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Planktivorous Fish

Planktivorous Fish

Planktivorous Fish are fish that feed primarily on plankton.

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Apex Fish Predators,  are fish that are at the top of the food chain with virtually no predators of their own, such as sharks, barracudas, morays, and jacks. Aquarium Stock is aquatic life that humans collect for sale to commercial aquariums or individual hobbyists. Biocriteria are narrative expressions or numeric values that describe the biological condition (structure and function) of aquatic communities inhabiting waters of a designated aquatic life use. Biological Addition refers to anthropogenic inputs of a biological nature into the reef ecosystem, including artificial habitat, domestic animal waste, supplemental feeding, and escape or release of non-native species. Biological Harvest is the collection of living things from the ecosystem for recreation, consumption, or sale of marine products. Biological monitoring is the use of a biological entity as a detector and its response as a measure to determine environmental conditions. Biological monitoring, mapping, and scientific research are activities to track the condition of populations, communities, and habitat, and to understand the processes, stressors, and ecological interactions that affect that condition. Complex habitat and resources reflects the complex architecture of sessile, plant-like organisms, such as octocoral and sponges, which provides shelter and protection for small fish and other invertebrates from predators. Contact Uses, such as biological additions, physical damage, and biological harvesting, are activities in which humans create pressures through direct contact with the ecosystem. Coral is a colonial marine animal consisting of polyps. Corallivorous fish are fish whose diet primarily consists of live coral. Cultural services are the nonmaterial benefits people obtain from ecosystems through spiritual enrichment, cognitive development, recreational opportunities, aesthetic experiences, sense of place, and educational and research opportunities. Designating protected species is the process of legally establishing a species as threatened, endangered, or of special concern, often requiring that critical habitat must be designated as well and recovery plans implemented. Discharges are the intentional or unintentional distribution of chemicals, debris, or other pollution, into the environment as a consequence of human activities. Ecosystem services are the benefits people obtain from ecosystems . Finfish and shellfish stock are fish (e.g., groupers and snappers) and invertebrates (e.g., lobster, crab, conch, octopus, squid, and bivalves) that are harvested for human consumption as seafood. Fish are cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates that breathe through gills and usually have scales. Fleshy macroalgae is any large algae which does not deposit calcium carbonate in it's tissues. Invasive species are plants, animals, or other organisms that are foreign to a particular environment, and whose introduction may be detrimental when invasives compete with or consume native species. An Invertebrate is any animal that lacks a backbone. Invertivorous fish are fish that primarily feed on invertebrates. Landscape Changes are alterations of the natural landscape through human activities, including coastal development, shoreline armoring, impervious surfaces, deforestation, or soil disturbance, which can alter water flow patterns and lead to pollutant runoff into coastal systems. Large herbivorous fish are any large bodied fish that primarily feed on algae, such as parrotfish and chubs. Marine products are non-food goods derived from reefs that promote human well-being (e.g, aquarium  fish or ornamental resources) and human health (e.g., pharmaceuticals and cosmetics). Marine vertebrates are aquatic animals with a backbone, such as sea turtles, whales, dolphins and marine birds. Microorganisms are microscopic plants or animals, such as cyanobacteria and disease-causing pathogens that live in coral reef ecosystems. The Reef Ecosystem includes a suite of abiotic variables that form the physical and chemical environment. Piscivorous fish are fish that primarily feed on other fish, such as snapper and grouper. Planktivorous Fish are fish that feed primarily on plankton. Plankton are any plants or animals that are too small to actively move against ocean currents. Pressures are human activities that create stress on the environment. Provisioning services are the products or ecosystem goods obtained from ecosystems, including seafood, genetic and biochemical resources, pharmaceuticals, ornamental resources, and water resources. The state of the Reef Ecosystem is the condition, in terms of quantity and quality, of the abiotic and biotic components including physical, chemical, and biological variables. Reef Habitat is the abundance, distribution, and condition of the benthic components of the reef ecosystem. Reef Inhabitants are all of the motile components of the reef ecosystem, including fish, invertebrates, marine reptiles and mammals, and are quantified by their  abundance, distribution, and condition. Reef Life is the abundance, distribution, and condition of the biological components of the coral reef ecosystem. Responses are actions taken by groups or individuals in society and government to prevent, compensate, ameliorate or adapt to changes in Ecosystem Services or their perceived value. Small herbivorous fish are small bodied fish species, such as damselfish, tangs, and surgeonfish that primarily feed on algae. Socio-Economic Drivers include the sectors that fulfill human needs for Food & Raw Materials, Water, Shelter, Health, Culture, and Security, and the Infrastructure that supports the sectors. Sponges are sessile colonial animals with soft porous bodies supported by a fibrous skeletal framework. Supporting services are ecological processes that indirectly benefit humans by maintaining a functional ecosystem for the production of other ecosystem goods and services. Turf algae is a type of low growing algae in reefs. Wetland and reef restoration are activities to directly improve, reestablish, or repair degraded ecosystems. A wetland is an area of land whose soil is saturated with moisture either permanently or seasonally.

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The fish found on coral reefs are essential for coastal communities and extremely important in the wider world. Planktivorous fish, such as wrasses, squirrelfish, blue chromis, brown chromis, and fairy basslets, consume plankton suspended in the water column. Many planktivorous fish species are important as aquarium stock , a few species contribute to the finfish & shellfish stock, and all species are important to cultural services of coral reefs. Planktivorous fish provide a valuable link in the trophic food web since they are consumed by piscivorous fish, apex fish predators, and marine mammals and reptiles. Like all fish species, planktivorous fish are stressed and killed by competing invasive species, diseases causing microorganisms, and disturbances of the physical & chemical environment. Socio-economic drivers lead to the removal & mortality of planktivorous fish through harvesting pressures and to behavior modifications through supplemental feeding. Biological monitoring, mapping, research, and restoration is paramount to ensure the flow of services from reef fish.

Citations

Citation Year Study Location Study Type Database Topics
Adam, TC. 2011. High-quality habitat and facilitation ameliorate competitive effects of prior residents on new settlers. Oecologia 166:121-130. 2011 Field Study & Monitoring Planktivorous Fish
Bartosiewicz, M; Gliwicz, ZM. 2011. Temporary intermissions in capturing prey (Daphnia) by planktivorous fish (Rutilus rutilus): Are they due to scramble competition or the need for antipredation vigilance? Hydrobiologia 668:125-136. 2011 Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Clague, GE; Cheney, KL; Goldizen, AW; McCormick, MI; Waldie, PA; Grutter, AS. 2011. Long-term cleaner fish presence affects growth of a coral reef fish. Biology Letters 7:863-865. 2011 Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Small Herbivorous Fish
Cole, AJ; Pratchett, MS. 2011. Inter-specific variation in susceptibility to grazing among common reef corals. Marine Ecology Progress Series 422:155-164. 2011 Corallivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Stony Coral
DeMartini, EE; Anderson, TW; Friedlander, AM; Beets, JP. 2011. Predator biomass, prey density, and species composition effects on group size in recruit coral reef fishes. Marine Biology 158:2437-2447. 2011 US Pacific & Hawaii Corallivorous Fish; Large Herbivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Small Herbivorous Fish
Geder, JD; Palmisano, JS; Ramamurti, R; Pruessner, M; Ratna, B; Sandberg, WC. 2011. Bioinspired Design Process for an Underwater Flying and Hovering Vehicle. Marine Technology Society Journal 45:74-82. 2011 Review Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Grorud-Colvert, K; Sponaugle, S. 2011. Variability in water temperature affects trait-mediated survival of a newly settled coral reef fish. Oecologia 165:675-686. 2011 Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Grutter, AS; Rumney, JG; Sinclair-Taylor, T; Waldie, P; Franklin, CE. 2011. Fish mucous cocoons: the 'mosquito nets' of the sea. Biology Letters 7:292-294. 2011 Corallivorous Fish; Fish; Large Herbivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Hart, MK; Shenoy, K; Crowley, PH. 2011. Sexual conflicts along gradients of density and predation risk: insights from an egg-trading fish. Evolutionary Ecology 25:1081-1105. 2011 South & Central America; Caribbean Model; Decision Support Frameworks & Tools Marine Worms; Planktivorous Fish
Holbrook, SJ; Schmitt, RJ; Brooks, AJ. 2011. Indirect effects of species interactions on habitat provisioning. Oecologia 166:739-749. 2011 Field Study & Monitoring Anemones & Zooanthids; Nutrients; Planktivorous Fish; Seastars; Small Herbivorous Fish; Stony Coral
Hur, SP; Takeuchi, Y; Esaka, Y; Nina, W; Park, YJ; Kang, HC; Jeong, HB; Lee, YD; Kim, SJ; Takemura, A. 2011. Diurnal expression patterns of neurohypophysial hormone genes in the brain of the threespot wrasse Halichoeres trimaculatus. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A - Molecular and Integrative Physiology 158:490-497. 2011 Planktivorous Fish; Special Use Permitting
Ilves, KL; Kellogg, LL; Quattrini, AM; Chaplin, GW; Hertler, H; Lundberg, JG. 2011. Assessing 50-Year Change In Bahamian Reef Fish Assemblages: Evidence For Community Response To Recent Disturbance? Bulletin of Marine Science 87:567-588. 2011 South & Central America; US Pacific & Hawaii; Bahamas; India; Caribbean Complex Habitat & Resources; Corallivorous Fish; Fish; Invasive Species; Invertivorous Fish; Large Herbivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Skeletal Coral
Ishihara, T; Tachihara, K. 2011. Pelagic Larval Duration and Settlement Size of Apogonidae, Labridae, Scaridae, and Tripterygiidae Species in a Coral Lagoon of Okinawa Island, Southern Japan. Pacific Science 65:87-93. 2011 US Pacific & Hawaii; US East Coast (NC, SC, GA); Japan Corallivorous Fish; Large Herbivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Small Herbivorous Fish
Kline, RJ; Khan, IA; Holt, GJ. 2011. Behavior, Color Change and Time for Sexual Inversion in the Protogynous Grouper (Epinephelus adscensionis). PLoS One 6. 2011 South & Central America; Mexico Fish; Oil & Gas Rigs; Piscivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Konow, N; Bellwood, DR. 2011. Evolution of High Trophic Diversity Based on Limited Functional Disparity in the Feeding Apparatus of Marine Angelfishes (f. Pomacanthidae). PLoS One 6. 2011 US Pacific & Hawaii Corallivorous Fish; Invertivorous Fish; Large Herbivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Small Herbivorous Fish
Kuwamura, T; Suzuki, S; Kadota, T. 2011. Reversed sex change by widowed males in polygynous and protogynous fishes: female removal experiments in the field. Naturwissenschaften 98:1041-1048. 2011 Japan Field Study & Monitoring Fish; Invertivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Leis, JM; Hay, AC; Gaither, MR. 2011. Swimming ability and its rapid decrease at settlement in wrasse larvae (Teleostei: Labridae). Marine Biology 158:1239-1246. 2011 Fish; Planktivorous Fish
McCaffrey, K; Hawkins, MB; Godwin, J. 2011. Sexual Phenotype Differences in zic2 mRNA Abundance in the Preoptic Area of a Protogynous Teleost, Thalassoma bifasciatum. PLoS One 6. 2011 Field Study & Monitoring; Model Planktivorous Fish; Special Use Permitting
Milazzo, M; Palmeri, A; Falcon, JM; Badalamenti, F; Garcia-Charton, JA; Sinopoli, M; Chemello, R; Brito, A. 2011. Vertical distribution of two sympatric labrid fishes in the Western Mediterranean and Eastern Atlantic rocky subtidal: local shore topography does matter. Marine Ecology-an Evolutionary Perspective 32:521-531. 2011 US East Coast (NC, SC, GA) Algae; Climate; Complex Habitat & Resources; Planktivorous Fish; Substrate
Oliver, SP; Hussey, NE; Turner, JR; Beckett, AJ. 2011. Oceanic Sharks Clean at Coastal Seamount. PLoS One 6. 2011 US East Coast (NC, SC, GA); Philippines Apex Fish Predators; Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Reininger, M. 2011. Mimicry in juvenile wrasses: ecological and behavioural aspects of a Coris-Amphiprion relationship in the northern Red Sea. Zoology in the Middle East 54:23-34. 2011 Middle East; Egypt Model Anemones & Zooanthids; Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Rogers, L; Koch, A. 2011. The evolution of sex-change timing under environmental uncertainty: a test by simulation. Evolutionary Ecology Research 13:387-399. 2011 Model Planktivorous Fish
Ros, AFH; Lusa, J; Meyer, M; Soares, M; Oliveira, RF; Brossard, M; Bshary, R. 2011. Does access to the bluestreak cleaner wrasse Labroides dimidiatus affect indicators of stress and health in resident reef fishes in the Red Sea? Hormones and Behavior 59:151-158. 2011 Egypt Field Study & Monitoring; Index or Indicator Complex Habitat & Resources; Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Substrate
Salwiczek, LH; Bshary, R. 2011. Cleaner Wrasses Keep Track of the 'When' and 'What' in a Foraging Task. Ethology 117:939-948. 2011 Planktivorous Fish
Soares, MC; Oliveira, RF; Ros, AFH; Grutter, AS; Bshary, R. 2011. Tactile stimulation lowers stress in fish. Nature Communications 2. 2011 Model Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Small Herbivorous Fish
Vijayanand, P; Anbalagan, T; Saravanan, R; Ammaiappan, V; Rajagopal, S. 2011. Diversity Of Wrasse Species Along Gulf Of Mannar Biosphere Reserve (South East Coast Of India). Thalassas 27:57-66. 2011 India Index or Indicator Accidental & Illegal Harvest; Aquarium & Pet Trade; Aquarium Stock; Finfish Harvest; Fish; Fishing Sector; Lobster, Crab, & Shrimp; Molluscs; Planktivorous Fish
Waldie, PA; Blomberg, SP; Cheney, KL; Goldizen, AW; Grutter, AS. 2011. Long-Term Effects of the Cleaner Fish Labroides dimidiatus on Coral Reef Fish Communities. PLoS One 6. 2011 Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Small Herbivorous Fish
White, JW; Samhouri, JF. 2011. Oceanographic coupling across three trophic levels shapes source-sink dynamics in marine metacommunities. Oikos 120:1151-1164. 2011 US Virgin Islands; Bahamas Model Planktivorous Fish; Plankton
Abesamis, R. A. and G. R. Russ. 2010. Patterns of recruitment of coral reef fishes in a monsoonal environment. Coral Reefs 29:911-921. 2010 US Pacific & Hawaii; Philippines Planktivorous Fish; Small Herbivorous Fish
Brokovich, E., T. Ben-Ari, S. Kark, M. Kiflawi, G. Dishon, D. Iluz, and N. Shashar. 2010. Functional changes of the visual system of the damselfish Dascyllus marginatus along its bathymetric range. Physiology & Behavior 101:413-421. 2010 Complex Habitat & Resources; Fish; Light; Planktivorous Fish; Small Herbivorous Fish
Cole, A. J. 2010. Cleaning to corallivory: ontogenetic shifts in feeding ecology of tubelip wrasse. Coral Reefs 29:125-129. 2010 Planktivorous Fish
Cole, A. J., M. S. Pratchett, and G. P. Jones. 2010. Corallivory in tubelip wrasses: diet, feeding and trophic importance. Journal of Fish Biology 76:818-835. 2010 US Pacific & Hawaii; Papua New Guinea Corallivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Stony Coral
Colin, P. L. 2010. Aggregation and spawning of the humphead wrasse Cheilinus undulatus (Pisces: Labridae): general aspects of spawning behaviour. Journal of Fish Biology 76:987-1007. 2010 Palau Planktivorous Fish; Plankton
de Mitcheson, Y. S., M. Liu, and S. Suharti. 2010. Gonadal development in a giant threatened reef fish, the humphead wrasse Cheilinus undulatus, and its relationship to international trade. Journal of Fish Biology 77:706-718. 2010 Global; Indonesia Fishing Sector; Planktivorous Fish; Wholesale & Retail Trade
Foster, M. S. and D. R. Schiel. 2010. Loss of predators and the collapse of southern California kelp forests (?): Alternatives, explanations and generalizations. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 393:59-70. 2010 Review Coastal Development; Discharges; Finfish Harvest; Fishing Sector; Lobster, Crab, & Shrimp; Planktivorous Fish; Sea Urchins; Sediment; Sewage Treatment; Waste Management Policies
Garcia-Sais, J. R. 2010. Reef habitats and associated sessile-benthic and fish assemblages across a euphotic-mesophotic depth gradient in Isla Desecheo, Puerto Rico. Coral Reefs 29:277-288. 2010 South & Central America; Puerto Rico; Caribbean Index or Indicator Algae; Complex Habitat & Resources; Corallivorous Fish; Fish; Fleshy Macroalgae; Invertivorous Fish; Large Herbivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Sponges; Stony Coral
Hiscock, K., S. Sharrock, J. Highfield, and D. Snelling. 2010. Colonization of an artificial reef in south-west England-ex-HMS 'Scylla'. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 90:69-94. 2010 England Algae; Anemones & Zooanthids; Artificial Habitat; Coastal Defense; Military; Planktivorous Fish; Sea Urchins; Seastars; Sponges
Matsukane, Y., H. Sato, S. Tanaka, Y. Kamata, and Y. Sugita-Konishi. 2010. Kudoa septempunctata n. sp (Myxosporea: Multivalvulida) from an aquacultured olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) imported from Korea. Parasitology Research 107:865-872. 2010 Australia Aquaculture; Planktivorous Fish
McCormick, M. I., C. A. Ryen, P. L. Munday, and S. P. W. Walker. 2010. Differing Mechanisms Underlie Sexual Size-Dimorphism in Two Populations of a Sex-Changing Fish. PLoS One 5:e10616. 2010 Planktivorous Fish
Oates, J., A. Manica, and R. Bshary. 2010. Roving and Service Quality in the Cleaner Wrasse Labroides bicolor. Ethology 116:309-315. 2010 Field Study & Monitoring Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Rocha, L. A., H. T. Pinheiro, and J. L. Gasparini. 2010. Description of Halichoeres rubrovirens, a new species of wrasse (Labridae: Perciformes) from the Trindade and Martin Vaz Island group, southeastern Brazil, with a preliminary mtDNA molecular phylogeny of New World Halichoeres. Zootaxa 22-30. 2010 US Pacific & Hawaii; US East Coast (NC, SC, GA) Planktivorous Fish
Soares, M. C., I. M. Cote, S. C. Cardoso, R. F. Oliveira, and R. Bshary. 2010. Caribbean Cleaning Gobies Prefer Client Ectoparasites Over Mucus. Ethology 116:1244-1248. 2010 South & Central America; US Pacific & Hawaii; Caribbean Model Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Suzuki, S., T. Kuwamura, Y. Nakashima, K. Karino, and M. Kohda. 2010. Social factors of group spawning as an alternative mating tactic in the territorial males of the threespot wrasse Halichoeres trimaculatus. Environmental Biology of Fishes 89:71-77. 2010 Planktivorous Fish
Aguilar-Perera, A. and A. Tuz-Sulub. 2009. Occurrence of the Mardi Gras wrasse, Halichoeres burekae (Teleostei: Labridae) in the Alacranes Reef, off northern Yucatan Peninsula. Zootaxa 64-68. 2009 South & Central America; Mexico Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Alldredge, A. L. and J. M. King. 2009. Near-surface enrichment of zooplankton over a shallow back reef: implications for coral reef food webs. Coral Reefs 28:895-908. 2009 Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Plankton
Beldade, R., J. B. Heiser, D. R. Robertson, J. L. Gasparini, S. R. Floeter, and G. Bernardi. 2009. Historical biogeography and speciation in the Creole wrasses (Labridae, Clepticus). Marine Biology 156:679-687. 2009 South & Central America; US East Coast (NC, SC, GA); Caribbean Planktivorous Fish; Plankton
Boyle, K. S. and T. E. Cox. 2009. Courtship and spawning sounds in bird wrasse Gomphosus varius and saddle wrasse Thalassoma duperrey. Journal of Fish Biology 75:2670-2681. 2009 US Pacific & Hawaii Planktivorous Fish
Chapuis, L. and R. Bshary. 2009. Strategic adjustment of service quality to client identity in the cleaner shrimp, Periclimenes longicarpus. Animal Behaviour 78:455-459. 2009 Index or Indicator Lobster, Crab, & Shrimp; Planktivorous Fish
Cole, A. J., M. S. Pratchett, and G. P. Jones. 2009. Coral-feeding wrasse scars massive Porites colonies. Coral Reefs 28:207. 2009 Planktivorous Fish; Stony Coral
Cole, A. J., M. S. Pratchett, and G. P. Jones. 2009. Effects of coral bleaching on the feeding response of two species of coral-feeding fish. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 373:11-15. 2009 Corallivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Cole, A. J., M. S. Pratchett, and G. P. Jones. 2009. Effects of coral bleaching on the feeding response of two species of coral-feeding fish. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 373:15-Nov. 2009 Corallivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Cowman, P. F., D. R. Bellwood, and L. van Herwerden. 2009. Dating the evolutionary origins of wrasse lineages (Labridae) and the rise of trophic novelty on coral reefs. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 52:621-631. 2009 Model; GIS & Maps Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Fontes, J., J. E. Caselle, M. S. Sheehy, R. S. Santos, and R. R. Warner. 2009. Natal signatures of juvenile Coris julis in the Azores: investigating connectivity scenarios in an oceanic archipelago. Marine Ecology Progress Series 387:51-59. 2009 US East Coast (NC, SC, GA) Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Hamilton, S. L. and R. R. Warner. 2009. Otolith barium profiles verify the timing of settlement in a coral reef fish. Marine Ecology Progress Series 385:237-244. 2009 Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Headley, M., H. A. Oxenford, M. S. Peterson, and P. Fanning. 2009. Size related variability in the summer diet of the blackfin tuna (Thunnus atlanticus Lesson, 1831) from Tobago, the Lesser Antilles. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 25:669-675. 2009 US East Coast (NC, SC, GA); Antilles; Tobago Fishing Sector; Invertivorous Fish; Octopus & Squid; Planktivorous Fish
Luiz, O. J., C. E. L. Ferreira, and L. A. Rocha. 2009. Halichoeres sazimai, a new species of wrasse (Perciformes: Labridae) from the Western South Atlantic. Zootaxa 37-46. 2009 US East Coast (NC, SC, GA) Planktivorous Fish
McCormick, M. I. 2009. Indirect effects of heterospecific interactions on progeny size through maternal stress. Oikos 118:744-752. 2009 US Pacific & Hawaii; Australia Field Study & Monitoring Planktivorous Fish
Morinaka, B. I., J. R. Pawlik, and T. F. Molinski. 2009. Amaroxocanes A and B: Sulfated dimeric sterols defend the caribbean coral reef sponge Phorbas amaranthus from fish predators. Journal of Natural Products 72:259-264. 2009 South & Central America; Florida; Caribbean Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Sponges
Munday, P. L., C. A. Ryen, M. I. McCormick, and S. P. W. Walker. 2009. Growth acceleration, behaviour and otolith check marks associated with sex change in the wrasse Halichoeres miniatus. Coral Reefs 12-Jan. 2009 Planktivorous Fish
Munday, P. L., C. A. Ryen, M. I. McCormick, and S. P. W. Walker. 2009. Growth acceleration, behaviour and otolith check marks associated with sex change in the wrasse Halichoeres miniatus. Coral Reefs 28:623-634. 2009 Planktivorous Fish
Nozu, R., Y. Kojima, and M. Nakamura. 2009. Short term treatment with aromatase inhibitor induces sex change in the protogynous wrasse, Halichoeres trimaculatus. General and Comparative Endocrinology 161:360-364. 2009 Planktivorous Fish
Randall, J. E. and L. A. Rocha. 2009. Halichoeres claudia sp nov., a New Indo-Pacific Wrasse (Perciformes: Labridae), the Fourth Species of the H. ornatissimus Complex. Zoological Studies 48:709-718. 2009 US Pacific & Hawaii; Australia; Indian Ocean; India; Japan; Vanuatu; New Caledonia; Indonesia; Taiwan Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Soares, M. C., R. Bshary, and I. M. Cote. 2009. Cleaning in pairs enhances honesty in male cleaning gobies. Behavioral Ecology 20:1343-1347. 2009 South & Central America; US Pacific & Hawaii; Caribbean Model Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Sponaugle, S., J. K. Llopiz, L. N. Havel, and T. L. Rankin. 2009. Spatial variation in larval growth and gut fullness in a coral reef fish. Marine Ecology Progress Series 383:239-249. 2009 Florida; Bahamas Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Plankton
Aguilar, C., G. Gonzalez-Sanson, I. Faloh, and R. A. Curry. 2008. Spatial variation in stable isotopes (δ13C and δ 15N) in marine fish along the coast of Havana City: Evidence of human impacts from harbor and river waters. Journal of Coastal Research 24:1281-1288. 2008 South & Central America; Cuba; Caribbean Fish; Nutrients; Planktivorous Fish; Ports & Harbors; Small Herbivorous Fish; Surface & Groundwater Flow; Wastewater Discharge
Brokovich, E., S. Einbinder, N. Shashar, M. Kiflawi, and S. Kark. 2008. Descending to the twilight-zone: Changes in coral reef fish assemblages along a depth gradient down to 65 m. Marine Ecology Progress Series 371:253-262. 2008 Complex Habitat & Resources; Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Plankton; Small Herbivorous Fish; Stony Coral
Bshary, R., A. S. Grutter, A. S. T. Willener, and O. Leimar. 2008. Pairs of cooperating cleaner fish provide better service quality than singletons. Nature 455:964-966. 2008 Field Study & Monitoring; Model Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Carassou, L., M. Kulbicki, T. J. R. Nicola, and N. V. C. Polunin. 2008. Assessment of fish trophic status and relationships by stable isotope data in the coral reef lagoon of New Caledonia, southwest Pacific. Aquatic Living Resource 21:12-Jan. 2008 US Pacific & Hawaii; Pacific Ocean; New Caledonia Corallivorous Fish; Fish; Large Herbivorous Fish; Nutrients; Piscivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Small Herbivorous Fish
Cheney, K. L. 2008. The role of avoidance learning in an aggressive mimicry system. Behavioral Ecology 19:583-588. 2008 Model Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Small Herbivorous Fish
Cheney, K. L., A. S. Grutter, and N. J. Marshall. 2008. Facultative mimicry: Cues for colour change and colour accuracy in a coral reef fish. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 275:117-122. 2008 Field Study & Monitoring; Model Fish; Octopus & Squid; Planktivorous Fish
DeMartini, E. E., A. M. Friedlander, S. A. Sandin, and E. Sala. 2008. Differences in fish-assemblage structure between fished and unfished atolls in the northern Line Islands, central Pacific. Marine Ecology Progress Series 365:199-215. 2008 US Pacific & Hawaii; Kiribati Index or Indicator Apex Fish Predators; Complex Habitat & Resources; Corallivorous Fish; Finfish Harvest; Fish; Fishing Sector; Large Herbivorous Fish; Nutrients; Piscivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Francini-Filho, R. B. and I. Sazima. 2008. A comparative study of cleaning activity of two reef fishes at Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, tropical West Atlantic. Environmental Biology of Fishes 83:213-220. 2008 US East Coast (NC, SC, GA) Piscivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Hamilton, S. L. 2008. Larval history influences post-metamorphic condition in a coral-reef fish. Oecologia 158:449-461. 2008 South & Central America; US Virgin Islands; Caribbean Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Holbrook, S. J., A. J. Brooks, R. J. Schmitt, and H. L. Stewart. 2008. Effects of sheltering fish on growth of their host corals. Marine Biology 155:521-530. 2008 Field Study & Monitoring; Lab Study Fish; Nutrients; Planktivorous Fish; Stony Coral
Lara, M. R. 2008. Development of the nasal olfactory organs in the larvae, settlement-stages and some adults of 14 species of Caribbean reef fishes (Labridae, Scaridae, Pomacentridae). Marine Biology 154:51-64. 2008 South & Central America; Caribbean Corallivorous Fish; Fish; Large Herbivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Small Herbivorous Fish
McCauley, D. J., F. J. Joyce, and J. H. Lowenstein. 2008. Effects of the aquarium fish industry in costa rica on populations of the cortez rainbow wrasse thalassoma lucasanum [Efectos de la industria de peces ornamentales en costa rica sobre las poblacionesde la vieja de cortes thalassoma lucasanum]. Ciencias Marinas 34:445-451. 2008 Costa Rica Aquarium & Pet Trade; Aquarium Stock; Finfish Harvest; Fishing Sector; Marine Protected Areas; Planktivorous Fish
Menard, A., K. Turgeon, and D. L. Kramer. 2008. Selection of diurnal refuges by the nocturnal squirrelfish, Holocentrus rufus. Environmental Biology of Fishes 82:59-70. 2008 South & Central America; Caribbean Model Fish; Invertivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Metcalf, S. J., J. M. Dambacher, A. J. Hobday, and J. M. Lyle. 2008. Importance of trophic information, simplification and aggregation error in ecosystem models. Marine Ecology Progress Series 360:25-36. 2008 Model Fish; Fishing & Harvesting Management; Fishing Sector; Planktivorous Fish
Mills, D. J., C. R. Johnson, and C. Gardner. 2008. Bias in lobster tethering experiments conducted for selecting low-predation release sites. Marine Ecology Progress Series 364:13-Jan. 2008 Australia Decision Support Frameworks & Tools Fishing Sector; Lobster, Crab, & Shrimp; Octopus & Squid; Planktivorous Fish
Morton, J. K., M. E. Platell, and W. Gladstone. 2008. Differences in feeding ecology among three co-occurring species of wrasse (Teleostei: Labridae) on rocky reefs of temperate Australia. Marine Biology 154:577-592. 2008 Australia; Cuba Bivalves; Complex Habitat & Resources; Invertebrates; Lobster, Crab, & Shrimp; Marine Worms; Planktivorous Fish; Skeletal Coral; Special Use Permitting
Morton, J. K., W. Gladstone, J. M. Hughes, and J. Stewart. 2008. Comparison of the life histories of three co-occurring wrasses (Teleostei: Labridae) in coastal waters of south-eastern Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research 59:560-574. 2008 Australia Planktivorous Fish
Rice, A. N. 2008. Coordinated mechanics of feeding, swimming, and eye movements in Tautoga onitis, and implications for the evolution of trophic strategies in fishes. Marine Biology 154:255-267. 2008 Corallivorous Fish; Fish; Invertebrates; Large Herbivorous Fish; Molluscs; Planktivorous Fish
Rice, A. N., W. J. Cooper, and M. W. Westneat. 2008. Diversification of coordination patterns during feeding behaviour in cheiline wrasses. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 93:289-308. 2008 Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Rocha, L. A., C. R. Rocha, D. R. Robertson, and B. W. Bowen. 2008. Comparative phylogeography of Atlantic reef fishes indicates both origin and accumulation of diversity in the Caribbean. BMC Evolutionary Biology 8. 2008 Global; South & Central America; US East Coast (NC, SC, GA); Caribbean Model Corallivorous Fish; Fish; Large Herbivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Small Herbivorous Fish
Roopin, M., R. P. Henry, and N. E. Chadwick. 2008. Nutrient transfer in a marine mutualism: Patterns of ammonia excretion by anemonefish and uptake by giant sea anemones. Marine Biology 154:547-556. 2008 Cuba Field Study & Monitoring; Lab Study; Model Anemones & Zooanthids; Fish; Nutrients; Planktivorous Fish; Plankton; Primary Production; Zooxanthellae
Sandin, S. A., J. E. Smith, E. E. DeMartini, E. A. Dinsdale, S. D. Donner, A. M. Friedlander, T. Konotchick, M. Malay, J. E. Maragos, D. Obura, O. Pantos, G. Paulay, M. Richie, F. Rohwer, R. E. Schroeder, S. Walsh, J. B. C. Jackson, N. Knowlton, and E. Sala. 2008. Baselines and degradation of coral reefs in the Northern Line Islands. PLoS One 3. 2008 Global Algae; Apex Fish Predators; Finfish Harvest; Fish; Fleshy Macroalgae; Pathogens; Planktivorous Fish
Sazima, I., A. Carvalho-Filho, and C. Sazima. 2008. A new cleaner species of Elacatinus (Actinopterygii: Gobiidae) from the Southwestern Atlantic. Zootaxa 27-32. 2008 US East Coast (NC, SC, GA) Apex Fish Predators; Corallivorous Fish; Fish; Piscivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Sponges
Scaps, P. and F. Runtukahu. 2008. Assessment of the coral reefs of the luwuk peninsula, central sulawesi, indonesia [evaluation des recifs coralliens de la peninsule de Luwuk, Sulawesi central, Indonesie]. Bulletin de la Societe Zoologique de France 133:341-355. 2008 Cuba; Indonesia Corallivorous Fish; Echinoderms; Large Herbivorous Fish; Lobster, Crab, & Shrimp; Marine Debris; Octocoral; Pathogens; Piscivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Seastars; Sediment; Snails & Conch; Stony Coral
Shima, J. S., C. W. Osenberg, and C. M. St. Mary. 2008. Quantifying site quality in a heterogeneous landscape: Recruitment of a reef fish. Ecology 89:86-94. 2008 Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Stony Coral
Soares, M. C., I. M. Cote, S. C. Cardoso, and R. Bshary. 2008. The cleaning goby mutualism: A system without punishment, partner switching or tactile stimulation. Journal of Zoology 276:306-312. 2008 South & Central America; US Pacific & Hawaii; Caribbean Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Stuart-Smith, R. D., N. S. Barrett, C. M. Crawford, S. D. Frusher, D. G. Stevenson, and G. J. Edgar. 2008. Spatial patterns in impacts of fishing on temperate rocky reefs: Are fish abundance and mean size related to proximity to fisher access points? Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 365:116-125. 2008 Index or Indicator Commercial Fisheries; Finfish Harvest; Fish; Fishing Sector; Lobster, Crab, & Shrimp; Planktivorous Fish; Recreational Fishing; Tourism & Recreation
Takemura, A., R. Oya, Y. Shibata, Y. Enomoto, M. Uchimura, and S. Nakamura. 2008. Role of the tidal cycle in the gonadal development and spawning of the tropical wrasse Halichoeres trimaculatus. Zoological Science 25:572-579. 2008 US Pacific & Hawaii; Cuba; Pacific Ocean; Japan Index or Indicator Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Van Nguyen, L. and H. Kim Phan. 2008. Distribution and factors influencing on structure of reef fish communities in Nha Trang Bay Marine Protected Area, South-Central Vietnam. Environmental Biology of Fishes 82:309-324. 2008 US Pacific & Hawaii; Pacific Ocean; China; Vietnam Aquarium & Pet Trade; Aquarium Stock; Corallivorous Fish; Discharges; Fish; Hydrocoral; Invertivorous Fish; Large Herbivorous Fish; Marine Protected Areas; Physical Variables; Piscivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Sediment; Small Herbivorous Fish; Stony Coral; Surface & Groundwater Flow
Brown-Saracino, J., P. Peckol, H. Allen Curran, and M. L. Robbart. 2007. Spatial variation in sea urchins, fish predators, and bioerosion rates on coral reefs of Belize. Coral Reefs 26:71-78. 2007 South & Central America; Belize Algae; Calcium Carbonate Deposition; Corallivorous Fish; Finfish Harvest; Fish; Invertivorous Fish; Large Herbivorous Fish; Marine Protected Areas; Planktivorous Fish; Sea Urchins
Bshary, R., R. F. Oliveira, T. S. F. Oliveira, and A. V. M. Canario. 2007. Do cleaning organisms reduce the stress response of client reef fish? Frontiers in Zoology 4. 2007 Decision Support Frameworks & Tools Fish; Lobster, Crab, & Shrimp; Planktivorous Fish
Cardona, L., M. Sales, and D. Lopez. 2007. Changes in fish abundance do not cascade to sea urchins and erect algae in one of the most oligotrophic parts of the Mediterranean. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 72:273-282. 2007 Algae; Finfish Harvest; Fish; Fleshy Macroalgae; Invertebrates; Invertivorous Fish; Marine Protected Areas; Nutrients; Planktivorous Fish; Sea Urchins; Small Herbivorous Fish
Chateau, O. and L. Wantiez. 2007. Site fidelity and activity patterns of a humphead wrasse, Cheilinus undulatus (Labridae), as determined by acoustic telemetry. Environmental Biology of Fishes 80:503-508. 2007 Cuba; New Caledonia Finfish Harvest; Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Cheney, K. L. and I. M. Cote. 2007. Aggressive mimics profit from a model-signal receiver mutualism. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 274:2087-2091. 2007 Model Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Small Herbivorous Fish
Cote, I. M. and K. L. Cheney. 2007. A protective function for aggressive mimicry? Proceedings of the Royal Society B 274:2445-2448. 2007 Field Study & Monitoring; Model Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Froukh, T. and M. Kochzius. 2007. Genetic population structure of the endemic fourline wrasse (Larabicus quadrilineatus) suggests limited larval dispersal distances in the Red Sea. Molecular Ecology 16:1359-1367. 2007 Model Aquarium & Pet Trade; Aquarium Stock; Fish; Fishing Sector; Marine Protected Areas; Planktivorous Fish
Gladstone, W. 2007. Temporal patterns of spawning and hatching in a spawning aggregation of the temperate reef fish Chromis hypsilepis (Pomacentridae). Marine Biology 151:1143-1152. 2007 Australia; Cuba Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Small Herbivorous Fish
Guidetti, P. 2007. Predator diversity and density affect levels of predation upon strongly interactive species in temperate rocky reefs. Oecologia 154:513-520. 2007 Climate; Finfish Harvest; Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Sea Urchins
Hamner, W. M., P. L. Colin, and P. P. Hamner. 2007. Export-import dynamics of zooplankton on a coral reef in Palau. Marine Ecology Progress Series 334:83-92. 2007 Palau Corallivorous Fish; Fish; Large Herbivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Plankton; Small Herbivorous Fish
Haney, R. A., B. R. Silliman, and D. M. Rand. 2007. A multi-locus assessment of connectivity and historical demography in the bluehead wrasse (Thalassoma bifasciatum). Heredity 98:294-302. 2007 South & Central America; Caribbean Planktivorous Fish
Holzman, R., M. Ohavia, R. Vaknin, and A. Genin. 2007. Abundance and distribution of nocturnal fishes over a coral reef during the night. Marine Ecology Progress Series 342:205-215. 2007 Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Plankton
Jones, K. M. M. 2007. Distribution of behaviours and species interactions within home range contours in five Caribbean reef fish species (Family Labridae). Environmental Biology of Fishes 80:35-49. 2007 South & Central America; Caribbean Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Small Herbivorous Fish; Substrate
Maruska, K. P. and T. C. Tricas. 2007. Gonadotropin-releasing hormone and receptor distributions in the visual processing regions of four coral reef fishes. Brain, Behavior and Evolution 70:40-56. 2007 Corallivorous Fish; Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Small Herbivorous Fish; Substrate
McCormick, M. I. and M. G. Meekan. 2007. Social facilitation of selective mortality. Ecology 88:1562-1570. 2007 Planktivorous Fish; Small Herbivorous Fish
Meredith, T. L., J. D. Cowart, T. P. Henkel, and J. R. Pawlik. 2007. The polychaete Cirriformia punctata is chemically defended against generalist coral reef predators. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 353:198-202. 2007 South & Central America; Caribbean Anemones & Zooanthids; Lobster, Crab, & Shrimp; Marine Worms; Planktivorous Fish
Munoz, G., A. S. Grutter, and T. H. Cribb. 2007. Structure of the parasite communities of a coral reef fish assemblage (Labridae): Testing ecological and phylogenetic host factors. Journal of Parasitology 93:17-30. 2007 Australia Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Pais, A., E. Azzurro, and P. Guidetti. 2007. Spatial variability of fish fauna in sheltered and exposed shallow rocky reefs from a recently established Mediterranean Marine Protected Area. Italian Journal of Zoology 74:277-287. 2007 Algae; Fish; Marine Protected Areas; Planktivorous Fish
Patterson, H. M. and S. E. Swearer. 2007. Long-distance dispersal and local retention of larvae as mechanisms of recruitment in an island population of a coral reef fish. Austral Ecology 32:122-130. 2007 Australia Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Robinson, H. E., C. M. Finelli, and E. J. Buskey. 2007. The turbulent life of copepods: Effects of water flow over a coral reef on their ability to detect and evade predators. Marine Ecology Progress Series 349:171-181. 2007 Field Study & Monitoring; Lab Study Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Seawater Flow; Surface & Groundwater Flow
Sazima, C., J. P. Krajewski, R. M. Bonaldo, and I. Sazima. 2007. Nuclear-follower foraging associations of reef fishes and other animals at an oceanic archipelago. Environmental Biology of Fishes 80:351-361. 2007 US East Coast (NC, SC, GA) Fish; Invertebrates; Invertivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Scales, H., A. Balmford, and A. Manica. 2007. Impacts of the live reef fish trade on populations of coral reef fish off northern Borneo. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 274:989-994. 2007 US Pacific & Hawaii Field Study & Monitoring Finfish Harvest; Live Collection; Piscivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Tupper, M. 2007. Identification of nursery habitats for commercially valuable humphead wrasse Cheilinus undulatus and large groupers (Pisces: Serranidae) in Palau. Marine Ecology Progress Series 332:189-199. 2007 Palau Algae; Coastal Development; Commercial Fisheries; Complex Habitat & Resources; Dredging, Draining, & Filling; Fish; Marine Protected Areas; Piscivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Shipping, Storage, & Warehousing; Skeletal Coral; Stony Coral; Wholesale & Retail Trade
Vanderklift, M. A., J. How, T. Wernberg, L. D. MacArthur, K. L. Heck Jr., and J. F. Valentine. 2007. Proximity to reef influences density of small predatory fishes, while type of seagrass influences intensity of their predation on crabs. Marine Ecology Progress Series 340:235-243. 2007 Lobster, Crab, & Shrimp; Planktivorous Fish; Seagrasses
White, J. W. 2007. Spatially correlated recruitment of a marine predator and its prey shapes the large-scale pattern of density-dependent prey mortality. Ecology Letters 10:1054-1065. 2007 South & Central America; Caribbean Apex Fish Predators; Complex Habitat & Resources; Fish; Piscivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Plankton
White, J. W. and R. R. Warner. 2007. Behavioral and energetic costs of group membership in a coral reef fish. Oecologia 154:423-433. 2007 South & Central America; Caribbean Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Plankton
White, J. W. and R. R. Warner. 2007. Safety in numbers and the spatial scaling of density-dependent mortality in a coral reef fish. Ecology 88:3044-3054. 2007 Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Plankton; Special Use Permitting
