Depth and benthic habitat influence shallow and mesophotic predatory fishes on a remote, high-latitude coral reef

K Brown, J Monk, J Williams, A Carroll, D Harasti… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
… ) and oceanographic conditions (eg water movement, light availability and … associated fish
assemblages [16]. For example, predatory reef fishes are often highly abundant on outer reef

Remote submerged banks and mesophotic ecosystems can provide key habitat for endangered marine megafauna

GC Hays, JO Laloë, JA Mortimer, A Rattray… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
… importance of foraging sites on shallow coral reefs close to … protected, to some extent, from
predators such as sharks [eg, (18… almost exclusive use of mesophotic foraging depths is made …

Small coral reef fishes with large ecological footprints

WP Collins, DR Bellwood, RA Morais - Coral Reefs, 2024 - Springer
foraging forays extending up to at least 145 m from reef structures. Their estimated daily
movement … However, if we were to assume that predator abundance mirrors prey abundance, …

Fish community characterization of mid-shelf and shelf-edge mesophotic coral ecosystems in the expanded Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary

PJ Sanchez, MA Dance, RT Kraus… - Bulletin of Marine …, 2023 - ingentaconnect.com
… in mesophotic depths, indicating the Sonnier Mesophotic Coral Ecosystem as either a …
Movements and foraging of predators associated with mesophotic coral reefs and their potential

Non-consumptive effects in fish predator–prey interactions on coral reefs

MD Mitchell, AR Harborne - Coral Reefs, 2020 - Springer
… more often in costs associated with a loss of foraging opportunities or energetic investment
… and temporal patterns in their movement and foraging, while smaller predators aggregate in …

Ecological links between pelagic and mesophotic reef fishes in an oceanic archipelago of the equatorial Atlantic Ocean

CR Pimentel, HT Pinheiro, T Giarrizzo… - Diversity, 2022 - mdpi.com
… , have shown that predatory fish are important trophic links, … and periodic foraging movements
between pelagic and reef … fish predators as important links between coral reefs and the …

[PDF][PDF] Non-consumptive predator effects constrain herbivorous fish distribution and abundance at upper mesophotic depths (30-50 m).

C Kane, H Spalding, B Tissot - Authorea Preprints, 2020 - techrxiv.org
movement and foraging between shallow and mesophotic depths, indicating that mobile
predators are utilizing mesophotic reefs as foraging … and expand mesophotic coral reef studies. …

Monitoring the diurnal and seasonal foraging of Hawaiian monk seals in mesophotic rubble habitat using seafloor event loggers called 'electric rocks'

FA Parrish, RC Boland, M Sawyer, BD Greene… - Endangered Species …, 2023 - int-res.com
… between their prey communities of the shallow coral reef and the … of detected movements to
wave buoy data. Comparing the … interactions between monk seals and large predatory fish in …

Diving deep to escape the heat: the importance of mesophotic reefs as thermal refuges for New Zealand coastal fishes

H Beran - 2024 - openaccess.wgtn.ac.nz
… with warming, likely due to predator and/or competitive release. In … as potential thermal refuges
for euphotic reef-associatedits range of movement, similar to what was observed with the …

Characterizing geomorphology of mesophotic coral reef ecosystems in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico: implications for conservation and management

M Mayorga-Martínez, J Bello-Pineda… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
coral reefs in a marine park in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico, including both shallow and
mesophotic … Geomorphological features in coral reefs are related to complex interactions …