Publications by authors named "Bethany R Dawson"
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- Seafood is a key source of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), but the fatty acid content in many fish species is under-researched due to high costs of obtaining commercial fillets.
- The study found that breast tissue from three coral reef fish species can reliably estimate the fatty acid content in fish fillets, showing strong and consistent relationships.
- Using fish by-products for research not only reduces costs and food waste but also promotes further studies on omega-3 content, especially in tropical areas with high deficiency rates.
The selective factors that shape phenotypic diversity in prey communities with aposematic animals are diverse and coincide with similar diversity in the strength of underlying secondary defences. However, quantitative assessments of colour pattern variation and the strength of chemical defences in assemblages of aposematic species are lacking. We quantified colour pattern diversity using quantitative colour pattern analysis (QCPA) in 13 dorid nudibranch species (Infraorder: Doridoidei) that varied in the strength of their chemical defences.
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