophotic reef in Okinawa, Japan [PDF]

PeerJ, 2013
Little is known about effects of large storm systems on mesophotic reefs. This study reports on how Typhoon 17 (Jelawat) affected Ryugu Reef on Okinawa-jima, Japan in September 2012.
Bongaerts, Bongaerts, Bridge, Budd, Cheal, Clarke, Denis, Emanuel, Emanuel, Fabricius, Fujita, Gittenberger, Harmelin-Vivien, Harmelin-Vivien, Highsmith, Hoeksema, Hongo, Hughes, Komatsu, Kuo, Laboute, Madin, Ninio, Ohara, Pfeffer, Randall, Richmond, Rogers, Rogers, Trenberth, Tu, Van Woesik, Van Woesik, Veron, Veron, Wallace, Walsh, Webster, Woodley, Yokoyama   +39 more
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Mesophotic coral communities escape thermal coral bleaching in French Polynesia [PDF]

Royal Society Open Science, 2021
Climate change and consequent coral bleaching are causing the disappearance of reef-building corals worldwide. While bleaching episodes significantly impact shallow waters, little is known about their impact on mesophotic coral communities.
Gonzalo Pérez-Rosales, Héloïse Rouzé, Gergely Torda, Pim Bongaerts, Michel Pichon, Valeriano Parravicini, Laetitia Hédouin   +6 more
doaj   +4 more sources

Nocturnal fish chorusing activity in the central Red Sea mesophotic reef zone and adjacent shallow sites

Frontiers in Remote Sensing
Through sharing characteristics of chorus activity, especially in regions that are particularly data deficient, we can aim at a broader, global understanding of fish chorusing and consequently important spatiotemporal changes in habitat use by schooling ...
Michelle-Nicole Havlik, Anieka J. Parry, Alexandra Steckbauer, Marta Ezeta Watts, Fabio Marchese, Francesca Benzoni, Carlos M. Duarte   +6 more
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Mesophotic thermal refuge modelling shows mitigated reductions in fisheries productivity during marine heatwaves

Frontiers in Marine Science
The oceans are warming, and marine heatwaves are increasing in frequency, extremity and duration. As ectotherms, fish that experience temperatures above their optimum suffer a host of physiological and demographic impacts, which result in a net negative ...
Hiromi Beran, Samik Datta, Robert O. Smith, Lisa Woods, Monique Ladds, James J. Bell, Alice Rogers   +6 more
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Cryptic Diversity and Genetic Differentiation of Mesophotic Hydroids in the Southwestern Indian Ocean. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
To assess whether hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) are good candidates to test the Deep Reef Refuge Hypothesis and particularly the vertical connectivity component, we analysed the genetic diversity and structure of seven species sampled across euphotic and mesophotic depths around Mayotte and Reunion in the southwestern Indian Ocean.
Ory D, Gravier-Bonnet N, Chabanet P, Bourmaud CAF, Boissin E.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Limited Evidence for Depth Specialism in Isolated Seamount Reef Predators. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
We investigated how depth influences predatory fish assemblages on seamount reefs in the Coral Sea using remotely operated vehicle surveys across a 100 m depth gradient. Predator abundance and species richness declined significantly with depth; yet assemblage composition remained largely consistent, suggesting many taxa utilise a broad depth range ...
Cresswell BJ, Galbraith GF, Barnett A, Harrison HB, Jones GP, McClure EC, Quimpo TJR, Hoey AS.   +7 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Novel Gene Clusters for Secondary Metabolite Synthesis in Mesophotic Sponge-Associated Bacteria. [PDF]

Microb Biotechnol
Mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs) host a diverse array of sponge species, which represent a promising source of bioactive compounds. Increasing evidence suggests that sponge‐associated bacteria may be the primary producers of these compounds.
Chen N, Liu L, Wang J, Mao D, Lu H, Shishido TK, Zhi S, Chen H, He S.   +8 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Environmental DNA illuminates the darkness of mesophotic assemblages of fishes from West Indian Ocean. [PDF]

PLoS One
The advent of environmental DNA (eDNA) represents a pivotal advancement in probing mesophotic communities, offering a non-intrusive avenue for studying marine biodiversity at greater depths.
Corse E, Gimenez M, Crochelet E, Paulin-Fayolle A, Campagnari F, Desbonnes O, Broudic L, Durville P, Trentin F, Barathieu G, Delamare C, Gautier T, Loisil C, Plantard P, Quaglietti S, Mulochau T, Nikolic N.   +16 more
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Below the Mesophotic [PDF]

Scientific Reports, 2018
AbstractMesophotic coral ecosystems, which occur at depths of ~40 to 150 m, have received recent scientific attention as potential refugia for organisms inhabiting deteriorating shallow reefs. These ecosystems merit research in their own right, as they harbor both depth-generalist species and a distinctive reef-fish fauna.
Carole C. Baldwin, Luke Tornabene, D. Ross Robertson   +2 more
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Population Structure of Montastraea cavernosa on Shallow versus Mesophotic Reefs in Bermuda. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
Mesophotic coral reef ecosystems remain largely unexplored with only limited information available on taxonomic composition, abundance and distribution. Yet, mesophotic reefs may serve as potential refugia for shallow-water species and thus understanding
Gretchen Goodbody-Gringley, Chiara Marchini, Alex D Chequer, Stefano Goffredo   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source