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Early skeletal colonization of the coral holobiont by the microboring Ulvophyceae Ostreobium sp.

Scientific Reports, 2018
Ostreobium sp. (Bryopsidales, Ulvophyceae) is a major microboring alga involved in tropical reef dissolution, with a proposed symbiotic lifestyle in living corals.
A. Massé, I. Domart-Coulon, S. Golubic, D. Duché, A. Tribollet   +4 more
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Spatial epidemiological patterns suggest mechanisms of land-sea transmission for Sarcocystis neurona in a coastal marine mammal. [PDF]

, 2020
Sarcocystis neurona was recognised as an important cause of mortality in southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis) after an outbreak in April 2004 and has since been detected in many marine mammal species in the Northeast Pacific Ocean.
Bodkin, James L, Burgess, Tristan L, Conrad, Patricia A, Johnson, Christine K, Larson, Shawn, Miller, Melissa A, Murray, Michael J, Nichol, Linda M, Saarinen, Justin A, Smith, Woutrina A, Tinker, M Tim, Tomoleoni, Joseph A   +11 more
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Extreme phenotypic plasticity in metabolic physiology of Antarctic Demosponges

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2016
Seasonal measurements of the metabolic physiology of four Antarctic demosponges and their associated assemblages, maintained in a flow through aquarium facility, demonstrated one of the largest differences in seasonal strategies between species and their
Simon Anthony Morley, Jade eBerman, David eBarnes, Carlos edu Juan Carbonell, Rachel v Downey, Lloyd S Peck   +5 more
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Research on the homeostatic regulation of ecological fish tanks in human environment [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences
Indoor fish tanks have become an important device for enriching the home environment and improving indoor ecology. In order to investigate the ecological homeostatic regulation of fish tanks under the combination of traditional fish culture and modern ...
Li Leijing, Li Fei, Li Ye, He Xingxin, Shen Han, Chen Fei, Wang Yongtao   +6 more
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The Impact of Food Enrichment on the Behavior of Cownose Ray (Rhinoptera bonasus) Kept under Human Care

Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
The cownose ray (Rhinoptera bonasus) faces vulnerability primarily due to unregulated fishing, resource overexploitation, and habitat degradation.
Isabella Brosens Barros, Cristiano Schetini de Azevedo, Cynthia Fernandes Cipreste, Laura Chrispim Reisfeld, Thais Suzana, Rafael Gutierrez Capriolli, Cristiane Schilbach Pizzutto   +6 more
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Opsin expression predicts male nuptial color in threespine stickleback. [PDF]

, 2018
Theoretical models of sexual selection suggest that male courtship signals can evolve through the build-up of genetic correlations between the male signal and female preference.
Bolnick, Daniel I, Brock, Chad D, Rennison, Diana, Veen, Thor   +3 more
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Colour change and assortment in the western rainbowfish [PDF]

, 2010
Grouping behaviour is widespread across the animal kingdom, and is known to reduce an individual's risk of predation, for example through predator confusion.
Kelley, Jennifer L., Morrell, Lesley J., Rodgers, Gwendolen M.   +2 more
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Assessing marine microbial induced corrosion at Santa Catalina Island, California

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2016
High iron and eutrophic conditions are reported as environmental factors leading to accelerated low-water corrosion, an enhanced form of near-shore microbial-induced corrosion.
Gustavo Antonio Ramírez, Colleen Lynn Hoffman, Colleen Lynn Hoffman, Michael D. Lee, Ryan A. Lesniewski, Roman Barco, Arkadiy Garber, Brandy Marie Toner, Charles Geoffrey Wheat, Katrina Jane Edwards, Beth N. Orcutt   +10 more
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Conservation and sustainable utilization of Nigerian ornamental fishes [PDF]

, 2005
The paper assessed qualitatively the threat status of nigerian freshwater fishes that are presently being exported and those that have potential in aquarium trade using such criteria as rarity, size at maturity, mode of reproduction, human population ...
Olaosebikan, B.D.
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UTact: Underwater Vision‐Based Tactile Sensor with Geometry Reconstruction and Contact Force Estimation

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Embedded flexible sensing technologies advance underwater soft robotics, yet most systems still suffer from hysteresis and limited perceptiveness. Instead, vision‐based tactile sensors provide reliable and rapid feedback essential for complex underwater tasks.
Qiyi Zhang, Zonghao Zuo, Haoxuan Wang, Bin Liu, Yilidusi Yilihamu, Li Wen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source