Symbiont-bearing corals live in close association with intracellular, dinoflagellate
microalgae belonging to the family Symbiodiniaceae (LaJeunesse et al., 2018), also named …

Abstract In the Eastern Tropical Pacific (ETP), Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems (MCEs) are
limited by oceanographic conditions and are thought to be mostly absent. However …

Coral reefs across the world face significant threats from fishing and climate change, which
tends to be most acute in shallower waters. This is the case off Pemba Island, Tanzania, yet …

Studies on the trophic ecology of scleractinian corals often include stable isotope analyses
of tissue and symbiont carbon and nitrogen. These approaches have provided critical …

Mesophotic corals live at~ 30-150 m depth and can sustain metabolic processes under light-
limited conditions by enhancing autotrophy through specialized photoadaptations or …

As coral populations on shallow reefs decline globally, mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCE)
have been proposed as potential coral refugia from thermal, storm, and anthropogenic …

Shelf seas provide valuable ecosystem services, but their productivity and ecological
functioning depend critically on sunlight transmitted through the water column …

Mesophotic coral ecosystems may serve as a refuge for reef-building corals to survive the
ongoing climate change. Distribution of coral species changes during larval dispersal …

Mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs) are light-dependent coral-associated communities
found at 30–150 m depth. Corals inhabiting these deeper reefs are often acclimatized to a …

The ecology of phototrophic corals in the lower photic zone remains poorly understood.
Studies to date indicate that growth rates generally decrease as available light attenuates …