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2018

Journal Article

Colours and colour vision in reef fishes: past, present and future research directions

Marshall, N.J., Cortesi, F., De Busserolles, F., Siebeck, U.E. and Cheney, K.L. (2018). Colours and colour vision in reef fishes: past, present and future research directions. Journal of Fish Biology, 95 (1) jfb.13849, 5-38. doi: 10.1111/jfb.13849

Colours and colour vision in reef fishes: past, present and future research directions

2018

Journal Article

Pattern edges improve predator learning of aposematic signals

Green, Naomi F., Urquhart, Holly H., van den Berg, Cedric P., Marshall, N. Justin and Cheney, Karen L (2018). Pattern edges improve predator learning of aposematic signals. Behavioral Ecology, 29 (6), 1481-1486. doi: 10.1093/beheco/ary089

Pattern edges improve predator learning of aposematic signals

2018

Journal Article

Toxicity and taste: unequal chemical defences in a mimicry ring

Winters, Anne E., Wilson, Nerida G., van den Berg, Cedric P., How, Martin J., Endler, John A., Marshall, N. Justin, White, Andrew M., Garson, Mary J. and Cheney, Karen L. (2018). Toxicity and taste: unequal chemical defences in a mimicry ring. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 285 (1880) 20180457, 20180457. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2018.0457

Toxicity and taste: unequal chemical defences in a mimicry ring

2018

Journal Article

Distribution of defensive metabolites in nudibranch molluscs

Winters, Anne E., White, Andrew M., Dewi, Ariyanti S., Mudianta, I. Wayan, Wilson, Nerida G., Forster, Louise C., Garson, Mary J. and Cheney, Karen L. (2018). Distribution of defensive metabolites in nudibranch molluscs. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 44 (4), 384-396. doi: 10.1007/s10886-018-0941-5

Distribution of defensive metabolites in nudibranch molluscs

2018

Journal Article

Nudibranchs

Cheney, Karen L. and Wilson, Nerida G. (2018). Nudibranchs. Current Biology : CB, 28 (1), R4-R5. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.10.060

Nudibranchs

2017

Journal Article

Stabilizing selection on individual pattern elements of aposematic signals

Winters, Anne E., Green, Naomi F., Wilson, Nerida G., How, Martin J., Garson, Mary J., Marshall, N. Justin and Cheney, Karen L. (2017). Stabilizing selection on individual pattern elements of aposematic signals. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 284 (1861) 20170926, 20170926. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2017.0926

Stabilizing selection on individual pattern elements of aposematic signals

2017

Journal Article

The evolution of fangs, venom, and mimicry systems in blenny fishes

Casewell, Nicholas R., Visser, Jeroen C., Baumann, Kate, Dobson, James, Han, Han, Kuruppu, Sanjaya, Morgan, Michael, Romilio, Anthony, Weisbecker, Vera, Ali, Syed A., Debono, Jordan, Koludarov, Ivan, Que, Ivo, Bird, Gregory C., Cooke, Gavan M., Nouwens, Amanda, Hodgson, Wayne C., Wagstaff, Simon C., Cheney, Karen L., Vetter, Irina, van der Weerd, Louise, Richardson, Michael K. and Fry, Bryan G. (2017). The evolution of fangs, venom, and mimicry systems in blenny fishes. Current Biology, 27 (8), 1184-1191. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.02.067

The evolution of fangs, venom, and mimicry systems in blenny fishes

2017

Journal Article

Volatile secondary metabolites as aposematic olfactory signals and defensive weapons in aquatic environments

Giordano, Giuseppe, Carbone, Marianna, Ciavatta, Maria Letizia, Silvano, Eleonora, Gavagnin, Margherita, Garson, Mary J., Cheney, Karen L., Mudianta, I Wayan, Russo, Giovanni Fulvio, Villani, Guido, Magliozzi, Laura, Polese, Gianluca, Zidorn, Christian, Cutignano, Adele, Fontana, Angelo, Ghiselin, Michael T. and Mollo, Ernesto (2017). Volatile secondary metabolites as aposematic olfactory signals and defensive weapons in aquatic environments. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114 (13), 3451-3456. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1614655114

