Dr. Daniel Wagner is a marine ecologist with NOAA’s Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. He has conducted research on Hawaii’s mesophotic coral ecosystems (reefs found at depths between 30-150 m) for close to a decade, and has participated in numerous expeditions that have surveyed such deeper habitats using technical SCUBA diving, manned submersibles, and remotely operated vehicles. Daniel’s special interest in this cruise is to map mesophotic coral ecosystems within the Monument, in order to design systematic surveys of the biology and ecology of these understudied environments in the near future.

Only publications relevant to mesophotic reefs are indexed.

Stakeholder-derived recommendations and actions to support deep-reef conservation in the Western Indian Ocean

Stefanoudis PV, Talma S, Fassbender N, Swanborn D, Swanborn D, Ochieng CN, Mearns K, Komakoma JD, Otwoma LM, Mbije NE, Osuka KE, Samoilys M, Shah N, Samaai T, Trotzuk E, Tuda A, Zivane F, Wagner D, Woodall LC (2022)

Conserv. Lett.

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A new species of Gibsmithia (Dumontiaceae, Rhodophyta) from mesophotic depths of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine Nationa...

Sherwood AR, Cabrera FC, Kalaiwaa GV, Fumo JT, Spalding HL, Kosaki RK, Wagner D, Paiano MO (2022)

Phycologia

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Deep-sea biodiversity at the extremes of the Salas y Gómez and Nazca ridges with implications for conservation

Friedlander AM, Goodell W, Giddens J, Easton EE, Wagner D (2021)

PLoS ONE

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Reef benthos of Seychelles-A field guide

Fassbender N, Stefanoudis PV, Filander ZN, Gendron G, Mah CL, Mattio L, Mortimer JA, Moura CJ, Samaai T, Samimi-Namin K, Wagner D, Walton R, Woodall LC (2021)

Biodiversity Data Journal

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Complete mitochondrial genomes of two species of Stichopathes Brook, 1889 (Hexacorallia: Antipatharia: Antipathidae) ...

Asorey CM, Sellanes J, Wagner D, Easton EE (2021)

Mitochondrial DNA Part B

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The Salas y Gómez and Nazca ridges: A review of the importance, opportunities and challenges for protecting a global ...

Wagner D, Meer LVD, Gorny M, Sellanes J, Gaymer CF, Soto EH, Easton EE, Friedlander AM, Lindsay DJ, Molodtsova TN, Boteler B, Durussel C, Gjerde KM, Currie D, Gianni M, Brooks CM, Shiple MJ, Wilhelm T‘, Quesada M, Thomas T, Dunstan PK, Clark NA, Villanueva LA, Pyle RL, Clark MR, Georgian SE, Morgan LE (2021)

Marine Policy

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Widest geographic distribution of a shallow and mesophotic antipatharian coral (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia): Antipathes g...

Gress E, Opresko DM, Brugler MR, Wagner D, Eeckhaut I, Terrana L (2020)

Mar Biodivers Rec

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Antipatharians of the Mesophotic Zone: Four Case Studies

Bo M, Montgomery AD, Opresko DM, Wagner D, Bavestrello G (2019)

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American Samoa

Montgomery AD, Fenner D, Kosaki RK, Pyle RL, Wagner D, Toonen RJ (2019)

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Low connectivity between shallow, mesophotic and rariphotic zone benthos

Stefanoudis PV, Rivers M, Smith SR, Schneider CW, Wagner D, Ford H, Rogers AD, Woodall LC (2019)

R Soc Open Sci

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Deep Reef Benthos of Bermuda: Field Identification Guide

Stefanoudis PV, Smith SR, Schneider C, Wagner D, Goodbody-Gringley G, Xavier J, Rivers M, Woodall LC, Rogers AD (2018)

Report

To what extent do mesophotic coral ecosystems and shallow reefs share species of conservation interest? A systematic ...

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

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The black coral fauna (Cnidaria: Antipatharia) of Bermuda with new records

Wagner D, Shuler A (2017)

Zootaxa

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Changes in mesophotic reef fish assemblages along depth and geographical gradients in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

Fukunaga A, Kosaki RK, Wagner D (2017)

Coral Reefs

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Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems

Kahng S, Copus JM, Wagner D (2017)

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To what extent do mesophotic coral ecosystems and shallow reefs share species of conservation interest?

