To determine how each new generation of the sea urchin cardinalfish Siphamia versicolor acquires the symbiotic luminous bacterium Photobacterium mandapamensis, and when in its development the S. versicolor initiates the symbiosis, procedures were established for rearing S. versicolor larvae in an aposymbiotic state.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOcean acidification is predicted to affect marine ecosystems in many ways, including modification of fish behaviour. Previous studies have identified effects of CO(2)-enriched conditions on the sensory behaviour of fishes, including the loss of natural responses to odours resulting in ecologically deleterious decisions. Many fishes also rely on hearing for orientation, habitat selection, predator avoidance and communication.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCoral reef fishes exhibit a diversity of hermaphroditic strategies and comparisons among species with different ecological characteristics will help identify the underlying basis of this complexity. We used manipulative experiments to test the potential for bi-directional sex change in three species of Pseudochromis (Pseudochromidae): P. flavivertex, P.
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