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Characterizing Geomorphology of Mesophotic Coral Reef Ecosystems in the Southwestern Gulf of Mexico: Implications for Conservation and Management

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021
Coral reefs are the most biodiverse ecosystems on earth and are presently experiencing severe declines globally. Shallow coral reef ecosystems (<30 m) have been studied extensively while mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCE) are poorly studied.
Melissa Mayorga-Martínez, Javier Bello-Pineda, Héctor Perales-Valdivia, Horacio Pérez-España, William D. Heyman   +4 more
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Spring 2014 [PDF]

, 2014
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/occ_currents/1046/thumbnail ...
NSU Oceanographic Center
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Coral Reefs in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem: Conservation Status, Challenges, and Opportunities

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020
The importance of coral reefs (CR) within marine ecosystems has become widely recognized. Although shallow CR are not as abundant in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) as in other areas such as the Caribbean, their uniqueness, singularity, isolation, and ...
Diego L. Gil-Agudelo, Carlos E. Cintra-Buenrostro, Jorge Brenner, Patricia González-Díaz, William Kiene, Caitlin Lustic, Horacio Pérez-España   +6 more
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Assessing population changes of historically overexploited black corals (Order: Antipatharia) in Cozumel, Mexico [PDF]

PeerJ, 2018
Black corals (Antipatharians) are crucial structural and ecological components of many mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs; reefs 30–150 m depth). In Mexico, black corals are harvested for the jewellery industry, which has historically led to population ...
Erika Gress, Dominic A. Andradi-Brown
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Differential response to abiotic stress controls species distributions at biogeographic transition zones [PDF]

, 2017
Understanding range limits is critical to predicting species responses to climate change. Subtropical environments, where many species overlap at their range margins, are cooler, more light-limited and variable than tropical environments.
Sommer, B, Beger, M, Harrison, PL, Babcock, RC, Pandolfi, JM   +4 more
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Calcification and trophic responses of mesophotic reefs to carbonate chemistry variability

Frontiers in Marine Science
Mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs) are extensions of adjacent shallow water coral reefs. Accessibility to these ecosystems is challenging due to their depth limits (~ 30 – 150 m) and as a result, scientific knowledge of these reef systems is limited.
Timothy J. Noyes, Timothy J. Noyes, Rebecca Garley, Nicholas R. Bates   +3 more
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Evaluating the possible role of bottom currents and internal waves in shaping seafloor morphology in a mesophotic reef

Sedimentology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Mesophotic reefs are located in low light conditions which, depending on the region, are usually found in water depths greater than ~30 m. They are less affected by ocean warming than reefs found in shallower water depths and thus might become increasingly important for the sustainability of marine biodiversity.
Or M. Bialik, Henriette Wilckens, Omri Gadol, Aaron Micallef, Christian Betzler, Ole Johannes R. Sørensen, Hagai Nativ, Yizhaq Makovsky   +7 more
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Deep coral oases in the South Tyrrhenian Sea [PDF]

, 2012
A Mediterranean ‘‘roche du large’’ ecosystem, represented by four rocky shoals, located a few miles apart on a muddy bottom at 70–130 m depth in the gulf of St.
Angiolillo M., Bavestrello G., Bertolino M., Bo M., Canese S., Giusti M., Greco S., Loreto M. F., PUSCEDDU, ANTONIO, Salvati E., Spaggiari C.   +10 more
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Ecosystem engineer morphological traits and taxon identity shape biodiversity across the euphotic-mesophotic transition [PDF]

, 2022
Funding was provided by a Leverhulme Trust Research Project grant (no. RPG-2018-113) to H.L.B., G.A.T. and I.D.W.S., an Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council grant (no. EP/L017008/1) to G.A.T.
Amado-Filho, Gilberto M, Bahia, Ricardo G, Becker, Ana Clara F, Burdett, Heidi L, Marsh, Beauregard C, Pereira-Filho, Guilherme H, Ruseckas, Arvydas, Samuel, Ifor D W, Turnbull, Graham A, Voerman, Sofie E, Yee, Thomas W   +10 more
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Sponge abundance and diversity patterns in the shallow and mesophotic reefs of the northern Red Sea

Frontiers in Marine Science
Accumulating data on the increasing degradation of coral reefs worldwide has led to a focus on the unique mesophotic coral ecosystem (MCE) as a potential refuge for threatened shallow-water species (i.e., the deep reef refugia hypothesis: DRRH).
Lilach Raijman-Nagar, Liron Goren, Liron Goren, Sigal Shefer, Sigal Shefer, Micha Ilan   +5 more
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