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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

Grammatonotus brianne, a new callanthiid fish from Philippine waters, with short accounts of two other Grammatonotus from the Coral Triangle | article
Anderson WD, Greene BD, Rocha LA (2016)
Zootaxa 4173:289-295

Novel adaptive photosynthetic characteristics of mesophotic symbiotic microalgae within the reef-building coral, Stylophora pistillata | article
Eibinder S, Gruber DF, Salomon E, Liran O, Keren N, Tchernov D (2016)
Front Mar Sci

Light-dependent fluorescence in the coral Galaxea fascicularis | article
Ben-Zvi O, Eyal G, Loya Y (2015)
Hydrobiologia 759:15-26

High coral cover on a mesophotic, subtropical island platform at the limits of coral reef growth | article
Linklater M, Carroll AG, Hamylton SM, Jordan AR, Brooke BP, Nichol SL, Woodroffe CD (2016)
Cont Shelf Res 130:34-46

Coral growth, bioerosion, and secondary accretion of living orbicellid corals from mesophotic reefs in the US Virgin Islands | article
Weinstein DK, Sharifi A, Klaus JS, Smith TB, Giri SJ, Helmle KP (2016)
Mar Ecol Prog Ser 559:45-63

Syndepositional cementation in the reef Twilight Zone | article
Weinstein DK, Klaus JS, McNeill DF (2015)
Reef Encounter
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

Depth, bay position and habitat structure as determinants of coral reef fish distributions: Are deep reefs a potential refuge? | article
MacDonald C, Bridge TCL, Jones GP (2016)
Mar Ecol Prog Ser 561:217-231

Assessing Caribbean shallow and mesophotic reef fish communities using Baited-Remote Underwater Video (BRUV) and Diver-Operated Video (DOV) Survey ... | article
Andradi-Brown DA, Macaya-Solis C, Exton DA, Gress E, Wright G, Rogers AD (2016)
PLoS ONE 11:e0168235

Are mesophotic coral ecosystems distinct communities and can they serve as refugia for shallow reefs? | article
Semmler RF, Hoot WC, Reaka ML (2017)
Coral Reefs 36:433–444

Higher species richness of octocorals in the upper mesophotic zone in Eilat (Gulf of Aqaba) compared to shallower reef zones | article
Shoham E, Benayahu Y (2017)
Coral Reefs 36:71-81

Identifying zooplankton community changes between shallow and upper-mesophotic reefs on the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef, Caribbean | article
Andradi-Brown DA, Head CEI, Exton DA, Hunt CL, Hendrix A, Gress E, Rogers AD (2017)
PeerJ 5:e2853

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

40 Years of benthic community change on the Caribbean reefs of Curaçao and Bonaire: the rise of slimy cyanobacterial mats | article
De Bakker DM, Van Duyl FC, Bak RPM, Nugues MM, Nieuwland G, Meesters EH (2017)
Coral Reefs 36:355–367

Long-term shifts in coral communities on shallow to deep reef slopes of Curaçao and Bonaire: are there any winners? | article
De Bakker DM, Meesters EH, Bak RPM, Nieuwland G, Van Duyl FC (2016)
Front Mar Sci

Microbiome variation in corals with distinct depth distribution ranges across a shallow–mesophotic gradient (15–85 m) | article
Glasl B, Bongaerts P, Elisabeth NH, Hoegh-Guldberg O, Herndl GJ, Frade PR (2017)
Coral Reefs 36:447–452

Lower mesophotic coral communities (60-125 m depth) of the Northern Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea | article
Englebert N, Bongaerts P, Muir PR, Hay KB, Pichon M, Hoegh-Guldberg O (2017)
PLoS ONE 12:e0170336

Do the shuffle: Changes in Symbiodinium consortia throughout juvenile coral development | article
Reich HG, Robertson DL, Goodbody-Gringley G (2017)
PLoS ONE 12:e0171768

Lush underwater forests in mesophotic reefs of the Gulf of Guinea | article
Morais RA, Maia HA (2017)
Coral Reefs 36:95

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