Plastic pollution in a coral reef climate refuge: Occurrence of anthropogenic debris, microplastics, and plasticizers in the Gulf of Aqaba

G Vered, N Shenkar - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Gulf of Aqaba in the northern Red Sea, considered a coral reef refuge from the
negative effects of climate change, is however being subjected to increasing amounts of …

Contrasting coral community structures between natural and artificial substrates at Koh Tao, Gulf of Thailand

C Monchanin, R Mehrotra, E Haskin, CM Scott… - Marine Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Concrete cubic frames and decommissioned steel naval vessels have been deployed in
Thailand liberally to act as artificial substrates for coral restoration and marine recreation …

Physiological and morphological plasticity in Stylophora pistillata larvae from Eilat, Israel, to shallow and mesophotic light conditions

J Bellworthy, R Pardo, F Scucchia, P Zaslansky… - IScience, 2023 - cell.com
Mesophotic reefs have been proposed as climate change refugia but are not synonymous
ecosystems with shallow reefs and remain exposed to anthropogenic impacts. Planulae …

Presence of coral-killing sponges in Okinawan mesophotic coral ecosystems

RL Albelda, F Sinniger, Y Ise… - Bulletin of Marine …, 2024 - ingentaconnect.com
Shallow reefs worldwide are degrading due to multiple threats. Mesophotic coral
ecosystems (MCEs; 30–150 m depth) have been investigated for their diversity and potential …

Spatial and temporal patterns in the coral assemblage at Clipperton Atoll: a sentinel reef in the Eastern Tropical Pacific

JJA Tortolero-Langarica, E Clua… - Coral Reefs, 2022 - Springer
Isolated coral reef habitats are unique systems to study the natural dynamics of coral traits
and their natural acclimatization, adaptation, and recovery from global-scale stressors such …

Light-harvesting in mesophotic corals is powered by a spatially efficient photosymbiotic system between coral host and microalgae

N Kramer, R Tamir, O Ben-Zvi, SL Jacques, Y Loya… - bioRxiv, 2020 - biorxiv.org
The coral-algal photosymbiosis fuels global coral-reef primary productivity, extending from
sea level to as deep as 150 m (ie, mesophotic). Currently, it is largely unknown how such …