Ecology, biology, and geology of coral reef ecosystems

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

	Spectral Diversity and Regulation of Coral Fluorescence in a Mesophotic Reef Habitat in the Red Sea | article Eyal G, Wiedenmann J, Grinblat M, D'Angelo C, Kramarsky-Winter E, Treibitz T, Ben-Zvi O, Shaked Y, Smith TB, Harii S, Denis V, Noyes T, Tamir R, Loya Y (2015) PLoS ONE 10:e0128697
	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
	Theme section on mesophotic coral ecosystems: advances in knowledge and future perspectives | review Loya Y, Eyal G, Treibitz T, Lesser MP, Appeldoorn R (2016) Coral Reefs 35:1-9
	Reproduction, abundance and survivorship of two Alveopora spp. in the mesophotic reefs of Eilat, Red Sea | article Eyal-Shaham L, Eyal G, Tamir R, Loya Y (2016) Sci Rep 6:20964
	Light-dependent fluorescence in the coral Galaxea fascicularis | article Ben-Zvi O, Eyal G, Loya Y (2015) Hydrobiologia 759:15-26
	Large-scale invasion of western Atlantic mesophotic reefs by lionfish potentially undermines culling-based management | article Andradi-Brown DA, Vermeij MJA, Slattery M, Lesser M, Bejarano I, Appeldoorn R, Goodbody-Gringley G, Chequer AD, Pitt JM, Eddy C, Smith SR, Brokovich E, Pinheiro HT, Jessup ME, Shepherd B, Rocha LA, Curtis-Quick J, Eyal G, Noyes TJ, Rogers AD, Exton DA (2017) Biol Invasions 19:939–954
	Upper mesophotic depths in the coral reefs of Eilat, Red Sea, offer suitable refuge grounds for coral settlement | article Kramer N, Eyal G, Tamir R, Loya Y (2019) Sci Rep 9:2263
	Response of fluorescence morphs of the mesophotic coral Euphyllia paradivisa to ultra-violet radiation | article Ben-Zvi Or, Eyal G, Loya Y (2019) Sci Rep 9:5245
	Photoacclimation and induction of light-enhanced calcification in the mesophotic coral Euphyllia paradivisa | article Eyal G, Cohen I, Eyal-Shaham L, Ben-Zvi O, Tikochinski Y, Loya Y (2019) R Soc Open Sci
	The Algal Symbiont Modifies the Transcriptome of the Scleractinian Coral Euphyllia paradivisa During Heat Stress | article Meron D, Maor-Landaw K, Weizman E, Ben-Asher HW, Eyal G, Banin E, Loya Y, Levy O (2019) Microorganisms 7:256
	Light environment drives the shallow‐to‐mesophotic coral community transition | article Tamir R, Eyal G, Kramer N, Laverick JH, Loya Y (2019) Ecosphere
	The Complexity of the Holobiont in the Red Sea Coral Euphyllia paradivisa under Heat Stress | article Meron D, Maor-Landaw K, Eyal G, Elifantz H, Banin E, Loya Y, Levy O (2020) Microorganisms 8:372
	Reciprocal-transplantation between shallow and mesophotic stony corals | article Tamir R, Ben-Zvi O, Eyal G, Kramer N, Loya Y (2020) Mar Environ Res 161:105035
	Photophysiology of a mesophotic coral 3 years after transplantation to a shallow environment | article Ben-Zvi O, Tamir R, Keren N, Tchernov D, Berman-Frank I, Kolodny Y, Benaltabet T, Bavli H, Friedman M, Glanz-Idan N, Traugott H, Loya Y, Eyal G (2020) Coral Reefs 39:903-913
	Desert flash floods form hyperpycnal flows in the coral-rich Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea | article Katz T, Ginat H, Eyal G, Steiner Z, Braun Y, Shalev S, Goodman-Tchernov BN (2015) Earth and Planetary Science Letters 417:87-98
	The Red Sea: Israel | chapter Eyal G, Tamir R, Kramer N, Eyal-Shaham L, Loya Y (2019) in: Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems, Coral Reefs of the World (Springer) by Loya Y, Puglise KA, Bridge TCL
	A generalized light‐driven model of community transitions along coral reef depth gradients | article Laverick JH, Tamir R, Eyal G, Loya Y (2020) Glob Ecol Biogeogr 29:1554–1564
	Coral Morphology Portrays the Spatial Distribution and Population Size-Structure Along a 5–100 m Depth Gradient | article Kramer N, Tamir R, Eyal G, Loya Y (2020) Front Mar Sci
