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Variability in thermal stress thresholds of corals across depths

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023
Mesophotic habitats are potential refugia for corals in the context of climate change. The seawater temperature in a mesophotic habitat is generally lower than in a shallow habitat.
Parviz Tavakoli-Kolour, Frederic Sinniger, Masaya Morita, Takashi Nakamura, Takashi Nakamura, Saki Harii   +5 more
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Adaptive strategies of Caribbean sponge holobionts beyond the mesophotic zone. [PDF]

Microbiome
Marine sponges and their microbiomes function together as holobionts, playing essential roles in ecosystem dynamics and exhibiting remarkable adaptability across depth gradients.
Paix B, Thivet A, Domingos C, Erol Ö, van der Windt N, Choi YH, de Voogd NJ.   +6 more
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Plasticity of Porites astreoides Early Life History Stages Suggests Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems Act as Refugia in Bermuda

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021
As the devastating impacts of global climate change and local anthropogenic stressors on shallow-water coral reefs are expected to rise, mesophotic coral ecosystems have increasingly been regarded as potential lifeboats for coral survival, providing a ...
Gretchen Goodbody-Gringley, Gretchen Goodbody-Gringley, Federica Scucchia, Federica Scucchia, Rebecca Ju, Rebecca Ju, Alex Chequer, Alex Chequer, Shai Einbinder, Shai Einbinder, Stephane Martinez, Stephane Martinez, Stephane Martinez, Hagai Nativ, Hagai Nativ, Tali Mass, Tali Mass   +16 more
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Recent trends and biases in mesophotic ecosystem research. [PDF]

Biol Lett
Mesophotic ecosystems (approx. 30–150 m) represent a significant proportion of the world’s oceans yet have long remained understudied due to challenges in accessing these deeper depths. Owing to advances in underwater technologies and a growing scientific and management interest, there has been a major expansion in research of both
Radice VZ, Hernández-Agreda A, Pérez-Rosales G, Booker R, Bellworthy J, Broadribb M, Carpenter GE, Diaz C, Eckert RJ, Foster NL, Gijsbers JC, Gress E, Laverick JH, Micaroni V, Pierotti M, Rouzé H, Stevenson A, Sturm AB, Bongaerts P.   +18 more
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Conventional and technical diving surveys reveal elevated biomass and differing fish community composition from shallow and upper mesophotic zones of a remote United States coral reef. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
The world's coral reefs appear to be in a global decline, yet most previous research on coral reefs has taken place at depths shallower than 30 m. Mesophotic coral ecosystem (depths deeper than ~30 m) studies have revealed extensive, productive habitats ...
Roldan C Muñoz, Christine A Buckel, Paula E Whitfield, Shay Viehman, Randy Clark, J Christopher Taylor, Brian P Degan, Emma L Hickerson   +7 more
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What are we protecting? An analysis of the current conservation framework addressing Mediterranean mesophotic habitats

Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022
Mesophotic ecosystems in the Mediterranean Sea are biodiversity hotspots distributed from ca 30 m down to 180 m, depending upon the depth of the light compensation point.
G. Castellan, M. Abbiati, M. Abbiati, M. Abbiati, L. Angeletti, F. Foglini, V. Grande, P. Montagna, P. Montagna, M. Taviani, M. Taviani   +10 more
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Global phylogenomic assessment of Leptoseris and Agaricia reveals substantial undescribed diversity at mesophotic depths

BMC Biology, 2023
Background Mesophotic coral communities are increasingly gaining attention for the unique biological diversity they host, exemplified by the numerous mesophotic fish species that continue to be discovered.
J. C. Gijsbers, N. Englebert, K. E. Prata, M. Pichon, Z. Dinesen, R. Brunner, G. Eyal, F. L. González-Zapata, S. E. Kahng, K. R. W. Latijnhouwers, P. Muir, V. Z. Radice, J. A. Sánchez, M. J. A. Vermeij, O. Hoegh-Guldberg, S. J. Jacobs, P. Bongaerts   +16 more
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Modelling the Habitat Distribution of the Endemic Azooxanthellate Coral <i>Madracis interjecta</i> From the Mesophotic to the Deep Red Sea. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
The coral genus Madracis has a global distribution from shallow waters to over 1200 m depth. In the Red Sea, the azooxanthellate endemic species Madracis interjecta is known to occur from depths of 120 to 350 m.
Nolan MKB, Falkenberg P, Marchese F, Ezeta Watts MA, Dunn N, Macrina L, Nunes-Peinemann V, Chimienti G, Vimercati S, Terraneo TI, Qurban M, Pieribone V, Duarte CM, Benzoni F.   +13 more
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Deep Heat: A Comparison of Water Temperature, Anemone Bleaching, Anemonefish Density and Reproduction between Shallow and Mesophotic Reefs

Fishes, 2021
French Polynesia is experiencing increasing coral bleaching events in shallow waters triggered by thermal anomalies and marine heatwaves linked to climate change, a trend that is replicated worldwide.
Anne Haguenauer, Frédéric Zuberer, Gilles Siu, Daphne Cortese, Ricardo Beldade, Suzanne C. Mills   +5 more
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Mesophotic reefs offer thermal refuge to the 2023 Caribbean mass bleaching event in the Cayman Islands. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Coral reefs are increasingly threatened by marine heatwaves, which drive widespread coral bleaching and mortality. Mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs) have been proposed as potential thermal refuges due to their greater depth and relative isolation from ...
Goodbody-Gringley G, Chequer AD.
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