A5037061800- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Ichthyology and Marine Biology
- Marine and fisheries research
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Marine animal studies overview
- Crustacean biology and ecology
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Physiological and biochemical adaptations
- Water Quality Monitoring Technologies
- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Liquid Crystal Research Advancements
- Island Studies and Pacific Affairs
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
- Marine and environmental studies
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Climate change and permafrost
- Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
- Morphological variations and asymmetry
- Cephalopods and Marine Biology
- Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
- Coastal and Marine Dynamics
- Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
- Animal and Plant Science Education
- Evolution and Paleontology Studies
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
2016-2025
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
1994-2025
Écologie Marine Tropicale des Océans Pacifique et Indien
2024-2025
Marine Biodiversity Exploitation and Conservation
2016-2024
Ifremer
2016-2024
Université de Montpellier
2014-2024
Université de Mayotte
2019-2024
University of Massachusetts Amherst
2010-2013
University of California, Berkeley
2009-2011
Integra (United States)
2009-2010
Functional diversity (FD), the of organism attributes that relates to their interactions with abiotic and biotic environment, has been increasingly used for last two decades in ecology, biogeography conservation. Yet, FD many facets estimations are not standardized nor embedded a single tool. mFD (multifaceted functional diversity) is an R package uses matrices species assemblages trait values as building blocks compute most indices. firstly based on functions allowing user summarize...
A global survey of coral reefs reveals that overfishing is driving resident shark species toward extinction, causing diversity deficits in reef elasmobranch (shark and ray) assemblages. Our species-level analysis revealed declines 60 to 73% for five common individual were not detected at 34 47% surveyed reefs. As become more shark-depleted, rays begin dominate Shark-dominated assemblages persist wealthy nations with strong governance highly protected areas, whereas poverty, weak governance,...
Tropical reef fishes exhibit a large disparity of organismal morphologies contributing to their astonishing biodiversity. Morphological disparity, scaling from differences among individuals within populations species, is governed by ecological and evolutionary processes. Here, we examined the relationship between intra- interspecific in 1111 17 tropical fish representing 10 families with different dispersal abilities, across four Indian Ocean regions. We compared intraspecific measurements...
Tropical reef fishes are widely regarded as being perhaps the most morphologically diverse vertebrate assemblage on earth, yet much remains to be discovered about scope and patterns of this diversity. We created a morphospace 2,939 species spanning 56 families tropical Indo-Pacific established primary axes body shape variation, phylogenetic consistency these patterns, whether dominant change can accomplished by underlying changes. Principal component analysis showed major axis variation that...
The surface of marine animals is covered by abundant and diversified microbial communities, which have major roles for the health their host. While such microbiomes been deeply examined in invertebrates as corals sponges, living on vertebrates received less attention. Specifically, diversity these microbiomes, variability among species, drivers are still mostly unknown, especially fish species coral reefs that contribute to key ecosystem services while they increasingly affected human...
Extremely fast animal actions are accomplished with mechanisms that reduce the duration of movement. This process is known as power amplification. Although many studies have examined morphology and performance power‐amplified systems, little about their development evolution. Here, we examine scaling modularity in powerful predatory appendages a mantis shrimp, Gonodactylaceus falcatus (Crustacea, Stomatopoda). We propose systems can be divided into three units: an engine (e.g., muscle),...
Storage of elastic energy is key to increasing the power output many biological systems. Mantis shrimp (Stomatopoda) must store considerable prior their rapid raptorial strikes; however, little known about dynamics and location storage structures in this system. We used computed tomography (CT) visualize mineralization patterns Gonodactylaceus falcatus high speed videography Odontodactylus scyllarus observe spring loading. Using a materials testing apparatus, we measured force work required...
The dynamic interplay among structure, function, and phylogeny form a classic triad of influences on the patterns processes biological diversification. Although these dynamics are widely recognized as important, quantitative analyses their interactions have infrequently been applied to biomechanical systems. Here we analyze factors using fundamental mechanism: power amplification. Power-amplified systems use springs latches generate extremely fast powerful movements. This study focuses...