Arvedlund, M., A. Hattori, K. Iwao, and A. Takemura. 2006. When cleanerfish become anemonefish. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 86:1265-1266. 2006 US Pacific & Hawaii; Cuba Anemones & Zooanthids; Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Arvedlund, M., K. Iwao, T. M. Brolund, and A. Takemura. 2006. Juvenile Thalassoma amblycephalum Bleeker (Labridae, Teleostei) dwelling among the tentacles of sea anemones: A cleanerfish with an unusual client? Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 329:161-173. 2006 Japan; Indonesia Anemones & Zooanthids; Discharges; Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Bellwood, D. R., P. C. Wainwright, C. J. Fulton, and A. S. Hoey. 2006. Functional versatility supports coral reef biodiversity. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 273:101-107. 2006 Australia Corallivorous Fish; Fish; Large Herbivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Bowen, B. W., A. L. Bass, A. Muss, J. Carlin, and D. R. Robertson. 2006. Phylogeography of two Atlantic squirrelfishes (family Holocentridae): Exploring links between pelagic larval duration and population connectivity. Marine Biology 149:899-913. 2006 South & Central America; US East Coast (NC, SC, GA); Caribbean Invertivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Dorenbosch, M., M. G. G. Grol, I. Nagelkerken, and G. Van Der Velde. 2006. Seagrass beds and mangroves as potential nurseries for the threatened Indo-Pacific humphead wrasse, Cheilinus undulatus and Caribbean rainbow parrotfish, Scarus guacamaia. Biological Conservation 129:277-282. 2006 South & Central America; US Pacific & Hawaii; Indian Ocean; India; Caribbean Complex Habitat & Resources; Corallivorous Fish; Large Herbivorous Fish; Mangroves; Planktivorous Fish; Seagrasses
Grorud-Colvert, K. and S. Sponaugle. 2006. Influence of condition on behavior and survival potential of a newly settled coral reef fish, the bluehead wrasse Thalassoma bifasciatum. Marine Ecology Progress Series 327:279-288. 2006 Florida Lab Study Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Grossman, A., C. Sazima, C. Bellini, and I. Sazima. 2006. Cleaning symbiosis between Hawksbill turtles and reef fishes at Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, off Northeast Brazil. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 5:284-288. 2006 Planktivorous Fish; Sea Turtles; Small Herbivorous Fish
Hamilton, S. L., J. W. White, J. E. Caselle, S. E. Swearer, and R. R. Warner. 2006. Consistent long-term spatial gradients in replenishment for an island population of a coral reef fish. Marine Ecology Progress Series 306:247-256. 2006 US Virgin Islands Planktivorous Fish
Johnson, M. L. and S. L. Hull. 2006. Interactions between fangblennies (Plagiotremus rhinorhynchus) and their potential victims: Fooling the model rather than the client? Marine Biology 148:889-897. 2006 Indonesia Model Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Morrisey, D. J., R. G. Cole, N. K. Davey, S. J. Handley, A. Bradley, S. N. Brown, and A. L. Madarasz. 2006. Abundance and diversity of fish on mussel farms in New Zealand. Aquaculture 252:277-288. 2006 Algae; Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Plankton; Recreational Fishing; Surface & Groundwater Flow; Tourism & Recreation
Munday, P. L., J. W. White, and R. R. Warner. 2006. A social basis for the development of primary males in a sex-changing fish. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 273:2845-2851. 2006 Planktivorous Fish
Munoz, G. and T. H. Cribb. 2006. Parasite communities and diet of Coris Batuensis (Pisces: Labridae) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 52:191-198. 2006 Australia Bivalves; Fish; Marine Worms; Molluscs; Planktivorous Fish; Snails & Conch
Munoz, G., A. S. Grutter, and T. H. Cribb. 2006. Endoparasite communities of five fish species (Labridae: Cheilininae) from Lizard Island: How important is the ecology and phylogeny of the hosts? Parasitology 132:363-374. 2006 Australia Fish; Marine Worms; Planktivorous Fish
Overholtzer-McLeod, K. L. 2006. Consequences of patch reef spacing for density-dependent mortality of coral-reef fishes. Ecology 87:1017-1026. 2006 Global; Bahamas Field Study & Monitoring Complex Habitat & Resources; Fish; Piscivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Small Herbivorous Fish; Special Use Permitting
Pinnegar, J. K. and N. V. C. Polunin. 2006. Planktivorous damselfish support significant nitrogen and phosphorus fluxes to Mediterranean reefs. Marine Biology 148:1089-1099. 2006 Fish; Invertebrates; Lobster, Crab, & Shrimp; Nutrients; Planktivorous Fish; Plankton; Small Herbivorous Fish
Purcell, J. F. H., R. K. Cowen, C. R. Hughes, and D. A. Williams. 2006. Weak genetic structure indicates strong dispersal limits: A tale of two coral reef fish. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 273:1483-1490. 2006 South & Central America; Caribbean Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Plankton
Read, C. I., D. R. Bellwood, and L. Van Herwerden. 2006. Ancient origins of Indo-Pacific coral reef fish biodiversity: A case study of the leopard wrasses (Labridae: Macropharyngodon). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 38:808-819. 2006 US Pacific & Hawaii; Australia; Indian Ocean; India; Pacific Ocean Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Srinivasan, M. and G. P. Jones. 2006. Extended breeding and recruitment periods of fishes on a low latitude coral reef. Coral Reefs 25:673-682. 2006 US Pacific & Hawaii Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Small Herbivorous Fish
Wilhelmsson, D., S. A. S. Yahya, and M. C. Ohman. 2006. Effects of high-relief structures on cold temperate fish assemblages: A field experiment. Marine Biology Research 2:136-147. 2006 Field Study & Monitoring Artificial Habitat; Fish; Invertebrates; Planktivorous Fish
Adlard, R. D., M. S. Bryant, C. M. Whipps, and M. L. Kent. 2005. Multivalvulid myxozoans from Eastern Australia: Three new species of Kudoa from scombrid and labrid fishes of the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. Journal of Parasitology 91:1138-1142. 2005 Australia Apex Fish Predators; Planktivorous Fish
Barber, P. H. and D. R. Bellwood. 2005. Biodiversity hotspots: Evolutionary origins of biodiversity in wrasses (Halichoeres: Labridae) in the Indo-Pacific and new world tropics. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 35:235-253. 2005 South & Central America; US Pacific & Hawaii; Australia; US East Coast (NC, SC, GA); Panama; Pacific Ocean; Indonesia; Caribbean Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Water Depth & Sea Level
Bruckner, A. W. 2005. The importance of the marine ornamental reef fish trade in the wider Caribbean. Revista de Biologia Tropical 53:127-137. 2005 Global; South & Central America; Florida; Puerto Rico; US Pacific & Hawaii; US East Coast (NC, SC, GA); Atlantic Ocean; Maldives; Sri Lanka; India; Japan; Vietnam; Indonesia; Philippines; Caribbean; Europe Anemones & Zooanthids; Aquarium & Pet Trade; Aquarium Stock; Corallivorous Fish; Fishing Sector; Invertivorous Fish; Piscivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Small Herbivorous Fish; Special Use Permitting
Cheney, K. L. and I. M. Cote. 2005. Frequency-dependent success of aggressive mimics in a cleaning symbiosis. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 272:2635-2639. 2005 Model Planktivorous Fish
Denny, C. M. 2005. Distribution and abundance of labrids in northeastern New Zealand: The relationship between depth, exposure and pectoral fin aspect ratio. Environmental Biology of Fishes 72:33-43. 2005 Fish; Physical Variables; Planktivorous Fish
Hixon, M. A. and G. P. Jones. 2005. Competition, predation, and density-dependent mortality in demersal marine fishes. Ecology 86:2847-2859. 2005 Australia Field Study & Monitoring; Model Complex Habitat & Resources; Fish; Fishing Sector; Piscivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Holzman, R. and A. Genin. 2005. Mechanisms of selectivity in a nocturnal fish: A lack of active prey choice. Oecologia 146:329-336. 2005 Lab Study Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Plankton
Jones, A. C., J. E. Blum, and J. R. Pawlik. 2005. Testing for defensive synergy in Caribbean sponges: Bad taste or glass spicules? Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 322:67-81. 2005 South & Central America; Caribbean Lab Study; Model Complex Habitat & Resources; Encrusting Sponges; Fish; Mangroves; Planktivorous Fish; Sponges; Tube, Barrel, & Finger Sponges
Jones, K. M. M. 2005. Home range areas and activity centres in six species of Caribbean wrasses (Labridae). Journal of Fish Biology 66:150-166. 2005 South & Central America; Caribbean Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Jones, K. M. M. 2005. The effect of territorial damselfish (family Pomacentridae) on the space use and behaviour of the coral reef fish, Halichoeres bivittatus (Bloch, 1791) (family Labridae). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 324:99-111. 2005 South & Central America; Caribbean Field Study & Monitoring Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Small Herbivorous Fish
Larson, J. K. and M. I. Mccormick. 2005. The role of chemical alarm signals in facilitating learned recognition of novel chemical cues in a coral reef fish. Animal Behaviour 69:51-57. 2005 Lab Study Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Milazzo, M., F. Badalamenti, T. Vega Fernandez, and R. Chemello. 2005. Effects of fish feeding by snorkellers on the density and size distribution of fishes in a Mediterranean marine protected area. Marine Biology 146:1213-1222. 2005 Dive, Snorkeling, & Swimming Tourism; Fish; Invertebrates; Marine Protected Areas; Planktivorous Fish; Tourism & Recreation
Motro, R., I. Ayalon, and A. Genin. 2005. Near-bottom depletion of zooplankton over coral reefs: III: Vertical gradient of predation pressure. Coral Reefs 24:95-98. 2005 Fish; Lobster, Crab, & Shrimp; Piscivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Plankton
Munoz, G. and T. H. Cribb. 2005. Infracommunity structure of parasites of Hemigymnus melapterus (Pisces: Labridae) from lizard island, Australia: The importance of habitat and parasite body size. Journal of Parasitology 91:38-44. 2005 Australia Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Overholtzer-McLeod, K. L. 2005. Post-settlement emigration affects mortality estimates for two Bahamian wrasses. Coral Reefs 24:283-291. 2005 Bahamas Decision Support Frameworks & Tools Marine Protected Areas; Planktivorous Fish
Panek, F. M. 2005. Epizootics and disease of coral reef fish in the tropical Western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. Reviews in Fisheries Science 13:21-Jan. 2005 South & Central America; US East Coast (NC, SC, GA); Mexico Review Fish; Fleshy Macroalgae; Microorganisms; Pathogens; Piscivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Small Herbivorous Fish
Rickel, S. and A. Genin. 2005. Twilight transitions in coral reef fish: The input of light-induced changes in foraging behaviour. Animal Behaviour 70:133-144. 2005 Field Study & Monitoring Fish; Light; Planktivorous Fish
Rocha, L. A., D. R. Robertson, J. Roman, and B. W. Bowen. 2005. Ecological speciation in tropical reef fishes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 272:573-579. 2005 Florida; US East Coast (NC, SC, GA); Bermuda Model Planktivorous Fish
Shepherd, S. A., G. J. Edgar, and N. S. Barrett. 2005. Reef fishes of the Althorpe Islands and adjacent coasts of Central South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 129:183-192. 2005 Australia Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Sluka, R. D. 2005. Humphead wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus) abundance and size structure among coral reef habitats in Maldives. Atoll Research Bulletin 189-198. 2005 Maldives Complex Habitat & Resources; Planktivorous Fish
Welsford, D. C. and J. M. Lyle. 2005. Estimates of growth and comparisons of growth rates determined from length- and age-based models for populations of purple wrasse (Notolobius fucicola). Fishery Bulletin 103:697-711. 2005 Model Planktivorous Fish
Westneat, M. W. and M. E. Alfaro. 2005. Phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of the reef fish family Labridae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 36:370-390. 2005 Global; South & Central America; US Pacific & Hawaii; US East Coast (NC, SC, GA); Caribbean Model Corallivorous Fish; Fish; Invertivorous Fish; Large Herbivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Small Herbivorous Fish
Yahel, R., G. Yahel, and A. Genin. 2005. Near- bottom depletion of zooplankton over coral reefs: I: Diurnal dynamics and size distribution. Coral Reefs 24:75-85. 2005 Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Plankton; Sediment
Yahel, R., G. Yahel, T. Herman, J. S. Jaffe, and A. Genin. 2005. Diel pattern with abrupt crepuscular changes of zooplankton over a coral reef. Limnology and Oceanography 50:930-944. 2005 Field Study & Monitoring Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Plankton
Aguilar, C., G. Gonzalez-Sanson, K. R. Munkittrick, and D. L. MacLatchy. 2004. Fish assemblages on fringe coral reefs of the northern coast of Cuba near Havana Harbor. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 58:126-138. 2004 Cuba Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Ports & Harbors; Substrate; Water Depth & Sea Level
Arias-Gonzalez, J. E., R. Galzin, and M. Harmelin-Vivien. 2004. Spatial, ontogenetic, and temporal variation in the feeding habits of the squirrelfish Sargocentron microstoma on reefs in Moorea, French Polynesia. Bulletin of Marine Science 75:473-480. 2004 Fish; Invertivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Baron, R. M., L. K. B. Jordan, and R. E. Spieler. 2004. Characterization of the marine fish assemblage associated with the nearshore hardbottom of Broward County, Florida, USA. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 60:431-443. 2004 Florida; US East Coast (NC, SC, GA); Atlantic Ocean Index or Indicator Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Small Herbivorous Fish; Substrate; Water Depth & Sea Level
Bernardi, G., G. Bucciarelli, D. Costagliola, D. R. Robertson, and J. B. Heiser. 2004. Evolution of coral reef fish Thalassoma spp. (Labridae). 1. Molecular phylogeny and biogeography. Marine Biology 144:369-375. 2004 US Pacific & Hawaii; Australia; US East Coast (NC, SC, GA); Panama Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Cote, I. M. and K. L. Cheney. 2004. Distance-dependent costs and benefits of aggressive mimicry in a cleaning symbiosis. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 271:2627-2630. 2004 Model Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Edgar, G. J., N. S. Barrett, and A. J. Morton. 2004. Biases associated with the use of underwater visual census techniques to quantify the density and size-structure of fish populations. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 308:269-290. 2004 Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Edgar, G. J., N. S. Barrett, and A. J. Morton. 2004. Patterns of fish movement on eastern Tasmanian rocky reefs. Environmental Biology of Fishes 70:273-284. 2004 Algae; Fish; Lobster, Crab, & Shrimp; Marine Protected Areas; Planktivorous Fish
