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Light environment drives the shallow‐to‐mesophotic coral community transition

Ecosphere, 2019
Light quality is a crucial physical factor driving coral distribution along depth gradients. Currently, a 30 m depth limit, based on SCUBA regulations, separates shallow and deep mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs).
Raz Tamir, Gal Eyal, Netanel Kramer, Jack H. Laverick, Yossi Loya   +4 more
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Exploring the Biodiversity of Understudied Benthic Taxa at Mesophotic and Deeper Depths: Examples From the Order Zoantharia (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia)

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019
Research on so-called “minor taxa” at mesophotic depths has lagged behind that of more commonly researched groups such as fish or hard corals. Exemplar taxa include species of the order Zoantharia, benthic colonial anemones that are cosmopolitan in ...
James Davis Reimer, James Davis Reimer, Hiroki Kise, Maria E. A. Santos, Dhugal John Lindsay, Dhugal John Lindsay, Richard L. Pyle, Joshua M. Copus, Brian W. Bowen, Masanori Nonaka, Takuo Higashiji, Yehuda Benayahu   +11 more
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Ecophysiology of two mesophotic octocorals intended for restoration: Effects of light and temperature

Limnology and Oceanography, Volume 70, Issue 11, Page 3309-3321, November 2025.
Abstract Light and temperature are driving forces that shape the evolution and physiology of mesophotic organisms. On the Mississippi‐Alabama continental shelf, octocorals dominate the mesophotic seascape and provide habitat for many fish and invertebrate species.
Kassidy Lange, Allisan Aquilina‐Beck, Mark McCauley, Julia Johnstone, Amanda Demopoulos, Thomas Greig, Jody M. Beers, Heather L. Spalding, Peter J. Etnoyer   +8 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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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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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
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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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Gut throughput rate and satiation of the invasive Lionfish (Pterois volitans) and its potential impact on an endemic, endangered Labrid fish Halichoeres socialis [PDF]

, 2017
The invasive Indo-Pacific Lionfish Pterois volitans has been recognized as a severe threat to indigenous fish species on Caribbean reefs. Previous studies have identified an extensive variety of Caribbean fishes in the stomachs of lionfish, but few have ...
Garner, James Graham
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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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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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