Dr. Randy Kosaki, is the chief scientist for Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. He says the kinds of questions asked and answered about research in the decade since the establishment of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve, have changed significantly.

  Please note that only publications relevant to mesophotic reefs are indexed.

	New records of fishes from Johnston Atoll, with notes on biogeography | article Kosaki RK, Pyle RL, Randall JE, Irons DK (1991) Pac Sci 45:186-203
	Centropyge nahackyi, a new species of angelfish from Johnston Atoll (Teleostei: Pomacanthidae) | article Kosaki RK (1989) Copeia 1989:880-886
	Mesophotic surveys of the flora and fauna at Johnston Atoll, Central Pacific Ocean | article Wagner D, Kosaki RK, Spalding HL, Whitton RK, Pyle RL, Sherwood AR, Tsuda RT, Calcinai B (2014) Mar Biodivers Rec 7:e68
	Movements and foraging of predators associated with mesophotic coral reefs and their potential for linking ecological habitats | article Papastamatiou YP, Meyer CG, Kosaki RK, Wallsgrove NJ, Popp BN (2015) Mar Ecol Prog Ser 521:155-170
	New Records of Commercially Valuable Black Corals (Cnidaria: Antipatharia) from the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands at Mesophotic Depths | article Wagner D, Papastamatiou YP, Kosaki RK, Gleason KA, McFall GB, Boland RC, Pyle RL, Toonen RJ (2011) Pac Sci 65:249-255
	High levels of mesophotic reef fish endemism in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands | article Kane C, Kosaki RK, Wagner D (2014) Bull Mar Sci 90:693-703
	Ecological and morphological traits predict depth-generalist fishes on coral reefs | article Bridge TCL, Luiz OJ, Coleman RR, Kane CN, Kosaki RK (2016) Proc R Soc B
	100% endemism in mesophotic reef fish assemblages at Kure Atoll, Hawaiian Islands | article Kosaki RK, Pyle RL, Leonard JC, Hauk BB, Whitton RK, Wagner D (2016) Marine Biodiversity 47:783-784
	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
	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
	Distribution and abundance of the introduced snapper Lutjanus kasmira (Forsskål, 1775) on shallow and mesophotic reefs of the Northwestern Hawaiian... | article Fukunaga A, Kosaki RK, Hauk BB (2017) BioInvasions Rec 6:259-268
	Changes in mesophotic reef fish assemblages along depth and geographical gradients in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands | article Fukunaga A, Kosaki RK, Wagner D (2017) Coral Reefs 36:785-790
	Prognathodes basabei, a new species of butterflyfish (Perciformes, Chaetodontidae) from the Hawaiian Archipelago | article Pyle RL, Kosaki RK (2016) Zookeys 614:137-152

Fields
10  Biodiversity
8  Ecology
5  Community structure
3  Management and Conservation
2  Physiology

Focusgroups
12  Fishes
2  Overall benthic (groups)
1  Scleractinia (Hard Corals)
1  Octocorallia (Soft Corals)
1  Antipatharia (Black Corals)

Locations
10  USA - Hawaii
3  USA - Johnston Atoll
1  Micronesia - Caroline Islands
1  Puerto Rico

Platforms
7  Diving - Technical Open-Circuit
7  Diving - Technical Rebreather
6  Sonar / Multibeam
2  Diving (unspecified)
2  Manned Submersible

Co-author
7  Wagner
5  Pyle
4  Kane
3  Fukunaga
2  Boland