Norbert's expertise is in the area of coral reproduction and physiology. His responsibilities lie with monitoring quadrats, sensory equipment and Diver Propulsion Vehicles (DPVs). Norbert grew up in the Netherlands, but has recently moved to Australia to start his PhD research at The University of Queensland. His main research interest is the ecology of mesophotic corals, and particularly how these corals manage to survive and reproduce under extreme low-light conditions.

Only publications relevant to mesophotic reefs are indexed.

Global phylogenomic assessment of Leptoseris and Agaricia reveals substantial undescribed diversity at mesophotic depths

Gijsbers JC, Englebert N, Prata KE, Pichon M, Dinesen Z, Dinesen Z, Brunner R, Eyal G, González-Zapata FL, Kahng SE, Latijnhouwers KR, Muir P (2023)

BMC Biology

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Hidden in the deep: Distinct benthic trajectories call for monitoring of mesophotic reefs

Hernandez‐Agreda A, Sahit FM, Englebert N, Hoegh‐Guldberg O, Bongaerts P (2022)

Conserv. Lett.

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Deep connections: Divergence histories with gene flow in mesophotic Agaricia corals

Prata KE, Riginos C, Gutenkunst RN, Latijnhouwers KR, Sánchez JA, Englebert N, Hay KB, Bongaerts P (2022)

Mol Ecol

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Morphological stasis masks ecologically divergent coral species on tropical reefs

Bongaerts P, Cooke IR, Ying H, Wels D, den Haan S, Hernandez-Agreda A, Brunner CA, Dove S, Englebert N, Eyal G, Forêt S, Grinblat M, Hay KB, Harii S, Hayward DC, Lin Y, Mihaljević M, Moya A, Muir P, Sinniger F, Smallhorn-West P, Torda G, Ragan MA, Van Oppen MJH, Hoegh-Guldberg O (2021)

Curr Biol

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Deep reefs of the Great Barrier Reef offer limited thermal refuge during mass coral bleaching

Frade PR, Bongaerts P, Englebert N, Rogers A, Gonzalez-Rivero M, Hoegh-Guldberg O (2018)

Nature communications

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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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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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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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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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Sharing the slope: depth partitioning of agariciid corals and associated Symbiodinium across shallow and mesophotic h...

Bongaerts P, Frade PR, Ogier JJ, Hay KB, van Bleijswijk J, Englebert N, Vermeij MJA, Bak RPM, Visser PM, Hoegh-Guldberg O (2013)

BMC Evol Biol

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Symbiodinium diversity in mesophotic coral communities on the Great Barrier Reef: a first assessment

Bongaerts P, Sampayo EM, Bridge TCL, Ridgway T, Vermeulen F, Englebert N, Webster JM, Hoegh-Guldberg O (2011)

Mar Ecol Prog Ser

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Genetic Divergence across Habitats in the Widespread Coral Seriatopora hystrix and Its Associated Symbiodinium

Bongaerts P, Riginos C, Ridgway T, Sampayo EM, van Oppen MJH, Englebert N, Vermeulen F, Hoegh-Guldberg O (2010)

PLoS ONE

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