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Frederic Sinniger is a marine biologist, interested in molecular taxonomy, evolution and ecology of marine invertebrates. His main domain of expertise concerns deep-sea environments from the mesophotic zone to abyssal depths and biodiversity of benthic invertebrates. Ongoing research programmes investigate the connectivity between shallow and deep marine ecosystems as well as the biogeography and ecology of deep-sea meiofauna using traditional methods as well as second-generation sequencing of environmental DNA. His research also focuses on the molecular taxonomy and phylogeny of several cnidarian groups with special interests towards the evolution of symbiosis in these groups, both in deep sea and in coral reefs.

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

	Reproductive biology of the deep brooding coral Seriatopora hystrix: Implications for shallow reef recovery | article Prasetia R, Sinniger F, Hashizume K, Harii S (2017) PLoS ONE 12:e0177034
	Seriatopora diversity preserved in upper Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems in Southern Japan | article Sinniger F, Prasetia R, Yorifuji M, Bongaerts P, Harii S (2017) Front Mar Sci 4:155
	First record of spawning in the mesophotic Acropora tenella in Okinawa, Japan | article Prasetia R, Sinniger F, Harii S (2017) Galaxea, J Coral Reef Stud 19:5-6
	"Locally extinct" coral species Seriatopora hystrix found at upper mesophotic depths in Okinawa | article Sinniger F, Morita M, Harii S (2013) Coral Reefs 32:153
	Euphyllia paradivisa, a successful mesophotic coral in the northern Gulf of Eilat/Aqaba, Red Sea | article Eyal G, Eyal-Shaham L, Cohen I, Tamir R, Ben-Zvi O, Sinniger F, Loya Y (2016) Coral Reefs 35:91-102
	Gametogenesis and fecundity of Acropora tenella (Brook 1892) in a mesophotic coral ecosystem in Okinawa, Japan | article Prasetia R, Sinniger F, Harii S (2016) Coral Reefs 35:53-62
	Coral Reef Soundscape to Measure the Species Distribution and Biodiversity | report Akamatsu T, Lin TH, Tsao Y, Sinniger F, Harii S (2018)
	Coral Sclerochronology: Similarities and Differences in the Coral Isotopic Signatures Between Mesophotic and Shallow-Water Reefs | chapter Watanabe T, Watanabe TK, Yamazaki A, Yoneta S, Sowa K, Sinniger F, Eyal G, Loya Y, Harii S (2019) in: Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems, Coral Reefs of the World (Springer) by Loya Y, Puglise KA, Bridge TCL
	Overview of the mesophotic coral ecosystems around Sesoko Island, Okinawa, Japan | article Sinniger F, Albelda RL, Prasetia R, Rouzé H, Sitorus ED, Harii S. (2022) Galaxea, J Coral Reef Stud 24:69-76
	Acclimation potential of Acropora to mesophotic environment | article Tavakoli-Kolour P, Sinniger F, Morita M, Harii S (2023) Mar Pollut Bull
	Limited acclimation of early life stages of the coral Seriatopora hystrix from mesophotic depth to shallow reefs | article Prasetia R, Sinniger F, Nakamura T, Harii S (2022) Sci Rep 12:12836
	Author Correction: Limited acclimation of early life stages of the coral Seriatopora hystrix from mesophotic depth to shallow reefs | article Prasetia R, Sinniger F, Nakamura T, Harii S (2022) Sci Rep 12:15342
	Studies on Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems in Japan | chapter Sinniger F, Harii S (2018) in: Coral Reef Studies of Japan. Coral Reefs of the World, vol 13 (Springer, Singapore) by Iguchi, A., Hongo, C.
	Exploring coral reef biodiversity via underwater soundscapes | article Lin TH, Akamatsu T, Sinniger F, Harii S (2021) Biol Conserv
	Using soundscapes to assess changes in coral reef social-ecological systems | article Lin T-H, Sinniger F, Harii S, Akamatsu T (2023) Oceanography 36:20-27
	Deepest observation of the butterflyfish Coradion altivelis (Perciformes: Chaetodontidae) in Japan | article Sinniger F, Akamatsu T, Harii S (2022) Galaxea, J Coral Reef Stud 24:39-40
	Morphological stasis masks ecologically divergent coral species on tropical reefs | article Bongaerts P, Cooke IR, Ying H, Wels D, den Haan S, Hernandez-Agreda A, Brunner CA, Dove S, Englebert N, Eyal G, Forêt S, Grinblat M, Hay KB, Harii S, Hayward DC, Lin Y, Mihaljević M, Moya A, Muir P, Sinniger F, Smallhorn-West P, Torda G, Ragan MA, Van Oppen MJH, Hoegh-Guldberg O (2021) Curr Biol 31:2286-2298.e8
	Ryukyu Islands, Japan | chapter Sinniger F, Harii S, Humblet M, Nakamura Y, Ohba H, Prasetia R (2019) in: Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems (Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019) by Yossi L, Puglise KA, Bridge T
	Juvenile scleractinian assemblage and its association with adults and benthos at shallow and upper mesophotic depths in fringing and atoll reefs in... | article Albelda RL , Cabaitan PC, Sinniger FP, Dumalagan EE Jr., Quimpo TJR, Olavides RD, Munar JC , Villanoy CL, Siringan FP (2020) Regional Studies in Marine Science 40:1-11
	Plasticity of shallow reef corals across a depth gradient | article Tavakoli-Kolour P, Sinniger F, Morita M, Hazraty-Kari S, Nakamura T, Harii S (2023) Marine Pollution Bulletin 197:115792