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Publications

The primary goal of the OceanX science program is the production of peer reviewed scientific publications. Below is an incomplete listing of scientific publications that included data collected on the Alucia (2012-2019) and the OceanXplorer (2019-present).

Microorganisms and Dissolved Metabolites Distinguish Florida’s Coral Reef Habitats. (2023) Becker, C. C., Weber, L., Zgliczynski, B., Sullivan, C., Sandin, S., Muller, E., Clark, A. S., Kido Soule, M. C., Longnecker, K., Kujawinski, E. B., & Apprill, A. PNAS Nexus, 2 (9), pgad287. https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad287

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Mesophotic and Bathyal Palaemonid Shrimp Diversity of the Red Sea, with the Establishment of Two New Genera and Two New Species. (2023) Anker, A., Vimercati, S., Barreca, F., Marchese, F., Chimienti, G., Terraneo, T. I., Rodrigue, M., Eweida, A. A., Qurban, M., Duarte, C. M., Pieribone, V., Benzoni, F. Diversity, 15(10), 1028. https://doi.org/10.3390/d15101028

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Alothman, A., López-Sandoval, D., Duarte, C. M., & Agustí, S. (2023). Bacterioplankton Dark CO2 Fixation in Oligotrophic Waters. Biogeosciences, 20 (17), 3613–3624. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-3613-2023.

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Bracchi, V. A., Purkis, S. J., Marchese, F., Nolan, M. K. B., Terraneo, T. I., Vimercati, S., Chimienti, G., Rodrigue, M., Eweida, A., & Benzoni, F. (2023). Mesophotic Foraminiferal-Algal Nodules Play a Role in the Red Sea Carbonate Budget. Commun Earth Environ, 4 (1), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00944-w.

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Amsler, C. D., Amsler, M. O., Klein, A. G., Galloway, A. W. E., Iken, K., McClintock, J. B., Heiser, S., Lowe, A. T., Schram, J. B., & Whippo, R. (2023). Strong Correlations of Sea Ice Cover with Macroalgal Cover along the Antarctic Peninsula: Ramifications for Present and Future Benthic Communities. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 11 (1), 00020. https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2023.00020.

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Vimercati, S., van der Meij, S. E. T., Terraneo, T. I., Chimienti, G., Marchese, F., Eweida, A. A., Purkis, S. J., Rodrigue, M., & Benzoni, F. (2023). A Red Sea Depth Record of the Coral-Dwelling Crab Opecarcinus (Decapoda: Cryptochiridae) in the Mesophotic Zone. Diversity, 15 (6), 723. https://doi.org/10.3390/d15060723.

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Wiley, D. N, Zadra, C. J., Friedlaender, A. S.; Parks, S. E.; Pensarosa, A.; Rogan, A., Alex Shorter, K., Urbán, J., & Kerr, I. (2023). Deployment of Biologging Tags on Free Swimming Large Whales Using Uncrewed Aerial Systems. Royal Society Open Science, 10 (4), 221376. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.221376.

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Talwar, B. S., Bond, M. E., Williams, S., Brooks, E. J., Chapman, D. D., Howey, L. A., Knotek, R., & Gelsleichter, J. (2023). Reproductive Timing and Putative Mating Behavior of the Oceanic Whitetip Shark Carcharhinus Longimanus in the Eastern Bahamas. Endangered Species Research, 50, 181–194. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01231.

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Bolstad, K. S. R., Amsler, M. O., Broyer, C. D., M. Komoda, & Iwasaki, H. (2023). In-Situ Observations of an Intact Natural Whale Fall in Palmer Deep, Western Antarctic Peninsula. Polar Biol, 46 (2), 123–132. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-022-03109-1.

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Nunes Peinemann, V., Pombo-Ayora, L., Cochran, J. E. M., Marchese, F., Chimienti, G., Rodrigue, M., Eweida, A. A., Marshall, P. A., Benzoni, F., & Berumen, M. L. (2023). First Record of Boulenger’s Anthias Sacura Boulengeri (Heemstra 1973) in the Red Sea. J Fish Biol, 102 (1), 294–298. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15254.

