Host biology, ecology and the environment influence microbial biomass and diversity in 101 marine fish species

JJ Minich, A Härer, J Vechinski, BW Frable… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Fish are the most diverse and widely distributed vertebrates, yet little is known about the
microbial ecology of fishes nor the biological and environmental factors that influence fish …

The role of fish feces for nutrient cycling on coral reefs

NMD Schiettekatte, JM Casey, SJ Brandl, A Mercière… - Oikos, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Consumers play an important role in biogeochemical cycles through the consumption and
release of essential elements such as carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and phosphorus (P). Indeed …

Temperature, species identity and morphological traits predict carbonate excretion and mineralogy in tropical reef fishes

M Ghilardi, MA Salter, V Parravicini, SCA Ferse… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Anthropogenic pressures are restructuring coral reefs globally. Sound predictions of the
expected changes in key reef functions require adequate knowledge of their drivers. Here …

Gut microbiomes of cyprinid fish exhibit host-species symbiosis along gut trait and diet

Y Liu, X Li, Y Li, J Li, S Zhu - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Teleost omnivorous fish that coexist partially sharing resources are likely to modify their gut
traits and microbiome as a feedback mechanism between ecological processes and …

Diet and habitat as determinants of intestine length in fishes

MJ Duque-Correa, KD Clements, C Meloro… - Reviews in Fish Biology …, 2024 - Springer
Fish biologists have long assumed a link between intestinal length and diet, and relative gut
length or Zihler's index are often used to classify species into trophic groups. This has been …

Riverine flow rate drives widespread convergence in the shell morphology of imperiled freshwater mussels

SM Keogh, JM Pfeiffer, AM Simons, SM Edie - Evolution, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Frequent and strong morphological convergence suggests that determinism tends to
supersede historical contingencies in evolutionary radiations. For many lineages living …

Metabolic rates mirror morphological and behavioral differences in two sand-dwelling coral reef gobies

SJ Brandl, CN Quigley, JM Casey, A Mercière… - Marine Ecology …, 2022 - int-res.com
Morphology, physiology, and behavior are the primary axes of organismal diversification,
and phenotypic differentiation among species in any of these dimensions can be indicative …

Linking anatomical and histological traits of the digestive tract to resource consumption and assimilation of omnivorous tetra fishes

MP Neves, JPA Amorim, RL Delariva… - Ecology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This study explores the interplay between digestive tract traits, food intake, and assimilation
in omnivorous tetra fishes (Psalidodon bifasciatus, P. aff. gymnodontus, and Bryconamericus …

[HTML][HTML] The Response of the Gut Physiological Function and Microbiome of a Wild Freshwater Fish (Megalobrama terminalis) to Alterations in Reproductive Behavior

Y Liu, C Kou, J Chen, Y Li, J Li - International Journal of …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The fish gut microbiome is well known for its role in degrading nutrients to improve the host's
digestion and absorption efficiency. In this study, we focused on the core physiological …

Fish microbiomes 101: disentangling the rules governing marine fish mucosal microbiomes across 101 species

J Minich, A Härer, J Vechinski, BW Frable, Z Skelton… - Biorxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
Fish are the most diverse and widely distributed vertebrates, yet little is known about the
microbial ecology of fishes nor the biological and environmental factors that influence the …