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Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, Volume 36, Issue 8, August 2026.ABSTRACT Active coral reef restoration incorporates ecological engineering principles. Yet, the spatial arrangement of transplanted colonies, one of the few design parameters directly controlled by practitioners, remains poorly explored empirically. We conducted a systematic review following PRISMA guidelines to evaluate how clustered (high‐density ...
Dor Shefy +3 more
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Islands in the mud: The South Texas banks provide crucial mesophotic habitat for coral communities
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 On the continental shelf off the coast of South Texas lie a series of natural hard-bottom structures (rocky outcrops and relic coral-algal reefs) known as the South Texas Banks (STB), which provide critical habitat for benthic organisms and pelagic fish.
Maria Bollinger +3 more
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oceandatr: An R Package to Acquire and Process Geospatial Ocean Data
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 8, August 2026.We introduce the oceandatr R package, an interface that provides functions for acquiring and processing marine data sources—including bathymetry, geomorphology, ecological, and human use data—and returns these in several grid‐based formats. We outline uses of oceandatr, such as modeling and spatial analysis, and present two case studies where oceandatr
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Host-microbe interactions in octocoral holobionts - recent advances and perspectives
Microbiome, 2018 Octocorals are one of the most ubiquitous benthic organisms in marine ecosystems from the shallow tropics to the Antarctic deep sea, providing habitat for numerous organisms as well as ecosystem services for humans.
Jeroen A. J. M. van de Water +2 more
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020 In studies of habitat-forming species, those that are not spatially dominant are often considered “non-primary” habitat and may be overlooked. This is despite the fact that minority habitat formers can provide critical complexity, food, and other ...
Rosemary Kate Steinberg +3 more
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Global Change Biology, Volume 32, Issue 8, August 2026.Two decades of monitoring across the north‐western Mediterranean reveal a 45% regional biomass loss of the foundation gorgonian Paramuricea clavata, driven by increasingly frequent marine heatwaves. Protection sustained higher biomass but could not halt decline, underscoring the urgent need to pair conservation with climate action to preserve red ...
Yanis Zentner +10 more
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Exploring Mesophotic Coral Reef Boundaries Using Environmental DNA Metabarcoding
Environmental DNA, Volume 8, Issue 4, July‐August 2026.Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding reveals boundaries along depth gradients in shallow and mesophotic coral reefs. Analysis of metazoan amplicon sequence variants (ASVs) uncovers changes in community structure from shallow to deep reefs, highlighting a localized eDNA footprint and its potential for monitoring mesophotic and deep‐sea habitats ...
Aran Sofer, Omri Bronstein
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Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2019 Octocorallia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) comprising over 3,600 nominal species within three orders, Alcyonacea, Helioporacea and Pennatulacea, is one of the most poorly known groups of marine invertebrates.
Ghosh Ramvilas +3 more
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Two new species of Waiparaconus (Octocorallia) of the enigmatic Family Waiparaconidae
Papers in Palaeontology, Volume 12, Issue 4, July/August 2026.Abstract Waiparaconus, a Late Cretaceous to early Cenozoic fossil, was long interpreted as a pedunculate cirripede, but is now tentatively placed in the Pennatuloidea (Order Scleralcyonacea, Class Octocorallia). New material from the Snow Hill Island Formation (lower Maastrichtian) at Vega Island, Antarctica is described and specimens from the Gingin ...
Daniel Sedorko +9 more
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Journal of Fish Biology, Volume 109, Issue 1, Page 400-449, July 2026.Abstract Knowledge on the ecology and life‐history traits of coastal marine species is vital to inform their conservation and management, especially as their coastal habitats come under increasing threats. However, such data have never been collated for four of the five families in the suborder Syngnathoidei—the close relatives of the better‐studied ...
Syd J. Ascione +3 more
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