Results 21 to 30 of about 2,821 (200)
Diversity, 2023 Coral-dwelling gall crabs (Cryptochiridae) are obligate symbionts of stony corals and occur on shallow and deep reefs across the tropical belt. The circumtropical genus Opecarcinus associates with Agariciidae corals, a dominant component of Mesophotic ...
Silvia Vimercati +8 more
doaj +1 more source
Limited Evidence for Depth Specialism in Isolated Seamount Reef Predators. [PDF]
Ecol EvolWe 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 ...
Cresswell BJ +7 more
europepmc +2 more sources
Reef benthos of Seychelles - A field guide [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2021 During the 2019 First Descent Seychelles Expedition, a variety of underwater technologies were deployed to survey the benthic flora and fauna of Seychelles Outer Islands’ shallow to deeper reefs. Submersibles, remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), and SCUBA
Nico Fassbender +12 more
doaj +3 more sources
Why do mesophotic coral ecosystems have to be protected? [PDF]
Science of The Total Environment, 2020 Mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs; ~30-150 m depth) are among the most biologically diverse and least protected ecosystems in the world's oceans. However, discussions regarding the conservation of these unique ecosystems are scarce. To address this issue, we identified the features of MCEs that demonstrate they should be considered as a global ...
Soares, Marcelo de Oliveira +6 more
openaire +3 more sources
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 As the devastating impacts of global climate change and local anthropogenic stressors on shallow-water coral reefs are expected to rise, mesophotic coral ecosystems have increasingly been regarded as potential lifeboats for coral survival, providing a ...
Gretchen Goodbody-Gringley +16 more
doaj +1 more source
Fungi associated with mesophotic macroalgae from the ‘Au‘au Channel, west Maui are differentiated by host and overlap terrestrial communities [PDF]
PeerJ, 2017 Mesophotic coral ecosystems are an almost entirely unexplored and undocumented environment that likely contains vast reservoirs of undescribed biodiversity.
Benjamin J. Wainwright +5 more
doaj +2 more sources
Genus-Scale Taxonomic Resolution Is Appropriate to Study Coral Demographics: A Case Study With <i>Pocillopora</i>. [PDF]
Ecol EvolWe propose that the appropriate taxonomic resolution should be defined according to the ecological question. Results from our targeted coral population confirm that generalisation at higher taxonomic level provides sufficient demographic information to investigate population and community dynamics and can potentially be used in other comparable systems.
Hsiao WV, Denis V, De Palmas S, Beger M.
europepmc +2 more sources
Offshore Neopycnodonte oyster reefs in the Mediterranean Sea [PDF]
, 2020 © The Author(s), 2020. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. The definitive version was published in Angeletti, L., & Taviani, M. Offshore Neopycnodonte oyster reefs in the Mediterranean Sea. Diversity,
Angeletti, Lorenzo, Taviani, Marco
core +1 more source
PLoS ONE, 2017 Mesophotic coral ecosystems in the Indo-Pacific remain relatively unexplored, particularly at lower mesophotic depths (≥60 m), despite their potentially large spatial extent.
Norbert Englebert +5 more
doaj +1 more source
Population Structure of Montastraea cavernosa on Shallow versus Mesophotic Reefs in Bermuda. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Mesophotic coral reef ecosystems remain largely unexplored with only limited information available on taxonomic composition, abundance and distribution. Yet, mesophotic reefs may serve as potential refugia for shallow-water species and thus understanding
Gretchen Goodbody-Gringley +3 more
doaj +1 more source