Paramuricea clavata is an ecosystem engineer, structuring hard bottom communities in the
Mediterranean Sea, from 10 to 200 m depth. For more than 2 decades, shallow populations …

Baseline data for reference conditions are needed to determine the impacts of human
pressures on the structure and functioning of marine ecosystems. However, baseline data …

Abstract The Hawaiian Archipelago is one of the largest and most isolated island chains in
the world, and its marine ecosystems are well-studied. Research on Hawaiian mesophotic …

The mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs) of the Senyavin Islands (Pohnpei Island, and
neighboring atolls Ant and Pakin) in the Federated States of Micronesia have received little …

As conspicuous modular components of benthic marine habitats, gorgonian (sea fan)
octocorals have perplexed taxonomists for centuries through their shear diversity …

Indonesian coral reefs are the epicenter of marine biodiversity, yet are under rapid
anthropogenically induced decline. Therefore, ecological monitoring of high diversity taxa is …

Gorgonians are a prominent part of coral reef fauna that changes in their abundance and
diversity due to environmental changes. The present study was carried out to assess the …

Coral reefs within the Indonesian archipelago are some of the most biodiverse yet
anthropogenically compromised marine ecosystems. Within the Wakatobi Marine National …

Coral cover worldwide is in decline largely due to anthropogenic influence. In some areas
reefs are transitioning into alternative states dominated by sponges, which remain largely …

Gorgonians are a prominent part of coral reef fauna that changes in their abundance and
diversity due to environmental changes. The present study was carried out to assess the …