Laverick JH, Andradi-Brown DA, Exton DA, Bongaerts P, Bridge TCL, Lesser MP, Pyle RL, Slattery M, Wagner D, Rogers AD (2016)

Environ Evid

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A comprehensive investigation of mesophotic coral ecosystems in the Hawaiian Archipelago

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

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Structure of mesophotic reef fish assemblages in the northwestern Hawaiian Islands

Fukunaga A, Kosaki RK, Wagner D, Kane C (2016)

PLoS ONE

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100% endemism in mesophotic reef fish assemblages at Kure Atoll, Hawaiian Islands

Kosaki RK, Pyle RL, Leonard JC, Hauk BB, Whitton RK, Wagner D (2016)

Marine Biodiversity

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A taxonomic survey of the shallow-water (<150 m) black corals (Cnidaria: Antipatharia) of the Hawaiian Islands

Wagner D (2015)

Front Mar Sci

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The spatial distribution of shallow-water (<150 m) black corals (Cnidaria: Antipatharia) in the Hawaiian Archipelago

Wagner D (2015)

Mar Biodivers Rec

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High levels of mesophotic reef fish endemism in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

Kane C, Kosaki RK, Wagner D (2014)

Bull Mar Sci

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Mesophotic surveys of the flora and fauna at Johnston Atoll, Central Pacific Ocean

Wagner D, Kosaki RK, Spalding HL, Whitton RK, Pyle RL, Sherwood AR, Tsuda RT, Calcinai B (2014)

Mar Biodivers Rec

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

Kahng SE, Copus JM, Wagner D (2014)

Curr Opin Environ Sustain

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Trophic structure of mesophotic fish assemblages in the northwestern Hawaiian Islands

Kosaki RK, Kane C, Pyle RL, Wagner D (2012)

Proc 12th Int Coral Reef Symp

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Sexual reproduction of the Hawaiian black coral Antipathes griggi (Cnidaria: Antipatharia)

Wagner D, Waller RG, Montgomery AD, Kelley CD, Toonen RJ (2012)

Coral Reefs

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Discovery of Aphanipathes verticillata (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Antipatharia) in the Hawaiian Islands

Opresko DM, Wagner D, Montgomery AD, Brugler MR (2012)

Zootaxa

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Temperature related depth limits of warm-water corals

Kahng SE, Wagner D, Lantz C, Vetter O, Gove J, Merrifield M (2012)

Proc 12th Int Coral Reef Symp

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Efficient light harvesting in deep-water zooxanthellate corals

Kahng SE, Hochberg EJ, Apprill A, Wagner D, Luck DG, Perez D, Bidigare RR (2012)

Mar Ecol Prog Ser

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Azooxanthellate? Most Hawaiian black corals contain Symbiodinium

Wagner D, Pochon X, Irwin L, Toonen RJ, Gates RD (2011)

Proc Biol Sci

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New Records of Commercially Valuable Black Corals (Cnidaria: Antipatharia) from the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands at ...

Wagner D, Papastamatiou YP, Kosaki RK, Gleason KA, McFall GB, Boland RC, Pyle RL, Toonen RJ (2011)

Pac Sci

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Sexual reproduction of Hawaiian black corals, with a review of the reproduction of antipatharians (Cnidaria: Anthozoa...

Wagner D, Waller RG, Toonen RJ (2011)

Invertebr Biol

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Using morphometrics, in situ observations and genetic characters to distinguish among commercially valuable Hawaiian ...

Wagner D, Brugler MR, Opresko DM, France SC, Montgomery AD, Toonen RJ (2010)

Invertebr Syst

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Community ecology of mesophotic coral reef ecosystems

Kahng SE, Garcia-Sais JR, Spalding HL, Brokovich E, Wagner D, Weil E, Hinderstein L, Toonen RJ (2010)

Coral Reefs

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Generalist dinoflagellate endosymbionts and host genotype diversity detected from mesophotic (67-100 m depths) coral ...

Chan YL, Pochon X, Fisher MA, Wagner D, Concepcion GT, Kahng SE, Toonen RJ, Gates RD (2009)

BMC Ecol

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New report of nudibranch predators of the invasive octocoral Carijoa riisei in the Main Hawaiian Islands

Wagner D, Kahng SE, Toonen RJ (2007)

Coral Reefs

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