Gaston, T. F. and I. M. Suthers. 2004. Spatial variation in δ13C and δ15N of liver, muscle and bone in a rocky reef planktivorous fish: The relative contribution of sewage. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 304:17-33. 2004 Australia Discharges; Fish; Nutrients; Planktivorous Fish
Gaston, T. F., A. Kostoglidis, and I. M. Suthers. 2004. The 13C, 15N and 34S signatures of a rocky reef planktivorous fish indicate different coastal discharges of sewage. Marine and Freshwater Research 55:689-699. 2004 Discharges; Fish; Nutrients; Planktivorous Fish; Sewage Treatment; Waste Management Policies
Moland, E. and G. P. Jones. 2004. Experimental confirmation of aggressive mimicry by a coral reef fish. Oecologia 140:676-683. 2004 Papua New Guinea Model Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Nardi, K., G. P. Jones, M. J. Moran, and Y. W. Cheng. 2004. Contrasting effects of marine protected areas on the abundance of two exploited reef fishes at the sub-tropical Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia. Environmental Conservation 31:160-168. 2004 Australia Decision Support Frameworks & Tools Finfish Harvest; Fish; Lobster, Crab, & Shrimp; Marine Protected Areas; Planktivorous Fish
Overholtzer-McLeod, K. L. 2004. Variance in reef spatial structure masks density dependence in coral-reef fish populations on natural versus artificial reefs. Marine Ecology Progress Series 276:269-280. 2004 Artificial Habitat; Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Special Use Permitting
Poloczanska, E. S., D. J. Hughes, and M. T. Burrows. 2004. Underwater television observations of Serpula vermicularis (L.) reefs and associated mobile fauna in Loch Creran, Scotland. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 61:425-435. 2004 Fish; Lobster, Crab, & Shrimp; Marine Worms; Planktivorous Fish
Sadovy, Y., M. Kulbicki, P. Labrosse, Y. Letourneur, P. Lokani, and T. J. Donaldson. 2004. Erratum: The humphead wrasse, Cheilinus undulatus: Synopsis of a threatened and poorly known giant coral reef fish (Reviews in Fish Biology and Fishiries (2003) vol. 13 (327-364). Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 13:459. 2004 Review Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Semsar, K., H. A. N. Perreault, and J. Godwin. 2004. Fluoxetine-treated male wrasses exhibit low AVT expression. Brain Research 1029:141-147. 2004 Model Planktivorous Fish
Sponaugle, S. and D. Pinkard. 2004. Lunar cyclic population replenishment of a coral reef fish: Shifting patterns following oceanic events. Marine Ecology Progress Series 267:267-280. 2004 Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Salinity
Sponaugle, S. and D. R. Pinkard. 2004. Impact of variable pelagic environments on natural larval growth and recruitment of the reef fish Thalassoma bifasciatum. Journal of Fish Biology 64:34-54. 2004 Fish; Fishing Sector; Planktivorous Fish; Salinity
Stummer, L. E., J. A. Weller, M. L. Johnson, and I. M. Cote. 2004. Size and stripes: How fish clients recognize cleaners. Animal Behaviour 68:145-150. 2004 Indonesia Model Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Wainwright, P. C., D. R. Bellwood, M. W. Westneat, J. R. Grubich, and A. S. Hoey. 2004. A functional morphospace for the skull of labrid fishes: Patterns of diversity in a complex biomechanical system. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 82:25-Jan. 2004 Australia Algae; Corallivorous Fish; Large Herbivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Welsford, D. C., A. R. Jordan, and A. J. Smolenski. 2004. Description and genetic identification of the early life-stages of Notolabrus fucicola and N. tetricus from Tasmanian waters, Australia, with notes on their newly-settled juveniles. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 38:267-277. 2004 Australia Artificial Habitat; Planktivorous Fish
Williams, D. A., J. Purcell, R. K. Cowen, and C. R. Hughes. 2004. Characterization of microsatellite multiplexes for population genetic studies of bluehead wrasse (Thalassoma bifasciatum, Pisces: Labridae). Molecular Ecology Notes 4:525-527. 2004 South & Central America; Caribbean Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Plankton
Zamzow, J. P. 2004. Effects of diet, ultraviolet exposure, and gender on the ultraviolet absorbance of fish mucus and ocular structures. Marine Biology 144:1057-1064. 2004 Fish; Light; Planktivorous Fish
Almany, G. R. 2003. Priority effects in coral reef fish communities. Ecology 84:1920-1935. 2003 Bahamas Apex Fish Predators; Fish; Piscivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Small Herbivorous Fish
Bshary, R. 2003. The cleaner wrasse, Labroides dimidiatus, is a key organism for reef fish diversity at Ras Mohammed National Park, Egypt. Journal of Animal Ecology 72:169-176. 2003 Egypt Field Study & Monitoring Fish; Lobster, Crab, & Shrimp; Planktivorous Fish
Burns, E. and M. Ilan. 2003. Comparison of anti-predatory defenses of Red Sea and Caribbean sponges. II. Physical defense. Marine Ecology Progress Series 252:115-123. 2003 South & Central America; Bahamas; Caribbean Octocoral; Planktivorous Fish; Sponges
Guidetti, P., A. Terlizzi, S. Fraschetti, and F. Boero. 2003. Changes in Mediterranean rocky-reef fish assemblages exposed to sewage pollution. Marine Ecology Progress Series 253:269-278. 2003 Discharge Limitations; Discharges; Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Small Herbivorous Fish
Halpern, B. S. 2003. The impact of marine reserves: do reserves work and does reverse size matter? Ecological Applications 13:S117-S137. 2003 Review; Decision Support Frameworks & Tools Fishing Sector; Invertebrates; Planktivorous Fish; Small Herbivorous Fish
Harman, N., E. S. Harvey, and G. A. Kendrick. 2003. Differences in fish assemblages from different reef habitats at Hamelin Bay, south-western Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research 54:177-184. 2003 Australia Complex Habitat & Resources; Fish; Marine Protected Areas; Planktivorous Fish; Substrate
Holzman, R. and A. Genin. 2003. Zooplanktivory by a nocturnal coral-reef fish: Effects of light, flow, and prey density. Limnology and Oceanography 48:1367-1375. 2003 Field Study & Monitoring; Lab Study Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Plankton
McCormick, M. I. 2003. Consumption of coral propagules after mass spawning enhances larval quality of damselfish through maternal effects. Oecologia 136:37-45. 2003 US Pacific & Hawaii; Australia Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Small Herbivorous Fish
Payne, A. G., C. Smith, and A. C. Campbell. 2003. Interactions between ophiuroids and beaugregory damselfish. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 83:625-632. 2003 China Field Study & Monitoring Echinoderms; Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Skeletal Coral; Small Herbivorous Fish
Perreault, H. A. N., K. Semsar, and J. Godwin. 2003. Fluoxetine treatment decreases territorial aggression in a coral reef fish. Physiology and Behavior 79:719-724. 2003 Field Study & Monitoring; Lab Study Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Special Use Permitting
Perry, A. N. and M. S. Grober. 2003. A model for social control of sex change: Interactions of behavior, neuropeptides, glucocorticoids, and sex steroids. Hormones and Behavior 43:31-38. 2003 Europe Model Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Special Use Permitting
Ramirez-Mella, J. T. and J. R. Garcia-Sais. 2003. Offshore dispersal of caribbean reef fish larvae: How far is it? Bulletin of Marine Science 72:997-1017. 2003 South & Central America; Puerto Rico; Caribbean Model Fish; Piscivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Small Herbivorous Fish
Sadovy, Y., M. Kulbicki, P. Labrosse, Y. Letourneur, P. Lokani, and T. J. Donaldson. 2003. The humphead wrasse, Cheilinus undulatus: Synopsis of a threatened and poorly known giant coral reef fish. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 13:327-364. 2003 US Pacific & Hawaii Review Cultural Policies; Cultural Protections; Finfish Harvest; Fishing Sector; Live Collection; Non-Monetary Valuation; Planktivorous Fish; Seagrasses; Special Use Permitting
Shepherd, S. A. and J. B. Brook. 2003. Encounter 2002 expedition to the Isles of St Francis, South Australia: Reef fishes. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 127:269-279. 2003 Australia Finfish Harvest; Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Seagrasses
Smith, C. L., J. C. Tyler, W. P. Davis, R. S. Jones, D. G. Smith, and C. C. Baldwin. 2003. Fishes of the Pelican Cays, Belize. Atoll Research Bulletin Jan-80. 2003 South & Central America; Belize Mangroves; Planktivorous Fish
Takayanagi, S., Y. Sakai, H. Hashimoto, and K. Gushima. 2003. Sleeping mound construction using coral fragments by the rockmover wrasse. Journal of Fish Biology 63:1352-1356. 2003 Japan Dive, Snorkeling, & Swimming Tourism; Planktivorous Fish
Welsford, D. C. 2003. Interpretation of otolith microstructure in the early life history stages of two temperate reef wrasses (Labridae). Marine and Freshwater Research 54:69-75. 2003 Lab Study Planktivorous Fish
Young, R. F. and H. E. Winn. 2003. Activity patterns, diet, and shelter site use for two species of moray eels, Gymnothorax moringa and Gymnothorax vicinus, in Belize. Copeia 44-55. 2003 South & Central America; Belize Apex Fish Predators; Complex Habitat & Resources; Fish; Lobster, Crab, & Shrimp; Octopus & Squid; Piscivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Skeletal Coral
Arnal, C., M. Kulbicki, M. Harmelin-Vivien, R. Galzin, and S. Morand. 2002. Patterns of local distribution of Labroides dimidiatus in French Polynesian atolls. Environmental Biology of Fishes 63:15-Sep. 2002 Index or Indicator Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Substrate
Bshary, R. 2002. Building up relationships in asymmetric co-operation games between the cleaner wrasse Labroides dimidiatus and client reef fish. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 52:365-371. 2002 Field Study & Monitoring Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Bshary, R. and D. Schaffer. 2002. Choosy reef fish select cleaner fish that provide high-quality service. Animal Behaviour 63:557-564. 2002 Corallivorous Fish; Fish; Large Herbivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Bullard, S. G. and M. E. Hay. 2002. Plankton tethering to assess spatial patterns of predation risk over a coral reef and seagrass bed. Marine Ecology Progress Series 225:17-28. 2002 Columbia Field Study & Monitoring; Lab Study Planktivorous Fish; Plankton; Seagrasses
Denny, C. M. and D. R. Schiel. 2002. Reproductive biology and population structure of the banded wrasse, Notolabrus fucicola (Labridae) around Kaikoura, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 36:555-563. 2002 Australia Planktivorous Fish
Ferry-Graham, L. A., P. C. Wainwright, M. W. Westneat, and D. R. Bellwood. 2002. Mechanisms of benthic prey capture in wrasses (Labridae). Marine Biology 141:819-830. 2002 Field Study & Monitoring Lobster, Crab, & Shrimp; Planktivorous Fish
Fulton, C. J. and D. R. Bellwood. 2002. Ontogenetic habitat use in labrid fishes: An ecomorphological perspective. Marine Ecology Progress Series 236:255-262. 2002 Australia Planktivorous Fish
Fulton, C. J. and D. R. Bellwood. 2002. Patterns of foraging in labrid fishes. Marine Ecology Progress Series 226:135-142. 2002 Australia Planktivorous Fish; Skeletal Coral
Holbrook, S. J. and R. J. Schmitt. 2002. Competition for shelter space causes density-dependent predation mortality in damselfishes. Ecology 83:2855-2868. 2002 Field Study & Monitoring Anemones & Zooanthids; Fish; Invertivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Plankton; Small Herbivorous Fish; Special Use Permitting; Stony Coral
Hulsey, C. D. and P. C. Wainwright. 2002. Projecting mechanics into morphospace: Disparity in the feeding system of labrid fishes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 269:317-326. 2002 Australia GIS & Maps Planktivorous Fish
Khalaf, M. A. and M. Kochzius. 2002. Changes in trophic community structure of shore fishes at an industrial site in the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series 239:287-299. 2002 Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Seagrasses; Shipping, Storage, & Warehousing; Tourism & Recreation
Khalaf, M. A. and M. Kochzius. 2002. Community structure and biogeography of shore fishes in the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea. Helgoland Marine Research 55:252-284. 2002 Indian Ocean; India Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Seagrasses; Small Herbivorous Fish; Stony Coral; Substrate
Kuwamura, T., N. Tanaka, Y. Nakashima, K. Karino, and Y. Sakai. 2002. Reversed sex-change in the protogynous reef fish Labroides dimidiatus. Ethology 108:443-450. 2002 Field Study & Monitoring Fish; Planktivorous Fish
McClanahan, T. R., J. N. Uku, and H. Machano. 2002. Effect of macroalgal reduction on coral-reef fish in the Watamu Marine National Park, Kenya. Marine and Freshwater Research 53:223-231. 2002 Kenya Algae; Calcareous Macroalgae; Corallivorous Fish; Finfish Harvest; Fish; Invertivorous Fish; Large Herbivorous Fish; Marine Protected Areas; Piscivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Small Herbivorous Fish
McClanahan, T., J. Maina, and L. Pet-Soede. 2002. Effects of the 1998 coral morality event on Kenyan coral reefs and fisheries. Ambio 31:543-550. 2002 Kenya Algae; Coralline Algae; Corallivorous Fish; Finfish Harvest; Fish; Fishing Sector; Fleshy Macroalgae; Marine Protected Areas; Octocoral; Planktivorous Fish; Sea Urchins; Small Herbivorous Fish; Sponges
O'Neal, W. and J. R. Pawlik. 2002. A reappraisal of the chemical and physical defenses of Caribbean gorgonian corals against predatory fishes. Marine Ecology Progress Series 240:117-126. 2002 South & Central America; Caribbean Lab Study Fish; Octocoral; Planktivorous Fish; Sponges
