Search Results - "Choat, John Howard"
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Integrating ecological roles and trophic diversification on coral reefs: multiple lines of evidence identify parrotfishes as microphages
Published in Biological journal of the Linnean Society (01-04-2017)“…Coral reef ecosystems are remarkable for their high productivity in nutrient-poor waters. A high proportion of primary production is consumed by the dominant…”
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Demographic plasticity facilitates ecological and economic resilience in a commercially important reef fish
Published in The Journal of animal ecology (01-12-2019)“…Variation in life‐history characteristics is evident within and across animal populations. Such variation is mediated by environmental gradients and reflects…”
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Bottom-up processes mediated by social systems drive demographic traits of coral-reef fishes
Published in Ecology (Durham) (01-03-2018)“…Ectotherms exhibit considerable plasticity in their life-history traits. This plasticity can reflect variability in environmental and social factors, but the…”
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The historical biogeography of groupers: Clade diversification patterns and processes
Published in Molecular phylogenetics and evolution (01-07-2016)“…[Display omitted] •A dated phylogeny of groupers with comprehensive sampling was reconstructed.•Groupers originated in what is now the East Atlantic during the…”
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Larval dispersal and fishing pressure influence recruitment in a coral reef fishery
Published in The Journal of applied ecology (01-12-2021)“…Understanding larval connectivity patterns in exploited fishes is a fundamental prerequisite for developing effective management strategies and assessing the…”
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Contrasting population genetic structure in three aggregating groupers (Percoidei: Epinephelidae) in the Indo-West Pacific: the importance of reproductive mode
Published in BMC evolutionary biology (04-12-2018)“…Understanding the factors shaping population genetic structure is important for evolutionary considerations as well as for management and conservation. While…”
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Population genomic response to geographic gradients by widespread and endemic fishes of the Arabian Peninsula
Published in Ecology and evolution (01-05-2020)“…Genetic structure within marine species may be driven by local adaptation to their environment, or alternatively by historical processes, such as geographic…”
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The likelihood of extinction of iconic and dominant herbivores and detritivores of coral reefs: the parrotfishes and surgeonfishes
Published in PloS one (11-07-2012)“…Parrotfishes and surgeonfishes perform important functional roles in the dynamics of coral reef systems. This is a consequence of their varied feeding…”
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Giant coral reef fishes display markedly different susceptibility to night spearfishing
Published in Ecology and evolution (01-10-2018)“…The humphead wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus) and bumphead parrotfish (Bolbometopon muricatum) are two of the largest, most iconic fishes of Indo‐Pacific coral…”
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The origin of the parrotfish species Scarus compressus in the Tropical Eastern Pacific: region-wide hybridization between ancient species pairs
Published in BMC ecology and evolution (21-01-2021)“…In the Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP), four species of parrotfishes with complex phylogeographic histories co-occur in sympatry on rocky reefs from Baja…”
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The spoIIE Homolog of Epulopiscium sp. Type B Is Expressed Early in Intracellular Offspring Development
Published in Journal of Bacteriology (01-05-2011)“…Article Usage Stats Services JB Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley…”
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Catchment to sea connection: Impacts of terrestrial run-off on benthic ecosystems in American Samoa
Published in Marine pollution bulletin (01-08-2021)“…Variation in water quality can directly affect the composition of benthic assemblages on coral reefs. Yet, few studies have directly quantified nutrient and…”
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Cytology of terminally differentiated Epulopiscium mother cells
Published in DNA and cell biology (01-02-2009)“…Epulopiscium sp. type B, a member of the Firmicutes, is a large (up to 300 microm), cigar-shaped bacterial symbiont of surgeonfish that propagates itself by…”
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