Assessing the ‘deep reef refugia’ hypothesis: focus on Caribbean reefs

By Pim Bongaerts, T. Ridgway, Eugenia M. Sampayo, Eugenia M. Sampayo, O. Hoegh‐Guldberg. Coral reefs, 2010

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Subfields: Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography

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Citations in the corpus

• Community ecology of mesophotic coral reef ecosystems (2010, background): “MCEs are largely sheltered from direct physical damage from episodic storm events but can be subject to indirect effects such as debris avalanches depending on the angle of the reef slope (Bongaerts et al. (2010) this issue; and references therein).”
• Phase shift to algal dominated communities at mesophotic depths associated with lionfish (Pterois volitans) invasion on a Bahamian coral reef (2011, background): “On MCRs the effects of hurricanes are buffered, although not absent, compared to their shallow water counterparts (Lesser et al. 2009; Bongaerts et al. 2010).”
• Herbivory and the Resilience of Caribbean Coral Reefs: Knowledge Gaps and Implications for Management (2015, background): “…or in upwelling zones where cool water can prevent coral bleaching—will likely be important refugia for some coral species and may be important sources of larvae for recolonizing impacted reefs following large bleaching events (Bongaerts et al. 2010, Bridge et al. 2013, Chollett & Mumby 2013).”
• 40 Years of benthic community change on the Caribbean reefs of Curaçao and Bonaire: the rise of slimy cyanobacterial mats (2017, background): “However, our study shows that mesophotic reefs are not free of stress (see also Bongaerts et al. 2010).”
• Variability in mesophotic coral reef communities along the Great Barrier Reef, Australia (2011, background): “…2011 intrinsic ecological character and biodiversity, and their potential to act as refugia for coral reef species as these areas become exposed to damaging environmental changes, such as rising sea surface temperatures and increasing incidence of severe cyclones (e.g. Bongaerts et al. 2010).”
• Movements and foraging of predators associated with mesophotic coral reefs and their potential for linking ecological habitats (2015, background): “Due to their deeper location, fishing pressure may be lower on MCEs and could potentially provide fishes with refuge habitat (the ‘refuge in depth’ hypothesis, Chapman et al. 2007, Bongaerts et al. 2010).”
• Size and spatial structure in deep versus shallow populations of the Mediterranean gorgonian Eunicella singularis (Cap de Creus, northwestern Mediterranean Sea) (2011, background): “Shallow habitats are subject to strong hydrodynamic forces (Hiscock 1983; Weinbauer and Velimirov 1996a) and mainly exposed to bidirectional currents (Riedl 1971), whereas deeper nearshore habitats are more affected by unidirectional water movement (Riedl 1971; Hiscock 1983) and largely sheltered fr”
• Environmental impacts of dredging and other sediment disturbances on corals: a review. (2012, unknown): “…sediment, and although this increased susceptibility to sedimentation is normally not problematic due to the relatively lower rates of sedimentation on the deeper reef, increased sediment levels can result in large-scale mortality among mesophotic corals (Bak et al., 2005; Bongaerts et al., 2010).”