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Habitat Characterization, Distribution, and Areal Extent of Deep-sea Coral Ecosystems off Florida, Southeastern U.S.A. [PDF]

, 2013
The deep-sea (200-1000 m) seafloor off the southeastern U.S. has a variety of extensive deep-sea coral ecosystem (DSCE) habitats including: deep-water coral mounds; various hard-bottom habitats off Florida including the Miami Terrace, Pourtales Terrace ...
Brooke, Sandra, Brouwer, Myra, Correa, Thiago B.S., Farrington, Stephanie, Messing, Charles G., Reed, John K., Udouj, Tina, Walker, Brian K.   +7 more
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Remoteness Is Not a Silver Bullet for Mediating Local Human Stressors on Tropical Benthic Communities

Diversity and Distributions, Volume 31, Issue 10, October 2025.
ABSTRACT Aim Tropical coral reefs are at the forefront of the current triple planetary crisis of climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss. While geographic remoteness is considered to shield reefs from local human pressures, and potentially aid in combating adverse climate change impacts, recent evidence from shallow reefs (0–30 m) to support ...
Paris V. Stefanoudis, Farah Amjad, Nina M. de Villiers, Mariyam Shidha Afzal, Fathimath Hana Amir, Shaha Hashim, Ryan Palmer, Nuria Rico Seijo, Mohamed Shimal, Denise Swanborn, Sheena Talma, Mohamed Ahusan, Lucy C. Woodall   +12 more
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Coping with the Lionfish Invasion: can targeted removals yield beneficial effects? [PDF]

, 2012
Invasive species generate significant environmental and economic costs, with maintenance management constituting a major expenditure. Such costs are generated by invasive Indo-Pacific lionfish (Pterois spp.) that further threaten already stressed coral ...
Abele L. G., Albins M. A., Bohlke J. E., Burke L., Carrie M. Manfrino, Charles A. Jacoby, Chevalier P. O., Ferguson T., Green S. J., Green S. J., Humann P., Lorenzen K., Martinez S. FW, Morgan A. Edwards, Morris J. A., Morris J. A., Savanna C. Barry, Schofield P. J., Thomas K. Frazer, Weis J. S., Williams A. B.   +20 more
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The effects of desiccation and salinity gradients in the photochemical efficiency of a mesophotic green alga, Ryuguphycus kuaweuweu (Ulvaceae) from Kagoshima, Japan

Phycological Research, Volume 73, Issue 4, Page 294-300, October 2025.
SUMMARY In mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs) at depths of 30–40 m, the light environment is characterized by low intensity and limited spectral quality. However, due to minimal freshwater input, salinity remains relatively stable, and there are no tidal aerial exposures.
Ryuta Terada, Aoi Shindo, Hikari Moriyama, Narumi Shimboku, Gregory N. Nishihara   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Early Cretaceous mesophotic coral ecosystem built by platy corals (middle Aptian, Southern Carpathians, Romania)

Cretaceous Research, 2020
Abstract A low relief middle Aptian (Gargasian) reef built by platy corals is described from the Lower Cretaceous succession of the Resiţa–Moldova Noua zone (Southern Carpathians, SW Romania). Two coral-bearing units, 16–17 and 38–42 m thick, discontinuously cover ca. 1100 m. This is an unusually thick fossil reef to be built by platy corals.
Kołodziej, Bogusław, Bucur, Ioan I.
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Limited Evidence for Depth Specialism in Isolated Seamount Reef Predators

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 9, September 2025.
We investigated how depth influences predatory fish assemblages on seamount reefs in the Coral Sea using remotely operated vehicle surveys across a 100 m depth gradient. Predator abundance and species richness declined significantly with depth; yet assemblage composition remained largely consistent, suggesting many taxa utilise a broad depth range ...
B. J. Cresswell, G. F. Galbraith, A. Barnett, H. B. Harrison, G. P. Jones, E. C. McClure, T. J. R. Quimpo, A. S. Hoey   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Theme section on mesophotic coral ecosystems: advances in knowledge and future perspectives [PDF]

Coral Reefs, 2016
The Second International Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems (MCEs) workshop was held in Eilat, Israel, October 26–31, 2014. Here we provide an account of: (1) advances in our knowledge of MCE ecology, including the central question of the potential vertical connectivity between MCEs and shallow-water reefs (SWRs), and that of the validity of the deep-reef ...
Yossi Loya, Gal Eyal, Tali Treibitz, Michael P. Lesser, Richard Appeldoorn   +4 more
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Shifting reef fish assemblages along a depth gradient in Pohnpei, Micronesia [PDF]

PeerJ, 2018
Mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs) continue to be understudied, especially in island locations spread across the Indo-Pacific Ocean. Pohnpei is the largest island in the Federated States of Micronesia, with a well-developed barrier reef, and steep slopes
Richard R. Coleman, Joshua M. Copus, Daniel M. Coffey, Robert K. Whitton, Brian W. Bowen   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Flow structures over mesophotic coral ecosystems in the eastern Gulf of Mexico

Continental Shelf Research, 2020
Abstract Simultaneous time series of current velocity profiles are used to characterize flow structures over intermediate-depth coral ecosystems in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. Understanding of temporal variability and spatial coherence in flow is necessary to establish connectivity among these ecosystems.
Arnoldo Valle-Levinson, Villy H. Kourafalou, Ryan H. Smith, Yannis Androulidakis   +3 more
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The red coral populations of the gulfs of Naples and Salerno: human impact and deep mass mortalities [PDF]

, 2014
The existence of deep red coral (Corallium rubrum) banks in the gulfs of Naples and Salerno (South Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean Sea) is well known in historical records due to the heavy coral harvesting that occurred during the 19th and 20th centuries ...
Bavestrello, G, Bo, M, Canese, S, Cattaneo Vietti, R., SANDULLI, Roberto   +4 more
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