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A Rare Benthic Ctenophore, Lyrocteis cf. imperatoris, at Mesophotic Depths off Réunion Island

Diversity
Closed-circuit rebreather diving has opened new opportunities for direct observation of the rich biodiversity of unexplored mesophotic coral ecosystems. We recently encountered four specimens of a rare benthic ctenophore genus, Lyrocteis.
Emilie Boissin, Patrick Plantard, Gilles Siu, Camille Loisil, Nicolas Sparton, Nicole Gravier-Bonnet   +5 more
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Octocoral Sexual Reproduction: Temporal Disparity Between Mesophotic and Shallow-Reef Populations

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2018
Mesophotic coral-reef ecosystems (MCEs) are light-dependent communities occurring at 30 to ∼150 m depth in the clear waters of tropical and sub-tropical regions.
Ronen Liberman, Ronen Liberman, Tom Shlesinger, Yossi Loya, Yehuda Benayahu   +4 more
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Perspectives on the Great Amazon Reef: Extension, Biodiversity, and Threats

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2018
Here we provide a broad overview of the Great Amazon Reef System (GARS) based on the first-ever video surveys of the region. This footage supports four major hypotheses: (1) the GARS area may be six times larger than previously suggested (up to 56,000 ...
Ronaldo B. Francini-Filho, Nils E. Asp, Eduardo Siegle, John Hocevar, Kenneth Lowyck, Nilo D'Avila, Agnaldo A. Vasconcelos, Ricardo Baitelo, Carlos E. Rezende, Claudia Y. Omachi, Cristiane C. Thompson, Fabiano L. Thompson   +11 more
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Depth-Dependent Structuring of Reef Fish Assemblages From the Shallows to the Rariphotic Zone

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019
Shallow coral reef ecosystems worldwide are affected by local and global anthropogenic stressors. Exploring fish assemblages on deeper reefs is therefore important to examine their connectivity, and to help understand the biodiversity, ecology ...
Paris V. Stefanoudis, Paris V. Stefanoudis, Erika Gress, Joanna M. Pitt, Struan Robertson Smith, Todd Kincaid, Molly Rivers, Dominic A. Andradi-Brown, Dominic A. Andradi-Brown, Gwilym Rowlands, Lucy C. Woodall, Lucy C. Woodall, Alex D. Rogers, Alex D. Rogers   +13 more
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A report on new sponge-ophiuroid associations and reinforcement of scientific knowledge

Ocean and Coastal Research
Sponge-ophiuroid ecological associations, which are important in the dynamics of marine populations and communities, have been recorded for a long time.
Mariany Oliveira, Maiara Queiroz Monteiro da Silva, Cristiane Xerez Barroso, Sula Salani, Helena Matthews-Cascon   +4 more
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Co-occurrence of Hermodice carunculata (Polychaeta, Annelida) and Stichopathes spp. (Hexacorallia, Cnidaria) off Punta Blanca (SW Tenerife, Spain)

Discover Conservation
Marine Animal Forests (MAFs) in mesophotic ecosystems in some areas are mainly defined by Antipatharia (black corals). Among them, whip black corals (or unbranched corals) have a single-stem corallum and thrive in deeper habitats with strong currents. It
S. Fraissinet, R. Aguilar, J. Blanco, D. Arduini, M. Anglano, S. Rossi   +5 more
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Corals in the Mesophotic Zone (40–115 m) at the Barrier Reef Complex From San Andrés Island (Southwestern Caribbean)

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019
Juan Armando Sánchez, Fanny L. González-Zapata, Luisa F. Dueñas, Julio Andrade, Ana Lucía Pico-Vargas, Diana Carolina Vergara, Adriana Sarmiento, Nacor Bolaños   +7 more
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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
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A dataset of soundscapes from Polynesian altiphotic, mesophotic and rariphotic zones. [PDF]

Sci Data
Raick X.
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Megabenthic assemblages from South Adriatic marine mesophotic environments. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Giménez G, Pierri C, Corriero G, Bavestrello G, Giampaoletti J, Mercurio M, Nonnis Marzano C, Longo C.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source