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Vulnerability of tropical fish communities across depth in the central Indian Ocean. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Coral reefs and their fish communities below scuba diving depth (>30 m), in mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs) (∼30–150 m), in rariphotic (150–300 m), and in upper bathyal waters (300–500 m) are often underexplored, especially in the Indian Ocean.
Stefanoudis PV, de Villiers NM, Afzal MS, Amir H, Amjad F, Hashim AS, Jauharee AR, Palmer R, Rogers AD, Shimal M, Naeem S, Ahusan M, Woodall LC.   +12 more
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Predicting the Distribution of Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems in the Chagos Archipelago. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
To support conservation efforts, accurate mapping of marine organism community’ distribution has become more critical than ever before. While previous mapping endeavours have primarily focused on easily accessible shallow-water habitats, there remains ...
Diaz C, Howell KL, Graves KP, Bolton A, Hosegood P, Robinson E, Foster NL.   +6 more
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Linking deep seabed structure to biodiversity: an exploration of seamounts and deeper reefs in the South and Western Indian Ocean [PDF]

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, Volume 8, Issue 6, Page 904-920, December 2022., 2023
Environmental heterogeneity, understood as spatial or temporal variability in environmental conditions, influences biodiversity and ecosystem processes over multiple scales, including at the deep seabed. However, as a result of the inaccessibility of the
Swanborn, Denise Johanna Berendina
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Remoteness Is Not a Silver Bullet for Mediating Local Human Stressors on Tropical Benthic Communities [PDF]

Diversity and Distributions, Volume 31, Issue 10, October 2025.
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 ...
Afzal, Mariyam Shidha, Ahusan, Mohamed, Amir, Fathimath Hana, Amjad, Farah, de Villiers, Nina M., Hashim, Shaha, Palmer, Ryan, Seijo, Nuria Rico, Shimal, Mohamed, Stefanoudis, Paris V., Swanborn, Denise, Talma, Sheena, Woodall, Lucy C.   +12 more
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Mesophotic coral ecosystems of French Polynesia are hotspots of alpha and beta generic diversity for scleractinian assemblages [PDF]

Diversity and Distributions, Volume 28, Issue 7, Page 1391-1403, July 2022., 2022
Aim: Revealing how diversity varies across the depth gradient is key for understanding the role of mesophotic coral ecosystems in the functioning of coral reefs.
Bongaerts, Pim, Carlot, Jérémy, Hédouin, Laetitia, Parravicini, Valeriano, Pichon, Michel, Pérez-Rosales, Gonzalo, Rouzé, Héloïse, Torda, Gergely, Under The Pole Consortium,, Villéger, Sébastien   +9 more
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Soft coral reproductive phenology along a depth gradient: Can "going deeper" provide a viable refuge? [PDF]

Ecology, 2022
Abstract Many species across a wide range of taxa and habitats display phenological shifts and differences in response to both environmental gradients and climate change. Moreover, the wide‐scale decline of numerous ecosystems is leading to increasing efforts to identify zones that might serve as natural refuges from various disturbances, including ...
Liberman R, Shlesinger T, Loya Y, Benayahu Y.   +3 more
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Novel Gene Clusters for Secondary Metabolite Synthesis in Mesophotic Sponge-Associated Bacteria. [PDF]

Microb Biotechnol
The mesophotic coral ecosystem harbours a vast array of sponge species. Our metagenomic analysis reveals the bacterial diversity of mesophotic coral ecosystem sponges and their biosynthetic gene clusters of secondary metabolites, emphasising an underexplored resource for bioactive compounds.
Chen N, Liu L, Wang J, Mao D, Lu H, Shishido TK, Zhi S, Chen H, He S.   +8 more
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ROV assessment of mesophotic fish and associated habitats across the continental shelf of the Amathole region. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2021
Understanding how fsh associate with habitats across marine landscapes is crucial to developing efective marine spatial planning (MSP) in an expanding and diversifying ocean economy.
Button RE, Parker D, Coetzee V, Samaai T, Palmer RM, Sink K, Kerwath SE.   +6 more
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Recent trends and biases in mesophotic ecosystem research. [PDF]

Biol Lett
Mesophotic ecosystems (approx. 30–150 m) represent a significant proportion of the world’s oceans yet have long remained understudied due to challenges in accessing these deeper depths.
Radice VZ, Hernández-Agreda A, Pérez-Rosales G, Booker R, Bellworthy J, Broadribb M, Carpenter GE, Diaz C, Eckert RJ, Foster NL, Gijsbers JC, Gress E, Laverick JH, Micaroni V, Pierotti M, Rouzé H, Stevenson A, Sturm AB, Bongaerts P.   +18 more
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Comparative Use of a Caribbean Mesophotic Coral Ecosystem and Association with Fish Spawning Aggregations by Three Species of Shark. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2016
Understanding of species interactions within mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs; ~ 30–150 m) lags well behind that for shallow coral reefs. MCEs are often sites of fish spawning aggregations (FSAs) for a variety of species, including many groupers.
Pickard AE, Vaudo JJ, Wetherbee BM, Nemeth RS, Blondeau JB, Kadison EA, Shivji MS.   +6 more
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