Bright colouration in animals has long attracted the attention of physicists, chemists and
biologists. As such, studies on the functions of colours are interdisciplinary, focusing on the …

Ecological modeling shows that even small, gradual changes in body size in a fish
population can have large effects on natural mortality, biomass, and catch. However, efforts …

Baited remote underwater video systems are becoming a widely adopted tool for sampling
fish assemblages. One of the outstanding knowledge gaps associated with this technique is …

Ecological indicators are used for monitoring in marine habitats the world over. With the
advent of Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management (EBFM), the need for cost effective …

Distributions of mobile animals have been shown to be heavily influenced by habitat and
climate. We address the historical and contemporary context of fish habitats within a major …

Marine protected areas (MPAs) are important conservation tools, however, efficacy can, in
part, be a function of their size in relation to the home range of the target species. The …

Abstract The Western Rock Lobster Panulirus cygnus (George) is taken by commercial and
recreational fishers throughout its geographic range along the lower west coast of Western …

No-take marine protected areas (MPAs) represent an effective biodiversity conservation tool
for a range of species including resident reef fishes that are intrinsically vulnerable to …

The ecology of common snook Centropomus undecimalis in Amatique Bay, a tropical
estuary in eastern Guatemala, was investigated and life‐history traits were used to conduct a …

The size and age data and patterns of growth of three abundant, reef‐dwelling and
protogynous labrid species (Coris auricularis, Notolabrus parilus and Ophthalmolepis …