Can mesophotic reefs replenish shallow reefs? Reduced coral reproductive performance casts a doubt

Canonical and cellular pathways timing gamete release in Acropora digitifera, Okinawa, Japan

(2017) Y. Rosenberg et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Coral reefs in the Anthropocene

(2017) Terry P. Hughes et al.   NATURE

Species identity and depth predict bleaching severity in reef-building corals: shall the deep inherit the reef?

(2017) Paul R. Muir et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Deep reefs are not universal refuges: Reseeding potential varies among coral species

(2017) Pim Bongaerts et al.   Science Advances

Reproductive biology of the deep brooding coral Seriatopora hystrix: Implications for shallow reef recovery

(2017) Rian Prasetia et al.   PLoS One

Reproductive strategies of the coral Turbinaria reniformis in the northern Gulf of Aqaba (Red Sea)

(2017) Hanna Rapuano et al.   Scientific Reports

Theme section on mesophotic coral ecosystems: advances in knowledge and future perspectives

(2016) Yossi Loya et al.   CORAL REEFS

Recruitment, mortality, and resilience potential of scleractinian corals at Eilat, Red Sea

(2016) Tom Shlesinger et al.   CORAL REEFS

Caribbean mesophotic coral ecosystems are unlikely climate change refugia

(2016) Tyler B. Smith et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Sperm dispersal distances estimated by parentage analysis in a brooding scleractinian coral

(2016) Patricia A. Warner et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Biannual Spawning and Temporal Reproductive Isolation in Acropora Corals

(2016) James P. Gilmour et al.   PLoS One

Coral mass spawning predicted by rapid seasonal rise in ocean temperature

(2016) Sally A. Keith et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Reproduction, abundance and survivorship of two Alveopora spp. in the mesophotic reefs of Eilat, Red Sea

(2016) Lee Eyal-Shaham et al.   Scientific Reports

Long distance dispersal and vertical gene flow in the Caribbean brooding coral Porites astreoides

(2016) Xaymara M. Serrano et al.   Scientific Reports

Depth-Independent Reproduction in the Reef Coral Porites astreoides from Shallow to Mesophotic Zones

(2016) Daniel M. Holstein et al.   PLoS One

Gametogenesis and fecundity of Acropora tenella (Brook 1892) in a mesophotic coral ecosystem in Okinawa, Japan

(2015) Rian Prasetia et al.   CORAL REEFS

Fertile fathoms: Deep reproductive refugia for threatened shallow corals

(2015) Daniel M. Holstein et al.   Scientific Reports

Deep down on a Caribbean reef: lower mesophotic depths harbor a specialized coral-endosymbiont community

(2015) Pim Bongaerts et al.   Scientific Reports

Towards Automated Annotation of Benthic Survey Images: Variability of Human Experts and Operational Modes of Automation

(2015) Oscar Beijbom et al.   PLoS One

Assessing coral health and resilience in a warming ocean: Why looks can be deceptive

(2014) Scott A. Wooldridge   BIOESSAYS

Growth tradeoffs associated with thermotolerant symbionts in the coral Pocillopora damicornis are lost in warmer oceans

(2014) R. Cunning et al.   CORAL REEFS

Geographic differences in vertical connectivity in the Caribbean coralMontastraea cavernosadespite high levels of horizontal connectivity at shallow depths

(2014) X. Serrano et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Recent advances in the ecology of mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs)

(2014) SE Kahng et al.   Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Trait-mediated environmental filtering drives assembly at biogeographic transition zones

(2013) Brigitte Sommer et al.   ECOLOGY

A depth refugium from catastrophic coral bleaching prevents regional extinction

(2013) Tyler B. Smith et al.   ECOLOGY

A coral reef refuge in the Red Sea

(2013) Maoz Fine et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Hybridization and speciation

(2013) R. Abbott et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Genetic Structure in the Coral, Montastraea cavernosa: Assessing Genetic Differentiation among and within Mesophotic Reefs

(2013) Daniel A. Brazeau et al.   PLoS One

Long prereproductive selection and divergence by depth in a Caribbean candelabrum coral

(2013) C. Prada et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Synthesizing larval competence dynamics and reef-scale retention reveals a high potential for self-recruitment in corals

(2012) Joana Figueiredo et al.   ECOLOGY

Climate-change refugia in the sheltered bays of Palau: analogs of future reefs

(2012) Robert van Woesik et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Adaptive divergence in a scleractinian coral: physiological adaptation of Seriatopora hystrix to shallow and deep reef habitats

(2011) Pim Bongaerts et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Twilight spectral dynamics and the coral reef invertebrate spawning response

(2011) A. M. Sweeney et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

The role of deep reefs in shallow reef recovery: an assessment of vertical connectivity in a brooding coral from west and east Australia

(2011) MADELEINE J. H. Van OPPEN et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Assessing the ‘deep reef refugia’ hypothesis: focus on Caribbean reefs

(2010) P. Bongaerts et al.   CORAL REEFS

Photoacclimatization by the coral Montastraea cavernosa in the mesophotic zone: light, food, and genetics

(2010) Michael P. Lesser et al.   ECOLOGY

Toward a synthetic understanding of the role of phenology in ecology and evolution

(2010) J. Forrest et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Niche specialization of reef-building corals in the mesophotic zone: metabolic trade-offs between divergent Symbiodinium types

(2010) T. F. Cooper et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The Impact of Climate Change on the World's Marine Ecosystems

(2010) O. Hoegh-Guldberg et al.   SCIENCE

Systematic and Biogeographical Patterns in the Reproductive Biology of Scleractinian Corals

(2009) Andrew H. Baird et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Evolution and Ecology of Species Range Limits

(2009) Jason P. Sexton et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Ecology of mesophotic coral reefs

(2009) Michael P. Lesser et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

Nuclear sequences reveal mid-range isolation of an imperilled deep-water coral population

(2009) RON I. EYTAN et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Parental effects in ecology and evolution: mechanisms, processes and implications

(2009) A. V Badyaev et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Asynchronous coral spawning patterns on equatorial reefs in Kenya

(2008) S Mangubhai et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Bidirectional sex change in mushroom stony corals

(2008) Y. Loya et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES