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Randall Kosaki


Randall Kosaki

Office of National Marine Sanctuaries - Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration  ()


1507 Oili Loop
 8085575162




Research interests

Dr. Randy Kosaki is NOAA's chief scientist for the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.

Publications

  Please note that only publications relevant to mesophotic reefs are indexed.

New records of fishes from Johnston Atoll, with notes on biogeography | article
Kosaki RK, Pyle RL, Randall JE, Irons DK (1991)
Pac Sci 45:186-203
Centropyge nahackyi, a new species of angelfish from Johnston Atoll (Teleostei: Pomacanthidae) | article
Kosaki RK (1989)
Copeia 1989:880-886

Mesophotic surveys of the flora and fauna at Johnston Atoll, Central Pacific Ocean | article
Wagner D, Kosaki RK, Spalding HL, Whitton RK, Pyle RL, Sherwood AR, Tsuda RT, Calcinai B (2014)
Mar Biodivers Rec 7:e68

Movements and foraging of predators associated with mesophotic coral reefs and their potential for linking ecological habitats | article
Papastamatiou YP, Meyer CG, Kosaki RK, Wallsgrove NJ, Popp BN (2015)
Mar Ecol Prog Ser 521:155-170

New Records of Commercially Valuable Black Corals (Cnidaria: Antipatharia) from the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands at Mesophotic Depths | article
Wagner D, Papastamatiou YP, Kosaki RK, Gleason KA, McFall GB, Boland RC, Pyle RL, Toonen RJ (2011)
Pac Sci 65:249-255

High levels of mesophotic reef fish endemism in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands | article
Kane C, Kosaki RK, Wagner D (2014)
Bull Mar Sci 90:693-703

Ecological and morphological traits predict depth-generalist fishes on coral reefs | article
Bridge TCL, Luiz OJ, Coleman RR, Kane CN, Kosaki RK (2016)
Proc R Soc B

100% endemism in mesophotic reef fish assemblages at Kure Atoll, Hawaiian Islands | article
Kosaki RK, Pyle RL, Leonard JC, Hauk BB, Whitton RK, Wagner D (2016)
Marine Biodiversity 47:783-784

Structure of mesophotic reef fish assemblages in the northwestern Hawaiian Islands | article
Fukunaga A, Kosaki RK, Wagner D, Kane C (2016)
PLoS ONE 11:e0157861

A comprehensive investigation of mesophotic coral ecosystems in the Hawaiian Archipelago | article
Pyle​ RL, Boland R, Bolick H, Bowen BW, Bradley CJ, Kane C, Kosaki RK, Langston R, Longenecker K, Montgomery A, Parrish FA, Popp BN, Rooney​ J, Smith CM, Wagner D, Spalding HL (2016)
PeerJ 4:e2475

Distribution and abundance of the introduced snapper Lutjanus kasmira (Forsskål, 1775) on shallow and mesophotic reefs of the Northwestern Hawaiian... | article
Fukunaga A, Kosaki RK, Hauk BB (2017)
BioInvasions Rec 6:259-268

Changes in mesophotic reef fish assemblages along depth and geographical gradients in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands | article
Fukunaga A, Kosaki RK, Wagner D (2017)
Coral Reefs 36:785-790

Prognathodes basabei, a new species of butterflyfish (Perciformes, Chaetodontidae) from the Hawaiian Archipelago | article
Pyle RL, Kosaki RK (2016)
Zookeys 614:137-152

Trophic structure of mesophotic fish assemblages in the northwestern Hawaiian Islands | article
Kosaki RK, Kane C, Pyle RL, Wagner D (2012)
Proc 12th Int Coral Reef Symp
Tosanoides obama, a new basslet (Perciformes, Percoidei, Serranidae) from deep coral reefs in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands | article
Pyle RL, Greene BD, Kosaki RK (2016)
Zookeys 641:165-181

Biodiversity of Hawaiian Peyssonneliales (Rhodophyta): Sonderophycus copusii sp. nov., a new species from the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands | article
Sherwood AR, Paiano MO, Spalding HL, Kosaki RK (2020)
Algae 35:145-155

