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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 +3 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 +6 more
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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
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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 +5 more
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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 +7 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 +5 more
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Mesophotic Ecosystems: The Link between Shallow and Deep-Sea Habitats
Diversity, 2020 Mesophotic ecosystems (MEs) are characterized by the presence of light-dependent organisms, found at depths ranging from ~30 to 150 m in temperate, subtropical and tropical regions.
Gal Eyal, Hudson T. Pinheiro
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Ecosphere, 2022 The ecological distribution of coral species from shallow to mesophotic reefs is dependent on light, which varies drastically among local environments.
Gaby E. Carpenter +4 more
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Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2022 The scleractinian coral family Dendrophylliidae is a major component of shallow and deep-water coral ecosystems worldwide, but our knowledge on the evolutionary history of the family remains scarce.
Tullia I. Terraneo +6 more
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Predicting the distribution of threatened orbicellid corals in shallow and mesophotic reef ecosystems [PDF]
Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2021 Orbicellid corals are threatened primary reef-building corals throughout the Caribbean in shallow and mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs), yet a poor understanding of where they occur limits population monitoring and management. The goals of this study were to predict suitable habitat for orbicellid coral species and to identify how abiotic ...
KE Egan +5 more
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