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Our article published today in Science highlights the overlooked but important contribution of my favorite fishes — tiny, cryptobenthic reef fishes — to coral reef fish biomass production. Check out the paper here, or check out Ed Yong’s story in the Atlantic for a lighter read. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f061bce4b03ddcb247806c/1557449964690-63TR36ZGFVIC2MMCEYKI/Screen+Shot+2019-05-09+at+5.58.16+PM.png News - 05/2019 What does a coral reef food web look like? Using gut content DNA metabarcoding, we identified the trophic interactions in 22 species of reef fishes. See the paper in Methods in Ecology and Evolution here, led by Dr. Jordan Casey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f061bce4b03ddcb247806c/1551460214082-LCYG9XFMOLYDPUB2COEM/Screen+Shot+2019-03-01+at+9.10.02+AM.png News - 03/2019 What drives rates of macroalgal removal on coral reefs? My student Zachary Topor used a meta-analysis and structural equation model to show that herbivore biodiversity is the strongest driver of macroalgal browsing and that herbivore diversity, in turn, is boosted by marine protected areas. Read the paper here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f061bce4b03ddcb247806c/1547904701058-F6SP6C1VO4MB85RYIWDE/Screen+Shot+2019-01-14+at+5.00.26+PM.png News - 01/2019 What do we mean by “function”? Our paper in Functional Ecology asks this question from the perspective of coral reef fishes. Many hours of agonizing discussions have led to this diatribe about reef fish functionality. Check out the paper here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f061bce4b03ddcb247806c/1525921077827-7D711OY7RCCL5G8AAC87/Screen+Shot+2018-05-09+at+7.57.34+PM.png News - 05/2018 The Cryptopedia is published! 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Acoustic monitoring can provide a valuable complement to visual techniques, as shown by our new study published in MEPS. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f061bce4b03ddcb247806c/1496686010062-RALX2YTNTONBPNAVPINM/Screen+Shot+2017-06-05+at+2.06.11+PM.png News - 06/2017 In October 2017, I will start a Banting Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, working with Dr. Isabelle Côté at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Check out the Banting scheme and prepare for more #Cryptodiversity in the coming two years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f061bce4b03ddcb247806c/1494712439388-CJPJQDLUT7V3E7746BIK/scup+in+mass.jpg News - 04/2017 My student intern's paper on large-scale geographic trends in consumption pressure has just been published in MEPS. Check out the pre-print abstract as a teaser here. Congrats Jon, a terrific accomplishment.   In addition, our paper on trophic cascade theory on coral reefs has been awarded the Virginia Chadwick Award for best student publication by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies. Well done, Jordan! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f061bce4b03ddcb247806c/1494711609694-X4MZH3T799WT8RLLL6YW/parcatusw.jpeg News - 12/2016 Ever wondered if the effect of small predators on prey scales with body size? Our new paper suggests that it does not in the arc-eyed hawkfish Paracirrhites arcatus. Have a look at the paper here and be sure to check out Beneath the Waves, whose founder, Austin Gallagher, led the study. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f061bce4b03ddcb247806c/1494711461455-MQY0WG3AF6CMKCFGO9GI/daruanus.jpeg News - 11/2016 My new paper has just come online in Ecosphere, describing the dynamics of functional diversity patterns in reef fish assemblages after a severe loss of live coral cover. 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