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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

Sponge reefs in the Queen Charlotte Basin, Canada: controls on distribution, growth and development | chapter
Conway KW, Krautter M, Barrie JV, Whitney F, Thomson RE, Reiswig H, Lehnert H, Mungov G, Bertram M (2005)
in: Cold-Water Corals and Ecosystems (Springer-Verlag) by Freiwald A, Roberts JM
Sponge reefs on the Northeast Pacific margin: geomorphic and biological variability | chapter
Conway KW, Dunham A, Burke LA, Archer SK, Shaw J, Kung R (2020)
in: Seafloor Geomorphology as Benthic Habitat: GeoHab Atlas of Seafloor Geomorphic Features and Benthic Habitats (Elsevier ) by Harris PT, Baker E

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

Recreational fishing impacts in an offshore and deep-water marine park: examining patterns in fished species using hybrid frequentist model selecti... | article
Aston C, Langlois T, Fisher R, Monk J, Gibbons B, Giraldo-Ospina A, Lawrence E, Keesing J, Lebrec U, Babcock RC (2022)
Front Mar Sci 9:835096

Mesophotic foraminiferal-algal nodules play a role in the Red Sea carbonate budget | article
Bracchi VA, Purkis SJ, Marchese F, Nolan MKB, Terraneo TI, Vimercati S, Chimienti G, Rodrigue M, Eweida A, Benzoni F (2023)
Commun. Earth Environ. 4:288

Conservation status of upper-mesophotic octocoral habitats at Sporades Archipelago (Aegean Sea) | article
Chimienti G, Maiorca M, Digenis M, Poursanidis D (2023)
Mar Pollut Bull 190:114868

An annotated and illustrated identification guide to common mesophotic reef sponges (Porifera, Demospongiae, Hexactinellida, and Homoscleromorpha) ... | article
Díaz MC, Nuttall M, Pomponi SA, Rützler K, Klontz S, Adams C, Hickerson EL, Schmahl GP (2023)
Zookeys 1161:1-68

High megabenthic complexity and vulnerability of a mesophotic rocky shoal support its inclusion in a Mediterranean MPA | article
Enrichetti F, Bavestrello G, Cappanera V, Mariotti M, Massa F, Merotto L, Povero P, Rigo I, Toma M, Tunesi L, Vassallo P, Venturini S, Bo M (2023)
Diversity 15:933

Biofluorescence in catsharks (Scyliorhinidae): fundamental description and relevance for elasmobranch visual ecology | article
Gruber DF, Loew ER, Deheyn DD, Akkaynak D, Gaffney JP, Smith WL, Davis MP, Stern JH, Pieribone VA, Sparks JS (2016)
Scientific Reports 6:24751

Calcification rates in the lower photic zone and their ecological implications | article
Kahng S, Kishi T, Uchiyama R, Watanabe T (2023)
Coral Reefs

Discovery of a new sea spider belonging to the genus Pycnogonum (Pycnogonida: Pycnogonidae) in the mesophotic zone of Jejudo Island, Korea | article
Lee D, Park JH, Park T (2023)
Zool Stud 62:23

Identifying diurnal foraging habitat of endangered Hawaiian monk seals using a seal-mounted video camera | article
Parrish FA, Craig MP, Ragen TJ, Marshall GJ, Buhleier BM (2000)
Marine Mammal Science 16:392-412

Hawaiian Monk seals (Monachus schaunslandi) foraging in deepwater coral beds | article
Parrish FA, Abernathy K, Marshall GJ, Buhleier BM (2002)
Marine Mammal Science 18:244-58

Shifting reef fish assemblages along a depth gradient in Pohnpei, Micronesia | article
Coleman RR, Copus JM, Coffey DM, Whitton RK, Bowen BW (2018)
PeerJ 6:e4650

Production of phytodetritus by a coral reef sponge increases from shallow to mesophotic depths | article
Lesser MP, Macartney KJ, Slattery M (2023)
Limnol Oceanogr 68:1247–1255

Holocene, mesophotic, carbonate sedimentation, Bermuda atoll margin; a submersible study | article
James N, Blasco S, Tucker T (2023)
Mar Geol 460:107049

A Red Sea depth record of the coral-dwelling crab Opecarcinus (Decapoda: Cryptochiridae) in the mesophotic zone | article
Vimercati S, van der Meij SET, Terraneo TI, Chimienti G, Marchese F, Eweida AA, Purkis SJ, Rodrigue M, Benzoni F (2023)
Diversity 15:723

A comparison of mesophotic and shallow sponge holobionts resilience to predicted future temperature elevation | article
Raijman-Nagar L, Goren L, Shefer S, Moskovich R, Li Z, Ilan M (2023)
Front Mar Sci 10:1161648

The covert world of fish biofluorescence: a phylogenetically widespread and phenotypically variable phenomenon | article
Sparks JS, Schelly RC, Smith WL, Davis MP, Tchernov D, Tchernov D, Pieribone VA, Gruber DF (2014)
PLoS ONE 9:e83259

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