Mesophotic coral reefs (deeper, ‘mid-light’ reefs) have been touted and negated as potential refugia for coral reefs suffering shallow water degradation. However, due to access difficulties and limited data, we still understand very little about the processes driving distinct reef assemblages between shallow and deep reefs, how their ecologies differ, and how depth-effects vary along gradients of longitude and latitude. In this talk, Chancey will share his experience in rebreather diving to access deeper reefs, his investigations into depth effects on reef fish ecology, and recent global scale analyses of reef fish assembly processes along the depth gradient.

Zoom link: https://oist.zoom.us/j/93793110945?pwd=ulgkkaWILLpiglbqFI5h5g509I6eVb.1&from=addon