Sakai, Y., K. Karino, Y. Nakashima, and T. Kuwamura. 2002. Status-dependent behavioural sex change in a polygynous coral-reef fish, Halichoeres melanurus. Journal of Ethology 20:101-105. 2002 Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Schmitt, R. J. and S. J. Holbrook. 2002. Correlates of spatial variation in settlement of two tropical damselfishes. Marine and Freshwater Research 53:329-337. 2002 Field Study & Monitoring; Model Planktivorous Fish; Small Herbivorous Fish
Shima, J. S. 2002. Mechanisms of density- and number-dependent population regulation of a coral-reef fish. Marine and Freshwater Research 53:175-179. 2002 Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Special Use Permitting
Zamzow, J. P. and G. S. Losey. 2002. Ultraviolet radiation absorbance by coral reef fish mucus: Photo-protection and visual communication. Environmental Biology of Fishes 63:41-47. 2002 Model Fish; Light; Planktivorous Fish
Baird, A. H., M. S. Pratchett, D. J. Gibson, N. Koziumi, and C. P. Marquis. 2001. Variable palatability of coral eggs to a planktivorous fish. Marine and Freshwater Research 52:865-868. 2001 Australia Field Study & Monitoring Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Stony Coral
Bellwood, D. R. and P. C. Wainwright. 2001. Locomotion in labrid fishes: Implications for habitat use and cross-shelf biogeography on the Great Barrier Reef. Coral Reefs 20:139-150. 2001 Australia Corallivorous Fish; Large Herbivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Bshary, R. and M. Wurth. 2001. Cleaner fish Labroides dimidiatus manipulate client reef fish by providing tactile stimulation. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 268:1495-1501. 2001 Field Study & Monitoring Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Denny, C. M. and D. R. Schiel. 2001. Feeding ecology of the banded wrasse Notolabrus fucicola (Labridae) in southern New Zealand: Prey items, seasonal differences, and ontogenetic variation. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 35:925-933. 2001 Australia Bivalves; Fish; Lobster, Crab, & Shrimp; Planktivorous Fish
Ebersole, J. P. 2001. Recovery of fish assemblages from ship groundings on coral reefs in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Bulletin of Marine Science 69:655-671. 2001 Florida Anchoring & Vessel Grounding; Complex Habitat & Resources; Corallivorous Fish; Fish; Large Herbivorous Fish; Octocoral; Planktivorous Fish; Remediation; Substrate
Emslie, M. J. and G. P. Jones. 2001. Patterns of embryo mortality in a demersally spawning coral reef fish and the role of predatory fishes. Environmental Biology of Fishes 60:363-373. 2001 Australia GIS & Maps Complex Habitat & Resources; Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Small Herbivorous Fish
Fulton, C. J., D. R. Bellwood, and P. C. Wainwright. 2001. The relationship between swimming ability and habitat use in wrasses (Labridae). Marine Biology 139:25-33. 2001 Australia Complex Habitat & Resources; Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Shoreline Protection
Giraldo, A., C. Gomez, and F. Ospina. 2001. Abundance and spatial distribution of Thalassoma lucasanum (Gill, 1863) in a coral reef of the eastern tropical pacific. Bulletin of Marine Science 68:147-152. 2001 US Pacific & Hawaii Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Petersen, C. W., R. R. Warner, D. Y. Shapiro, and A. Marconato. 2001. Components of fertilization success in the bluehead wrasse, Thalassoma bifasciatum. Behavioral Ecology 12:237-245. 2001 US Virgin Islands Planktivorous Fish
Pichelin, S. and T. H. Cribb. 2001. The status of the Diplosentidae (Acanthocephala: Palaeacanthocephala) and a new family of acanthocephalans from Australian wrasses (Pisces: Labridae). Folia Parasitologica 48:289-303. 2001 US Pacific & Hawaii; Australia; Philippines Review Planktivorous Fish
Renee Lara, M. 2001. Morphology of the eye and visual acuities in the settlement-intervals of some coral reef fishes (Labridae, Scaridae). Environmental Biology of Fishes 62:365-378. 2001 South & Central America; Caribbean Corallivorous Fish; Large Herbivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Sakai, Y. and M. Kohda. 2001. Spawning timing of the cleaner wrasse, Labroides dimidiatus, on a warm temperate rocky shore. Ichthyological Research 48:23-30. 2001 Japan Planktivorous Fish
Schiel, D. R. and M. J. H. Hickford. 2001. Biological structure of nearshore rocky subtidal habitats in Southern New Zealand. Science for Conservation May-54. 2001 Algae; Fish; Octocoral; Planktivorous Fish
Semsar, K., F. L. M. Kandel, and J. Godwin. 2001. Manipulations of the AVT system shift social status and related courtship and aggressive behavior in the bluehead wrasse. Hormones and Behavior 40:21-31. 2001 Field Study & Monitoring Planktivorous Fish
Shima, J. S. 2001. Recruitment of a coral reef fish: Roles of settlement, habitat, and postsettlement losses. Ecology 82:2190-2199. 2001 Field Study & Monitoring Complex Habitat & Resources; Planktivorous Fish
Shima, J. S. 2001. Regulation of local populations of a coral reef fish via joint effects of density- and number-dependent mortality. Oecologia 126:58-65. 2001 Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Special Use Permitting
Silvano, R. A. M. 2001. Feeding habits and interspecific feeding associations of Caranx latus (Carangidae) in a subtropical reef. Environmental Biology of Fishes 60:465-470. 2001 Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Substrate
Sluka, R. D. 2001. Grouper and Napoleon Wrasse ecology in Laamu Atoll, Republic of Maldives: Part 1. Habitat, behavior, and movement patters. Atoll Research Bulletin 19-26. 2001 Maldives Model Fish; Piscivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Wellington, G. M. and D. R. Robertson. 2001. Variation in larval life-history traits among reef fishes across the Isthmus of Panama. Marine Biology 138:22-Nov. 2001 South & Central America; US Pacific & Hawaii; US East Coast (NC, SC, GA); Panama; Caribbean Planktivorous Fish; Small Herbivorous Fish
Godwin, J., R. Sawby, R. R. Warner, D. Crews, and M. S. Grober. 2000. Hypothalamic arginine vasotocin mRNA abundance variation across sexes and with sex change in a coral reef fish. Brain, Behavior and Evolution 55:77-84. 2000 Europe Planktivorous Fish
Grutter, A. S. 2000. Ontogenetic variation in the diet of the cleaner fish Labroides dimidiatus and its ecological consequences. Marine Ecology Progress Series 197:241-246. 2000 Australia Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Guidetti, P. 2000. Differences among fish assemblages associated with nearshore Posidonia oceanica seagrass beds, rocky-algal reefs and unvegetated sand habitats in the adriatic sea. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 50:515-529. 2000 Complex Habitat & Resources; Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Seagrasses; Substrate
Karino, K., T. Kuwamura, Y. Nakashima, and Y. Sakai. 2000. Predation risk and the opportunity for female mate choice in a coral reef fish. Journal of Ethology 18:109-114. 2000 Japan Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Koh, L. L., N. K. C. Goh, L. M. Chou, and Y. W. Tan. 2000. Chemical and physical defenses of Singapore gorgonians (Octocorallia: Gorgonacea). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 251:103-115. 2000 Field Study & Monitoring; Lab Study Fish; Octocoral; Planktivorous Fish
Kuwamura, T., K. Karino, and Y. Nakashima. 2000. Male morphological characteristics and mating success in a protogynous coral reef fish, Halichoeres melanurus. Journal of Ethology 18:17-23. 2000 Japan Planktivorous Fish
Lu, Y., Q. Yu, J. P. Zamzow, Y. Wang, G. S. Losey, G. H. Balazs, V. R. Nerurkar, and R. Yanagihara. 2000. Detection of green turtle herpesviral sequence in saddleback wrasse Thalassoma duperrey: A possible mode of transmission of green turtle fibropapilloma. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health 12:58-63. 2000 US Pacific & Hawaii Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Sea Turtles
McCauley, R. D. and D. H. Cato. 2000. Patterns of fish calling in a nearshore environment in the Great Barrier Reef. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 355:1289-1293. 2000 Australia Fish; Planktivorous Fish
McClanahan, T. R. 2000. Recovery of a coral reef keystone predator, Balistapus undulatus, in East African marine parks. Biological Conservation 94:191-198. 2000 Fish; Invertivorous Fish; Marine Protected Areas; Planktivorous Fish; Sea Urchins
McClanahan, T. R., K. Bergman, M. Huitric, M. McField, T. Elfwing, M. Nystrom, and I. Nordemar. 2000. Response of fishes to algae reduction on glovers reef, Belize. Marine Ecology Progress Series 206:273-282. 2000 South & Central America; Belize; Caribbean Algae; Corallivorous Fish; Finfish Harvest; Fish; Fleshy Macroalgae; Large Herbivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Small Herbivorous Fish; Turf Algae
Ng, S. and J. Gregory. 2000. An outbreak of ciguatera fish poisoning in Victoria. Communicable diseases intelligence 24:344-346. 2000 Fish; Hotel & Food Services; Medical Centers; Planktivorous Fish
Schmitt, R. J. and S. J. Holbrook. 2000. Habitat-limited recruitment of coral reef damselfish. Ecology 81:3479-3494. 2000 Field Study & Monitoring Planktivorous Fish; Plankton
Siebeck, U. E. and N. J. Marshall. 2000. Transmission of ocular media in labrid fishes. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 355:1257-1261. 2000 Florida; US Pacific & Hawaii; Australia Light; Planktivorous Fish
Smith, B. J. and M. M. Gagnon. 2000. MFO induction of three Australian fish species. Environmental Toxicology 15:7-Jan. 2000 Australia Field Study & Monitoring; Index or Indicator; Decision Support Frameworks & Tools Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Spanier, E. 2000. Changes in the ichthyofauna of an artificial reef in the southeastern Mediterranean in one decade. Scientia Marina 64:279-284. 2000 Cuba Artificial Habitat; Finfish Harvest; Fish; Fishing Sector; Invertebrates; Invertivorous Fish; Piscivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Victor, B. C. and G. M. Wellington. 2000. Endemism and the pelagic larval duration of reef fishes in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Marine Ecology Progress Series 205:241-248. 2000 US Pacific & Hawaii; Pacific Ocean Planktivorous Fish; Small Herbivorous Fish
Warner, R. R. and L. M. Dill. 2000. Courtship displays and coloration as indicators of safety rather than of male quality: The safety assurance hypothesis. Behavioral Ecology 11:444-451. 2000 South & Central America; Caribbean Model; Index or Indicator Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Acosta, C. A. and M. J. Butler IV. 1999. Adaptive strategies that reduce predation on Caribbean spiny lobster postlarvae during onshore transport. Limnology and Oceanography 44:494-501. 1999 South & Central America; Caribbean Field Study & Monitoring Fish; Lobster, Crab, & Shrimp; Planktivorous Fish; Plankton; Seagrasses; Surface & Groundwater Flow
Arnal, C., S. Morand, and M. Kulbicki. 1999. Patterns of cleaner wrasse density among three regions of the Pacific. Marine Ecology Progress Series 177:213-220. 1999 US Pacific & Hawaii Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Barry, K. L. and C. W. Hawryshyn. 1999. Spectral sensitivity of the Hawaiian saddle wrasse, Thalassoma duperrey, and implications for visually mediated behaviour on coral reefs. Environmental Biology of Fishes 56:429-442. 1999 US Pacific & Hawaii Complex Habitat & Resources; Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Edgar, G. J. and N. S. Barrett. 1999. Effects of the declaration of marine reserves on Tasmanian reef fishes, invertebrates and plants. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 242:107-144. 1999 Algae; Finfish Harvest; Fish; Invertebrates; Lobster, Crab, & Shrimp; Marine Protected Areas; Planktivorous Fish
Gerstner, C. L. 1999. Maneuverability of four species of coral-reef fish that differ in body and pectoral-fin morphology. Canadian Journal of Zoology 77:1102-1110. 1999 Corallivorous Fish; Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Small Herbivorous Fish
Grutter, A. S. 1999. Fish cleaning behaviour in Noumea, New Caledonia. Marine and Freshwater Research 50:209-212. 1999 Australia; New Caledonia Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Hart, A. M., J. D. Bell, I. Lane, and T. P. Foyle. 1999. Improving culture techniques for village-based farming of giant clams (Tridacnidae). Aquaculture Research 30:175-190. 1999 Solomon Islands Planktivorous Fish; Sediment; Skeletal Coral; Substrate
Kelman, D., Y. Benayahu, and Y. Kashman. 1999. Chemical defence of the soft coral Parerythropodium fulvum (Forskal) in the Red Sea against generalist reef fish. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 238:127-137. 1999 Lab Study Fish; Octocoral; Planktivorous Fish
Leis, J. M. and B. M. Carson-Ewart. 1999. In situ swimming and settlement behaviour of larvae of an Indo-Pacific coral-reef fish, the coral trout Plectropomus leopardus (Pisces: Serranidae). Marine Biology 134:51-64. 1999 US Pacific & Hawaii; Australia Piscivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Stony Coral; Substrate
Lindeman, K. C. and D. B. Snyder. 1999. Nearshore hardbottom fishes of southeast Florida and effects of habitat burial caused by dredging. Fishery Bulletin 97:508-525. 1999 Florida Beaches & Nature Parks; Corallivorous Fish; Dredging, Draining, & Filling; Fish; Large Herbivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Small Herbivorous Fish
Lirman, D. 1999. Reef fish communities associated with Acropora palmata: Relationships to benthic attributes. Bulletin of Marine Science 65:235-252. 1999 Florida; US Virgin Islands Algae; Corallivorous Fish; Fish; Large Herbivorous Fish; Piscivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Small Herbivorous Fish; Stony Coral; Substrate
McClanahan, T. R., N. A. Muthiga, A. T. Kamukuru, H. Machano, and R. W. Kiambo. 1999. The effects of marine parks and fishing on coral reefs of northern Tanzania. Biological Conservation 89:161-182. 1999 Kenya; Tanzania Model Algae; Corallivorous Fish; Finfish Harvest; Fish; Fishing Sector; Fleshy Macroalgae; Invertivorous Fish; Large Herbivorous Fish; Marine Protected Areas; Planktivorous Fish; Sea Urchins; Small Herbivorous Fish
McClanahan, T. R., V. Hendrick, M. J. Rodrigues, and N. V. C. Polunin. 1999. Varying responses of herbivorous and invertebrate-feeding fishes to macroalgal reduction on a coral reef. Coral Reefs 18:195-203. 1999 Kenya Index or Indicator Algae; Corallivorous Fish; Fish; Fleshy Macroalgae; Invertivorous Fish; Large Herbivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Sea Urchins; Seagrasses; Small Herbivorous Fish
