Damselfishes alleviate the impacts of sediments on host corals [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2020 Mutualisms play a critical role in ecological communities; however, the importance and prevalence of mutualistic associations can be modified by external stressors.
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Phylogeny of the damselfishes (Pomacentridae) and patterns of asymmetrical diversification in body size and feeding ecology. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2021 The damselfishes (family Pomacentridae) inhabit near-shore communities in tropical and temperature oceans as one of the major lineages in coral reef fish assemblages. Our understanding of their evolutionary ecology, morphology and function has often been
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Chromosome-level genome of the three-spot damselfish, Dascyllus trimaculatus [PDF]
G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 2023 Damselfishes (Family: Pomacentridae) are a group of ecologically important, primarily coral reef fishes that include over 400 species. Damselfishes have been used as model organisms to study recruitment (anemonefishes), the effects of ocean acidification
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Egg development and hatching in two Red Sea damselfishes
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 Damselfishes (family Pomacentridae) are widely distributed reef-associated marine fishes. The family’s diversity, iconic nesting behaviors, and high environmental adaptability contribute to the popularity of damselfishes as aquarium species, tourist ...
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Neotropical Ichthyology, 2021 Damselfishes are known keystone species of reef environments, however large-scale distribution patterns are poorly studied in the southwestern Atlantic.
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Short‐wavelength‐sensitive 1 (SWS1) opsin gene duplications and parallel visual pigment tuning support ultraviolet communication in damselfishes (Pomacentridae) [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionDamselfishes (Pomacentridae) are one of the most behaviourally diverse, colourful and species‐rich reef fish families. One remarkable characteristic of damselfishes is their communication in ultraviolet (UV) light. Not only are they sensitive to UV, they
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The complete mitochondrial genome of Dascyllus trimaculatus (Rüppell, 1829) [PDF]
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2023 Damselfishes (family Pomacentridae) comprise approximately 400 species that play an important ecological role in temperate and coral reefs. Here, for the first time, we assemble and annotate the mitochondrial genome of Dascyllus trimaculatus, the three ...
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Diversity, 2019 Planktivorous damselfishes (Pomacentridae) are diverse and abundant on the Great Barrier Reef (GBR), are important prey for commercially harvested coral trout (Plectropomus spp.) and their feeding mode plays a central role in transferring energy from the
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Long-term effects of a severe tropical cyclone on coral reef habitat and fish assemblages at the Whitsunday Islands, central Great Barrier Reef. [PDF]
PLoS ONECoral reef habitats and associated fish communities can be severely impacted by physical disturbances such as storms and cyclones, which can dramatically reduce live coral cover.
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Asynchronous effects of heat stress on growth rates of massive corals and damselfish in the Red Sea. [PDF]
PLoS ONEClimate change is imposing multiple stressors on marine life, leading to a restructuring of ecological communities as species exhibit differential sensitivities to these stressors.
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