	Experimental evidence of temperature-induced bleaching in two fluorescence morphs of a Red Sea mesophotic coral | article Ben-Zvi O, Ofer E, Eyal G (2020) Coral Reefs
	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
	Symbiodiniaceae conduct under natural bleaching stress during advanced gametogenesis stages of a mesophotic coral | article Eyal G, Eyal-Shaham L, Loya Y (2021) Coral Reefs 40:959–964
	Key questions for research and conservation of mesophotic coral ecosystems and temperate mesophotic ecosystems | chapter Turner JA, Andradi-Brown DA, Gori A, Bongaerts P, Burdett HL, Ferrier-Pagès C, Voolstra CR, Weinstein DK, Bridge TCL, Costantini F, Gress E, Laverick J, Loya Y, Goodbody-Gringley G, Rossi S, Taylor ML, Viladrich N, Voss JD, Williams J, Woodall LC, Eyal G (2019) in: Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems () by Loya Y, Puglise KA, Bridge TCL
	Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems in the Eastern Tropical Pacific: The current state of knowledge and the spatial variability of their depth boundaries | article Pérez-Castro MA, Schubert N, Ang-Montes de Oca G, Leyte-Morales GE, Eyal G, Hinojosa-Arango G (2021) Science of The Total Environment
	Coral fluorescence: a prey-lure in deep habitats | article Ben-Zvi O, Lindemann Y, Eyal G, Loya Y (2022) Communications Biology 5:1-8
	Selective deep water coral bleaching occurs through depth isolation | article Eyal G, Laverick JH, Ben-Zvi O, Brown KT, Kramer N, Tamir R, Lindemann Y, Levy O, Pandolfi JM. (2022) Science of The Total Environment
	Temporal gene expression patterns in the coral Euphyllia paradivisa reveal the complexity of biological clocks in the cnidarian-algal symbiosis | article Rinsky M, Weizman E, Ben-Asher HW, Eyal G, Zhu B, Levy O (2022) Science Advances 8:eabo6467
	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
	Benthic characterization of mesophotic communities based on optical depths in the Southern Mexican Pacific Coast (Oaxaca) | article Pérez-Castro MÁ, Eyal G, Leyte-Morales GE, Hinojosa-Arango G, Enríquez S (2023) Diversity 15:531
	Mesophotic.org: a repository for scientific information on mesophotic ecosystems | article Bongaerts P, Perez-Rosales G, Radice VZ, Eyal G, Gori A, Gress E, Hammerman NM, Hernandez-Agreda A, Laverick J, Muir P, Pinheiro H, Pyle RL, Rocha L, Turner JA, Booker R (2019) Database (Oxford)
	Mesophotic reef geomorphology categorization, habitat identification, and relationships with surface cover and terrace formation in the Gulf of Aqaba | article Weinstein DK, Tamir R, Kramer N, Eyal G, Berenshtein I, Shaked Y, Loya Y, Torfstein A (2021) Geomorphology
	Photosynthesis and bio-optical properties of fluorescent mesophotic corals | article Ben-Zvi O, Wangpraseurt D, Bronstein O, Eyal G, Loya Y (2021) Front Mar Sci
	Mesophotic ecosystems: the link between shallow and deep-sea habitats | review Eyal G, Pinheiro HT (2020) Diversity 12:411
	Growth and survival dynamics of mesophotic coral juveniles in shallow reefs | article Kramer N, Eyal G, Tamir R, Loya Y (2022) Mar Ecol Prog Ser 682:237-242
	Mesophotic coral ecosystems of the Great Barrier Reef are understudied and underexplored | article Eyal G, Laverick JH, Bongaerts P, Levy O, Pandolfi JM (2021) Front Mar Sci 8:622856
	Global phylogenomic assessment of Leptoseris and Agaricia reveals substantial undescribed diversity at mesophotic depths | article Gijsbers JC, Englebert N, Prata KE, Pichon M, Dinesen Z, Dinesen Z, Brunner R, Eyal G, González-Zapata FL, Kahng SE, Latijnhouwers KR, Muir P (2023) BMC Biology 21:147
	Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems - A lifeboat for coral reefs? | report Andradi-Brown D, Laverick J, Bejarano I, Bridge T, Colin PL, Eyal G, Jones R, Kahng S, Reed J, Smith T, Spalding HL, Wood E (2016)

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