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Tanabe, L. K, Cochran, J. E. M., Hardenstine, R. S., Scott, K., Berumen, M. L. A. (2023). Preliminary Report of Plastic Ingestion by Hawksbill and Green Turtles in the Saudi Arabian Red Sea. Animals, 13 (2), 314. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13020314.

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Terraneo, T. I., Ouhssain, M., Castano, C. B., Aranda, M., Hume, B. C. C., Marchese, F., Vimercati, S., Chimienti, G., Eweida, A. A., Voolstra, C. R., Jones, B. H., Purkis, S. J., Rodrigue, M., & Benzoni, F. (2023). From the Shallow to the Mesophotic: A Characterization of Symbiodiniaceae Diversity in the Red Sea NEOM Region. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1077805

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Polinski, J. M., Rodrigue, M., Meyer, J. D., & Harke, M. J. (2023). Drifting in the Deep: Metatranscriptomics and Metabarcoding Reveal Sustained Metabolic Activity and Community Composition in Hydrothermal Vent Plume Microbial Communities. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1219784

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Frappi, S., Williams, C., Pilcher, N., Rodrigue, M., Marshall, P., Pieribone, V., Qurban, M., & Duarte, C. M. (2023). New Depth Records and Novel Feeding Observations of Three Elasmobranchs Species in the Eastern Red Sea. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1270257

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Angulo-Preckler, C., Steckbauer, A., Armelles, I., Agustí, S., Rodrigue, M., Pieribone, V., Qurban, M., & Duarte, C. M. (2023). First Record of a Live Adult Heteropod Firoloida Desmarestia in the Red Sea. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1215195

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Rivera, H. E., Cohen, A. L., Thompson, J. R., Baums, I. B., Fox, M. D., & Meyer-Kaiser, K. S. (2022). Palau’s Warmest Reefs Harbor Thermally Tolerant Corals That Thrive across Different Habitats. Commun Biol, 5 (1), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-04315-7.

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Marzo-Pérez, D., Pérez-García, J. A., & Armenteros, M. (2022). Checklist of Free-Living Marine Nematodes from Jardines de La Reina Coral Reef System, Cuba, Lista Taxonómica de Nemátodos Marinos de Vida Libre Del Sistema de Arrecife Coralino Jardines de La Reina, Cuba. Revista de Investigaciones Marinas, 42 (2), 38–46. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7407434

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Khamis, A., Alcoverro, T., D’Souza, E., Arthur, R., Pagès, J. F., Shah, J., Al-Qahtani, T., & Eweida, A. A. (2022). Identifying Conservation Priorities for a Widespread Dugong Population in the Red Sea: Megaherbivore Grazing Patterns Inform Management Planning. Marine Environmental Research, 181, 105762. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2022.105762.

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Knotek, R. J., Brooks, E. J., Howey, L. A., Gelsleichter, J. G., Talwar, B. S., Winchester, M. M., Jordan, L. K. B., Williams, S., Bond, M. E., Brooks, A. M. L., Shipley, O. N., Bacon, T., Kneebone, J. R., & Mandelman, J. W. (2022). Merging Technologies and Supervised Classification Methods to Quantify Capture Behavior on Hook-and-Line. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 555, 151782. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2022.151782.

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Garzon, F., Williams, C. T., Cochran, J. E. M., Tanabe, L. K., Abdulla, A., Berumen, M. L., Habis, T., Marshall, P. A., Rodrigue, M., & Hawkes, L. A. (2022). A Multi-Method Characterization of Elasmobranch & Cheloniidae Communities of the North-Eastern Red Sea and Gulf of Aqaba. PLOS ONE, 17 (9), e0275511. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0275511.

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Chimienti, G., Terraneo, T. I., Vicario, S., Marchese, F., Purkis, S. J., Eweida, A.A., Rodrigue, M., & Benzoni, F. (2022). A New Species of Bathypathes (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Antipatharia, Schizopathidae) from the Red Sea and Its Phylogenetic Position. Zookeys, 1116, 1–22. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1116.79846.

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Humphreys, A. F., Abdulla, A., Sherman, S., Levine, J., Arista, K., Jones, L., Hoffman, C., Palavicini, G., Vimercati, S., Terraneo, T. I., Ouhssain, M., Rodrigue, M., & Purkis, S. J. (2022). Amphistegina Lobifera Foraminifera Are Excellent Bioindicators of Heat Stress on High Latitude Red Sea Reefs. Coral Reefs, 41 (4), 1211–1223. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-022-02264-5.