Abstract Processing data from surveys using photos or videos remains a major bottleneck in ecology. Deep Learning Algorithms (DLAs) have been increasingly used to automatically identify organisms on images. However, despite recent advances, it difficult control the error rate of such methods. Here, we proposed new framework DLAs. More precisely, for each species, confidence threshold was computed training dataset independent one train These species-specific thresholds were then post-process...
Research Article| December 01, 2012 Reconstructing Greenland ice sheet runoff using coralline algae Nicholas A. Kamenos; Kamenos 1School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Trevor B. Hoey; Hoey Peter Nienow; Nienow 2School Geosciences, Edinburgh, Drummond Street, Edinburgh EH8 9XP, Anthony E. Fallick; Fallick 3Scottish Universities Environmental Centre, East Kilbride G75 0QF, Thomas Claverie...
Mechanical redundancy within a biomechanical system (e.g., many-to-one mapping) allows morphologically divergent organisms to maintain equivalent mechanical outputs. However, most depend on the integration of more than one system. Here, we test whether coupled systems follow pattern amplification (mechanical changes are congruent and evolve toward same functional extreme) or independence (mechanisms independently). We examined correlated evolution evolutionary pathways four-bar linkage lever...
The geometry of an animal's skeleton governs the transmission force to its appendages. Joints and rigid elements that create a relatively large output displacement per unit input have been considered be geared for speed, but relationship between skeletal speed is largely untested. present study explored this subject with experiments mathematical modeling evaluate how morphological differences in raptorial appendage mantis shrimp (Gonodactylus smithii) affect predatory strike. Based on...
Coral reefs host hundreds of thousands animal species that are increasingly threatened by anthropogenic disturbances. These animals microbial communities at their surface, playing crucial roles for fitness. However, the diversity such microbiomes is mostly described in a few coral and still poorly defined other invertebrates vertebrates. Given microbiomes, inhabiting reefs, contribution to total could be important, yet potentially vulnerable loss species. Analysis surface microbiome from 74...
Abstract The function of anti-predator signalling is a complex, and often-overlooked, area animal communication. goal this study was to examine the behavioural an antipredator acoustic signal in ocean. We observed defensive behaviours California spiny lobsters (Palinuridae: Panulirus interruptus) model predator, conspecific blank pole, both tank field. found that P. interruptus make 'rasp' sound once physically contacted by aggressor, rather than during approach. predator elicited no...
Cultural and recreational values of biodiversity are considered as important dimensions nature's contribution to people. Among these values, the aesthetics can be major importance appreciation beauty is one simplest forms human emotional response. Using an online survey, we disentangled effects different facets on aesthetic preferences coral reef fish assemblages that among most emblematic Earth. While found a positive saturating effect species' richness preference, net negative species...
In four different compounds of the alkyl(oxy)cyanobiphenyl series, elastic modulus B is found not to vanish at nematic--smectic-A (Sm-A) phase transition, contrary most theoretical expectations. The transition marginal, as Sm-A a one-dimensional solid in three-dimensional space, and it seems that cannot decrease below limiting value (about ${10}^{7}$ dyn ${\mathrm{cm}}^{\mathrm{\ensuremath{-}}2}$ here) where fluctuations layers due Landau-Peierls instability, which scale...
The squat lobster Munida rugosa has an unusual chela dimorphism exhibited mainly by large males. Some individuals have 'arched' chelae in which there is a gap between the dactylus and pollex when closed, others 'straight' morphology oppose along most of their length. Geometric morphometric analysis indicated that, compared with males, arched does not develop fully females, so further investigation was confined to In distal part similar both forms seemed be adapted hold shred prey items. Both...
AB Aquatic Biology Contact the journal Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout JournalEditorsTheme Sections 13:97-105 (2011) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/ab00361 FEATURE ARTICLE Rumbling in benthos: acoustic ecology of California mantis shrimp Hemisquilla californiensis E. R. Staaterman1,6,*, C. W. Clark2, A. J. Gallagher3,4,6,**, M. S. deVries5,**, T. Claverie1,**, N. Patek1 1Biology Department, University Massachusetts, Amherst,...