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Millepora aff. exaesa (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) Recorded in the Mesophotic Environment of Mount La Pérouse, Southwestern Indian Ocean—Expedition La Pérouse 2019

Diversity, 2021
In recent years, mesophotic coral ecosystems have been a growing topic of interest [...]
Emilie Boissin, Chloé Annie-France Bourmaud, Laurent Ballesta, Thierry Mulochau, Nicole Gravier-Bonnet   +4 more
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A Red Sea Depth Record of the Coral-Dwelling Crab Opecarcinus (Decapoda: Cryptochiridae) in the Mesophotic Zone

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, Sancia E. T. van der Meij, Tullia I. Terraneo, Giovanni Chimienti, Fabio Marchese, Ameer A. Eweida, Sam J. Purkis, Mattie Rodrigue, Francesca Benzoni   +8 more
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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, Paris Stefanoudis, Zoleka Filander, Gilberte Gendron, Christopher Mah, Lydiane Mattio, Jeanne Mortimer, Carlos Moura, Toufiek Samaai, Kaveh Samimi-Namin, Daniel Wagner, Rowana Walton, Lucy Woodall   +12 more
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Mesophotic coral ecosystems on the walls of Coral Sea atolls [PDF]

Coral Reefs, 2011
A research cruise was undertaken in October 2010 to explore potential mesophotic coral communities (30–150 m) in the recently established Coral Sea Conservation Zone (CSCZ). The CSCZ covers an area of almost one million square kilometres east of the Great Barrier Reef (Australia), with its reefs and atolls located hundreds of kilometres from the ...
Bongaerts, P., Bridge, T.C.L., Kline, D.I., Muir, P.R., Wallace, C.C., Beaman, R.J., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.   +6 more
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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, Araújo, Jorge Thé de, Ferreira, Sarah Maria Cavalcante, Santos, Bráulio Almeida, Boavida, Joana Ruela Heimbürger, Costantini, Federica, Rossi, Sergio   +6 more
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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, Chiara Marchini, Alex D Chequer, Stefano Goffredo   +3 more
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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, Geoffrey L. Zahn, Heather L. Spalding, Alison R. Sherwood, Celia M. Smith, Anthony S. Amend   +5 more
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Lower Mesophotic Coral Communities (60-125 m Depth) of the Northern Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea.

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, Pim Bongaerts, Paul R Muir, Kyra B Hay, Michel Pichon, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg   +5 more
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Depth specialization in mesophotic corals (Leptoseris spp.) and associated algal symbionts in Hawai'i [PDF]

Royal Society Open Science, 2015
Corals at the lower limits of mesophotic habitats are likely to have unique photosynthetic adaptations that allow them to persist and dominate in these extreme low light ecosystems.
X. Pochon, Z. H. Forsman, H. L. Spalding, J. L. Padilla-Gamiño, C. M. Smith, R. D. Gates   +5 more
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Conventional and technical diving surveys reveal elevated biomass and differing fish community composition from shallow and upper mesophotic zones of a remote United States coral reef.

PLoS ONE, 2017
The world's coral reefs appear to be in a global decline, yet most previous research on coral reefs has taken place at depths shallower than 30 m. Mesophotic coral ecosystem (depths deeper than ~30 m) studies have revealed extensive, productive habitats ...
Roldan C Muñoz, Christine A Buckel, Paula E Whitfield, Shay Viehman, Randy Clark, J Christopher Taylor, Brian P Degan, Emma L Hickerson   +7 more
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