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Purkis, S. J., Shernisky, H., Swart, P. K., Sharifi, A., Oehlert, A., Marchese, F., Benzoni, F., Chimienti, G., Duchâtellier, G., Klaus, J., Eberli, G. P., Peterson, L., Craig, A., Rodrigue, M., Titschack, J., Kolodziej, G., & Abdulla, A. (2022). Discovery of the Deep-Sea NEOM Brine Pools in the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea. Commun Earth Environ, 3 (1), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00482-x.

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Navarro-Martínez, Z. M., Armenteros, M., Espinosa, L., Lake, J. J., & Apprill, A. (2022). Taxonomic and Functional Assemblage Structure of Coral Reef Fishes from Jardines de La Reina (Caribbean Sea, Cuba). Marine Ecology Progress Series, 690, 113–132. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14049.

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Terraneo, T. I., Arrigoni, R., Marchese, F., Chimienti, G., Eweida, A. A., Rodrigue, M., & Benzoni, F. (2022). The Complete Mitochondrial Genome of Dendrophyllia Minuscula (Cnidaria: Scleractinia) from the NEOM Region of the Northern Red Sea. Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 7 (5), 848–850. https://doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2022.2074803.

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Vale, N. F., Braga, J. C., de Moura, R. L., Salgado, L. T., de Moraes, F. C., Karez, C. S., de Carvalho, R. T., Salomon, P. S., Menandro, P. S., Amado-Filho, G. M., & Bastos, A. C. (2022). Distribution, Morphology and Composition of Mesophotic ‘Reefs’ on the Amazon Continental Margin. Marine Geology, 447, 106779. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2022.106779.

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Maggioni, D., Terraneo, T. I., Chimienti, G., Marchese, F., Pica, D., Cairns, S. D., Eweida, A. A., Rodrigue, M., Purkis, S. J., & Benzoni, F. (2022). The First Deep-Sea Stylasterid (Hydrozoa, Stylasteridae) of the Red Sea. Diversity, 14 (4), 241. https://doi.org/10.3390/d14040241.

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Ma, L., Becker, C., Weber, L., Sullivan, C., Zgliczynski, B., Sandin, S., Brandt, M., Smith, T. B., & Apprill, A. (2022). Biogeography of Reef Water Microbes from Within-Reef to Global Scales. Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 88, 81–94. https://doi.org/10.3354/ame01985.

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Farfan, G. A., Apprill, A., Cohen, A., DeCarlo, T. M., Post, J. E., Waller, R. G., & Hansel, C. M. (2022). Crystallographic and Chemical Signatures in Coral Skeletal Aragonite. Coral Reefs, 41 (1), 19–34. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-021-02198-4.

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Purkis, S. J., Ward, S. N., Shernisky, H., Chimienti, G., Sharifi, A., Marchese, F., Benzoni, F., Rodrigue, M., Raymo, M. E., & Abdulla, A. (2022). Tsunamigenic Potential of an Incipient Submarine Landslide in the Tiran Straits. Geophysical Research Letters, 49 (4), e2021GL097493. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL097493.

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Sparks, J. S., Chaloux, N., Schelly, R. C., Gruber, D. F., Sparks, T. S., & Phillips, B. T. (2021). Description of a New Species of Rariphotic Parapercis (Perciformes: Pinguipedidae) from the Solomon Islands. American Museum Novitates, 3978, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1206/3978.1.

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Chaloux, N., Phillips, B. T., Gruber, D. F., Schelly, R. C., & Sparks, J. S. (2021). A Novel Fish Sampling System for ROVs. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 167, 103428. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2020.103428.

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Leslie, M. S., Perkins-Taylor, C. M., Durban, J. W., Moore, M. J., Miller, C. A., Chanarat, P., Bahamonde, P., Chiang, G., & Apprill, A. (2020). Body Size Data Collected Non-Invasively from Drone Images Indicate a Morphologically Distinct Chilean Blue Whale (Balaenoptera Musculus) Taxon. Endangered Species Research, 43, 291–304. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01066.

