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Trophic specialization influences the rate of environmental niche evolution in damselfishes (Pomacentridae)

, 2012
The rate of environmental niche evolution describes the capability of species to explore the available environmental space and is known to vary among species owing to lineage-specific factors.
Forest, Félix, Salamin, N., Litsios, G., Zimmermann, N.E., Forest, F., Pellissier, L., Lexer, C., Pellissier, Loïc, Litsios, Glenn, Zimmermann, Niklaus E., Salamin, Nicolas, Pearman, Peter B., Pearman, P.B., Lexer, Christian   +13 more
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Space partitioning among damselfishes in the Caribbean coast of Panama: the role of habitat preferences

Neotropical Ichthyology
This study aimed to assess abundance and habitat use by juvenile and adult damselfishes, as much as the benthic cover of different reefs on Isla Colon, Bocas del Toro, Panama.
Laís de Carvalho Teixeira Chaves, Carlos Gustavo A Ormond, Elizabeth S. McGinty, Beatrice Padovani Ferreira   +3 more
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The cerato-mandibular ligament: an innovation for sound production and feeding in damselfishes (Pomacentridae).

, 2014
editorial reviewedThe success of a taxonomic group can be promoted by a key character that allows the group to interact with its environment in a different way and to potentially occupy new niches.
Spanopoulos-Zarco, Milton, Balart, Eduardo, Parmentier, Eric, Frederich, Bruno, Olivier, Damien   +4 more
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The effects of environment and ontogeny on the skin microbiome of two Stegastes damselfishes (Pomacentridae) from the eastern Caribbean Sea

, 2020
Damselfishes of the genusStegastesare some of the most abundant fish inhabiting shallow reef habitats. AlthoughStegastesplay an important role in promoting primary production in reef ecosystems, their territories are known to favor the occurrence of ...
Xavier, Raquel, Pereira, Ana, Rosado, Daniela, Soares, M C, Pagan, Andres, Perez-Losada, Marcos, Nicholson, M D, Hendrick, Gina C., Pagan, A, Rosado, D, Hendrick, G C, Pereira, A, Soares, Marta C., Xavier, R, Sikkel, Paul C., Nicholson, Matthew D.   +15 more
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Territorial damselfishes as determinants of the structure of benthic communities on coral reefs

, 2001
This review evaluates the generalisation that territorial, herbivorous damselfishes (pomacentridae) have a major influence on the structure of algal, coral, other invertebrate and fish assemblages on coral reefs.
Ceccarelli, Daniela M., McCook, Laurence J., Jones, Geoffrey P.   +2 more
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Feeding macroecology of territorial damselfishes (Perciformes: Pomacentridae)

, 2009
The present study provides the first analysis of the feeding macroecology of territorial damselfishes (Perciformes: Pomacentridae), a circumtropical family whose feeding and behavioral activities are important in structuring tropical and subtropical reef
Ferreira, C.E.L., Dinslaken, D.F., Barneche, Diego R., Ceccarelli, D.M., Floeter, S.R., Mario, H.F.S., Frensel, D.M.B.   +6 more
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Trophic niches of thirteen damselfishes (Pomacentridae) at the Grand Récif of Toliara, Madagascar

, 2009
The damselfishes, with more than 340 species, constitute one of the most important families that live in the coral reef environment. Most of our knowledge of reef-fish ecology is based on this family, but their trophic ecology is poorly understood.
Vandewalle, P., Fabri, G., Parmentier, E., Lepoint, G., Frédérich, B.   +4 more
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Spatial distribution and coexistence of monogenean gill parasites inhabiting two damselfishes from Moorea island in French Polynesia

, 2000
The ectoparasite fauna of two damselfishes,Stegastes nigricansandDascyllus aruanus, from Moorea Island in French Polynesia was investigated. Gills of these damselfishes were infected with congeneric Monopisthocotylea Monogenea belonging to the ...
C. M. Lo, S. Morand
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Population assessment of Acropora palmata (Scleractinia: Acroporidae): relationship between habitat and reef associated species

Revista de Biología Tropical, 2014
Three decades ago, Acropora palmata was one of the main reef-building coral species throughout the Caribbean, forming an essential component of the structural complexity of shallow coral reef habitats.
K. Martínez, D. Bone, A. Cróquer, A. López-Ordaz   +3 more
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Stable isotope analysis reveals trophic diversity and partitioning in territorial damselfishes on a low-latitude coral reef

, 2019
Investigating the niche overlap of ecologically similar species can reveal the mechanisms that drive spatial partitioning in high-diversity systems. Understanding how food resources are used and whether the diets of neighboring species are different are ...
McCormick, M.I., Matley, J. K., Matley, J.K., Jones, G.P., McCormick, M. I., Jones, G. P., Baker, R., Eurich, J. G., Eurich, J.G.   +8 more
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