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Community similarity and species overlap between habitats provide insight into the deep reef refuge hypothesis. <i>NPG Scientific Reports 11(1)</i>: 23787. <a href=\"https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-03128-8\" target=\"_blank\">https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-03128-8</a>","BEntID":344795,"PublicFlag":1,"CheckedFlag":0,"wosflag":1,"vabbflag":1,"RefStringPartII":". <i>NPG Scientific Reports 11(1)</i>: 23787. <a href=\"https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-03128-8\" target=\"_blank\">https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-03128-8</a>","DocTypID":8,"DocType":"Journal article","MarineFlag":1,"FreshFlag":0,"BrackishFlag":0,"TerrestrialFlag":0,"Authorstring":"Fenner, D.; Donahue, M.J.; Toonen, R.J.","OrigTitleTranslFlag":0,"Authorstringtrunc":"Fenner, D.; Donahue, M.J.; Toonen, R.J.","Englishabstract":"The deep reef refuge hypothesis (DRRH) postulates that mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs) may provide a refuge for shallow coral reefs (SCRs). Understanding this process is an important conservation tool given increasing threats to coral reefs. To establish a better framework to analyze the DRRH, we analyzed stony coral communities in American Sāmoa across MCEs and SCRs to describe the community similarity and species overlap to test the foundational assumption of the DRRH. We suggest a different approach to determine species as depth specialists or generalists that changes the conceptual role of MCEs and emphasizes their importance in conservation planning regardless of their role as a refuge or not. This further encourages a reconsideration of a broader framework for the DRRH. We found 12 species of corals exclusively on MCEs and 183 exclusively on SCRs with another 63 species overlapping between depth zones. Of these, 19 appear to have the greatest potential to serve as reseeding species. 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