Cleaning symbioses are among the most intriguing interspecific interactions. Understanding
their evolution has been hindered by the difficulty in identifying universal costs and benefits …

We present the first synthesis of the life history and ecology of seahorses, compare
relationships for seahorses with other marine teleosts and identify research needs …

Using non-lethal tissue sampling for stable isotope analysis has become standard in many
fields, but not for fishes, despite being desirable when species are rare or protected, when …

Nomenclatural clarity is vital for the collection, dissemination, and retrieval of natural history
information, which itself is necessary for effective conservation and management of species …

Fish assemblages in the Mimiwhangata Marine Park, an area closed to commercial fishing
but open to most forms of recreational fishing, were compared with adjacent fished areas …

When replicate count data are overdispersed, it is common practice to incorporate this extra-
Poisson variability by including latent parameters at the observation level. For example, the …

Specimens of the nominally herbivorous, closely-related, fish genera Girella and Kyphosus
were collected from Australian waters in 1994 and 1995. The diet of three Girella species (G …

Background Continental slopes are among the steepest environmental gradients on earth.
However, they still lack finer quantification and characterisation of their faunal diversity …

Variation in the phenotype or “quality” of dispersing individuals can shape colonization
success and thus local dynamics and patterns of connectivity in a metapopulation. In marine …

This investigation aimed at improving early juvenile survival in cultured seahorses,
Hippocampus abdominalis. Phototaxis from birth until 2 months of age was tested and …