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Antipatharians of the Mesophotic Zone: Four Case Studies | chapter
Bo M, Montgomery AD, Opresko DM, Wagner D, Bavestrello G (2019)
in: Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems, Coral Reefs of the World () by Loya Y, Puglise KA, Bridge TCL
Octocorals of the Indo-Pacific | chapter
Benayahu Y, Bridge TCL, Colin PL, Liberman R, McFadden CS, Pizarro O, Schleyer MH, Shoham E, Reijnen BT, Weis M, Tanaka J (2019)
in: Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems, Coral Reefs of the World () by Loya Y, Puglise KA, Bridge TCL
Characteristics of shallow and mesophotic environments of the Pemba Channel, Tanzania: Implications for management and conservation | article
Osuka KE, McClean C, Stewart BD, Bett BJ, Le Bas T, Howe J, Abernerthy C, Yahya S, Obura D, Samoilys M (2020)
Ocean Coast Manage

Exploring coral reef biodiversity via underwater soundscapes | article
Lin TH, Akamatsu T, Sinniger F, Harii S (2021)
Biol Conserv

Extension of the known distribution of the scleractinian coral Leptoseris troglodyta to the southwestern Indian Ocean: new record from mesophotic c... | article
Pichon M, Rouzé H, Barathieu G, Konieczny O, Adjeroud M, Thomassin B (2020)
Bull Mar Sci 96:783-784

Symbiotic associations of the deepest recorded photosynthetic scleractinian coral (172 m depth) | article
Rouzé H, Galand PE, Medina M, Bongaerts P, Pichon M, Pérez-Rosales G, Torda G, Moya A, Under The Pole Consortium, Raina J-B, Hédouin L (2021)
ISME J

Fishing pressure occurs down to the lower mesophotic coral ecosystem in Lyudao, Taiwan | article
Ho M-J, Kuo C-Y, Wu H-Y, Jeng M-S, Shyue S-W, Chen CA (2020)
Galaxea, J Coral Reef Stud 22:29-30

A new species of the hermit crab genus Cancellus H. Milne Edwards, 1836 from a mesophotic deep bank in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico (Crustacea: ... | article
Felder DL, Lemaitre R (2020)
Zootaxa 4890:589-598

Trophic ecology of Caribbean sponges in the mesophotic zone | article
Macartney KJ, Slattery M, Lesser MP (2020)
Limnol Oceanogr 9999:1-12

Molecular assessment of Pocillopora verrucosa (Scleractinia; Pocilloporidae) distribution along a depth gradient in Ludao, Taiwan | article
De Palmas S, Soto D, Denis V, Ho M-J, Chen CA (2018)
PeerJ

Gulf of Mexico blue hole harbors high levels of novel microbial lineages | article
Patin NV, Dietrich ZA, Stancil A, Quinan M, Beckler JS, Hall ER, Culter J, Smith CG, Taillefert M, Stewart FJ (2021)
ISME J 15:2206–2232

Does Depth Matter? Reproduction Pattern Plasticity in Two Common Sponge Species Found in Both Mesophotic and Shallow Waters | article
Idan T, Goren L, Shefer S, Brickner I, Ilan M (2020)
Front Mar Sci 7:1–12

Macrofauna Inhabiting Massive Demosponges From Shallow and Mesophotic Habitats Along the Israeli Mediterranean Coast | article
Goren L, Idan T, Shefer S, Ilan M (2021)
Front Mar Sci 7:1–14

New discoveries in Eastern Mediterranean mesophotic sponge grounds : updated checklist and description of three novel sponge species | article
Idan T, Shefer S, Feldstein T, Ilan M (2021)
Mediterr Mar Sci 22:270-284

Sponges in a Changing Climate: Survival of Agelas oroides in a Warming Mediterranean Sea | article
Idan T, Goren L, Shefer S, Ilan M (2020)
Front Mar Sci

Photosynthesis and bio-optical properties of fluorescent mesophotic corals | article
Ben-Zvi O, Wangpraseurt D, Bronstein O, Eyal G, Loya Y (2021)
Front Mar Sci

Mesophotic ecosystems: the link between shallow and deep-sea habitats | review
Eyal G, Pinheiro HT (2020)
Diversity 12:411

Isolated reefs support stable fish communities with high abundances of regionally fished species | article
Birt MJ, Cure K, Wilson S, Newman SJ, Harvey ES, Meekan M, Speed C, Heyward A, Goetze J, Gilmour J (2021)
Ecol Evol 11:4701-4718

Populations of a widespread hexacoral have trophic plasticity and flexible syntrophic interactions across the Indo-Pacific Ocean | article
Santos MEA, Baker DM, Conti-Jerpe IE, Reimer JD (2021)
Coral Reefs 40:543–558

Population genomic structure of the black coral Antipathella subpinnata in Mediterranean vulnerable marine ecosystems | article
Terzin M, Paletta MG, Matterson K, Coppari M, Bavestrello G, Abbiati M, Bo M, Costantini F, Costantini F (2021)
Coral Reefs 40:751–766

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