Outputs

We found that the gut microbiome of the salema (Sarpa salpa) markedly differs from gut microbiomes of the Mediterranean carnivorous sparids (e.g. seabream):

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.622883/full

Herbivorous Sarpa salpa and carnivorous Diplodus sargus (Carnon, France)

 

Using a mesocosm experiment, we found that Siganus rivulatus decrease their foraging activity when they smell the odour of dead conspecific.

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.678848/full

siganus_israel
Siganus rivulatus grazing in a shallow Mediterranean reef (Sdot Yam, Israel)

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