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Michael P. Lesser


Michael P. Lesser

Dept. of Molecular, Cellular and Biomedical Sciences. School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering
University of New Hampshire  (United States of America)


Publications

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

Phase shift to algal dominated communities at mesophotic depths associated with lionfish (Pterois volitans) invasion on a Bahamian coral reef | article
Lesser MP, Slattery M (2011)
Biol Invasions 13:1855-1868

Photoacclimatization by the coral Montastraea cavernosa in the mesophotic zone: light, food, and genetics | article
Lesser MP, Slattery M, Stat M, Ojimi M, Gates RD, Grottoli A (2010)
Ecology 91:990-1003

Ecology of mesophotic coral reefs | review
Lesser MP, Slattery M, Leichter JJ (2009)
J Exp Mar Bio Ecol 375:1-8

Connectivity and stability of mesophotic coral reefs | review
Slattery M, Lesser MP, Brazeau D, Stokes MD, Leichter JJ (2011)
J Exp Mar Bio Ecol 408:32-41

Genetic Structure in the Coral, Montastraea cavernosa: Assessing Genetic Differentiation among and within Mesophotic Reefs | article
Brazeau DA, Lesser MP, Slattery M (2013)
PLoS ONE 8:e65845

Variability in chemical defense across a shallow to mesophotic depth gradient in the Caribbean sponge Plakortis angulospiculatus | article
Slattery M, Gochfeld DJ, Diaz MC, Thacker RW, Lesser MP (2016)
Coral Reefs 35:11-22

Allelopathy in the tropical alga Lobophora variegata (Phaeophyceae): mechanistic basis for a phase shift on mesophotic coral reefs? | article
Slattery M, Lesser MP (2014)
J Phycol 50:493-505

Theme section on mesophotic coral ecosystems: advances in knowledge and future perspectives | review
Loya Y, Eyal G, Treibitz T, Lesser MP, Appeldoorn R (2016)
Coral Reefs 35:1-9

Mesophotic coral reefs: a global model of community structure and function | article
Slattery M, Lesser MP (2012)
Proc 12th Int Coral Reef Symp
Environmental drivers of microbial community shifts in the giant barrel sponge, Xestospongia muta, over a shallow to mesophotic depth gradient | article
Morrow KM, Fiore Cara, Lesser M (2016)
Environ Microbiol 18:2025-2038

Large-scale invasion of western Atlantic mesophotic reefs by lionfish potentially undermines culling-based management | article
Andradi-Brown DA, Vermeij MJA, Slattery M, Lesser M, Bejarano I, Appeldoorn R, Goodbody-Gringley G, Chequer AD, Pitt JM, Eddy C, Smith SR, Brokovich E, Pinheiro HT, Jessup ME, Shepherd B, Rocha LA, Curtis-Quick J, Eyal G, Noyes TJ, Rogers AD, Exton DA (2017)
Biol Invasions 19:939–954

To what extent do mesophotic coral ecosystems and shallow reefs share species of conservation interest? | review
Laverick JH, Andradi-Brown DA, Exton DA, Bongaerts P, Bridge TCL, Lesser MP, Pyle RL, Slattery M, Wagner D, Rogers AD (2016)
Environ Evid 5:1-8

Trophic ecology of sponges from shallow to mesophotic depths (3 to 150 m): Comment on Pawlik et al. (2015) | article
Slattery M, Lesser MP (2015)
Mar Ecol Prog Ser 527:275-279

Comparative Genomics of Color Morphs In the Coral Montastraea cavernosa | article
Jarett JK, MacManes MD, Morrow KM, Pankey MS, Lesser MP (2017)
Sci Rep 7:16039

To what extent do mesophotic coral ecosystems and shallow reefs share species of conservation interest? A systematic review | review
Laverick JH, Piango S, Andradi‑Brown DA, Exton DA, Bongaerts P, Bridge TCL, Lesser MP, Pyle RL, Slattery M, Wagner D, Rogers AD (2018)
Environ Evid

Sponge density increases with depth throughout the Caribbean | article
Lesser MP, Slattery M (2018)
Ecosphere 9:1-8

Biodiversity and Functional Ecology of Mesophotic Coral Reefs | review
Lesser MP, Slattery M, Mobley CD (2018)
Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics 49:49-71

Sponge density increases with depth throughout the Caribbean: Reply | article
Lesser MP, Slattery M (2019)
Ecosphere 10:e02690

The Bahamas and Cayman Islands | chapter
Slattery M, Lesser MP (2019)
in: Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems, Coral Reefs of the World (Springer) by Loya Y, Puglise KA, Bridge TCL
Depth-dependent detritus production in the sponge, Halisarca caerulea | article
Lesser MP, Mueller B, Pankey S, Macartney KJ, Slattery M, 5 de Goeij JM (2020)
Limnol Oceanogr

Will coral reef sponges be winners in the Anthropocene? | review
Lesser MP, Slattery M (2020)
Global Change Biol

Trophodynamics of the sclerosponge Ceratoporella nicholsoni along a shallow to mesophotic depth gradient | article
Macartney KJ, Pankey MS, Slattery M, Lesser MP (2020)
Coral Reefs

Incident light on mesophotic corals is constrained by reef topography and colony morphology | article
Lesser MP, Mobley CD, Hedley JD, Slattery M (2021)
Mar Ecol Prog Ser 670:49-60

Gorgonians are foundation species on sponge-dominated mesophotic coral reefs in the Caribbean | article
Slattery M, Lesser MP (2021)
Front Mar Sci 8:654268

Mesophotic coral reef community structure: the constraints of imagery collected by unmanned vehicles | article
Lesser MP, Slattery M (2021)
Mar Ecol Prog Ser 663:229-236

Growth and feeding in the sponge Agelas tubulata from shallow to mesophotic depths on Grand Cayman Island | article
Macartney KJ, Clayshulte Abraham A, Slattery M, Lesser MP (2021)
Ecosphere 12:e03764

Incident light and morphology determine coral productivity along a shallow to mesophotic depth gradient | article
Lesser MP, Slattery M, Mobley CD (2021)
Ecol Evol 11:13445–13454

Depth dependent trophic strategies of Caribbean sponges on mesophotic coral reefs | article
Macartney KJ, Pankey MS, Abraham AC, Slattery M, Lesser MP (2022)
Mar Ecol Prog Ser 693:125-140

Using Stable Isotope Analyses to Assess the Trophic Ecology of Scleractinian Corals | article
Lesser MP, Slattery M, Macartney KJ (2022)
Oceans 3:527-545

Depth- and light-dependent variation of carbon partitioning and utilization in the zooxanthellate scleractinian coral Stylophora pistillata | article
Gattuso JP, Yellowlees D, Lesser M (1993)
Mar Ecol Prog Ser 92:267-276
Trophic ecology of Caribbean sponges in the mesophotic zone | article
Macartney KJ, Slattery M, Lesser MP (2020)
Limnol Oceanogr 9999:1-12

Quantifying sponge communities from shallow to mesophotic depths using orthorectified imagery | article
Lesser MP, Slattery M, Macartney KJ (2023)
Mar Biol 170:1-10

Production of phytodetritus by a coral reef sponge increases from shallow to mesophotic depths | article
Lesser MP, Macartney KJ, Slattery M (2023)
Limnol Oceanogr 68:1247–1255

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