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Large-scale mapping and characterization of deep reef habitats in the US Caribbean | article
Armstrong RA, Singh H, Kunz C (2010)
Proc Gulf Caribb Fish Inst
In-Water Strategies for Scientific Diver-Based Examinations of the Vertical Mesophotic Coral Ecosystem (vMCE) from 50 to 150 meters | article
Lombardi M, Godfrey J (2011)

Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems Research Strategy: International Workshop to Prioritize Research and Management Needs for Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems | report
Puglise KA, Hinderstein LM, Marr JCA, Dowgiallo MJ, Martinez FA (2009)
NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
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)

Verdigellas, a new deep-water genus (Tetrasporales, Chlorophyta) from the tropical western Atlantic | article
Ballantine DL, Norris JN (1994)
Crypt. Bot 4:368-372
Botryocladia bahamense sp. nov. (Rhodymeniaceae, Rhodophyta) from the Bahamas, western Atlantic | article
Ballantine DL, Aponte NE (2002)
Crypt Algol 23:123-130
Verdigellas nektongammea (Tetrasporales, Chlorophyta), a new deep-water species from the Bahamas | article
Ballantine DL, Aponte NE (1996)
Nova Hedwigia 62:425-429
Varicus lacerta, a new species of goby (Teleostei, Gobiidae, Gobiosomatini, Nes subgroup) from a mesophotic reef in the southern Caribbean | article
Tornabene L, Robertson DR, Baldwin CC (2016)
Zookeys 596:143-156

Symbiodinium (internal transcribed spacer 2) diversity in the coral host Agaricia lamarcki (Cnidaria: Scleractinia) between shallow and mesophotic ... | article
Lucas MQ, Stat M, Smith MC, Weil E, Schizas NV (2016)
Mar Ecol 47:1079-1087

Morphological and genetic species diversity in ostracods (Crustacea: Oligostraca) from Caribbean reefs | article
Galindo Estronza AM, Alfaro M, Schizas NV (2017)
Marine Biodiversity 47:37-53

The perfect storm: match-mismatch of bio-physical events drives larval reef fish connectivity between Pulley Ridge mesophotic reef and the Florida ... | article
Vaza AC, Parisa CB, Olascoaga MJ, Kourafalou VH, Kanga H, Reed JK (2016)
Cont Shelf Res 125:136-146

Reef fish community biomass and trophic structure changes across shallow to upper-mesophotic reefs in the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef, Caribbean | article
Andradi-Brown DA, Gress E, Wright G, Exton DA, Rogers AD (2016)
PLoS ONE 11:e0156641

Symbiosis-specific changes in dimethylsulphoniopropionate concentrations in Stylophora pistillata along a depth gradient | article
Borell EM, Pettay DT, Steinke M, Warner M, Fine M (2016)
Coral Reefs 35:1383–1392

Potential structuring forces on a shelf edge upper Mesophotic Coral Ecosystem in the US Virgin Islands | article
Smith TB, Brandtneris VW, Canals M, Brandt ME, Martens J, Brewer RS, Kadison E, Kammann M, Keller J, Holstein DM (2016)
Front Mar Sci 3:115

The implementation of rare events logistic regression to predict the distribution of mesophotic hard corals across the main Hawaiian Islands | article
Veazey​ LM, Franklin EC, Kelley C, Rooney​ J, Frazer LN, Toonen RJ (2016)
PeerJ 4:e2189

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

The Microbial Signature Provides Insight into the Mechanistic Basis of Coral Success across Reef Habitats | article
Hernandez-Agreda A, Leggat W, Bongaerts P, Ainsworth TD (2016)
mBio 7:e00560-16

A new deep-reef scorpionfish (Teleostei, Scorpaenidae, Scorpaenodes) from the southern Caribbean with comments on depth distributions and relations... | article
Baldwin CC, Pitassy DE, Robertson DR (2016)
Zookeys 606:141-158

Mesophotic mushroom coral records at Brunei Darussalam support westward extension of the Coral Triangle to the South China Sea waters of Northwest ... | article
Lane DJW, Hoeksema BW (2016)
Raffles Bull Zool 64:204-212
Demographic and reproductive plasticity across the depth distribution of a coral reef fish | article
Goldstein ED, D’Alessandro EK, Sponaugle S (2016)
Sci Rep 6:34077

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