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A comparison of mesophotic and shallow sponge holobionts resilience to predicted future temperature elevation

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023
Climate change is predicted to have detrimental impacts on sessile invertebrates, including sponges. Mesophotic ecosystems have been suggested to play a major role as refugia for coral reef sponge species, however knowledge regarding the ability of ...
Lilach Raijman-Nagar, Liron Goren, Liron Goren, Sigal Shefer, Sigal Shefer, Raz Moskovich, Raz Moskovich, Zhiyong Li, Micha Ilan   +8 more
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Do Oil and Gas Lease Stipulations in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico Need Expansion to Better Protect Vulnerable Coral Communities? How Low Relief Habitats Support High Coral Biodiversity

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022
The continental shelf of the northwestern Gulf of Mexico harbors extensive reefs and banks that support diverse coral reefs and mesophotic communities. Mesophotic communities range in depth from 40 to 200 m and, in this region, foster some of the densest
Marissa Faye Nuttall, Marissa Faye Nuttall, Emma L. Hickerson, Raven D. Blakeway, Raven D. Blakeway, George P. Schmahl, Paul W. Sammarco   +6 more
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Corrigenda: A new species of Chromis damselfish from the tropical western Atlantic (Teleostei, Pomacentridae). ZooKeys 1008: 107–138. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1008.58805 [PDF]

ZooKeys, 2021
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Emily P. McFarland, Carole C. Baldwin, David Ross Robertson, Luiz A. Rocha, Luke Tornabene   +4 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.

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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Does Depth Matter? Reproduction Pattern Plasticity in Two Common Sponge Species Found in Both Mesophotic and Shallow Waters

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020
Determining demosponge reproductive strategies is essential to understanding their ecology and life history, as well as for the management of benthic marine environments. This is especially important in mesophotic ecosystems, which have been suggested to
Tal Idan, Liron Goren, Liron Goren, Sigal Shefer, Sigal Shefer, Itzchak Brickner, Micha Ilan   +6 more
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Depth specialization in mesophotic corals (Leptoseris spp.) and associated algal symbionts in Hawai'i [PDF]

Royal Society Open Science, 2015
Corals at the lower limits of mesophotic habitats are likely to have unique photosynthetic adaptations that allow them to persist and dominate in these extreme low light ecosystems.
X. Pochon, Z. H. Forsman, H. L. Spalding, J. L. Padilla-Gamiño, C. M. Smith, R. D. Gates   +5 more
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Novel adaptive photosynthetic characteristics of mesophotic symbiotic microalgae within the reef-building coral, Stylophora pistillata

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2016
Photosynthetic coral reef structures extend from the shallow sundrenched waters to the dimly lit, twilight mesophotic depths. For their resident endosymbiotic dinoflagellates, primarily from the genus Symbiodinium spp., this represents a photic ...
Shai Einbinder, Shai Einbinder, David Gruber, David Gruber, Eitan Solomon, Oded Liran, Oded Liran, Nir Keren, Dan Tchernov   +8 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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Drawing the borders of the mesophotic zone of the Mediterranean Sea using satellite data

Scientific Reports, 2022
The 30–150 m bathymetric range is commonly adopted in the literature to constrain the mesophotic zone. However, such depth interval varies depending on sunlight penetration, which is primarily a function of solar radiation incidence and water clarity ...
Giorgio Castellan, L. Angeletti, P. Montagna, M. Taviani   +3 more
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Mesophotic ecosystems at Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, Brazil (South-western Atlantic), reveal unique ichthyofauna and need for conservation

Neotropical Ichthyology, 2020
Although several studies on the ichthyofauna of the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago have been carried out, its mesophotic fish diversity has never been surveyed before.
Caio R. Pimentel, Luiz A. Rocha, Bart Shepherd, Tyler A. Y. Phelps, Jean-Christophe Joyeux, Agnaldo S. Martins, Carlos Eduardo Stein, João B. Teixeira, João Luiz Gasparini, José Amorim Reis-Filho, Ricardo C. Garla, Ronaldo B. Francini-Filho, Stephanie D. T. Delfino, Thayná J. Mello, Tommaso Giarrizzo, Hudson T. Pinheiro   +15 more
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