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Mesophotic zone as refuge: acclimation and in-depth proteomic response of yellow gorgonians in the Mediterranean sea
The intensification of warming-induced mass-mortalities in invertebrate populations including in temperate regions is a critical global issue....
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Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems of Cuba
This chapter reviews the current knowledge regarding Cuba’s mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs). The first studies of MCEs in Cuba were conducted by...
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Mesophotic vs. shallow water reefs: ecosystem connectivity in the Silurian of Gotland
The Lower Silurian Visby Beds (ca. 430 Ma) exposed on the island of Gotland (Sweden) yield the oldest so far described MCE’s (mesophotic coral...
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Invertebrate sounds from photic to mesophotic coral reefs reveal vertical stratification and diel diversity
Although mesophotic coral ecosystems account for approximately 80% of coral reefs, they remain largely unexplored due to their challenging...
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Quantifying sponge communities from shallow to mesophotic depths using orthorectified imagery
Mesophotic coral reefs are estimated to represent up to 80% of the total areal coverage for coral reefs worldwide. Quantifying mesophotic coral reef...
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Styles and rates of mesophotic reef accretion on a Caribbean insular slope
Structural framework is fundamental to the concept of a coral-algal reef. However, our current understanding of reef framework is based largely upon...
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Global phylogenomic assessment of Leptoseris and Agaricia reveals substantial undescribed diversity at mesophotic depths
BackgroundMesophotic coral communities are increasingly gaining attention for the unique biological diversity they host, exemplified by the numerous...
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Impacts of recurrent culling of invasive lionfish on mesophotic reefs in Bermuda
Invasive lionfish ( Pterois miles and P. volitans ) populations are now pervasive across the Caribbean and Western Atlantic. These generalist...
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Rapid shift in benthic assemblages following coral bleaching at an upper mesophotic habitat in Taiwan
Mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs; typically, 30–150 m depths) have traditionally been considered potential refuges for shallow-water organisms, but...
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Holobiont responses of mesophotic precious red coral Corallium rubrum to thermal anomalies
Marine heat waves (MHWs) have increased in frequency and intensity worldwide, causing mass mortality of benthic organisms and loss of biodiversity in...
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Novel mesophotic kelp forests in the Galápagos archipelago
Kelps are among the most studied groups of macroalgae globally, as they are large foundation species that form some of the world’s most productive...
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Tropical seamounts as step**-stones for coral reef fishes: range extensions and new regional distributions from mesophotic ecosystems in the Coral Sea, Australia
Seamounts and remote oceanic islands serve as valuable natural laboratories in which to study patterns and processes in marine biodiversity. A...
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Sponge holobionts shift their prokaryotic communities and antimicrobial activity from shallow to lower mesophotic depths
In this study, we used 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing to investigate prokaryotic community composition of the Caribbean sponges Xestospongia muta ...
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“Hidden” biodiversity: a new amphipod genus dominates epifauna in association with a mesophotic black coral forest
Black corals are important components of mesophotic and deep-water marine habitats. Their presence at great depths (e.g., 50 to 200 m) makes...
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Mesophotic reefs are not refugia for neither taxonomic nor functional diversity of reef fishes
Mesophotic reefs, defined as reefs between 30 m and 150 m, have been less investigated than their shallower counterparts. Yet, more protected from...
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Fish sounds of photic and mesophotic coral reefs: variation with depth and type of island
Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems remain largely unexplored. The aim of this study was to determine how the acoustic fish biodiversity varied depending on...
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Shallow and mesophotic colonies of the coral Stylophora pistillata share similar regulatory strategies of photosynthetic electron transport but differ in their sensitivity to light
Acclimation of corals to light is known to rely on multiple strategies working at different timescales. Among them, photosynthetic alternative...
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Morpho-functional traits of the coral Stylophora pistillata enhance light capture for photosynthesis at mesophotic depths
The morphological architecture of photosynthetic corals modulates the light capture and functioning of the coral-algal symbiosis on shallow-water...
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How are single-shot photographs orthorectified?: Comment on “Quantifying sponge communities from shallow to mesophotic depths using orthorectified imagery” (Lesser et al. 2023)
For many decades, marine ecologists have used the point-intercept method to estimate the percentage cover of organisms on topographically complex...
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Prevalence and extent of coral diseases in shallow and mesophotic reefs of the Southwestern Atlantic
Coral reef ecology has advanced in many fields, but disease patterns across depth gradients remain unclear. By comparing the prevalence and extent of...