The Hawaiian Archipelago | chapter
Spalding HL, Copus JM, Bowen BW, Kosaki RK, Longenecker K, Montgomery AD, Padilla-Gamino JL, Parrish FA, Roth MS, Rowley SJ, Toonen RJ, Pyle R (2019)
in: Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems () by Loya Y, Puglise KA, Bridge TCL
Fishes: Biodiversity | chapter
Pyle RL, Kosaki RK, Pinheiro HT, Rocha LA, Whitton RK, Copus JM (2019)
in: Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems (Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019) by Yossi L, Puglise KA, Bridge T
American Samoa | chapter
Montgomery AD, Fenner D, Kosaki RK, Pyle RL, Wagner D, Toonen RJ (2019)
in: Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems (Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019) by Yossi L, Puglise KA, Bridge T
Haraldiophyllum hawaiiense sp. nov. (Delesseriaceae, Rhodophyta): a new mesophotic genus record for the Hawaiian Islands | article
Paiano MO, Huisman JM, Cabrera FP, Spalding HL, Kosaki RK, Sherwood AR (2020)
Algae 35:337-347

Phylogeography of mesophotic coral ecosystems: squirrelfish and soldierfish (Holocentriformes: Holocentridae) | article
Copus JM, Walsh CAJ, Hoban ML, Lee AM, Pyle RL, Kosaki RK, Toonen RJ, Bowen BW (2022)
Diversity 14:691

Characterization of Martensia (Delesseriaceae; Rhodophyta) from shallow and mesophotic habitats in the Hawaiian Islands: description of four new sp... | article
Sherwood AR, Lin S-M, Wade RM, Spalding HL, Smith CM, Kosaki RK (2019)
European Journal of phycology 55:172-185

Ethelia hawaiiensis (Etheliaceae, Rhodophyta), a new mesophotic marine alga from Manawai (Pearl and Hermes Atoll), Papahānaumokuākea Marine Natio... | article
Sherwood AR, Paiano MO, Cabrera FP, Spalding HL, Hawk BB, Kosaki RK (2021)
Pac Sci 75:237-246

Biodiversity of Hawaiian Peyssonneliales (Rhodophyta). 1. Two new species in the genus Ramicrusta from Lehua Island | article
Sherwood AR, Paiano MO, Wade RM, Cabrera FC, Spalding HL, Kosaki RK (2021)
Pac Sci 75:185-195

Diversity of Kallymeniaceae (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta) associated with Hawaiian mesophotic reefs | article
Cabrera FP, Huisman JM, Spalding HL, Kosaki RK, Sherwood AR (2021)
European Journal of phycology 57:68-78

A new species of Gibsmithia (Dumontiaceae, Rhodophyta) from mesophotic depths of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, Hawai‘i, USA | article
Sherwood AR, Cabrera FC, Kalaiwaa GV, Fumo JT, Spalding HL, Kosaki RK, Wagner D, Paiano MO (2022)
Phycologia 61:558-569

Cryptic diversity in the genus Croisettea (Kallymeniaceae, Rhodophyta) from Hawaiian mesophotic reefs | article
Cabrera FP, Huisman JM, Spalding HL, Kosaki RK, Smith CM, Sherwood AR (2022)
Phycologia 61:572-583

The Habitat Persistence Hypothesis: a new perspective on the distribution of coral-reef organisms | article
Copus JM, Pyle RL, Bowen BW, Kosaki RK, Webster JM (2022)
Front. Biogeogr. 14:e57427

Biodiversity of Hawaiian Peyssonneliales (Peyssonneliaceae, Rhodophyta): new species in the genera Incendia and Seiria | article
Sherwood AR, Cabrera FP, Spalding HL, Alvarado EA, Smith CM, Hauk BB, Matadobra SJ, Kosaki RK, Paiano MO (2021)
Phytotaxa 524:014-026

Unveiling mesophotic diversity in Hawai‘i: two new species in the genera Halopeltis and Leptofauchea (Rhodymeniales, Rhodophyta) | article
Alvarado EA, Cabrera FP, Paiano MO, Fumo JT, Spalding HL, Smith CM, Leonard JC, Lopes Jr KH, Kosaki RK, Sherwood AR (2022)
Algae 37:249-264

Calliblepharis yasutakei sp. nov. and Hypnea tsudae sp. nov. (Cystocloniaceae, Rhodophyta): novel diversity from the Hawaiian Islands | article
Paiano MO, Fumo JT, Cabrera FP, Kosaki RK, Spalding HL, Sherwood AR (2022)
Phytotaxa 572:74-86

Characterization of macroalgal-associated microbial communities from shallow to mesophotic depths at Manawai, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Mon... | article
Kuba GM, Spalding HL, Hill-Spanik KM, Williams TM, Paiano MO, Sherwood AR, Hauk BB, Kosaki RK, Fullerton H (2023)
PeerJ 11:e16114

Research keywords
Research platform experience
  SCUBA (open-circuit or unspecified)
  Rebreather
  Aquarium-based
  In-situ instrumentation
  Snorkeling
  Sonar / Multibeam
  Acoustic Telemetry
Photographs (of Randall Kosaki)


Research summary (from publications)