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Xavier is a marine phylogeneticist with an academic background in coral reef symbioses, species diversity and evolution.His research at Cawthron involves the development of next-generation sequencing (NGS) tools for rapid and cost-effective monitoring of a range of marine organisms present in complex environmental samples, such as seawater, sediment and biofouling.- See more at: http://www.cawthron.org.nz/people/99-xavier-pochon/#sthash.8lXIfgGy.dpuf

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

	Generalist dinoflagellate endosymbionts and host genotype diversity detected from mesophotic (67-100 m depths) coral Leptoseris | article Chan YL, Pochon X, Fisher MA, Wagner D, Concepcion GT, Kahng SE, Toonen RJ, Gates RD (2009) BMC Ecol
	Azooxanthellate? Most Hawaiian black corals contain Symbiodinium | article Wagner D, Pochon X, Irwin L, Toonen RJ, Gates RD (2011) Proc Biol Sci 278:1323-1328
	Fluorescent proteins in dominant mesophotic reef-building corals | article Roth MS, Padilla-Gamiño JL, Pochon X, Bidigare RR, Gates RD, Smith AM, Spalding HL (2015) Mar Ecol Prog Ser 521:63-79
	Depth specialization in mesophotic corals (Leptoseris spp.) and associated algal symbionts in Hawai‘i | article Pochon X, Forsman ZH, Spalding HL, Padilla-Gamiño JL, Smith CM, Gates RD (2015) R Soc Open Sci 2:140351