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UV‐Induced Fluorescence in the Balance: Mate Choice and Predation Risk in the Female Ornamented Jumping Spiders

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
This study investigates the potential adaptive advantages of female‐specific UV‐induced fluorescence in male mate‐choice and predation risk, as fitness costs, using two species of ornate jumping spiders Phintella vittata and Ph. bifurcilinea. Our findings provide empirical evidence of a trade‐off: While fluorescence enhances male mate preference, it ...
Yingna Zhou, Long Yu, Xiaoyan Wang, Daiqin Li, Xin Xu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Coral cover and species responses to heat exposure vary across contemporary Western Atlantic reefs. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Webb AE, Perry CT, González-Barrios FJ, Morris JT, van Hooidonk R, Smith TB, French DR, Johnston MA, Garcia R, Rodriguez MV, Ruzicka RR, Colella MA, Enochs IC.   +12 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Hox Gene Variation Drives Morphological Specialization of Humpback Grouper Cromileptes altivelis

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Cromileptes altivelis exhibits a distinctive “sunken head and humpback” morphology, formed through cranial remodeling. Genetic analyses identified unique amino acid variants in Hoxa7a and Hoxa10b, with functional tests confirming their role in enhancing osteoblast activity and driving cranial remodeling.
Xiaoying Cao, Zhaowei Zhong, Lisheng Wu, Quanyin Liu, Shaoxiong Ding   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Epidemiological analysis reveals coral species affected by stony coral tissue loss disease present a similar epizootic progression despite differences in susceptibility and population impact. [PDF]

PLoS One
Guzmán-Urieta EO, Jordán-Dahlgren E, Alvarez-Filip L.   +2 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Reviewing seas of data: Integrating image‐based bio‐logging and artificial intelligence to enhance marine conservation

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.
Abstract Conservation of marine ecosystems can be improved through a better understanding of ecosystem functioning, particularly the cryptic underwater behaviours and interactions of marine predators. Image‐based bio‐logging devices (including images, videos and active acoustic) are increasingly used to monitor wildlife movements, foraging behaviours ...
Marianna Chimienti, Akiko Kato, Vahid Seydi, Stefan Schoombie, Jefferson T. Hinke, Ruth Joy, Damian C. Lidgard, W. Chris Oosthuizen, Yannis P. Papastamatiou, Yan Ropert‐Coudert, Akinori Takahashi, Jean‐Baptiste Thiebot, Muriel Visani, Mickael Coustaty, Tiphaine Jeanniard‐du‐Dot   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Grooves in forereefs act as transport channels to deliver coral rubble during tropical cyclones. [PDF]

Camb Prism Coast Futur
Vila-Concejo A, Perris LA, da Silva AP, Whitton K, Meoded-Stern L, Steilberg-Liu WY, Holmes R, Breuer H, Byrne M, Fellowes TE, Salles T, Morris BD, Bruce E.   +12 more
europepmc   +1 more source

A review of autonomous reef monitoring structures (ARMS) for monitoring hard‐bottom benthic biodiversity

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.
Abstract Amid increasing anthropogenic pressures on ecosystems, standardised biodiversity monitoring is critical for assessing biodiversity change. Marine hard‐bottom habitats, though ubiquitous and biodiverse, present challenges for biodiversity monitoring due to their complex structure and limited accessibility. Autonomous reef monitoring structures (
Aaron Jessop, Margaux Steyaert, Nauras Daraghmeh, Justine Pagnier, Melody S. Clark, Lloyd S. Peck, Keiron P. P. Fraser   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease Results in Persistent Microbial-Level Disturbances on Coral Reef Ecosystems. [PDF]

Environ Microbiol Rep
Rosales SM, Klinges JG, Clark AS, Muller EM, Huebner LK.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Location–scale models in ecology and evolution: Heteroscedasticity in continuous, count and proportion data

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.
Abstract Biological data often violate the assumption of constant variance, yet such heteroscedasticity can reflect meaningful biological processes such as plasticity, canalization or stress responses. Despite this, most models treat variance as statistical noise. Here, we reintroduce location–scale regression as a general framework that jointly models
Shinichi Nakagawa, Santiago Ortega, Elena Gazzea, Malgorzata Lagisz, Anna Lenz, Erick Lundgren, Ayumi Mizuno   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Random encounter modelling as a viable method to estimate absolute abundance of reef fish

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.
Abstract Remote underwater video (RUV) surveys are increasingly replacing diver‐based underwater visual censuses (UVCs) in fish ecology studies, especially on coral reefs. However, extracting reliable estimates of abundance or density from video footage is a major challenge, with most studies using a metric of relative abundance, MaxN (maximum number ...
Cher F. Y. Chow, Viviana Brambilla, Garrett J. Fundakowski, Joshua S. Madin, Tiago A. Marques, Nina M. D. Schiettekatte, Andrew S. Hoey, Maria Dornelas   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source