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Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems - NCCOS - National Centers for Coastal ...
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Mesophotic coral ecosystems consist of light-dependent corals and associated communities found at depths ranging from 30 to 150 meters beneath the ...
Scientific Support for Mesophotic and Deep Benthic Community ...
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Mesophotic and Deep Benthic Community Restoration goals are: Restore mesophotic and deep benthic invertebrate and fish abundance and biomass for ...
Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems - NCCOS - National Centers for Coastal ...
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This book summarizes what is known about mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs) geographically and by major taxa. MCEs are characterized by ...
Spawning Success: Scientists Witness Rare Mesophotic Coral Reproduction ...
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For the first time, scientists documented the captive spawning of a species of mesophotic octocoral—a breakthrough that could further restoration ...
Ecology, Integrity and Status of Caribbean Mesophotic Coral Reefs
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Mesophotic coral ecosystem off La Parguera, Puerto Rico, at a depth of 45 m (147 ft). Credit: Hector Ruiz. Why We Care With the overall health of ...
NOAA, USGS Investigate Mesophotic Coral Biology to Support Restoration
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Mesophotic and deep benthic communities were injured across a large area in the Gulf of Mexico by the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill in 2010. The ...
Community ecology of mesophotic coral reef ecosystems
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Given the global degradation of shallow-water coral reef ecosystems resulting from anthropogenic activities, mesophotic coral reef ecosystems (MCEs) ...
Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems of American Samoa - NCCOS - National ...
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We are investigating American Samoa’s mesophotic coral ecosystems (40–100 meters or ~130–330 feet deep) to better understand them and their ...
Modeling Mesophotic Coral Distributions in the Au’au Channel, Hawaii
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Mesophotic corals play an important role in shaping the ecological communities in deeper waters because they provide habitat and refuge for many reef ...
Mesophotic coral ecosystems in the Hawaiian Archipelago
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Such coral reefs and their associated communities have been recently defined as mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs). Several types of MCEs are found in ...
Can Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems Serve as Lifeboats for Shallow Reefs ...
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On May 24, 2016, the United Nations Environment Programme released a new report on mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs) during a coral reef media ...
Coastal Development Impacts Puerto Rico’s Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems
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NCCOS-supported research recently published in Coral Reefs suggests coastal development negatively impacts mesophotic coral ecosystems, which were ...
Mesophotic coral ecosystems under anthropogenic stress: a case study at ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/mesophotic-coral-ecosystems-under-anthropogenic-stress-a-case-study-at-ponce-puerto-rico/
Mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs) were compared between La Parguera and Ponce, off the south coast of Puerto Rico. In contrast to La Parguera, Ponce ...
Four New Algal Species Discovered in Hawai’i’s Mesophotic Waters
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NOAA-funded scientists at the University of Hawai’i have discovered and described four new algal species in Hawai’i’s mesophotic coral ecosystems. The ...
How do Light-dependent Mesophotic Corals Survive and Thrive under Low ...
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The ability of deep, light dependent mesophotic corals to grow in low-light conditions is a poorly understood realm of biology. Research, sponsored in ...
Geomorphology and benthic cover of mesophotic coral ecosystems of the ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/geomorphology-and-benthic-cover-of-mesophotic-coral-ecosystems-of-the-upper-insular-slope-of-southwest-puerto-rico/
Mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs) are largely restricted to Zone I and concentrated on topographic highs removed from the influence of active ...
Ecophysiology of mesophotic reef-building corals in Hawai'i is ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/ecophysiology-of-mesophotic-reef-building-corals-in-hawaii-is-influenced-by-symbiont-host-associations-photoacclimatization-trophic-plasticity-and-adaptation/
Mesophotic reef corals remain largely unexplored in terms of the genetic adaptations and physiological mechanisms to acquire, allocate, and use energy ...
Injury to Mesophotic Corals linked to Deepwater Horizon Oil Slick
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This deteriorating sea fan Hypnogorgia pendula looks like a zombie from the deep, the gorgonian octocoral was located on mesophotic reefs situated ...
Fungi associated with mesophotic macroalgae from the 'Au'au Channel ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/fungi-associated-with-mesophotic-macroalgae-from-the-aaau-channel-west-maui-are-differentiated-by-host-and-overlap-terrestrial-communities/
Mesophotic coral ecosystems are an almost entirely unexplored and undocumented environment that likely contains vast reservoirs of undescribed ...
Compound-specific isotopic analysis of amino acids reveals dietary ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/compound-specific-isotopic-analysis-of-amino-acids-reveals-dietary-changes-in-mesophotic-coral-reef-fish/
Typically spatially removed from such impacts, mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs) at intermediate depths (30-150 m) may serve as refugia for these ...