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#Evolutionary Patterns of Modularity in the Linkage Systems of the Skull in #Wrasses & #Parrotfishes

by Gartner, Larouche, Evans & (@)mwestneat

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The colors are incredible in this share @coralreeffish.bsky.social !!! You might just enjoy IOB's #Evolutionary Patterns of Modularity in the Linkage Systems of the Skull in #Wrasses & #Parrotfishes Gartner, Larouche, @sternarchella.bsky.social , & @mwestneat.bsky.social https://doi.org/10.1093/iob/obad035 [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Some #Caribbean #parrotfishes find benthic #CyanobacterialMats particularly tasty https://oceanbites.org/some-caribbean-parrotfishes-find-benthic-cyanobacterial-mats-particularly-tasty/

Preferential consumption of benthic cyanobacterial mats by Caribbean parrotfishes https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00338-023-02404-5

"this research shows that #parrotfish grazing may help control the overgrowth of #benthic #cyanobacteria mats in #reefs, providing further support that parrotfishes are critical components of #reef ecosystems"

#fish #bacteria #microbes #CoralReefs #BacterialMats

Some Caribbean parrotfishes find benthic cyanobacterial mats particularly tasty

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oceanbites
Check out our paper led by Lily Hughes on #Phylogenomics of the #Wrasses and #Parrotfishes, fish family Labridae. Out in early view in Syst Biol.
https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syac072