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    • Micropredation by gnathiid isopods on settlement-stage reef fish in the eastern Caribbean Sea 

      Artim, John M.; Sikkel, Paul C.; Sellers, Joseph C. (University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, 2015)
      The transition from a planktonic larval stage to a benthic or demersal juvenile stage is a crucial event in the life history of coral reef fishes, and recruitment success has a strong influence on reef-fish population ...
    • Nocturnal migration reduces exposure to micropredation in a coral reef fish 

      Sikkel, Paul C.; Welicky, Rachel L.; Artim, John M.; McCammon, Amber M.; Sellers, Joseph C. (Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, 2017)
      Tropical Atlantic reef fishes in the family Haemulidae (grunts) remain quiescent on reefs during the day and migrate to seagrass beds or sand flats at night. Hypothesized advantages of such nocturnal migrations are increased ...