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Refining the trophic diversity, network structure, and bottom‐up importance of prey groups for temperate reef fishes

Ecosphere, Volume 16, Issue 2, February 2025.
Abstract Marine fish communities are highly diverse and contribute significantly to ecosystem processes. However, understanding their specific functional roles and the importance of different prey groups for sustaining fish communities has been limited by the historical classification of fishes into a few coarse trophic guilds.
S. Zarco‐Perello, S. Bennett, J. Goetze, T. H. Holmes, R. D. Stuart‐Smith, E. R. White   +5 more
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Southeast Florida Coral Reef Fishery-Independent Baseline Assessment [PDF]

, 2015
Reef fishes are important biologic, ecologic, and economic resources of the marine ecosystem which must be managed for sustainability. Until recently, there was no long-term monitoring program in place to assess the condition of reef fish resources of ...
Fisco, Dana P., Kilfoyle, Kirk, Smith, Steven G., Spieler, Richard E., Walker, Brian K.   +4 more
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The Habitats and Biodiversity of Watamu Marine National Park: Evaluating Our Knowledge of One of East Africa's Oldest Marine Protected Areas [PDF]

, 2018
Watamu Marine National Park (WMNP) is one of the oldest no-take Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in the world. Since its establishment in 1968, it has been the subject of a number of scientific studies as well as suffering from a range of modern threats to ...
Cowburn, B, Goebbels, D, Hereward, HFR, Horions, M, Kamire, J, Kohlmeier, D, Musembi, PM, Nussbaumer, A, Raker, C, Rogers, AD, Sindorf, V, Sluka, RD, Taylor, ML, Van Baelenberghe, B   +13 more
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First account on feeding and reproductive biology of Aluterus scriptus (Osbeck, 1765) from the southern coast of India

Journal of Fisheries
Aluterus scriptus (Osbeck, 1765) is a reef-associated fish from the Monacanthidae family. The data on its reproductive and feeding biology are currently scarce.
Rajarajan Tamilselvan, Paulraj Jawahar, Natarajan Jayakumar, Rajagopal Santhakumar, Velu Rani, Shanmugam Sundhar, Thirumal Iyyappan, Esakkimuthu Dineshkumar, Soosaiantony Emiema   +8 more
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Eyeing DNA barcoding for species identification of fish larvae

Journal of Fish Biology, Volume 105, Issue 6, Page 1784-1799, December 2024.
Abstract Identification of fish larvae based on morphology is typically limited to higher taxonomic ranks (e.g., family or order), as larvae possess few morphological diagnostic characters for precise discrimination to species. When many samples are presented at any one time, the use of morphology to identify such specimens can be laborious and time ...
Wan Wen Rochelle Chan, Jia Jin Marc Chang, Charles Zhiming Tan, Jie Xin Ng, Matthew Hui‐Chieh Ng, Zeehan Jaafar, Danwei Huang   +6 more
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Species Composition, Distribution and Feeding Guilds of Fishes from Sungai Pulai Seagrass Beds, Malaysia [PDF]

, 2007
A study was undertaken to investigate the fish species composition and their temporal and spatial distribution and feeding guilds in the Sg. Pulai seagrass bed.
Ajak, Jimmy
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Reproductive biology of 58 fish species around La Réunion Island (Western Indian Ocean): first sexual maturity and spawning period

Journal of Animal Reproduction and Biotechnology
Background: The biological information of fish, which include reproduction, is the prerequisite and the basis for the assessment of fisheries. Methods: The aim of this work was to know the reproductive biology with the first sexual maturity (TL50) and ...
Kélig Mahé, Julien Taconet, Blandine Brisset, Claire Gentil, Yoann Aumond, Hugues Evano, Louis Wambergue, Romain Elleboode, Tévamie Rungassamie, David Roos   +9 more
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Bottom Trawling and Multi‐Marker eDNA Metabarcoding Surveys Reveal Highly Diverse Vertebrate and Crustacean Communities: A Case Study in an Urbanized Subtropical Estuary

Environmental DNA, Volume 6, Issue 6, November–December 2024.
We demonstrated the effectiveness of eDNA metabarcoding as a valuable addition to bottom trawling for monitoring the species composition and spatial distribution of fish and crustacean communities in urban estuaries. We also showed that a multiplexed‐marker approach enhances species detection, especially in some taxa, for example, cartilaginous fish ...
Jack Chi‐Ho Ip, Hai‐Xin Loke, Sam King Fung Yiu, Meihong Zhao, Yixuan Li, Yitao Lin, Chun‐Ming How, Jiezhang Mo, Meng Yan, Jinping Cheng, Vincent Chi‐Sing Lai, Leo Lai Chan, Kenneth Mei Yee Leung, Jian‐Wen Qiu   +13 more
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Hyperostosis in Fishes: An Update With New Species Records

Journal of Morphology, Volume 285, Issue 11, November 2024.
Hyperostosis is an enigmatic dimension of diversity in the anatomy of fishes. This excessive overgrowth of bone is natural in origin, occurs almost exclusively in marine fishes, is generally species‐specific, and becomes fully developed only in large individuals. We document hyperostosis in 35 families, 89 genera, and 153 species.
William F. Smith‐Vaniz, Julia Klein, Harald Ahnelt   +2 more
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An integrated evaluation of potential management processes on marine reserves in continental Ecuador based on a Bayesian belief network model [PDF]

, 2015
Evaluating potential effects of conservation and management actions in marine reserves requires an understanding not only of the biological processes in the reserve, and between the reserve and the surrounding ocean, but also of the effects of the ...
Clitherow, T.J., Cornejo, M., Howlett, S.J., Spiers, E.K.A., Stafford, Rick, Valarezo, S.Z., Vera Izurieta, D.F., Williams, R.L., Yaselga, B.   +8 more
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