Sentences with phrase «in damselfish»
As a result, with increasing distance from refugia, species diversity in damselfish falls significantly faster than for the other two families.
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Threespot Damselfish populations have exploded in recent years due to overfishing of predatory fish such as groupers and snappers.
Blue - green damselfish have a very small range, unable to go more than 60 feet in radius from their coral reef home.
Hiding among the rocks off the coast of Papua New Guinea, this crocodilefish proved dangerous when it lunged directly at the camera lens in pursuit of a blue chromis, a type of damselfish.
«Predator numbers were severely depleted in heavily fished areas, while smaller prey fish such as damselfish, and herbivores such as parrotfish, had increased greatly in number having been released from predation.»
«We collected wild damselfish with or without access to cleaner wrasse and tested their ability to solve a feeding test in the lab.»
Previously - common fish species in the area like the black - and - white striped humbug damselfish and green chromis had almost «completely» disappeared, said Marshall.
A study from scientists at James Cook University shows increased carbon dioxide levels impaired the senses of spiny damselfish, which live in the Great Barrier Reef.
We used a genome - wide approach to evaluate the heritability of this variation in sensitivity of the spiny damselfish, Acanthochromis polyacanthus.
Sergeant major and yellowtail damselfish dart in and out of the star, brain and staghorn corals.
The Angelfish, Damselfish, Needlefish, Wrasses, Gobies, Groupers, Parrotfish, Bar Jack, Balloonfish, Cayman Seahorse, Cubera Snapper, Great Barracuda, Red Lionfish, and Silversides are just a few of the notable fish that make their home in the Caribbean Sea.
Instead, the fishermen are acting after watching environmental conservation groups petition to add many more species to the endangered list in recent years, like dozens of corals, seven different damselfish and a rare dolphin called a false killer whale, said Philip Fernandez, the coalition's president.