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SUBMITTER: Glasl B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5434129 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Glasl Bettina B Bongaerts Pim P Elisabeth Nathalie H NH Hoegh-Guldberg Ove O Herndl Gerhard J GJ Frade Pedro R PR
Coral reefs (Online) 20170110 2
Mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs) are generally poorly studied, and our knowledge of lower MCEs (below 60 m depth) is largely limited to visual surveys. Here, we provide a first detailed assessment of the prokaryotic community associated with scleractinian corals over a depth gradient to the lower mesophotic realm (15-85 m). Specimens of three Caribbean coral species exhibiting differences in their depth distribution ranges (<i>Agaricia grahamae</i>, <i>Madracis pharensis</i> and <i>Stephanocoe ...[more]