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Tessler, M., Gaffney, J. P., Oliveira, A. G., Guarnaccia, A., Dobi, K. C., Gujarati, N. A., Galbraith, M., Mirza, J. D., Sparks, J. S., Pieribone, V. A., Wood, R. J., & Gruber, D. F. (2020). A Putative Chordate Luciferase from a Cosmopolitan Tunicate Indicates Convergent Bioluminescence Evolution across Phyla. Sci Rep, 10 (1), 17724. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-73446-w.

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Miller, C. A., Holm, H. C., Horstmann, L., George, J. C., Fredricks, H. F., Van Mooy, B. A. S., & Apprill, A. (2020). Coordinated Transformation of the Gut Microbiome and Lipidome of Bowhead Whales Provides Novel Insights into Digestion. ISME J, 14 (3), 688–701. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-019-0549-y.

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Weber, L., González-Díaz, P., Armenteros, M., Ferrer, V. M., Bretos, F., Bartels, E., Santoro, A. E., & Apprill, A. (2020). Microbial Signatures of Protected and Impacted Northern Caribbean Reefs: Changes from Cuba to the Florida Keys. Environmental Microbiology, 22 (1), 499–519. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.14870.

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Weber, L., Armenteros, M., Kido Soule, M., Longnecker, K., Kujawinski, E. B., & Apprill, A. (2020). Extracellular Reef Metabolites Across the Protected Jardines de La Reina, Cuba Reef System. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2020.582161/full

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Pinheiro, H. T., Macena, B. C. L., Francini-Filho, R. B., Ferreira, C. E. L., Albuquerque, F. V., Bezerra, N. P. A., Carvalho-Filho, A., Ferreira, R. C. P., Luiz, O. J., Mello, T. J., Mendonça, S. A., Nunes, D. M., Pimentel, C. R., Pires, A. M. A., Soares-Gomes, A., Viana, D. L., Hazin, F. H. V., & Rocha, L. A. (2020). Fish Biodiversity of Saint Peter and Saint Paulʼs Archipelago, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Brazil: New Records and a Species Database. Journal of Fish Biology, 97 (4), 1143–1153. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14484.

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Lentz, S. J., Cohen, A. L., Shamberger, K. E. F., & Barkley, H. (2020). Observations and a Model of Net Calcification Declines in Palau’s Largest Coral Reef Lagoon Between 1992 and 2015. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 125 (8), e2020JC016147. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JC016147.

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Lavagnino, A. C., Bastos, A. C., Amado Filho, G. M., de Moraes, F. C., Araujo, L. S., & de Moura, R. L. (2020). Geomorphometric Seabed Classification and Potential Megahabitat Distribution in the Amazon Continental Margin. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2020.00190/full

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Grabb, K. C., Kapit, J., Wankel, S. D., Manganini, K., Apprill, A., Armenteros, M., & Hansel, C. M. (2019). Development of a Handheld Submersible Chemiluminescent Sensor: Quantification of Superoxide at Coral Surfaces. Environ. Sci. Technol., 53 (23), 13850–13858. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b04022.

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Park, H. B., Lam, Y. C., Gaffney, J. P., Weaver, J. C., Krivoshik, S. R., Hamchand, R., Pieribone, V., Gruber, D. F., & Crawford, J. M. (2019). Bright Green Biofluorescence in Sharks Derives from Bromo-Kynurenine Metabolism. iScience, 19, 1291–1336. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2019.07.019.

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Gruber, D. F., Phillips, B. T., O’Brien, R., Boominathan, V., Veeraraghavan, A., Vasan, G., O’Brien, P., Pieribone, V. A., & Sparks, J. S. (2019). Bioluminescent Flashes Drive Nighttime Schooling Behavior and Synchronized Swimming Dynamics in Flashlight Fish. PLoS ONE, 14 (8), e0219852. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219852.

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Weber, L., Gonzalez-Díaz, P., Armenteros, M., & Apprill, A. (2019). The Coral Ecosphere: A Unique Coral Reef Habitat That Fosters Coral–Microbial Interactions. Limnology and Oceanography, 64 (6), 2373–2388. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11190.

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Hernández-Fernández, L., González de Zayas, R., Weber, L., Apprill, A., & Armenteros, M. (2019). Small-Scale Variability Dominates Benthic Coverage and Diversity Across the Jardines de La Reina, Cuba Coral Reef System. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00747

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