Luke J. McCartin

The paper investigates community assembly in mesophotic coral ecosystems, finding that environmental filtering, particularly turbidity from benthic nepheloid layers, shapes community composition more than geographic distance or dispersal limitation.

This study quantifies how eDNA concentration declines with depth and productivity, deriving sampling targets to improve deep-sea biodiversity assessments.

The paper investigates eDNA dispersion from a mesophotic reef, finding limited vertical transport and extended horizontal dispersal, with taxon-specific markers improving detection.