In this research it was evaluated the effect of background color on the development of the
chromatophores in Macrobrachium tenellum prawns, six juvenile prawns were exposed to …

Status of individual animals is often shown in pigmentation. For instance, stress
responsiveness is associated with melanin-based pigmentation in vertebrates in general …

This paper describes the results of a multivariate and univariate morphometric analysis of
three groups of Arctic charr Salvelinus alpinus from Loch Rannoch, Perthshire, Scotland …

Pigmentation in fishes is known to be variable both among individuals of a species and
within individuals over time. Use of pigment characters for taxonomic diagnoses must …

The conspicuousness of animal signals is influenced by their contrast against the
background. As such, signal conspicuousness will tend to vary in nature because habitats …

The main aim of our experiments was to study the influence of colored light on juveniles of
Carassius carassius, Perccottus glenii and Poecilia reticulata. The species of fish used for …

Background. Atlantic horse mackerel, Trachurus trachurus (Linnaeus, 1758), is among bento-
pelagic species subject to discard within deep-water rose shrimp fisheries, and how such …

Intraspecific body colour variation is common in many animal species. Predation could be a
key selective agent giving rise to variation in body colour, and such variation could be due to …

One means of avoiding detection by predators is to employ cryptic colouration. In some
cases, individuals can rapidly adjust their colouration, enabling them to remain cryptic in a …

Grouping behaviour is widespread across the animal kingdom, and is known to reduce an
individual's risk of predation, for example through predator confusion. Theory predicts that …