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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Fish ecology of mesophotic coral ecosystems

, 2017
Mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs; reefs 30-150 m depth) are largely unstudied. This thesis uses the shallow reef to MCE depth gradient around Utila, Honduras, to address research questions in three themes: (i) understanding fish community ecological processes on MCEs; (ii) evaluating effective survey techniques for MCE fish research; and (iii ...
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Decadal biodiversity patterns in mesophotic coral communities in the NW Mediterranean

, 2013
40th CIESM Congress: The largest Forum on Mediterranean and Black Sea Research, 28 October - 1 November 2013, Marseille, France.-- 1 page, 1 ...
Casas, Edgar, Teixidó, Nuria, Cebrian, Emma, Garrabou, Joaquim   +3 more
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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
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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
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Exploring mesophotic depth refuges on coral reefs

, 2018
Tropical coral reefs extend deeper than many people are aware. Though we may be familiar with zooxanthellate coral just below the surface, the deepest recorded are further than 150m down. This thesis focusses on mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs), beginning at 30m depth and extending to the deepest photosynthetic coral holobionts.
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