McClintock, J. B., B. J. Baker, T. K. Baumiller, and C. G. Messing. 1999. Lack of chemical defense in two species of stalked crinoids: Support for the predation hypothesis for mesozoic bathymetric restriction. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 232:7-Jan. 1999 Echinoderms; Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Small Herbivorous Fish
McLain, D. K. and A. E. Pratt. 1999. Nestedness of coral reef fish across a set of fringing reefs. Oikos 85:53-67. 1999 South & Central America; US Virgin Islands; Caribbean Model; Index or Indicator Corallivorous Fish; Fish; Large Herbivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Small Herbivorous Fish
Overholtzer, K. L. and P. J. Motta. 1999. Comparative resource use by juvenile parrotfishes in the Florida keys. Marine Ecology Progress Series 177:177-187. 1999 Florida Calcareous Macroalgae; Corallivorous Fish; Fish; Large Herbivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Small Herbivorous Fish
Sazima, I., R. L. Moura, and C. Sazima. 1999. Cleaning activity of juvenile angelfish, Pomacanthus paru, on the reefs of the Abrolhos Archipelago, western South Atlantic. Environmental Biology of Fishes 56:399-407. 1999 US East Coast (NC, SC, GA) Fish; Invertivorous Fish; Piscivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Seagrasses
Scharer, L. and D. R. Robertson. 1999. Sperm and milt characteristics and male v. female gametic investment in the Caribbean reef fish, Thalassoma bifasciatum. Journal of Fish Biology 55:329-343. 1999 South & Central America; Caribbean Planktivorous Fish
Ault J.S., J. A. Bohnsack, and G. A. Meester. 1998. A retrospective (1979-1996) multispecies assessment of coral reef fish stocks in the Florida keys. Fishery Bulletin 96:395-414. 1998 Florida; Cuba Model Apex Fish Predators; Finfish Harvest; Fish; Fishing Sector; Piscivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Bunkley-Williams, L. and E. H. Williams Jr. 1998. Ability of Pederson cleaner shrimp to remove juveniles of the parasitic cymothoid isopod, Anilocra haemuli, from the host. Crustaceana 71:862-869. 1998 Fish; Invertivorous Fish; Lobster, Crab, & Shrimp; Planktivorous Fish
Connell, S. D. and J. Kingsford. 1998. Spatial, temporal and habitat-related variation in the abundance of large predatory fish at One Tree Reef, Australia. Coral Reefs 17:49-57. 1998 Australia Complex Habitat & Resources; Fish; Piscivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Craig, P. C. 1998. Temporal spawning patterns of several surgeonfishes and wrasses in American Samoa. Pacific Science 52:35-39. 1998 Samoa; American Samoa Dredging, Draining, & Filling; Planktivorous Fish; Small Herbivorous Fish
Grutter, A. S. and R. Poulin. 1998. Cleaning of coral reef fishes by the wrasse Labroides dimidiatus: Influence of client body size and phylogeny. Copeia 120-127. 1998 Australia Planktivorous Fish
Leis, J. M. and B. M. Carson-Ewart. 1998. Complex behaviour by coral-reef fish larvae in open-water and near-reef pelagic environments. Environmental Biology of Fishes 53:259-266. 1998 Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Small Herbivorous Fish
Rasotto, M. B. and D. Y. Shapiro. 1998. Morphology of gonoducts and male genital papilla, in the bluehead wrasse: Implications and correlates on the control of gamete release. Journal of Fish Biology 52:716-725. 1998 Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Steneck, R. S., T. E. Miller, R. P. Reid, and I. G. Macintyre. 1998. Ecological controls on stromatolite development in a modern reef environment: a test of the ecological refuge paradigm. Carbonates and Evaporites 13:48-65. 1998 Bahamas Algae; Coralline Algae; Planktivorous Fish; Sediment; Substrate; Turf Algae
Warner, R. R. 1998. The role of extreme iteroparity and risk avoidance in the evolution of mating systems. Journal of Fish Biology 53:82-93. 1998 Review; Field Study & Monitoring Planktivorous Fish
Allen, G. R. and D. R. Robertson. 1997. An annotated checklist of the fishes of Clipperton Atoll, tropical eastern Pacific. Revista de Biologia Tropical 45:813-843. 1997 US Pacific & Hawaii Apex Fish Predators; Fish; Invertivorous Fish; Piscivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Skeletal Coral; Small Herbivorous Fish
Beets, J. 1997. Effects of a predatory fish on the recruitment and abundance of Caribbean coral reef fishes. Marine Ecology Progress Series 148:21-Nov. 1997 South & Central America; US Virgin Islands; Caribbean Model Fish; Invertivorous Fish; Piscivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Seagrasses
Edgar, G. J. and N. S. Barrett. 1997. Short term monitoring of biotic change in Tasmanian marine reserves. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 213:261-279. 1997 Field Study & Monitoring Algae; Invertebrates; Lobster, Crab, & Shrimp; Planktivorous Fish; Sea Urchins
Erzini, K., C. C. Monteiro, J. Ribeiro, M. N. Santos, M. Gaspar, P. Monteiro, and T. C. Borges. 1997. An experimental study of gill net and trammel net 'ghost fishing' off the Algarve (southern Portugal). Marine Ecology Progress Series 158:257-265. 1997 Model Algae; Apex Fish Predators; Finfish Harvest; Fish; Marine Birds; Octopus & Squid; Piscivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Trawling & Fishing Gear Damage
Gochfeld, D. J. and G. S. Aeby. 1997. Control of populations of the coral-feeding nudibranch Phestilla sibogae by fish and crustacean predators. Marine Biology 130:63-69. 1997 US Pacific & Hawaii Lab Study Corallivorous Fish; Fish; Lobster, Crab, & Shrimp; Planktivorous Fish; Stony Coral
Jennings, S. and N. V. C. Polunin. 1997. Impacts of predator depletion by fishing on the biomass and diversity of non-target reef fish communities. Coral Reefs 16:71-82. 1997 Fiji Model Apex Fish Predators; Corallivorous Fish; Finfish Harvest; Fish; Fishing Sector; Invertivorous Fish; Large Herbivorous Fish; Piscivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Kiflawi, M. and H. Amatzia Genin. 1997. Prey flux manipulation and the feeding rates of reef-dwelling planktivorous fish. Ecology 78:1062-1077. 1997 Lab Study Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Masterson, C. F., B. S. Danilowicz, and P. F. Sale. 1997. Yearly and inter-island variation in the recruitment dynamics of the bluehead wrasse (Thalassoma bifasciatum, Bloch). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 214:149-166. 1997 US Virgin Islands Planktivorous Fish
McIlwain, J. L. and G. P. Jones. 1997. Prey selection by an obligate coral-feeding wrasse and its response to small-scale disturbance. Marine Ecology Progress Series 155:189-198. 1997 Index or Indicator Fish; Pathogens; Planktivorous Fish; Stony Coral
McKenna Jr., J. E. 1997. Influence of physical disturbance on the structure of coral reef fish assemblages in the Dry Tortugas. Caribbean Journal of Science 33:82-97. 1997 Anchoring & Vessel Grounding; Complex Habitat & Resources; Corallivorous Fish; Fish; Large Herbivorous Fish; Large Ships; Planktivorous Fish
Nemtzov, S. C. 1997. Intraspecific variation in home range exclusivity by female green razorfish, Xyrichtys splendens (family Labridae), in different habitats. Environmental Biology of Fishes 50:371-381. 1997 South & Central America; Caribbean Field Study & Monitoring Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Seagrasses; Skeletal Coral
Sponaugle, S. and R. K. Cowen. 1997. Early life history traits and recruitment patterns of Caribbean wrasses (Labridae). Ecological Monographs 67:177-202. 1997 South & Central America; Panama; Caribbean Planktivorous Fish
Walker, J. A. and M. W. Westneat. 1997. Labriform propulsion in fishes: Kinematics of flapping aquatic flight in the bird wrasse gomphosus varius (labridae). Journal of Experimental Biology 200:1549-1569. 1997 Model Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Grutter, A. 1996. Parasite removal rates by the cleaner wrasse Labroides dimidiatus. Marine Ecology Progress Series 130:61-70. 1996 Australia Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Grutter, A. S. 1996. Experimental demonstration of no effect by the cleaner wrasse Labroides dimidiatus (Cuvier and Valenciennes) on the host fish Pomacentrus moluccensis (Bleeker). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 196:285-298. 1996 Australia Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Small Herbivorous Fish
Lindquist, N. 1996. Palatability of invertebrate larvae to corals and sea anemones. Marine Biology 126:745-755. 1996 South & Central America; US East Coast (NC, SC, GA); Caribbean Model Anemones & Zooanthids; Octocoral; Planktivorous Fish; Sponges
Mcclanahan, T. R., A. T. Kamukuru, N. A. Muthiga, M. Gilagabher Yebio, and D. Obura. 1996. Effect of sea urchin reductions on algae, coral, and fish populations. Conservation Biology 10:136-154. 1996 Kenya Algae; Corallivorous Fish; Finfish Harvest; Fish; Fishing Sector; Fleshy Macroalgae; Large Herbivorous Fish; Piscivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Sea Urchins; Seagrasses; Skeletal Coral; Small Herbivorous Fish; Stony Coral; Substrate
Schmitt, R. J. and S. J. Holbrook. 1996. Local-scale patterns of larval settlement in a planktivorous damselfish - Do they predict recruitment? Marine and Freshwater Research 47:449-463. 1996 Anemones & Zooanthids; Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Plankton
Carr, M. H. and M. A. Hixon. 1995. Predation effects on early post-settlement survivorship of coral- reef fishes. Marine Ecology Progress Series 124:31-42. 1995 Bahamas Apex Fish Predators; Fish; Invertivorous Fish; Piscivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Plankton; Small Herbivorous Fish
Pawlik, J. R., B. Chanas, R. J. Toonen, and W. Fenical. 1995. Defenses of Caribbean sponges against predatory reef fish. I. Chemical deterrency. Marine Ecology Progress Series 127:183-194. 1995 South & Central America; Caribbean Lab Study Mangroves; Planktivorous Fish; Sponges
Rohde, K., C. Hayward, and M. Heap. 1995. Aspects of the ecology of metazoan ectoparasites of marine fishes. International Journal for Parasitology 25:945-970. 1995 US Pacific & Hawaii; Australia; Papua New Guinea Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Warner, R. R., D. Y. Shapiro, A. Marcanato, and C. W. Petersen. 1995. Sexual conflict: males with highest mating success convey the lowest fertilization benefits to females. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 262:135-139. 1995 Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Krause, P. R. and R. N. Bray. 1994. Transport of cadmium and zinc to rocky reef communities in feces of the blacksmith (Chromis punctipinnis), a planktivorous fish. Marine Environmental Research 38:33-42. 1994 Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Plankton
Aronson, R. B. 1992. The effects of geography and hurricane disturbance on a tropical predator-prey interaction. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 162:15-33. 1992 South & Central America; US Virgin Islands; Jamaica; Belize; Caribbean Planktivorous Fish; Storms & Hurricanes
Petersen, C. W., R. R. Warner, S. Cohen, H. C. Hess, and A. T. Sewell. 1992. Variable pelagic fertilization success: implications for mate choice and spatial patterns of mating. Ecology 73:391-401. 1992 Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Warner, R. R. and E. T. Schultz. 1992. Sexual selection and male characteristics in the bluehead wrasse Thalassoma bifasciatum: mating site acquisition, mating site defense, and female choice. Evolution 46:1421-1442. 1992 Planktivorous Fish
Gushima, K., Y. Hazumi, and S. Kakuta. 1991. Growth-related changes in diet and foraging behavior of the yellow wrasse Thalassoma lutescens at Kuchierabu Island. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 38:307-313. 1991 Japan Complex Habitat & Resources; Fish; Lobster, Crab, & Shrimp; Marine Worms; Planktivorous Fish
Petersen, C. W. 1991. Variation in fertilization rate in the tropical reef fish, Halichoeres bivattatus: correlates and implications. Biological Bulletin 181:232-237. 1991 Planktivorous Fish
Rothans, T. C. and A. C. Miller. 1991. A link between biologically imported particulate organic nutrients and the detritus food web in reef communities. Marine Biology 110:145-150. 1991 US Virgin Islands Fish; Lobster, Crab, & Shrimp; Nutrients; Planktivorous Fish
Schultz, E. T. and R. R. Warner. 1991. Phenotypic plasticity in life-history traits of female Thalassoma bifasciatum (Pisces: Labridae): 2. Correlation of fecundity and growth rate in comparative studies. Environmental Biology of Fishes 30:333-344. 1991 Planktivorous Fish
Wainwright, P. C. 1991. Ecomorphology: experimental functional anatomy for ecological problems. American Zoologist 31:680-693. 1991 Corallivorous Fish; Large Herbivorous Fish; Molluscs; Planktivorous Fish
Draud, M., D. E. Itzkowitz, and M. Itzkowitz. 1990. Co-defense of territory space by two species of coral reef fishes. Bulletin of Marine Science 47:721-724. 1990 Jamaica Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Skeletal Coral; Small Herbivorous Fish
Forrester, G. E. 1990. Factors influencing the juvenile demography of a coral reef fish. Ecology 71:1666-1681. 1990 Australia Planktivorous Fish; Small Herbivorous Fish; Supplemental Feeding
Dunlap, W. C., D. MC B. Williams, B. E. Chalker, and A. T. Banaszak. 1989. Biochemical photoadaptation in vision: U.V.-absorbing pigments in fish eye tissues. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B 93:601-607. 1989 Australia Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Hay, M. E., J. R. Pawlik, J. E. Duffy, and W. Fenical. 1989. Seaweed-herbivore-predator interactions: host-plant specialization reduces predation on small herbivores. Oecologia 81:418-427. 1989 Australia Field Study & Monitoring; Lab Study Lobster, Crab, & Shrimp; Planktivorous Fish
Hixon, M. A. and J. P. Beets. 1989. Shelter characteristics and Caribbean fish assemblages: experiments with artificial reefs. Bulletin of Marine Science 44:666-680. 1989 South & Central America; US Virgin Islands; Caribbean Apex Fish Predators; Artificial Habitat; Fish; Fishing Sector; Invertivorous Fish; Piscivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Seagrasses
Nakamura, M., T. F. Hourigan, K. Yamauchi, Y. Nagahama, and E. G. Grau. 1989. Histological and ultrastructural evidence for the role of gonadal steroid hormones in sex change in the protogynous wrasse Thalassoma duperrey. Environmental Biology of Fishes 24:117-136. 1989 Cuba Planktivorous Fish
Wellington, G. M. and B. C. Victor. 1989. Planktonic larval duration of one hundred species of Pacific and Atlantic damselfishes (Pomacentridae). Marine Biology 101:557-567. 1989 US Pacific & Hawaii; US East Coast (NC, SC, GA); Cuba Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Plankton; Small Herbivorous Fish
