Coral reef fish
Colour vision and response bias in a coral reef fish
... a coral reef fish, the Picasso triggerfish Rhinecanthus aculeatus, which is potentially trichromatic with three cone sensitivities of 413 nm (single cone), 480 nm (double cone, medium ...
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Colour vision in coral reef fish
... Coral reef fish are often colourful and live in a colourful ...why coral reef fish are so colourful has received much attention over the years and yet still remains largely ...
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Priority effects and the dynamics of coral reef fish assemblages
... of coral reef fish assemblages by highlighting the ability of prior residents to drive competitive interactions, maintain dominance if body size and condition of competitors is not greater, and ...
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Exploring movement patterns of an exploited coral reef fish when tagging data are limited
... of coral reef fish have not been studied ...exploited coral reef fish species for which traditional tagging studies have been ...of fish of a given age moving to or from 1 ...
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Suspended sediment prolongs larval development in a coral reef fish
... for fish in the low sediment ...the fish in the high sediment treatment were also significantly longer and heavier than the control fish at metamorphosis, which contradicts previous work that showed ...
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Biogeography and the evolution of coral reef fish species
... Table 6.1 Sample sizes and resulting mean species age for two approaches used to compare the ages of coral reef fish species between marine biogeographical realms and regions. (a) The full-phylogeny ...
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Finding the best estimates of metabolic rates in a coral reef fish
... the coral reef fish Scolopsis bilineata (Bloch 1793) (Nemipteridae) for this study due to its high abundance on the Great Barrier Reef (Boaden and Kingsford, 2012; Roche et ...Adult ...
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Mangroves enhance the biomass of coral reef fish communities in the Caribbean
... of fish on neighbouring coral ...herbivorous fish in the Atlantic, Scarus guacamaia, has a functional dependency on mangroves and has suffered local extinction after mangrove ...and coral ...
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The threatened status of restricted-range coral reef fish species
... of coral reef fish diversity and his data on reef fish distributions form a significant element of the data set used to build the Coral Reef Fish Specialist group ...
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Relative influence of environmental factors on the timing and occurrence of multi-species coral reef fish aggregations
... in fish assemblages ...of fish aggregations in relation to the physical environment and hypothesises the biological motive for trophically different species forming ...some fish from certain trophic ...
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Elevated CO₂ enhances aerobic scope of a coral reef fish
... We thank Lizard Island Research Station for excellent research facilities and technical support, as well as Dr A. J. Morash for helpful discussions. This work was supported by the Australian Research Council (P.L.M.); ...
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Sun compass orientation helps coral reef fish larvae return to their natal reef
... these reef fish larvae realistically compensate for the drift current? Although this species has not been tested for swimming speed, other cardinal fish can maintain speeds of 2 cm/s at hatching and ...
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Predators drive community structure in coral reef fish assemblages
... structuring fish communities at small spatial scales ...as coral reefs and rainforests have evolved a remarkable variety of ecological traits and adaptations that allow them to co-exist in these ...on ...
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Patterns of movement of three species of coral reef fish on the Great Barrier Reef
... Table of contents xiv 8.3.5 Movement of Plectropomus leopardus within reefs from 157 research returns 8.4 Discussion 157 Tables 166 Chapter 9 Implications for management and future resea[r] ...
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Coral reef fish predator maintains olfactory acuity in degraded coral habitats
... dead-degraded coral habitats, leading to increased mortality through loss of ...vigilance. Reef fish predators also rely on odours from damaged prey to locate, assess prey quality and engage in ...
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Ectoparasites increase swimming costs in a coral reef fish
... tized fish, however, continued to consume an average of 24 per cent more oxygen on average when at rest than fish in the other three ...when fish were at rest ...
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Regional endothermy in a coral reef fish?
... most fish are regarded as ...the reef, ...the reef, while in tank-based trials, peritoneal cavity temperatures tracked environmental ...that reef fish respond to their thermal ...
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Direct observations of resource sharing in coral reef fish
... Many of the reef species are too small and secretive to tag, hence data on movement and migrations will have to be obtained by the tedious but direct process [r] ...
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Interactions between piscivorous coral reef fish and their prey
... Results Age validation Age, growth and mortality estimates from otoliths Growth of tagged fish Reproductive biology Discussion Tables Figures CHAPTER 6 Behavioural and developmental resp[r] ...
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Behavioural and physiological effects of shoaling in a coral reef fish
... Table of Contents DECLARATION OF ETHICS II STATEMENT OF THE CONTRIBUTION OF OTHERS III ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS IV GENERAL ABSTRACT VI LIST OFTABLES XI LIST OF FIGURES XII CHAPTER1:GENERALINTROD[r] ...
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