Unexplored Refugia with High Cover of Scleractinian Leptoseris spp. and Hydrocorals Stylaster flabelliformis at Lower Mesophotic Depths (75–100 m) on Lava Flows at Reunion Island (Southwestern Indian Ocean)

Ludovic Hoarau (1, 2, 3) , Héloïse Rouzé (2, 4, 5) , Émilie Boissin (2, 4, 5) , Nicole Gravier-Bonnet (5, 6) , Patrick Plantard (5) , Camille Loisil (5) , Lionel Bigot (1, 2) , Pascale Chabanet (1, 2) , Priscille Labarrère (3) , Lucie Penin (1, 2) , Mehdi Adjeroud (1, 2) , Thierry Mulochau (7, 6)

1 ENTROPIE [Réunion] - Ecologie marine tropicale dans les Océans Pacifique et Indien
2 LabEX CORAIL - Laboratoire d'Excellence CORAIL
3 GPMDLR - Grand Port Maritime de La Réunion
4 CRIOBE - Centre de recherches insulaires et observatoire de l'environnement
5 Poisson Lune
6 Association Vie Océane
7 BIORECIF

Keywords: Reunion Island; lower mesophotic zone; scleractinian; hydrocoral; refugia; biodiversity; Southwestern Indian Ocean; mesophotic coral ecosystem (MCEs)

Domains: Biodiversity and Ecology; Ecosystems; Oceanography

Ludovic Hoarau, Héloïse Rouzé, Émilie Boissin, Nicole Gravier-Bonnet, Patrick Plantard, et al.. Unexplored Refugia with High Cover of Scleractinian Leptoseris spp. and Hydrocorals Stylaster flabelliformis at Lower Mesophotic Depths (75–100 m) on Lava Flows at Reunion Island (Southwestern Indian Ocean). Diversity, 2021, 13 (4), pp.141. ⟨10.3390/d13040141⟩. ⟨hal-03196805⟩