Highly diverse mesophotic reef fish communities in Raja Ampat, West Papua
D. A. Andradi-Brown, A. J. E. Beer, L. Colin, Hastuti, C. E. I. Head, N. I. Hidayat, S. J. Lindfield, C. R. Mitchell, D. N. Pada, N. M. Piesinger, Purwanto, G. N. Ahmadia
The paper surveys mesophotic reef fish communities in Raja Ampat, finding high diversity at depths >40 m, depth-driven community structures, and no evidence of MCEs acting as fishing refuges.
bioRxiv · Oct 20, 2020Ecology