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Cross‐Depth Genetic Connectivity Supports the Role of Deep Kelp Forests as Refuge From Climate Change

Diversity and Distributions, Volume 32, Issue 5, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Aim Ocean warming and marine heatwaves are threatening the persistence of kelp forests, but cooler, deeper reefs might act as refuges from which shallow populations can recover. This study aimed to assess the genetic connectivity, diversity, and adaptive structure of deep kelp reefs to evaluate their potential as climate refuges.
Antoine J. P. Minne, Thomas Wernberg, Dave Wheeler, Jacqueline Batley, Melinda A. Coleman   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Role of mesophotic ecosystems to preserve reef fish biodiversity under a climate change scenario in the eastern tropical Pacific

Discover Oceans
Mesophotic ecosystems have been proposed as life rafts against anthropogenic impacts such as pollution, tourism, fisheries, sea warming, ocean acidification, and extreme meteorological events (storms, hurricanes, and waves).
Omar Valencia-Méndez, Rosalía Aguilar-Medrano, Rafael A. Cabral-Tena, Luis E. Calderon-Aguilera   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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Ecosphere, Volume 17, Issue 6, June 2026.
COVER PHOTO: Red gorgonians (Paramuricea clavata) and black corals (Antipathella subpinnata) form dense animal forests on mesophotic reefs (40–100 m) of the Aegean Sea. The diversity and distinctiveness of fish communities found in these mesophotic animal forests were investigated through visual census and collection of cryptic species by rebreather ...
wiley   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Sponge fauna associated with mesophotic invertebrate bioconstructions along the Apulian coasts (southern Italy, central Mediterranean)

The European Zoological Journal
This study characterizes the sponge fauna associated with mesophotic invertebrate bioconstructions along the Apulian coasts (southern Italy), providing new insights into their taxonomic composition and distribution.
G. Giménez, G. Corriero, A. Schiavo, R. Trani, C. Longo   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fishers’ Local Ecological Knowledge of vulnerable marine ecosystems indicator species on the Portuguese continental shelf and upper slope

Ecosystems and People
Cold-water corals and sponges form structurally complex habitats, classified as Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems (VMEs) that serve as refuge and feeding grounds for many marine species.
Ana Soares, Ana Hilário, Marina Carreiro-Silva, Sandra Ramos, Cristina Pita, Joana R. Xavier   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comment on Lesser et al. Using Stable Isotope Analyses to Assess the Trophic Ecology of Scleractinian Corals. Oceans 2022, 3, 527–546

Oceans
In warm oligotrophic waters, photosymbiotic coral can flourish across a wide depth range (0–170+ m), extending to depths where light attenuates to ~0.1% of surface values.
Samuel E. Kahng
doaj   +1 more source

Diversity of Brown Macroalgae (Phaeophyceae) Emerging from Deepwater Rhodoliths Collected in the Gulf of Mexico

Diversity
The paper assesses brown seaweed diversity following the catastrophic events of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill in offshore deep bank habitats at 45–90 m depth in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico, and their potential regeneration and recovery ...
Olga Camacho, Suzanne Fredericq
doaj   +1 more source

Depth is a strong driver of functional diversity in Caribbean reef-fish communities. [PDF]

Oecologia
Jacquemont J, Brandl SJ, Baldwin CC, Tornabene L.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source