Mesophotic coral ecosystems of the great barrier reef are understudied and underexplored

G Eyal, JH Laverick, P Bongaerts, O Levy… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
… effort compared to other major coral reef regions around the … research on mesophotic
ecosystems of the Great Barrier Reef (… At present, research efforts on the mesophotic ecosystems

Marine heatwaves in the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea: their mechanisms and impacts on shallow and mesophotic coral ecosystems

Z Huang, M Feng, SJ Dalton, AG Carroll - Science of the Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
… We investigated the mechanisms underlying the MHWs, assessed thier impact on shallow
and mesophotic coral reef ecosystems and identified potential coral refugia. MHWs in this …

Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems in the Eastern Tropical Pacific: The current state of knowledge and the spatial variability of their depth boundaries

MÁ Pérez-Castro, N Schubert, GAM De Oca… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Mesophotic ecosystems have attracted the attention of the scientific community over the last
two decades, especially the Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems (… region is greatly understudied, …

Tropical seamounts as stepping-stones for coral reef fishes: range extensions and new regional distributions from mesophotic ecosystems in the Coral Sea, Australia

GF Galbraith, BJ Cresswell, EC McClure, AS Hoey - Marine Biodiversity, 2024 - Springer
Great Barrier Reef, despite its close proximity. Although the Coral Sea remains relatively
understudied… communities in the region, particularly at mesophotic depths. Given the extent and …

Diverse and ecologically unique mesophotic coral ecosystems in the central Indian Ocean

C Diaz, KL Howell, P Hosegood, A Bolton, NL Foster - Coral Reefs, 2024 - Springer
… largely underexplored compared to shallow-water coral reefs … gradient from shallow to
lower mesophotic depths (15–160 m… , located in a particularly understudied region, the central …

Levels of autotrophy and heterotrophy in mesophotic corals near the end photic zone

A Carmignani, VZ Radice, KM McMahon… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
… These acclimatory processes are often species-specific, however mesophotic ecosystems
… examined mesophotic coral ecosystems using a remotely operated vehicle (Ashmore Reef, …

Mesophotic reefs are not refugia for neither taxonomic nor functional diversity of reef fishes

N Loiseau, S Villéger, C Le Bozec, M Gimenez… - Coral Reefs, 2023 - Springer
… of coral reef fishes changed along a depth gradient from 10 to 100 m. We found that shallow
and mesophotic reefs … fishes being very scarce in deep reefs while large-bodied carnivorous …

Distribution Modeling of Mesophotic Corals and Algae to Further Ecological Understanding and Resource Management of Hawaiian Coral Reefs.

LM Veazey - 2018 - scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu
… , the mesophotic zone, is an example of an underexplored, hard-to-reach habitat. … zone
(30 – 180 m) is challenging to reach, and therefore historically understudied, because it falls …

Diving into the lower mesophotic coral ecosystems (65–93 m depth) of Reunion Island (Southwestern Indian Ocean) sheds light on the hidden diversity of hydroids …

N Gravier-Bonnet, É Boissin, L Hoarau, P Plantard… - Marine Biodiversity, 2022 - Springer
… unknown biodiversity of mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs… Great Barrier Reef, where the
shallow reefs have been extensively studied, the MCEs are understudied and underexplored

Scleractinian diversity in the upper mesophotic zone of Ludao (Taiwan): a museum collection with new records from Taiwanese waters

S De Palmas, V Denis, D Soto, YV Lin, MJ Ho… - Marine Biodiversity, 2021 - Springer
… Taiwan’s shallow coral reef habitats (0–30 m) and their scleractinian fauna are well-studied
but its mesophotic zone (30–90 m) remains underexamined. This study documents …