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Exploring the Biodiversity of Understudied Benthic Taxa at Mesophotic and Deeper Depths: Examples From the Order Zoantharia (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia) | article
Reimer JD, Kise H, Santos MEA, Lindsay DJ, Pyle RL, Copus JM, Bowen BW, Nonaka M, Higashiji T, Benayahu Y (2019)
Front Mar Sci 6:305

Unexplored diversity of the mesophotic echinoderm fauna of the Easter Island ecoregion | article
Mecho A, Easton EE, Sellanes J, Gorny M, Mah C (2019)
Mar Biol 166:1-17

Sponge assemblages on the deep Mediterranean continental shelf and slope (Menorca Channel, Western Mediterranean Sea) | article
Santín A, Grinyó J, Ambroso S, Uriz MJ, Gori A, Dominguez-Carrió C, Gili J-M (2018)
Deep Sea Res Part 1 Oceanogr Res Pap 131:75-86

Distribution patterns and demographic trends of demosponges at the Menorca Channel (Northwestern Mediterranean Sea) | article
Santín A, Grinyó J, Ambroso S, Uriz MJ, Dominguez-Carrió C, Gili JM (2019)
Progr Oceanogr 173:9-25

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

Why do mesophotic coral ecosystems have to be protected? | article
Soares MO, Araújo JT, Ferreira SMC, Santos BA, Boavida JRH, Costantini F, Costantini F, Rossi S (2020)
Science of The Total Environment

A Mesophotic Hotel: The Octocoral Bebryce cf grandicalyx as a Host | article
Maggioni D, Montano S, Voigt O, Seveso D, Galli P (2020)
Ecology 101:1-4

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

Depth Influences Symbiodiniaceae Associations Among Montastraea cavernosa Corals on the Belize Barrier Reef | article
Eckert RJ, Reaume AM, Sturm AB, Studivan MS, Voss JD (2020)
Front Microbiol

Physiological Characteristics of Stylophora pistillata Larvae Across a Depth Gradient | article
Scucchia F, Nativ H, Neder M, Goodbody-Gringley G, Mass T (2020)
Front Mar Sci 7:13

Spatial variability in benthic assemblage composition in shallow and upper mesophotic coral ecosystems in the Philippines | article
Dumalagan EE, Cabaitan PC, Bridge TCL, Go KT, Quimpo TJR, Olavides RDD, Munar JC, Villanoy CL, Siringan FP (2019)
Mar Environ Res

Low connectivity between shallow, mesophotic and rariphotic zone benthos | article
Stefanoudis PV, Rivers M, Smith SR, Schneider CW, Wagner D, Ford H, Rogers AD, Woodall LC (2019)
R Soc Open Sci

Transcriptomic plasticity of mesophotic corals among natural populations and transplants of Montastraea cavernosa in the Gulf of Mexico and Belize | article
Studivan MS, Voss JD (2020)
Mol Ecol 29:2399-2415

Populations of the coral species Montastraea cavernosa on the Belize Barrier Reef lack vertical connectivity | article
Eckert RJ, Studivan MS, Voss JD (2019)
Sci Rep 9:7200

Predictive modelling of mesophotic habitats in the north‐western Gulf of Mexico | article
Sterne TK, Retchless D, Allee R, Highfield W (2020)
Aquat Conserv: Mar Freshw Ecosyst 30:846–859

Depth moderates loss of marine foundation species after an extreme marine heatwave: could deep temperate reefs act as a refuge? | article
Giraldo-Ospina A, Kendrick GA, Hovey RK (2020)
Proc R Soc B

Fine‐scale structure among mesophotic populations of the great star coral Montastraea cavernosa revealed by SNP genotyping | article
Drury C, Portela RP, Serrano XM, Oleksiak M, Baker AC1 (2020)
Ecol Evol 10:6009-6019

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

Examining the Effect of Heat Stress on Montastraea cavernosa (Linnaeus 1767) from a Mesophotic Coral Ecosystem (MCE) | article
Skutnik JE, Otieno S, Khoo SK, Strychar KB (2020)
Water 12:1303

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