Hamner, W. M., M. S. Jones, J. H. Carleton, I. R. Hauri, and D. M. Williams. 1988. Zooplankton, planktivorous fish, and water currents on a windward reef face: Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Bulletin of Marine Science 42:459-479. 1988 Australia Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Plankton
Howard, R. K. 1988. Fish predators of the western rock lobster (Panulirus cygnus George) in a nearshore nursery habitat. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 39:307-316. 1988 Australia Fish; Lobster, Crab, & Shrimp; Planktivorous Fish
Johnson, W. S. and P. Ruben. 1988. Cleaning behavior of Bodianus rufus, Thalassoma bifasciatum, Gobiosoma evelynae, and Periclimenes pedersoni along a depth gradient at Salt River Submarine Canyon, St. Croix. Environmental Biology of Fishes 23:225-232. 1988 South & Central America; US Virgin Islands; Caribbean Fish; Invertivorous Fish; Lobster, Crab, & Shrimp; Planktivorous Fish; Substrate; Surface & Groundwater Flow
Jones, G. P. 1988. Experimental evaluation of the effects of habitat structure and competitive interactions on the juveniles of two coral reef fishes. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 123:115-126. 1988 Australia Complex Habitat & Resources; Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Stony Coral
Lenke, R. 1988. Hormonal control of sleep-appetitive behaviour and diurnal activity rhythms in the cleane wrasse Labroides dimidiatus (Labridae, Teleostei). Behavioural Brain Research 27:73-85. 1988 Planktivorous Fish
Sweatman, H. 1988. Field evidence that settling coral reef fish larvae detect resident fishes using dissolved chemical cues. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 124:163-174. 1988 Field Study & Monitoring Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Wainwright, P. C. 1988. Morphology and ecology: functional basis of feeding constraints in Caribbean labrid fishes. Ecology 69:635-645. 1988 South & Central America; Belize; Caribbean Planktivorous Fish
Warner, R. R. 1988. Traditionality of mating-site preferences in a coral reef fish. Nature 335:719-721. 1988 Planktivorous Fish
Westneat, M. W. and J. M. Resing. 1988. Predation on coral spawn by planktivorous fish. Coral Reefs 7:89-92. 1988 Australia Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Small Herbivorous Fish; Stony Coral
Foster, S. A. 1987. Acquisition of a defended resource: a benefit of group foraging for the neotropical wrasse, Thalassoma lucasanum. Environmental Biology of Fishes 19:215-222. 1987 South & Central America; US Pacific & Hawaii; Panama; Caribbean Planktivorous Fish; Small Herbivorous Fish
Jones, G. P. 1987. Competitive interactions among adults and juveniles in a coral reef fish. Ecology 68:1534-1547. 1987 Australia Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Moyer, J. T. 1987. Quantitative observations of predation during spawning rushes of the labrid fish Thalassoma cupido at Miyake-jima, Japan. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 34:76-81. 1987 Japan Field Study & Monitoring Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Small Herbivorous Fish
Pawlik, J. R., M. T. Burch, and W. Fenical. 1987. Patterns of chemical defense among Caribbean gorgonian corals: a preliminary survey. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 108:55-66. 1987 South & Central America; Caribbean Fish; Octocoral; Planktivorous Fish
Bray, R. N., L. J. Purcell, and A. C. Miller. 1986. Ammonium excretion in a temperate-reef community by a planktivorous fish, Chromis punctipinnis (Pomacentridae), and potential uptake by young giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera (Laminariales). Marine Biology 90:327-334. 1986 Field Study & Monitoring; Lab Study Fish; Nutrients; Planktivorous Fish; Small Herbivorous Fish
Dafni, J. and R. Tobol. 1986. Population structure patterns of a common Red Sea echinoid (Tripneustes gratilla elatensis). Israel Journal of Zoology 34:191-204. 1986 Planktivorous Fish; Storms & Hurricanes
Victor, B. C. 1986. Delayed metamorphosis with reduced larval growth in a coral reef fish ( Thalassoma bifasciatum). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 43:1208-1213. 1986 Panama Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Plankton
Hoffman, S. G. 1985. Effects of size and sex on the social organization of reef-associated hogfishes, Bodianus spp. Environmental Biology of Fishes 14:185-197. 1985 South & Central America; Caribbean Field Study & Monitoring Fish; Invertivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Shulman, M. J. 1985. Coral reef fish assemblages: intra- and interspecific competition for shelter sites. Environmental Biology of Fishes 13:81-92. 1985 South & Central America; US Virgin Islands; Caribbean Complex Habitat & Resources; Fish; Invertivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Skeletal Coral; Small Herbivorous Fish
Jones, G. P. 1984. The influence of habitat and behavioural interactions on the local distribution of the wrasse, Pseudolabrus celidotus. Environmental Biology of Fishes 10:43-57. 1984 Algae; Bivalves; Complex Habitat & Resources; Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Robblee, M. B. and J. C. Zieman. 1984. Diel variation in the fish fauna of a tropical seagrass feeding ground. Bulletin of Marine Science 34:335-345. 1984 US Virgin Islands Corallivorous Fish; Fish; Invertivorous Fish; Large Herbivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Seagrasses
Victor, B. C. 1984. Coral reef fish larvae: patch size estimation and mixing in the plankton. Limnology and Oceanography 29:1116-1119. 1984 Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Plankton
Warner, R. R. 1984. Deferred reproduction as a response to sexual selection in a coral reef fish: a test of the life historical consequences. Evolution 38:148-162. 1984 Planktivorous Fish
Gladfelter, W. B. and W. S. Johnson. 1983. Feeding niche separation in a guild of tropical reef fishes ( Holocentridae). Ecology 64:552-563. 1983 US Virgin Islands; India Fish; Invertivorous Fish; Lobster, Crab, & Shrimp; Planktivorous Fish
Kuwamura, T. 1983. Reexamination on the aggressive mimicry of the cleaner wrasse Labroides dimidiatus by the blenny Aspidontus taeniatus (Pisces; Perciformes). Journal of Ethology 1:22-33. 1983 Japan Field Study & Monitoring; Model Fish; Marine Worms; Planktivorous Fish
Robertson, D. R. 1983. On the spawning behavior and spawning cycles of eight surgeonfishes (Acanthuridae) from the Indo-Pacific. Environmental Biology of Fishes 9:193-223. 1983 US Pacific & Hawaii; Indian Ocean; India; Pacific Ocean; Palau Algae; Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Plankton; Small Herbivorous Fish
Ross, R. M., G. S. Losey, and M. Diamond. 1983. Sex change in a coral-reef fish: Dependence of stimulation and inhibition on relative size. Science 221:574-575. 1983 Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Thompson, S. M. and G. P. Jones. 1983. Interspecific territoriality and competition for food between the reef fishes Forsterygion varium and Pseudolabrus celidotus. Marine Biology 76:95-104. 1983 Complex Habitat & Resources; Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Victor, B. C. 1983. Recruitment and population dynamics of a coral reef fish. Science 219:419-420. 1983 South & Central America; Caribbean Planktivorous Fish
Victor, B. C. 1982. Daily otolith increments and recruitment in two coral-reef wrasses, Thalassoma bifasciatum and Halichoeres bivittatus. Marine Biology 71:203-208. 1982 Field Study & Monitoring Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Plankton; Supplemental Feeding
Jones, G. P. 1981. Spawning-site choice by female Pseudolabrus celidotus (Pisces: Labridae) and its influence on the mating system. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 8:129-142. 1981 Complex Habitat & Resources; Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Jones, G. P. and S. M. Thompson. 1980. Social inhibition of maturation in females of the temperate wrasse Pseudolabrus celidotus and a comparison with the blennioid Tripterygion varium. Marine Biology 59:247-256. 1980 Field Study & Monitoring Planktivorous Fish
Brock, R. E., C. Lewis, and R. C. Wass. 1979. Stability and structure of a fish community on a coral patch reef in Hawaii. Marine Biology 54:281-292. 1979 US Pacific & Hawaii Model Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Plankton
Robertson, D. R. and J. M. Sheldon. 1979. Competitive interactions and the availability of sleeping sites for a diurnal coral reef fish. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 40:285-298. 1979 Field Study & Monitoring Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Small Herbivorous Fish
Phleger, C. F. 1975. Bone lipids of Kona Coast reef fish: skull buoyancy in the hawkfish, Cirrhites pinnulatus. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A 52:101-104. 1975 Fish; Invertivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish
Reinboth, R. 1973. Dualistic reproductive behavior in the protogynous wrasse Thalassoma bifasciatum and some observations on its day-night changeover. Helgoländer Wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen 24:174-191. 1973 Planktivorous Fish
Cowman, P. F., D. R. Bellwood, and L. van Herwerden. Dating the evolutionary origins of wrasse lineages (Labridae) and the rise of trophic novelty on coral reefs. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution Model; GIS & Maps Fish; Planktivorous Fish

Management Options

Management Option Description Sources Database Topics
Fishing & Harvesting Management: Derelict Fishing Gear & Ghost Fishing The term "ghost fishing" is used to describe the capture of marine organisms by lost or abandoned fishing gear. This is particularly a problem with gillnets, trammel nets and pots. Gear is usually lost because it becomes stuck on rough bottoms containing corals and stones, causing the buoy line to break during retrieval. Nets or pots may continue to fish for years, with captured fish and crustaceans dying and serving as attracting bait for more fish and organisms. Ghost fishing may therefore represent a serious problem in many areas, causing hidden fishing mortality over a long period of time. This management option co-insides with (#63) Respond to Natural Resource Injuries form Derelict Vessels. Cochrane, K.L., editor. 2002. A Fishery Manager's Guidebook. Management Measures and their application. Fisheries Technical Paper 424, FAO, Rome.

Seas At Risk. 2009. Moving Towards Low Impact Fisheries In Europe Policy Hurdles & Actions.

Accidental & Illegal Harvest; Apex Fish Predators; Aquaculture; Arthropods; Artificial Habitat; Artisanal Fishing; Biological Addition; Biological Harvest; Commercial Fisheries; Corallivorous Fish; Discharges; Finfish & Shellfish Stock; Fish; Fishing & Harvesting Management; Fishing Sector; Invertivorous Fish; Large Herbivorous Fish; Littering; Lobster, Crab, & Shrimp; Marine Debris; Piscivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Provisioning Services; Recreational Fishing; Trawling & Fishing Gear Damage
Monitor & Research: Fisheries Sampling Improved fisheries sampling programs require improving the spatial resolution of commercial and recreation fisheries-dependent and fisheries-independent sampling programs to provide statistics on catch and effort. Improved sampling can be achieved through evaluating and enhancing census programs by using smaller sampling areas. Also, fishery pre-recruitment monitoring efforts should be continued for long-term prediction of fishery stocks. Last, investigating life histories of fishery species needs to be conducted because it is currently a gap. NOAA Marine Sanctuary Program. 2007. Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary revised management plan. National Ocean Service, Key West, FL.

Apex Fish Predators; Biological Harvest; Biological Monitoring & Restoration; Biological Monitoring, Mapping, & Scientific Research; Corallivorous Fish; Decision Support; Ecosystem Monitoring & Restoration; Finfish & Shellfish Stock; Fish; Fishing & Harvesting Management; Fishing Sector; Invertivorous Fish; Large Herbivorous Fish; Piscivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Provisioning Services; Reef Inhabitants; Reef Life; Security & Public Administration Policies; Small Herbivorous Fish
Resource Use Management: Seasonal Fisheries and Harvesting Finfish and shellfish stocks may be more or less susceptible to fishing pressures during certain times of the year. This may be due to seasonality of recruitment and/or changes in food/predation pressures. If fishing restrictions may be more successful if this seasonality is taken into consideration and fishing pressure adjusted accordingly. Accidental & Illegal Harvest; Apex Fish Predators; Artisanal Fishing; Biochemical & Genetic Resources; Biological Harvest; Bivalves; Commercial Fisheries; Corallivorous Fish; Decision Support; Echinoderms; Finfish & Shellfish Stock; Finfish Harvest; Fish; Fisheries & Hunting Policies; Fishing & Harvesting Management; Fishing Sector; Food & Energy Policies; Invertebrate Harvest; Invertivorous Fish; Large Herbivorous Fish; Live Collection; Lobster, Crab, & Shrimp; Marine Products; Molluscs; Octopus & Squid; Permitting & Zoning; Piscivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Provisioning Services; Recreational Fishing; Small Herbivorous Fish; Snails & Conch; Sponges; Tourism & Recreation Policies
Resource Use Management: Fisheries Catch Quotas Quotas designate the Total Allowable Catch (TAC) allocated to an operating unit such as a country, a vessel, a company or an individual fisherman (individual quota) depending on the system of allocation. Quotas may or may not be transferable, inheritable, and tradable. While generally used to allocate total allowable catch, quotas could be used also to allocate fishing effort or biomass. Seas At Risk. 2009. Moving Towards Low Impact Fisheries In Europe Policy Hurdles & Actions.

Accidental & Illegal Harvest; Anchoring & Vessel Grounding; Apex Fish Predators; Artisanal Fishing; Biological Harvest; Bivalves; Boat Movement; Boating Activities; Commercial Fisheries; Commercial Fishing Boats; Finfish & Shellfish Stock; Finfish Harvest; Fish; Fisheries & Hunting Policies; Fishing & Harvesting Management; Fishing Sector; Food & Raw Materials; Invertebrate Harvest; Invertivorous Fish; Large Herbivorous Fish; Live Collection; Lobster, Crab, & Shrimp; Marine Products; Molluscs; Octopus & Squid; Piscivorous Fish; Planktivorous Fish; Provisioning Services; Recreational Fishing; Snails & Conch; Trawling & Fishing Gear Damage

Laws

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