The global impacts of climate change are evident in every marine ecosystem. On coral reefs,
mass coral bleaching and mortality have emerged as ubiquitous responses to ocean …

Coral reefs are losing the capacity to sustain their biological functions. In addition to other
well-known stressors, such as climatic change and overfishing, plastic pollution is an …

Although the existence of zooxanthellate corals in mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs;
light-dependent coral ecosystems from 30 to 150 m in depth) has been known since the …

Marine ecosystems are structured by coexisting species occurring in adjacent or nested
assemblages. Mangroves and corals are typically observed in adjacent assemblages (ie …

Corals are a dominant benthic fauna that occur across a vast range of depths from just
below the ocean's surface to the abyssopelagic zone. However, little is known about the …

Light quality is a crucial physical factor driving coral distribution along depth gradients.
Currently, a 30 m depth limit, based on SCUBA regulations, separates shallow and deep …

The study of carbonate rocks is primarily reliant on microfacies analysis, which is strongly
based on the comparison with modern allochem assemblages. Despite the existence of …

Population size structure provides information on demographic characteristics, such as
growth and decline, enabling post-hoc assessment of spatial differences in susceptibility to …

Aim Coral reefs shift between distinct communities with depth throughout the world. Yet,
despite over half a century of research on coral reef depth gradients, researchers have not …

Energy sources of corals, ultimately sunlight and plankton availability, change dramatically
from shallow to mesophotic (30–150 m) reefs. Depth-generalist corals, those that occupy …