A core focus of my research is the ecological effects of marine protected areas, including understanding broader-scale effects through the dispersal of reef fish larvae and their implications for management in developing coral reef countries. I am primarily a field ecologist studying reef fish but in the past decade have led multi-disciplinary research programs on coral reef connectivity in the Philippines involving ecologists, oceanographers, geneticists and conservation planners. Recently, I initiated research on the ecology of fish that inhabit mesophotic coral ecosystems.
Please note that only publications relevant to mesophotic reefs are indexed.
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Benthic habitat and fish assemblage structure from shallow to mesophotic depths in a storm-impacted marine protected area | article Abesamis RA, Langlois T, Birt M, Thillainath E, Bucol AA, Arceo HO, Russ GR (2018) Coral Reefs 37:81-97 |
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Shore-fish assemblage structure in the central Philippines from shallow coral reefs to the mesophotic zone | article Abesamis RA, Utzurrum JAT, Raterta LJ, Russ GR (2020) Mar Biol 167:1-15 |
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