People:
Erika Gress


Erika Gress

ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
James Cook University  ()
&  Nekton Foundation, Oxford UK





Research interests

My research interests are the ecology and community dynamics of mesophotic reefs and the deep sea (bathyal zone). I am currently focusing on the ecology, phylogeny and population dynamics of corals in the order Antipatharia (black corals). I love the feeling of exploration and I am also very interested on innovative techniques/technologies for assessing marine ecosystems.

Publications

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

Reef fish community biomass and trophic structure changes across shallow to upper-mesophotic reefs in the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef, Caribbean | article
Andradi-Brown DA, Gress E, Wright G, Exton DA, Rogers AD (2016)
PLoS ONE 11:e0156641

Assessing Caribbean shallow and mesophotic reef fish communities using Baited-Remote Underwater Video (BRUV) and Diver-Operated Video (DOV) Survey ... | article
Andradi-Brown DA, Macaya-Solis C, Exton DA, Gress E, Wright G, Rogers AD (2016)
PLoS ONE 11:e0168235

Identifying zooplankton community changes between shallow and upper-mesophotic reefs on the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef, Caribbean | article
Andradi-Brown DA, Head CEI, Exton DA, Hunt CL, Hendrix A, Gress E, Rogers AD (2017)
PeerJ 5:e2853

Depth-dependent effects of culling—do mesophotic lionfish populations undermine current management? | article
Andradi-Brown DA, Grey R, Hendrix A, Hitchner D, Hunt CL, Gress E, Madej K, Parry RL, Régnier-McKellar C, Jones OP, Arteaga M, Izaguirre AP, Rogers AD, Exton DA (2017)
R Soc Open Sci 4:170027

Wariness of reef fish to passive diver presence with varying dive gear type across a coral reef depth gradient | article
Andradi-Brown DA, Gress E, Laverick JH, Monfared MAA, Rogers AD, Exton DA (2017)
J Mar Biol Assoc UK

Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems (MCEs) Act as Deep Reef Refuges for Fish Populations in Cozumel, Mexico | article
Gress E, Arroyo-gerez M, Wright G, Andradi-brown DA (2016)
Proc Gulf Caribb Fish Inst
Assessing population changes of historically overexploited black corals (Order: Antipatharia) in Cozumel, Mexico | article
Gress E, Andradi-Brown DA (2018)
PeerJ 6:e5129

Assessing mesophotic coral ecosystems inside and outside a Caribbean marine protected area | article
Gress E, Arroyo-Gerez MJ, Wright G, Andradi-Brown DA (2018)
R Soc Open Sci 5:1-17

Depth-Dependent Structuring of Reef Fish Assemblages From the Shallows to the Rariphotic Zone | article
Stefanoudis PV, Gress E, Pitt JM, Smith SR, Kincaid T, Rivers M, Andradi-Brown DA, Rowlands G, Woodall LC, Rogers AD (2019)
Front Mar Sci 6:1-16

The Mesoamerican Reef | chapter
Gress E, Voss JD, Eckert RJ, Rowlands G, Andradi-Brown DA (2019)
in: Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems (Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019) by Yossi L, Puglise KA, Bridge T
Widest geographic distribution of a shallow and mesophotic antipatharian coral (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia): Antipathes grandis VERRILL, 1928 – confirm... | article
Gress E, Opresko DM, Brugler MR, Wagner D, Eeckhaut I, Terrana L (2020)
Mar Biodivers Rec

Observations of sea anemones (Hexacorallia: Actiniaria) overgrowing black corals (Hexacorallia: Antipatharia) | article
Gress E, Kaimuddin M (2021)
Marine Biodiversity

Key questions for research and conservation of mesophotic coral ecosystems and temperate mesophotic ecosystems | chapter
Turner JA, Andradi-Brown DA, Gori A, Bongaerts P, Burdett HL, Ferrier-Pagès C, Voolstra CR, Weinstein DK, Bridge TCL, Costantini F, Gress E, Laverick J, Loya Y, Goodbody-Gringley G, Rossi S, Taylor ML, Viladrich N, Voss JD, Williams J, Woodall LC, Eyal G (2019)
in: Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems () by Loya Y, Puglise KA, Bridge TCL
Mesophotic.org: a repository for scientific information on mesophotic ecosystems | article
Bongaerts P, Perez-Rosales G, Radice VZ, Eyal G, Gori A, Gress E, Hammerman NM, Hernandez-Agreda A, Laverick J, Muir P, Pinheiro H, Pyle RL, Rocha L, Turner JA, Booker R (2019)
Database (Oxford)

Research keywords
Research platform experience
  Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV)
  Rebreather
  Manned Submersible
  Baited Remote Underwater Video (BRUV)
  Surface-deployed sensors and samplers
  SCUBA (open-circuit or unspecified)
  In-situ instrumentation
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