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Persistence of pristine deep-sea coral gardens in the Mediterranean Sea (SW Sardinia) [PDF]

, 2015
Leiopathes glaberrima is a tall arborescent black coral species structuring important facies of the deep-sea rocky bottoms of the Mediterranean Sea that are severely stifled by fishing activities. At present, however, no morphological in vivo description,
Angiolillo, M, Bavestrello, G, Bo, M, Calcagnile, L, Canese, S, CANNAS, RITA, CAU, ALESSANDRO, CAU, ANGELO, D'Elia, M, D'Oriano, F, FOLLESA, MARIA CRISTINA, Quarta, G   +11 more
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Prevalence and extent of coral diseases in shallow and mesophotic reefs of the Southwestern Atlantic [PDF]

, 2022
Coral reef ecology has advanced in many fields, but disease patterns across depth gradients remain unclear. By comparing the prevalence and extent of bleaching and diseases in 160 colonies of Siderastrea stellata between shallow and mesophotic reefs, we ...
Morais, Juliano, Santos, Bráulio A.
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Host Evolutionary History Drives Prokaryotic Diversity in the Globally Distributed Sponge Family Petrosiidae

Molecular Ecology, Volume 34, Issue 24, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Sponge microbial communities play a crucial role in marine ecosystem functioning and serve as a rich source of bioactive compounds. While host identity is recognised as a major determinant of microbiome diversity, the underlying evolutionary mechanisms remain poorly understood. This study aimed to comprehensively assess phylosymbiosis patterns
N. van der Windt, B. Paix, J. C. Biesmeijer, R. Ambo‐Rappe, Y. M. Huang, K. G. S. Nirbadha, D. Sipkema, N. J. de Voogd   +7 more
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Black coral forests enhance taxonomic and functional distinctiveness of mesophotic fishes in an oceanic island: implications for biodiversity conservation

Scientific Reports, 2023
The degradation of shallow ecosystems has called for efforts to understand the biodiversity and functioning of Mesophotic Ecosystems. However, most empirical studies have been restricted to tropical regions and have majorly focused on taxonomic entities (
Nestor E. Bosch, Fernando Espino, Fernando Tuya, Ricardo Haroun, Lorenzo Bramanti, Francisco Otero-Ferrer   +5 more
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Sharing the slope: depth partitioning of agariciid corals and associated Symbiodinium across shallow and mesophotic habitats (2-60 m) on a Caribbean reef [PDF]

, 2013
Background: Scleractinian corals and their algal endosymbionts (genus Symbiodinium) exhibit distinct bathymetric distributions on coral reefs. Yet, few studies have assessed the evolutionary context of these ecological distributions by exploring the ...
Bak, R.P.M., Bongaerts, P., Englebert, N., Frade, P.R., Hay, K.B., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Ogier, J.J., van Bleijswijk, J., Vermeij, M.J.A., Visser, P.M.   +9 more
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Ecosystem engineer morphological traits and taxon identity shape biodiversity across the euphotic-mesophotic transition [PDF]

, 2022
Funding was provided by a Leverhulme Trust Research Project grant (no. RPG-2018-113) to H.L.B., G.A.T. and I.D.W.S., an Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council grant (no. EP/L017008/1) to G.A.T.
Amado-Filho, Gilberto M, Bahia, Ricardo G, Becker, Ana Clara F, Burdett, Heidi L, Marsh, Beauregard C, Pereira-Filho, Guilherme H, Ruseckas, Arvydas, Samuel, Ifor D W, Turnbull, Graham A, Voerman, Sofie E, Yee, Thomas W   +10 more
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Climate change impacts to upwelling and shallow reef nutrient sources across an oceanic archipelago

Limnology and Oceanography, Volume 70, Issue 11, Page 3127-3142, November 2025.
Abstract Upwelling delivers key nutritional and energetic subsidies to coral reef communities that affect the growth, abundance, and ecology of organisms across trophic levels. However, the cross‐scale oceanographic and atmospheric drivers of localized upwelling on many reefs remain unresolved, limiting our ability to predict how climate change might ...
Danielle L. Spring, Michael D. Fox, J. A. Mattias Green, Robin Guillaume‐Castel, Zoe Jacobs, Ronan C. Roche, John R. Turner, Gareth J. Williams   +7 more
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Reproductive biology of the deep brooding coral Seriatopora hystrix: Implications for shallow reef recovery.

PLoS ONE, 2017
Mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs, between 30 and 150 m depth) are hypothesized to contribute to the recovery of degraded shallow reefs through sexually produced larvae (referred to as Deep Reef Refuge Hypothesis).
Rian Prasetia, Frederic Sinniger, Kaito Hashizume, Saki Harii   +3 more
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Prevalence of Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease at El Seco, a Mesophotic Reef System off Vieques Island, Puerto Rico

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021
Mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs) are ecologically and functionally vital, as they are Essential Fish Habitats that function as refugia for corals and sponges of shallow-water reefs.
Stacey M. Williams, Jorge García-Sais, Jorge Sabater-Clavell   +2 more
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High‐resolution coral oxygen and carbon isotope records reveal temperature and autotrophy dynamics in a Mediterranean climate change hotspot

Limnology and Oceanography, Volume 70, Issue 11, Page 3261-3276, November 2025.
Abstract The Mediterranean Sea is warming at a rate exceeding the global average. Long‐term, high‐resolution data are essential for contextualizing changes within broader temporal scales, and coral skeletons provide valuable environmental archives, especially in data‐sparse regions or as supplements to existing records.
Diego K. Kersting, Thomas C. Brachert, Juan P. D'Olivo, Cristina Linares, Lars Reuning, Joan Lluís Riera, Philipp Spreter, Ulrich Struck, Marina J. Vergotti, Jens Zinke   +9 more
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