The next frontier in understanding the evolution of coral reef fish societies

T Rueger, R Branconi, CYM Froehlich… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Research on sociality in marine fishes is a vibrant field that is providing new insights into
social evolution more generally. Here, we review the past two decades of research …

Uneven declines between corals and cryptobenthic fish symbionts from multiple disturbances

CYM Froehlich, OS Klanten, ML Hing, M Dowton… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
With the onset and increasing frequency of multiple disturbances, the recovery potential of
critical ecosystem-building species and their mutual symbionts is threatened. Similar effects …

Sponge species identity and morphology shape occupancy patterns of a Caribbean sponge-dwelling goby (Elacatinus horsti)

T Naaykens, H Fahim, CC D'Aloia - Environmental Biology of Fishes, 2024 - Springer
Due to disturbance-driven phase shifts on coral reefs, sponges are an increasingly important
microhabitat for reef-dwelling organisms, particularly throughout the Caribbean. The …

Changes in sociality of butterflyfishes linked to population declines and coral loss

CA Thompson, S Matthews, AS Hoey, MS Pratchett - Coral Reefs, 2019 - Springer
Degradation and loss of reef habitat is one of the foremost threats to coral reef fishes,
especially for highly specialised species with specific reliance on live corals. Aside from …

Delayed recovery and host specialization may spell disaster for coral‐fish mutualism

CYM Froehlich, OS Klanten, ML Hing… - Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Mutualisms are prevalent in many ecosystems, yet little is known about how symbioses are
affected by ecological pressures. Here, we show delayed recovery for 13 coral‐dwelling …

Habitat health, size and saturation do not alter movement decisions in a social coral reef fish

CYM Froehlich, SJ Heatwole, OS Klanten, MYL Wong - Animal Behaviour, 2022 - Elsevier
Highlights•Not all social animals make the same movement decisions related to their
habitat.•We tested the influence of habitat size, health and saturation on movement of …

Size-specific recolonization success by coral-dwelling damselfishes moderates resilience to habitat loss

MS Pratchett, V Messmer, SK Wilson - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Increasing degradation of coral reef ecosystems and specifically, loss of corals is causing
significant and widespread declines in the abundance of coral reef fishes, but the proximate …

Drivers of sociality in Gobiodon fishes: an assessment of phylogeny, ecology and life-history

ML Hing, OS Klanten, MYL Wong, M Dowton - Molecular Phylogenetics and …, 2019 - Elsevier
What drives the evolution of sociality in animals? Many robust studies in terrestrial
organisms have pointed toward various kinship-based, ecological and life-history traits or …

Multi‐level framework to assess social variation in response to ecological and social factors: modeled with coral gobies

CYM Froehlich, SJ Heatwole, O Selma Klanten… - Oikos, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding variation in social organization that lacks a strong phylogenetic signal
represents a key focus of research in behavioural ecology. Accordingly, we established a …

Yellow coral goby (Gobiodon okinawae) trade in Banggai Laut District, Indonesia

SS Swanson, AM Moore, S Ndobe… - Aquaculture, Aquarium …, 2021 - search.proquest.com
We present one year of buying and selling data of the yellow coral goby (Gobiodon
okinawae) in Banggai Laut District, Banggai Archipelago, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. This …