Dr. Daniel Wagner is a marine ecologist with NOAA’s Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. He has conducted research on Hawaii’s mesophotic coral ecosystems (reefs found at depths between 30-150 m) for close to a decade, and has participated in numerous expeditions that have surveyed such deeper habitats using technical SCUBA diving, manned submersibles, and remotely operated vehicles. Daniel’s special interest in this cruise is to map mesophotic coral ecosystems within the Monument, in order to design systematic surveys of the biology and ecology of these understudied environments in the near future.

  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
	New report of nudibranch predators of the invasive octocoral Carijoa riisei in the Main Hawaiian Islands | article Wagner D, Kahng SE, Toonen RJ (2007) Coral Reefs 26:411
	Community ecology of mesophotic coral reef ecosystems | review Kahng SE, Garcia-Sais JR, Spalding HL, Brokovich E, Wagner D, Weil E, Hinderstein L, Toonen RJ (2010) Coral Reefs 29:255-275
	Recent advances in the ecology of mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs) | review Kahng SE, Copus JM, Wagner D (2014) Curr Opin Environ Sustain 7:72-81
	Sexual reproduction of Hawaiian black corals, with a review of the reproduction of antipatharians (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Hexacorallia) | article Wagner D, Waller RG, Toonen RJ (2011) Invertebr Biol 130:211-225
	Using morphometrics, in situ observations and genetic characters to distinguish among commercially valuable Hawaiian black coral species; a redescr... | article Wagner D, Brugler MR, Opresko DM, France SC, Montgomery AD, Toonen RJ (2010) Invertebr Syst 24:271-290
	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
	Efficient light harvesting in deep-water zooxanthellate corals | article Kahng SE, Hochberg EJ, Apprill A, Wagner D, Luck DG, Perez D, Bidigare RR (2012) Mar Ecol Prog Ser 455:65-77
	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
	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
	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
	Temperature related depth limits of warm-water corals | article Kahng SE, Wagner D, Lantz C, Vetter O, Gove J, Merrifield M (2012) Proc 12th Int Coral Reef Symp
	Discovery of Aphanipathes verticillata (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Antipatharia) in the Hawaiian Islands | article Opresko DM, Wagner D, Montgomery AD, Brugler MR (2012) Zootaxa 3348:24-39
	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
	To what extent do mesophotic coral ecosystems and shallow reefs share species of conservation interest? | review Laverick JH, Andradi-Brown DA, Exton DA, Bongaerts P, Bridge TCL, Lesser MP, Pyle RL, Slattery M, Wagner D, Rogers AD (2016) Environ Evid 5:1-8
	Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems | chapter Kahng S, Copus JM, Wagner D (2017) in: Marine Animal Forests (Springer) by Rossi S, Bramanti L, Gori A, Orejas C
	The spatial distribution of shallow-water (<150 m) black corals (Cnidaria: Antipatharia) in the Hawaiian Archipelago | article Wagner D (2015) Mar Biodivers Rec 8:e54
	A taxonomic survey of the shallow-water (<150 m) black corals (Cnidaria: Antipatharia) of the Hawaiian Islands | article Wagner D (2015) Front Mar Sci
	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
	Sexual reproduction of the Hawaiian black coral Antipathes griggi (Cnidaria: Antipatharia) | article Wagner D, Waller RG, Montgomery AD, Kelley CD, Toonen RJ (2012) Coral Reefs 31:796-806
	The black coral fauna (Cnidaria: Antipatharia) of Bermuda with new records | article Wagner D, Shuler A (2017) Zootaxa
	To what extent do mesophotic coral ecosystems and shallow reefs share species of conservation interest? A systematic review | review Laverick JH, Piango S, Andradi‑Brown DA, Exton DA, Bongaerts P, Bridge TCL, Lesser MP, Pyle RL, Slattery M, Wagner D, Rogers AD (2018) Environ Evid
	Deep Reef Benthos of Bermuda: Field Identification Guide | report Stefanoudis PV, Smith SR, Schneider C, Wagner D, Goodbody-Gringley G, Xavier J, Rivers M, Woodall LC, Rogers AD (2018)
	Low connectivity between shallow, mesophotic and rariphotic zone benthos | article Stefanoudis PV, Rivers M, Smith SR, Schneider CW, Wagner D, Ford H, Rogers AD, Woodall LC (2019) R Soc Open Sci
	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
	Antipatharians of the Mesophotic Zone: Four Case Studies | chapter Bo M, Montgomery AD, Opresko DM, Wagner D, Bavestrello G (2019) in: Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems, Coral Reefs of the World () by Loya Y, Puglise KA, Bridge TCL
	The Salas y Gómez and Nazca ridges: A review of the importance, opportunities and challenges for protecting a global diversity hotspot on the high ... | article Wagner D, Meer LVD, Gorny M, Sellanes J, Gaymer CF, Soto EH, Easton EE, Friedlander AM, Lindsay DJ, Molodtsova TN, Boteler B, Durussel C, Gjerde KM, Currie D, Gianni M, Brooks CM, Shiple MJ, Wilhelm T‘, Quesada M, Thomas T, Dunstan PK, Clark NA, Villanueva LA, Pyle RL, Clark MR, Georgian SE, Morgan LE (2021) Marine Policy 126:104377
	Complete mitochondrial genomes of two species of Stichopathes Brook, 1889 (Hexacorallia: Antipatharia: Antipathidae) from Rapa Nui (Easter Island) | article Asorey CM, Sellanes J, Wagner D, Easton EE (2021) Mitochondrial DNA Part B 6:3226-3228
	Reef benthos of Seychelles-A field guide | article Fassbender N, Stefanoudis PV, Filander ZN, Gendron G, Mah CL, Mattio L, Mortimer JA, Moura CJ, Samaai T, Samimi-Namin K, Wagner D, Walton R, Woodall LC (2021) Biodiversity Data Journal 9:e65970
	Widest geographic distribution of a shallow and mesophotic antipatharian coral (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia): Antipathes grandis VERRILL, 1928 – confirm... | article Gress E, Opresko DM, Brugler MR, Wagner D, Eeckhaut I, Terrana L (2020) Mar Biodivers Rec
	Deep-sea biodiversity at the extremes of the Salas y Gómez and Nazca ridges with implications for conservation | article Friedlander AM, Goodell W, Giddens J, Easton EE, Wagner D (2021) PLoS ONE 16:1-27
	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
	Stakeholder-derived recommendations and actions to support deep-reef conservation in the Western Indian Ocean | article Stefanoudis PV, Talma S, Fassbender N, Swanborn D, Swanborn D, Ochieng CN, Mearns K, Komakoma JD, Otwoma LM, Mbije NE, Osuka KE, Samoilys M, Shah N, Samaai T, Trotzuk E, Tuda A, Zivane F, Wagner D, Woodall LC (2022) Conserv. Lett. 16:e12924
	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