Determinants of the physiological colour patterns of juvenile parrotfish, Chlorurus sordidus

AC CROOK - Animal behaviour, 1997 - Elsevier
Field observations of the different physiological colour patterns (PCPs) of juvenile
bullethead parrotfish, Chlorurus sordiduswere conducted at three sites around Lizard Island …

Colour patterns in a coral reef fish is background complexity important?

AC Crook - Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 1997 - Elsevier
Field observations of the rapid, interchangeable colour patterns (known as physiological
colour patterns—“PCPs”) displayed by juvenile bullethead parrotfish, Chlorurus sordidus …

A quantitative analysis of the relationship between interspecific encounters, schooling behaviour and colouration in juvenile parrotfish (family Scaridae)

AC Crook - Marine & Freshwater Behaviour & Phy, 1999 - Taylor & Francis
This study examines interspecific behavioural encounters amongst an assemblage of coral
reef fishes and their effect upon the relationship hetween physiological colour patterns …

Environmental variation and phenotypic plasticity: The effect of water visibility on body pigmentation in perch (Perca fluviatilis L.)

A Gusén - 2010 - diva-portal.org
Phenotypic plasticity is defined as an organism's ability to express different phenotypes
depending on the environment. Predation is one of the key forces in ecology and can …

Vision and colour diversity in parrotfishes

UE Siebeck - Biology of Parrotfishes, 2018 - taylorfrancis.com
Parrotfishes are a group of fishes which exhibit highly diverse colours and colour patterns.
This chapter provides a comprehensive summary of current knowledge on parrotfish …

Color Patterns and Associated Behaviors in the Kelp Bass, Paralabrax clathratus (Teleostei: Serranidae)

BE Erisman, LG Allen - Bulletin, Southern California …, 2005 - meridian.allenpress.com
Seasonal and ephemeral color patterns in the kelp bass, Paralabrax clathratus, were
studied on Santa Catalina Island, California from April 2000 to September 2002. Adults were …

The ecology of teleost fish visual pigments: a good example of sensory adaptation to the environment?

RH Douglas - Ecology of Sensing, 2001 - Springer
The aquatic environment offers a natural laboratory for the study of visual ecology. The
colour of natural bodies of water varies from the brown/reds of some freshwater lakes …

Polymorphism of colour pattern in the caridean shrimps Heptacarpus pictus and H. paludicola

RT Bauer - Marine & Freshwater Behaviour & Phy, 1982 - Taylor & Francis
The shallow water caridean shrimps Heptacarpus pictus and H. paludicola are polymorphic
in colour pattern. Populations of these species collected over colour‐variable substrates …

The effect of environmental colour on the growth, metabolism, physiology and skin pigmentation of the carnivorous freshwater catfish Lophiosilurus alexandri

DC Costa, CC Mattioli, WS Silva, R Takata… - Journal of fish …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The growth, physiology and skin pigmentation of pacamã Lophiosilurus alexandri juveniles
were evaluated in an experiment using different tank colours (white, yellow, green, blue …

The effects of handling time, ambient light, and anaesthetic method, on the standardized measurement of fish colouration

SM Gray, FL Hart, MEM Tremblay… - Canadian Journal of …, 2011 - cdnsciencepub.com
The effects of handling time, ambient light intensity, and anaesthetic method, on the
collection of spectral reflectance data were assessed in two species of Malawi cichlids …