... by anchored garden eels in a flume shows their unique strategies, modulating dependence on burrows and foraging movements, to enable effective feeding at a wide range of flow speeds. Functional response Fish Coral reef Zooplanktivory Biomechanics Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology...

... acclimation of corals to high and low light. In contrast, metabolomics reveals possible stress under high light and a lack of rapid adjustment under low light. Coral reef Light acclimation Great Barrier Reef Metabolite Photosynthesis Light availability fundamentally regulates the ecological...

.... , McCook , L. , Moltschaniwskyj , N. , Pratchett , M. S. , Steneck , R. S. and Willis , B. ( 2007 ). Phase shifts, herbivory, and the resilience of coral reefs to climate change . Curr. Biol.   17 , 360 - 365 . 10.1016/j.cub.2006.12.049 Kao , A. W. , Noda , Y...

... Haplochromis species: H. elegans Trewavas 1933 (Pisces, Cichlidae) . Netherlands J. Zool.   26 , 163 - 265 . 10.1163/002829676X00019 Bellwood , D. R. and Hughes , T. P. ( 2001 ). Regional-scale assembly rules and biodiversity of coral reefs . Science   292 , 1532 - 1535 . 10.1126...

... and produce pulsed communication sounds during social interactions on coral reefs. Recent work indicates that two sound production mechanisms exist in the bannerfish clade and that other mechanisms are used in the Chaetodon clade, which is distinguished by an auditory specialization, the laterophysic...

... declare no competing financial interests. 14 5 2013 9 10 2013 © 2014. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd 2014 Coral reef Tissue optics Photobiology Microenvironment Microsensor Photosynthesis The symbiotic interaction between dinoflagellate microalgae known...

... disrupts the innate ability of fish to detect predator olfactory cues . Ecol. Lett.   13 , 68 - 75 . Domenici   P. , Allan   B. , McCormick   M. I. , Munday   P. L. ( 2012 ). Elevated carbon dioxide affects behavioural lateralization in a coral reef fish . Biol. Lett.   8 , 78 - 81...

... reference method for real-time PCR gene expression analysis of preimplantation embryos . Biotechniques   42 , 199 - 206 . Brown   B. E. ( 1997 ). Coral bleaching: causes and consequences . Coral Reefs   16 , S129 - S138 . Brown   B. E. , Downs   C. A. , Dunne   R. P. , Gibb...

...., van den Berg, H., van Oostveen, M. M., Epping,E. H. G. and van Duyl, F. C. ( 2008 ). Major bulk dissolved organic carbon (DOC) removal by encrusting coral reef cavity sponges. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 357 , 139 -151. Gillor, O., Carmeli, S., Rahamim, Y., Fishelson, Z. and Ilan,M. ( 2000...

... and C. flavifodina (27 and 10.2%, respectively) confirms that chemical bioerosion plays an important role in sponge bioerosion and in the CaCO 3 cycle in coral reefs. References Acker, K. L. and Risk, M. J. ( 1985 ). Substrate destruction and sediment production by the boring sponge Cliona...

...Göran E. Nilsson; Jean-Paul A. Hobbs; Sara Östlund-Nilsson SUMMARY One of the most diverse vertebrate communities is found on tropical coral reefs. Coral-reef fishes are not only remarkable in color and shape, but also in several aspects of physiological performance. Early in life, at the end...

...A. Zundelevich; B. Lazar; M. Ilan SUMMARY Bioerosion by boring sponges is an important mechanism shaping the structure of coral reefs all around the world. To determine the excavation rate by boring sponges, we developed a system in which chemical and mechanical boring rates [calcium carbonate...

.... * Author for correspondence (e-mail: g.e.nilsson@bio.uio.no ) 12 3 2004 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2004 2004 anoxia hypoxia ischemia Carassius Hemiscyllium coral reef GABA glutamate Among vertebrates, those breathing water show the highest biodiversity...

... column community. * Author for correspondence (e-mail: apile@bio.usyd.edu.au ) 1 9 2003 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2003 2003 coral reef heterotrophy rhodophyte sponge symbiosis ultraplankton nitrogen Symbioses between autotrophic and heterotrophic organisms...