The colours of coral reef fishes

Hemingson, Christopher Rae (2021) The colours of coral reef fishes. PhD thesis, James Cook University.

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Abstract

Christopher Hemingson studied the processes that shape the various colours and patterns found in coral reef fishes. He demonstrated that numerous factors influence fish colouration, with evolutionary history, morphology, ecology, and reef health all playing a part. Importantly, this thesis identified new ways of thinking about and analysing colouration.

Item ID: 69394
Item Type: Thesis (PhD)
Keywords: coral reef fishes, colouration, evolution, morphology, coral reef habitats, colour science
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Copyright Information: Copyright © 2021 Christopher Rae Hemingson.
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Three publications arising from this thesis are stored in ResearchOnline@JCU, at the time of processing. Please see the Related URLs. The publications are:

[Chapter 2] Hemingson, Christopher R., Siqueira, Alexandre C., Cowman, Peter F., and Bellwood, David R. (2021) Drivers of eyespot evolution in coral reef fishes. Evolution, 75 (4). pp. 903-914.

[Chapter 3] Hemingson, Christopher R., Cowman, Peter F., and Bellwood, David R. (2020) Body size determines eyespot size and presence in coral reef fishes. Ecology and Evolution, 10 (15). pp. 8144-8152.

[Chapter 4] Hemingson, Christopher R., Cowman, Peter F., Hodge, Jennifer R., and Bellwood, David R. (2019) Colour pattern divergence in reef fish species is rapid and driven by both range overlap and symmetry. Ecology Letters, 22 (1). pp. 190-199.

Date Deposited: 07 Oct 2021 03:19
FoR Codes: 31 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > 3103 Ecology > 310305 Marine and estuarine ecology (incl. marine ichthyology) @ 50%
31 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > 3104 Evolutionary biology > 310405 Evolutionary ecology @ 50%
SEO Codes: 28 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 2801 Expanding knowledge > 280102 Expanding knowledge in the biological sciences @ 50%
18 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT > 1805 Marine systems and management > 180504 Marine biodiversity @ 50%
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