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Randall Kosaki

Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (United States of America)
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Research interests

Dr. Randy Kosaki is the chief scientist for the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.

Publications

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
	Trophic structure of mesophotic fish assemblages in the northwestern Hawaiian Islands \| article Kosaki RK, Kane C, Pyle RL (2012) Proc 12th Int Coral Reef Symp
	Tosanoides obama, a new basslet (Perciformes, Percoidei, Serranidae) from deep coral reefs in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands \| article Pyle RL, Greene BD, Kosaki RK (2016) Zookeys 641:165-181
	Biodiversity of Hawaiian Peyssonneliales (Rhodophyta): Sonderophycus copusii sp. nov., a new species from the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands \| article Sherwood AR, Paiano MO, Spalding HL, Kosaki RK (2020) Algae 35:145-155
	The Hawaiian Archipelago \| chapter Spalding HL, Copus JM, Bowen BW, Kosaki RK, Longenecker K, Montgomery AD, Padilla-Gamino JL, Parrish FA, Roth MS, Rwley SJ, Toonen RJ, Pyle R (2019) in: Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems () by Loya Y, Puglise KA, Bridge TCL
	Fishes: Biodiversity \| chapter Pyle RL, Kosaki RK, Pinheiro HT, Rocha LA, Whitton RK, Copus JM (2019) in: Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems (Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019) by Yossi L, Puglise KA, Bridge T

Research keywords

Research platform experience

SCUBA (open-circuit or unspecified)
Rebreather
Aquarium-based
In-situ instrumentation
Snorkeling

Photographs (of Randall Kosaki)

Research summary (from publications)

	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
	Trophic structure of mesophotic fish assemblages in the northwestern Hawaiian Islands \| article Kosaki RK, Kane C, Pyle RL (2012) Proc 12th Int Coral Reef Symp
	Tosanoides obama, a new basslet (Perciformes, Percoidei, Serranidae) from deep coral reefs in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands \| article Pyle RL, Greene BD, Kosaki RK (2016) Zookeys 641:165-181
	Biodiversity of Hawaiian Peyssonneliales (Rhodophyta): Sonderophycus copusii sp. nov., a new species from the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands \| article Sherwood AR, Paiano MO, Spalding HL, Kosaki RK (2020) Algae 35:145-155
	The Hawaiian Archipelago \| chapter Spalding HL, Copus JM, Bowen BW, Kosaki RK, Longenecker K, Montgomery AD, Padilla-Gamino JL, Parrish FA, Roth MS, Rwley SJ, Toonen RJ, Pyle R (2019) in: Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems () by Loya Y, Puglise KA, Bridge TCL
	Fishes: Biodiversity \| chapter Pyle RL, Kosaki RK, Pinheiro HT, Rocha LA, Whitton RK, Copus JM (2019) in: Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems (Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019) by Yossi L, Puglise KA, Bridge T