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Physical Connectivity Between Mesophotic Areas in the Northern Gulf of Mexico

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
Understanding connectivity patterns is crucial for marine planning, particularly in the design of marine protected areas or restoration plans. In this study, we assess the potential physical connectivity between mesophotic areas in the northern Gulf of ...
Luisa Lopera, Annalisa Bracco, Santiago Herrera   +2 more
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Survival, rarity, and extinction in tropical stony corals

Conservation Biology, Volume 40, Issue 1, February 2026.
Abstract Many reef‐building tropical corals are becoming rare. We considered the meaning of rarity in corals and highlighted taxa that have reached low abundances in the last few decades. The difficulties of quantifying rarity in the marine environment arise from the sheer scale and 3‐dimensional nature of the biome and the inherent challenges therein ...
Bryan Wilson, Peter J. Edmunds
wiley   +1 more source

The future of coral reefs subject to rapid climate change: Lessons from natural extreme environments [PDF]

, 2018
Global climate change and localized anthropogenic stressors are driving rapid declines in coral reef health. In vitro experiments have been fundamental in providing insight into how reef organisms will potentially respond to future climates.
Camp, EF, Hardtke, LA, Mumby, PJ, Rodolfo-Metalpa, R, Schoepf, V, Smith, DJ, Suggett, DJ   +6 more
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Mesophotic foraminiferal-algal nodules play a role in the Red Sea carbonate budget

Communications Earth & Environment, 2023
During two scientific expeditions between 2020 and 2022, direct surveys led to the discovery of free-living mesophotic foraminiferal-algal nodules along the coast of the NEOM region (northern Saudi Arabian Red Sea) where they form an unexpected benthic ...
Valentina Alice Bracchi, Sam J. Purkis, Fabio Marchese, Megan K. B. Nolan, Tullia Isotta Terraneo, Silvia Vimercati, Giovanni Chimienti, Mattie Rodrigue, Ameer Eweida, Francesca Benzoni   +9 more
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Establishing microbial baselines to identify indicators of coral reef health [PDF]

, 2017
Microorganisms make a significant contribution to reef ecosystem health and resilience via their critical role in mediating nutrient transformations, their interactions with macro-organisms and their provision of chemical cues that underpin the ...
Bourne, David G., Glasl, Bettina, Rodrigues Frade, Pedro, Webster, Nicole S.   +3 more
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Fine Characterization of the Contact Zones of Mazzaella laminarioides in the Southeastern Pacific Using Mitochondrial and Nuclear Markers

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 12, December 2025.
This study investigates the genetic structure of Mazzaella laminarioides, an ecologically and economically important species from the rocky coast of Chile. Using more accurate sampling and a set of microsatellite, nuclear, and mitochondrial markers, we were able to identify with high resolution the contact zones between the previously described ...
Suany Quesada, Pablo Saenz‐Agudelo, Ramona Pinochet, Miguel Henriquez, Marie‐Laure Guillemin   +4 more
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Mesophotic fish communities of the ancient coastline in Western Australia

PLOS ONE, 2021
Marine diversity across the Australian continental shelf is shaped by characteristic benthic habitats which are determined by geomorphic features such as paleoshorelines. In north-western Australia there has been little attention on the fish communities that inhabit an ancient coastline at ~125 m depth (the designated AC125), which is specified as a ...
Leanne M. Currey-Randall, Ronen Galaiduk, Marcus Stowar, Brigit I. Vaughan, Karen J. Miller   +4 more
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Warming seas: Native Sargassum species at risk

Limnology and Oceanography, Volume 70, Issue 12, Page 3561-3575, December 2025.
Abstract Sargassum species play a critical role in tropical and temperate coastal ecosystems by contributing to primary production and providing habitat to different species, while causing ecological disruptions and social challenges in some localities.
Ivan Monclaro Carneiro, Paulo César Paiva, Iacopo Bertocci, Carlos Frederico Deluqui Gurgel, Maria Teresa Menezes Széchy   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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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Fluorescent proteins in dominant mesophotic reef-building corals [PDF]

Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2015
Reef-building corals inhabiting the mesophotic zone (30 150 m) not only survive but thrive in light-limiting environments. Similar to shallow corals, mesophotic corals also exhibit coral fluorescence. Because fluorescent proteins (FPs) absorb high-energy light and emit lower- energy light, FPs could play an important role in mesophotic coral physiology
MS Roth, JL Padilla-Gamiño, X Pochon, RR Bidigare, RD Gates, CM Smith, HL Spalding   +6 more
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