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Predicting the Distribution of Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems in the Chagos Archipelago. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
To support conservation efforts, accurate mapping of marine organism community’ distribution has become more critical than ever before. While previous mapping endeavours have primarily focused on easily accessible shallow‐water habitats, there remains ...
Diaz C, Howell KL, Graves KP, Bolton A, Hosegood P, Robinson E, Foster NL.   +6 more
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High Meiofaunal and Nematodes Diversity around Mesophotic Coral Oases in the Mediterranean Sea [PDF]

, 2013
Although the mesophotic zone of the Mediterranean Sea has been poorly investigated, there is an increasing awareness about its ecological importance for its biodiversity, as fish nursery and for the recruitment of shallow water species.
Bianchelli S, Canese S, Danovaro R, Greco S, Pusceddu A   +4 more
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Enhanced pelagic biomass around coral atolls [PDF]

, 2016
T.B.L. was supported by the Marine Biodiversity Hub through the Australian Government’s National Environmental Research Program (NERP). P.H.B.-S. was supported by a Cusanuswerk doctoral fellowship, a Lesley & Charles Hilton-Brown Scholarship, University ...
Boersch-Supan, Philipp H., Brierley, Andrew Stuart, Cox, Martin J., Letessier, Tom B., Meeuwig, Jessica J.   +4 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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Polyphyly and hidden species among Hawaiʻi’s dominant mesophotic coral genera, Leptoseris and Pavona (Scleractinia: Agariciidae) [PDF]

, 2013
Widespread polyphyly in stony corals (order Scleractinia) has prompted efforts to revise their systematics through approaches that integrate molecular and micromorphological evidence. To date, these approaches have not been comprehensively applied to the
Bak, Benzoni, Benzoni, Bird, Bongaerts, Bongaerts, Bridge, Budd, Budd, Carlon, Chan, Cuif, Dai, Dana, Darriba, Dinesen, Flot, Forsman, Fricke, Fukami, Fukami, Funk, Gardiner, Gill, Gray, Grigg, Grigg, Guindon, Hall, Hellberg, Hinderstein, Huang, Ingram, Kahng, Kahng, Kahng, Kahng, Keshavmurthy, Kirk, Kitahara, Kitahara, Lamarck, Le Goff-Vitry, Maragos, McGuire, Milne-Edwards, Moore, Moseley, Pallas, Pillai, Pinzón, Pinzón, Puorto, Quelch, Riegl, Romano, Romano, Ronquist, Rooney, Rubinoff, Schluter, Shearer, Shearer, Stolarski, Tamura, Todd, van Oppen, Vaughan, Vermeij, Veron, Veron, Verrill, Wells, Wells, Wiens   +74 more
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Low connectivity between shallow, mesophotic and rariphotic zone benthos [PDF]

Royal Society Open Science, 2019
Worldwide coral reefs face catastrophic damage due to a series of anthropogenic stressors. Investigating how coral reefs ecosystems are connected, in particular across depth, will help us understand if deeper reefs harbour distinct communities. Here, we explore changes in benthic community structure across 15–300 m depths using technical divers and ...
Paris V. Stefanoudis, Molly Rivers, Struan R. Smith, Craig W. Schneider, Daniel Wagner, Helen Ford, Alex D. Rogers, Lucy C. Woodall   +7 more
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A mesophotic black coral forest in the Adriatic Sea [PDF]

Scientific Reports, 2020
AbstractA forest of the black coral Antipathella subpinnata was found from 52 to 80 m depth in three different sites at Tremiti Islands Marine Protected Area (MPA; Mediterranean Sea), with two of them hosting a monospecific forest on horizontal and vertical substrates. Colonies of A.
Giovanni Chimienti, Diana De Padova, Michele Mossa, Francesco Mastrototaro   +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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Plectranthiasraki (Teleostei, Serranidae), a new species of perchlet from mesophotic coral ecosystems of the Maldives. [PDF]

Zookeys
Abstract Herein, we describe a new species of Plectranthias perchlet found at depths of 100–125 meters in mesophotic coral ecosystems of the Maldives in the Indian Ocean. Plectranthiasrakisp. nov. is unique in both morphology and coloration.
Shepherd B, Pinheiro HT, Najeeb A, Rocha CR, Rocha LA.   +4 more
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Red coral extinction risk enhanced by ocean acidification [PDF]

, 2013
The red coral Corallium rubrum is a habitat-forming species with a prominent and structural role in mesophotic habitats, which sustains biodiversity hotspots.
Bianchelli S, Cardini U, Cerrano C, Corinaldesi C, Danovaro R, Pusceddu A   +5 more
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