New preprint on *Xestospongia muta* population genetics across the Florida Reef Tract. www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-5... 🪸 🦑🧪

🪩 Excited to share our paper in #BiologyLetters about recent trends & biases in #mesophotic research! Huge effort by our volunteer community worldwide @pimbongaerts @AlelimonHA @perez-rosales-g.bsky.social & entire @mesophotic team! ▶️ doi.org/10.1098/rsbl... #ForCoral @rsocpublishing.bsky.social

Finally out in Heredity: Cryptic diversity of shallow and mesophotic Stephanocoenia intersepta corals across Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary rdcu.be/dL5jn 🦑🧪

New social account, new paper! We explored Hawaiian mesophotic reefs with tech diving and eDNA and found strong depth-based biodiversity zonation, with community breaks at ~45–60 m across the tree of life. (not OA but ask me for a PDF if you need to) doi.org/10.1111/mec....

Happy to finally get this preprint out from my dissertation: Genetically divergent shallow and mesophotic Stephanocoenia intersepta coral populations across Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary researchsquare.com/article/rs-3... #mesophotic