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Rolf Bak


Rolf Bak

Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
University of Amsterdam  (Netherlands)



Publications

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

Sharing the slope: depth partitioning of agariciid corals and associated Symbiodinium across shallow and mesophotic habitats (2-60 m) on a Caribbea... | article
Bongaerts P, Frade PR, Ogier JJ, Hay KB, van Bleijswijk J, Englebert N, Vermeij MJA, Bak RPM, Visser PM, Hoegh-Guldberg O (2013)
BMC Evol Biol

Long-term change in coral communities along depth gradients over Leeward Reefs in the Netherlands Antilles | article
Bak RPM, Nieuwland G (1995)
Bull Mar Sci 56:609-619
A new species of scleractinian coral (Cnidaria, Anthozoa), Madracis carmabi N. Sp. from the Caribbean | article
Vermeij MJA, Diekmann OE, Bak RPM (2003)
Bull Mar Sci 73:679-684
Species-Specific Population Structure of Closely Related Coral Morphospecies Along a Depth Gradient (5-60 m) Over a Caribbean Reef Slope | article
Vermeij MJA, Bak RPM (2003)
Bull Mar Sci 73:725-744
Deep formations (50-80 m) of the solitary coral Phacelocyanthus flos on southern Caribbean reefs | article
Vermeij MJA, Engelen AH, Bak RPM (2003)
Coral Reefs 22:107-108

Coral reef crisis in deep and shallow reefs: 30 years of constancy and change in reefs of Curacao and Bonaire | article
Bak RPM, Nieuwland G, Meesters EH (2005)
Coral Reefs 24:475-479

Long-term dynamics of the brown macroalga Lobophora variegata on deep reefs in Curacao | article
Nugues MM, Bak RPM (2008)
Coral Reefs 27:389-393

In situ photobiology of corals over large depth ranges: A multivariate analysis on the roles of environment, host, and algal symbiont | article
Frade PR, Bongaerts P, Winkelhagen AJS, Tonk L, Bak RPM (2008)
Limnol Oceanogr 53:2711-2723

How are coral populations structured by light? Marine light regimes and the distribution of Madracis | article
Vermeij MJA, Bak RPM (2002)
Mar Ecol Prog Ser 233:105-116

Variation in symbiont distribution between closely related coral species over large depth ranges | article
Frade PR, De Jongh F, Vermeulen F, van Bleijswijk J, Bak RPM (2008)
Mol Ecol 17:691-703

Constancy and change in coral reef habitats along depth gradients at Curaçao | article
Bak RPM, Luckhurst BE (1980)
Oecologia 47:145-155

Deep down on a Caribbean reef: lower mesophotic depths harbor a specialized coral-endosymbiont community | article
Bongaerts P, Frade PR, Hay KB, Englebert N, Latijnhouwers KRW, Bak RPM, Vermeij MJA, Hoegh-Guldberg O (2015)
Sci Rep 5:7652

The distribution of algae, corals, and gorgonians in relation to depth, light attenuation, water movement and grazing pressure in the fringing reef... | article
Van den Hoek C, Breeman AM, Bak RPM, Van Buurt G (1978)
Aquat Bot 5:1-46

40 Years of benthic community change on the Caribbean reefs of Curaçao and Bonaire: the rise of slimy cyanobacterial mats | article
De Bakker DM, Van Duyl FC, Bak RPM, Nugues MM, Nieuwland G, Meesters EH (2017)
Coral Reefs 36:355–367

Long-term shifts in coral communities on shallow to deep reef slopes of Curaçao and Bonaire: are there any winners? | article
De Bakker DM, Meesters EH, Bak RPM, Nieuwland G, Van Duyl FC (2016)
Front Mar Sci

Patterns in Fluorescence over a Caribbean Reef Slope: the Coral Genus Madracis | article
Vermeij MJA, Delvoye L, Nieuwland G, Bak RPM (2002)
Photosynthetica 40:423-429

Corrigendum: Long-term shifts in coral communities on shallow to deep reef slopes of Curaçao and Bonaire: Are there any winners? | article
de Bakker DM, Meesters EH, Bak RP, Nieuwland G, Van Duyl FC (2017)
Front Mar Sci 4:171

Bonaire and Curaçao | chapter
Frade PR, Bongaerts P, Baldwin CC, Trembanis AC, Bak RPM, Vermeij MJA (2019)
in: Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems () by Loya Y, Puglise KA, Bridge TCL
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