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Valuing Kelp as Nursery Grounds for Sharks: Influence of Kelp Attributes and Forest Configuration on the Oviposition Site of a Shark Species in Chile

Diversity
In terrestrial environments, nest site selection by birds and mammals is often related to the physical attributes of surrounding vegetation. Similarly, some elasmobranchs use different habitats, including kelps, as oviposition sites.
Ítalo T. Fernández-Cisternas, Ricardo Beldade, Tomás Walker-Figueroa, Gabriela Winkler, Alejandro Pérez-Matus   +4 more
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Diverse staghorn coral fauna on the mesophotic reefs of north-east Australia.

PLoS ONE, 2015
Concern for the future of reef-building corals in conditions of rising sea temperatures combined with recent technological advances has led to a renewed interest in documenting the biodiversity of mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs) and their potential to
Paul Muir, Carden Wallace, Tom C L Bridge, Pim Bongaerts   +3 more
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Growth and feeding in the sponge Agelas tubulata from shallow to mesophotic depths on Grand Cayman Island

Ecosphere, 2021
On Caribbean coral reefs, sponges are important members of the benthic community and play multiple roles in ecosystem structure and function. They have an important role in benthic‐pelagic coupling, consuming particulate organic matter (POM) and ...
Keir J. Macartney, Amelia Clayshulte Abraham, Marc Slattery, Michael P. Lesser   +3 more
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eDNA signals improve local predictions of fish abundances in Mediterranean coastal ecosystems

Journal of Applied Ecology, Volume 63, Issue 6, June 2026.
This study demonstrates that integrating eDNA metabarcoding data into species distribution models can improve fish abundance predictions, especially for site‐attached and reef‐associated species. This approach provides a scalable and cost‐effective tool for monitoring, impact assessment, spatial planning and adaptive management of marine resources ...
Noémie Coulon, Ulysse Flandrin, Lisandro Benedetti‐Cecchi, Iacopo Bertocci, Pierre Boissery, Letizia Lamperti, Anthony Maire, Stéphanie Manel, Caterina Mintrone, Baptiste Mulot, José A. Sanabria‐Fernández, Rick D. Stuart‐Smith, Alice Valentini, Laure Velez, David Mouillot   +14 more
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Typhoon damage on a shallow mesophotic reef in Okinawa, Japan

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. Benthic communities were surveyed before and after the typhoon using line intercept transect method.
White, Kristine N., Ohara, Taku, Fujii, Takuma, Kawamura, Iori, Mizuyama, Masaru, Montenegro, Javier, Shikiba, Haruka, Naruse, Tohru, McClelland, TY, Denis, Vianney, Reimer, James D.   +10 more
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Review of the indexes to assess the ecological quality of coralligenous reefs: towards a unified approach

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023
There is an urgent need to better understand the stressors, namely heatwaves, changes in thermohaline circulation and mucilage events, that are rapidly re-shaping bioconstructions, such as coralligenous assemblages.
Cristina Gioia Di Camillo, Cristina Gioia Di Camillo, Massimo Ponti, Massimo Ponti, Massimo Ponti, Massimo Ponti, Annalisa Storari, Clarissa Scarpa, Camilla Roveta, Torcuato Pulido Mantas, Martina Coppari, Carlo Cerrano, Carlo Cerrano   +12 more
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The understorey of gorgonian forests in mesophotic temperate reefs [PDF]

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 2018
Abstract In the Mediterranean Sea, dense populations of the gorgonian Paramuricea clavata shape marine animal forests, characterizing the seascapes of coralligenous habitats. Despite concerns for its health, with several anthropogenic threats and recent mass mortality events, mainly triggered by thermal anomalies, the understorey of its forests and ...
Massimo Ponti, Eva Turicchia, Francesca Ferro, Carlo Cerrano, Marco Abbiati   +4 more
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The Culturable Mycobiome of Mesophotic Agelas oroides: Constituents and Changes Following Sponge Transplantation to Shallow Water

Journal of Fungi, 2021
Marine sponges harbor a diverse array of microorganisms and the composition of the microbial community has been suggested to be linked to holo-biont health.
Eyal Ben-Dor Cohen, Micha Ilan, Oded Yarden   +2 more
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A comprehensive investigation of mesophotic coral ecosystems in the Hawaiian Archipelago

PeerJ, 2016
Although the existence of coral-reef habitats at depths to 165 m in tropical regions has been known for decades, the richness, diversity, and ecological importance of mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs) has only recently become widely acknowledged. During an interdisciplinary effort spanning more than two decades, we characterized the most expansive ...
Pyle, Richard L., Boland, Raymond, Bolick, Holly, Bowen, Brian W., Bradley, Christina J., Kane, Corinne, Kosaki, Randall K., Langston, Ross, Longenecker, Ken, Montgomery, Anthony, Parrish, Frank A., Popp, Brian N., Rooney, John, Smith, Celia M., Wagner, Daniel, Spalding, Heather L.   +15 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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