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Behind the science: Offshore mesophotic kelp forests discovered in the Galápagos

   2023, December 3 - posted by Veronica Radice
An interview with Salome Buglass about their article "Novel mesophotic kelp forests in the Galápagos archipelago".



Behind the science: Physiology and gene expression response to OA in shallow vs. mesophotic corals

   2023, April 25 - posted by Veronica Radice
An interview with Federica Scucchia about their article "Genetic and physiological traits conferring tolerance to ocean acidification in mesophotic corals".



Behind the science: Light and photoacclimatization drive differences between shallow and mesophotic coral communities

   2022, October 19 - posted by Pim Bongaerts
An interview with Gaby Carpenter about their article "Light and photoacclimatization drive distinct differences between shallow and mesophotic coral communities".



Announcement: Gordon Research Conference on Mesophotic Coral Reefs

   2022, August 8 - posted by Marc Slattery



Early Career Scientist: Erika Gress

   2021, July 15 - posted by Pim Bongaerts
An interview with Erika Gress about their research and experiences.



Behind the science: Stable fish assemblages in isolated reefs of Western Australia

   2021, June 16 - posted by Veronica Radice
An interview with Matthew Birt about their article "Isolated reefs support stable fish communities with high abundances of regionally fished species".



Early Career Scientist: Héloïse Rouzé

   2021, May 26 - posted by Pim Bongaerts
An interview with Héloïse Rouzé about their research and experiences.



Behind the science: Coastal vs. offshore population structure of a Mediterranean black coral species

   2021, May 25 - posted by Veronica Radice
An interview with Marko Terzin about their article "Population genomic structure of the black coral Antipathella subpinnata in Mediterranean vulnerable marine ecosystems".



Behind the science: Trophic interactions of widespread zoanthid species

   2021, May 17 - posted by Veronica Radice
An interview with Maria E. A. Santos about their article "Populations of a widespread hexacoral have trophic plasticity and flexible syntrophic interactions across the Indo-Pacific Ocean".



Early Career Scientist: Tal Idan

   2021, April 22 - posted by Pim Bongaerts
An interview with Tal Idan about their research and experiences.



Behind the science: Microbial communities and biogeochemistry of a mesophotic blue hole

   2021, March 12 - posted by Veronica Radice
An interview with Nastassia Patin about their article "Gulf of Mexico blue hole harbors high levels of novel microbial lineages".



Behind the science: Mesophotic fish diversity of Fernando de Noronha Archipelago

   2020, December 17 - posted by Veronica Radice
An interview with Caio Pimentel about their article "Mesophotic ecosystems at Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, Brazil (South-western Atlantic), reveal unique ichthyofauna and need for conservation".



Behind the science: ROV based fish sampling technology

   2020, December 11 - posted by Veronica Radice
An interview with Nicholas Chaloux about their article "A novel fish sampling system for ROVs".



Early Career Scientist: Jaaziel García-Hernández

   2020, November 24 - posted by Veronica Radice
An interview with Jaaziel García-Hernández about their research and experiences.



Behind the science: Ecology and trophodynamics of Caribbean mesophotic sclerosponges

   2020, October 27 - posted by Veronica Radice
An interview with Keir Macartney about their article "Trophodynamics of the sclerosponge Ceratoporella nicholsoni along a shallow to mesophotic depth gradient".



Behind the science: Feeding biology of mesophotic black coral

   2020, October 13 - posted by Veronica Radice
An interview with Maria Rakka about their article "Feeding biology of a habitat-forming antipatharian in the Azores Archipelago".



Behind the science: New genus (Blastopathes) and species of black coral discovered in Papua New Guinea

   2020, September 22 - posted by Veronica Radice
An interview with Jeremy Horowitz about their article "Morphological and molecular description of a new genus and species of black coral (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Hexacorallia: Antipatharia: Antipathidae: Blastopathes) from Papua New Guinea".



Behind the science: Cross-transplantation survivorship and photobiological acclimatization of depth-generalist corals

   2020, September 11 - posted by Veronica Radice
An interview with Raz Tamir about their article "Reciprocal-transplantation between shallow and mesophotic stony corals".



Early Career Scientist: Gal Eyal

   2020, August 24 - posted by Veronica Radice
An interview with Gal Eyal about their research and experiences.



Behind the science: Effects of 2011 Western Australian marine heatwave across a subtropical–temperate transition

   2020, August 10 - posted by Veronica Radice
An interview with Anita Giraldo Ospina about their article "Depth moderates loss of marine foundation species after an extreme marine heatwave: could deep temperate reefs act as a refuge?".