Visual acuity and the evolution of signals

EM Caves, NC Brandley, S Johnsen - Trends in ecology & evolution, 2018 - cell.com
Acuity, the fineness with which sensory systems perceive and parse information, limits the
information that organisms can extract from stimuli. Here, we focus on visual acuity (the …

Sea lice removal by cleaner fish in salmon aquaculture: a review of the evidence base

K Overton, LT Barrett, F Oppedal… - Aquaculture …, 2020 - int-res.com
Stocking cleaner fish to control sea lice infestations in Atlantic salmon farms is widespread
and is viewed as a salmon welfare-friendly alternative to current delousing control …

Brain size affects performance in a reversal-learning test

SD Buechel, A Boussard… - … of the Royal …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
It has become increasingly clear that a larger brain can confer cognitive benefits. Yet not all
of the numerous aspects of cognition seem to be affected by brain size. Recent evidence …

Fish tank color: An overview

E McLean - Aquaculture, 2021 - Elsevier
Tanks offer significant flexibility for aquaculture production. When in an optimally operated
water reuse configuration, they enable farming of most, if not all species of fish, in …

Allometry and ecology shape eye size evolution in spiders

KL Chong, A Grahn, CD Perl, L Sumner-Rooney - Current Biology, 2024 - cell.com
Eye size affects many aspects of visual function, but eyes are costly to grow and maintain.
The allometry of eyes can provide insight into this trade-off, but this has mainly been …

Negative effect of turbidity on prey capture for both visual and non‐visual aquatic predators

JCG Ortega, BRS Figueiredo… - Journal of Animal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Turbidity plays an important role in aquatic predator–prey interactions. Increases in turbidity
are expected to reduce prey capture rates, especially for visually oriented predators …

Colours and colour vision in reef fishes: Past, present and future research directions

NJ Marshall, F Cortesi, F de Busserolles… - Journal of Fish …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Many fishes, both freshwater or marine, have colour vision that may outperform humans. As
a result, to understand the behavioural tasks that vision enables; including mate choice …

Eye size and investment in frogs and toads correlate with adult habitat, activity pattern and breeding ecology

KN Thomas, DJ Gower, RC Bell… - … of the Royal …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Frogs and toads (Amphibia: Anura) display diverse ecologies and behaviours, which are
often correlated with visual capacity in other vertebrates. Additionally, anurans exhibit a …

A meta-analytical review of turbidity effects on fish mobility

JN Rodrigues, JCG Ortega, DK Petsch… - Reviews in Fish Biology …, 2023 - Springer
Human activities have resulted in higher levels of turbidity in aquatic systems due to
increased sediment runoff from agriculture, urbanization, and mining activities into nearby …

AcuityView: An r package for portraying the effects of visual acuity on scenes observed by an animal

EM Caves, S Johnsen - Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Visual acuity is one of three basic parameters that characterize a visual system. However,
few comparative studies of signals, camouflage and ecology in general have considered …