Pim is the McCosker Chair of Aquatic Biology and Curator of Invertebrate Zoology at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. He is also an Associate Editor for the journal "Molecular Ecology". He studies the biodiversity and evolution of tropical reef corals, from close to the surface to well into the twilight zone. As a molecular ecologist, he combines genomics and field ecology to understand how corals diversify and adapt to different and changing environmental conditions. Prior to his appointment at the Academy, he was an ARC DECRA Research Fellow at the Global Change Institute (The University of Queensland), and lead scientist for the Deep Reef component of the "XL Catlin Seaview Survey".

Only publications relevant to mesophotic reefs are indexed.

High species richness and lineage diversity of reef corals in the mesophotic zone

Muir PR, Wallace CC, Pichon, Bongaerts P (2018)

Proc R Soc B

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Rethinking the Coral Microbiome: Simplicity Exists within a Diverse Microbial Biosphere

Hernandez-Agreda A, Leggat W, Bongaerts P, Herrera C, Ainsworth TD (2018)

mBio

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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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Mesophotic coral ecosystems are threatened and ecologically distinct from shallow water reefs

Rocha LA, Pinheiro HT, Shepherd B, Papastamatiou YP, Luiz OJ, Pyle RL, Bongaerts P (2018)

Science

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Holobiont Diversity in a Reef-Building Coral over Its Entire Depth Range in the Mesophotic Zone

Gonzalez-Zapata FL, Gonzalez-Zapata FL, Bongaerts P, Ramírez-Portilla C, Adu-Oppong B, Walljasper G, Reyes A, Sanchez JA (2018)

Front Mar Sci

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High coral cover at lower mesophotic depths: a dense Agaricia community at the leeward side of Curaçao, Dutch Caribbean

Hoeksema BW, Bongaerts P, Baldwin CC (2017)

Marine Biodiversity

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Seriatopora diversity preserved in upper Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems in Southern Japan

Sinniger F, Prasetia R, Yorifuji M, Bongaerts P, Harii S (2017)

Front Mar Sci

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Deep reefs are not universal refuges: Reseeding potential varies among coral species

Bongaerts P, Riginos C, Brunner R, Englebert N, Smith SR, Hoegh-Guldberg O (2017)

Science Advances

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Lower mesophotic coral communities (60-125 m depth) of the Northern Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea

Englebert N, Bongaerts P, Muir PR, Hay KB, Pichon M, Hoegh-Guldberg O (2017)

PLoS ONE

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Microbiome variation in corals with distinct depth distribution ranges across a shallow–mesophotic gradient (15–85 m)

Glasl B, Bongaerts P, Elisabeth NH, Hoegh-Guldberg O, Herndl GJ, Frade PR (2017)

Coral Reefs

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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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The Microbial Signature Provides Insight into the Mechanistic Basis of Coral Success across Reef Habitats

Hernandez-Agreda A, Leggat W, Bongaerts P, Ainsworth TD (2016)

mBio

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Deep down on a Caribbean reef: lower mesophotic depths harbor a specialized coral-endosymbiont community

Bongaerts P, Frade PR, Hay KB, Englebert N, Latijnhouwers KRW, Bak RPM, Vermeij MJA, Hoegh-Guldberg O (2015)

Sci Rep

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Prevalent endosymbiont zonation shapes the depth distributions of scleractinian coral species

Bongaerts P, Carmichael M, Hay KB, Tonk L, Frade PR, Hoegh-Guldberg O (2015)

R Soc Open Sci

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Habitat-specific environmental conditions primarily control the microbiomes of the coral Seriatopora hystrix

Pantos O, Bongaerts P, Dennis PG, Tyson GW, Hoegh-Guldberg O (2015)

ISME J

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Diverse Staghorn Coral Fauna on the Mesophotic Reefs of North-East Australia

Muir P, Wallace C, Bridge TCL, Bongaerts P (2015)

PLoS ONE

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The coral core microbiome identifies rare bacterial taxa as ubiquitous endosymbionts

Ainsworth TD, Krause L, Bridge T, Torda G, Raina J-B, Zakrzewski M, Gates RD, Padilla-Gamiño JL, Spalding HL, Smith C, Woolsey ES, Bourne DG, Bongaerts P, Hoegh-Guldberg O, Leggat W (2015)

ISME J

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Deepest zooxanthellate corals of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea

Englebert N, Bongaerts P, Muir P, Hay KB, Hoegh-Guldberg O (2014)

Marine Biodiversity

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Call to protect all coral reefs

Bridge TC, Hughes TP, Guinotte JM, Bongaerts P (2013)

Nat Clim Chang

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Cyclone damage at mesophotic depths on Myrmidon Reef (GBR)

Bongaerts P, Muir P, Englebert N, Bridge TCL, Hoegh-Guldberg O (2013)

Coral Reefs

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