Our new paper analyses the impact of ROV camera angle on the estimated abundance of sessile benthic organisms.
Our simulations suggest that although angle must be considered, its influence is probably low.
Check it out! authors.elsevier.com/c/1gjdK5c6cL2V…

#ROV #mesophotic

📢 Check out our new paper in BMC Biology: 'Global phylogenomic assessment of Leptoseris and Agaricia reveals substantial undescribed diversity at mesophotic depths'🌍🪸🧬my 1st 1st author paper, where we used RAD sequencing to explore these dominant mesophotic coral genera (1/3)

Spending a great first day at #APCRS2023 , hearing about mesophotic reefs, coral microbiomes, and now reef fish 🐠🐟
If you're also at the conference and want to hear about habitat-fish transcriptome links, please consider coming to my talk Thursday 3:15pm in LT 51 🧬🏝️

#NewSpeciesAlert - #𝑇𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑟𝑢𝑠 𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑒 sp. nov. (Perciformes: #Labrid ae ), a New Species of #StripedHogfish from #Tahiti , with Range Extensions for Two Congeners. #Labrid #Hogfish #Mesophotic
📷 Luiz Rocha
🔓 bit.ly/3zo1JWU

The workshop 'Mesophotic reefs of South America: ecology and conservation' by Luiz Rocha, PhD is a hit with a full room! #Ecim40 #dive #mesophotic #Scubadiving

(8/10) The stark, black-and-white patterning of the Fine Line Nudibranch serves as a warning to predators in the dusky waters of the mesophotic zone.

lifewatch.be/en/worms-top10…

#toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean #marinespecies

Did you know that, despite needing light photosynthesis, rhodolith can be found in deep, low-light, mesophotic environments? Just like this one at 50 m depth thanks to our ROV ULPGC Research @ECOAQUA_IU Agencia Estatal de Investigación #ecology #research

¡Buceos a 60m con circuito cerrado! (no hay 🫧😮)
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Dos de nuestros investigadores Ale Perez Matus Vladimir Garmendia Fernández terminaron su entrenamiento práctico en Roatan esta semana.
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Nuevas habilidades para continuar explorando los arrecifes mesofóticos #mesophotic
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Centros ANID

So excited to present our work on #mesophotic sponge grounds at the 5th International workshop on #taxonomy of Atlanto-Mediterranean deep-sea & cave #sponges
ZooMarDISVA

New Taxa and Occurrences of Mesophotic and Deep-sea Goniasteridae ( #Valvatida , Asteroidea) from Okinawa and adjacent regions
mapress.com/zt/article/vie…
#Taxonomy #newspecies #Starfish

Our latest (f)issue is out, sporting Odontanthias borbonius, a dweller the mesophotic zone.
cell.com/current-biolog…

Physical Oceanography Lab is hiring! We're looking for someone to work as a university research associate to work on a project characterizing vertical and horizontal connectivity between shallow and mesophotic reefs using field data and numerical models.
#sciencechatph

New paper out on exploring #mesophotic reefs with #eDNA !

We recovered strong depth-based biodiversity zonation at Hawai‘i Island, with community breaks at ~45–60 m across the tree of life.

(not OA but ask me for a PDF if you need to)

doi.org/10.1111/mec.17…

Serranocirrhitus latus, the Sunburst Anthias, is the sole member of this unusual genus. It lives in loose groups, often swimming upside down in caves and ledges. While this is not a true mesophotic species, they are commonest in the upper mesophotic, between 30 to 60 m.

Good news for #CoralRestoration - scientists are working to restore mesophotic and deep benthic communities injured by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov/2023/04/materi…

NEW paper describing #mesophotic Oreasteridae and a new species of the 'pumpkin star' Astrosarkus! download here: (image by Patrick Plantard) museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-re…

Another exciting expedition with California Academy of Sciences to explore the deep reefs (Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems) of the Maldives. This time we will be looking at some of the reefs in Dhaalu and Malé atoll. Stay tuned for more updates in the coming days.

Mesophotic corals from Ashmore Reef in NW Australia have been examined for the first time & their ability to maintain autotrophy at depths where there is only 1% of surface light is astounding! #coralCOREgroup #stableisotopes #scleractinia #nutrition
frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

Shallow corals are not the only ones threatened by #climatechange ... During our expedition in the #Chagos Archipelago ( #IndianOcean ) in Jan-Feb 2024 we observed pale & #bleached #mesophotic #corals between 60 and 90m deep😟! If you can, please survey coral reefs #deeper