Volatile secondary metabolites as aposematic olfactory signals and defensive weapons in aquatic environments

2017

Journal Article

Fish use colour to learn compound visual signals

Newport, Cait, Green, Naomi F., McClure, Eva C. , Osorio, Daniel C., Vorobyev, Misha, Marshall, N. Justin and Cheney, Karen L. (2017). Fish use colour to learn compound visual signals. Animal Behaviour, 125, 93-100. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2017.01.003

Fish use colour to learn compound visual signals

2016

Journal Article

Coral reef fish perceive lightness illusions

Simpson, Elisha E., Marshall, N. Justin and Cheney, Karen L. (2016). Coral reef fish perceive lightness illusions. Scientific Reports, 6 (1) 35335, 35335.1-35335.5. doi: 10.1038/srep35335

Coral reef fish perceive lightness illusions

2016

Journal Article

Choose your weaponry: selective storage of a single toxic compound, Latrunculin A, by closely related nudibranch molluscs

Cheney, Karen L., White, Andrew, Mudianta, I. Wayan, Winters, Anne E., Quezada, Michelle, Capon, Robert J., Mollo, Ernesto and Garson, Mary J. (2016). Choose your weaponry: selective storage of a single toxic compound, Latrunculin A, by closely related nudibranch molluscs. PLoS One, 11 (1) A1222, 1-16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0145134

Choose your weaponry: selective storage of a single toxic compound, Latrunculin A, by closely related nudibranch molluscs

2015

Journal Article

Phenotypic Plasticity Confers Multiple Fitness Benefits to a Mimic

Cortesi, Fabio, Feeney, William E., Ferrari, Maud C. O., Waldie, Peter A., Phillips, Genevieve A. C., McClure, Eva C., Skold, Helen N., Salzburger, Walter, Marshall, N. Justin and Cheney, Karen L. (2015). Phenotypic Plasticity Confers Multiple Fitness Benefits to a Mimic. Current Biology, 25 (7), 949-954. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.02.013

Phenotypic Plasticity Confers Multiple Fitness Benefits to a Mimic

2015

Journal Article

Ancestral duplications and highly dynamic opsin gene evolution in percomorph fishes

Cortesi, Fabio, Musilová, Zuzana, Stieb, Sara M., Hart, Nathan S., Siebeck, Ulrike E., Malmstrøm, Martin, Tørresen, Ole K., Jentoft, Sissel, Cheney, Karen L., Marshall, N. Justin, Carleton, Karen L. and Salzburger, Walter (2015). Ancestral duplications and highly dynamic opsin gene evolution in percomorph fishes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112 (5), 1493-1498. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1417803112

Ancestral duplications and highly dynamic opsin gene evolution in percomorph fishes

2013

Journal Article

Colour vision and response bias in a coral reef fish

Cheney, Karen L., Newport, Cait, McClure, Eva C. and Marshall, N. Justin (2013). Colour vision and response bias in a coral reef fish. Journal of Experimental Biology, 216 (15), 2967-2973. doi: 10.1242/jeb.087932

Colour vision and response bias in a coral reef fish

2009

Journal Article

Blue and yellow signal cleaning behaviour in coral reef fishes

Cheney, Karen L., Grutter, Alexandra S., Blomberg, Simon P. and Marshall, N. Justin (2009). Blue and yellow signal cleaning behaviour in coral reef fishes. Current Biology, 19 (15), 1283-1287. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.06.028

Blue and yellow signal cleaning behaviour in coral reef fishes

2025

Journal Article

Damsels in Disguise: Development of Ultraviolet Sensitivity and Colour Patterns in Damselfishes (Pomacentridae)

Tettamanti, Valerio, Marshall, N. Justin, Cheney, Karen L. and Cortesi, Fabio (2025). Damsels in Disguise: Development of Ultraviolet Sensitivity and Colour Patterns in Damselfishes (Pomacentridae). Molecular Ecology, 34 (6) e17680, e17680. doi: 10.1111/mec.17680

Damsels in Disguise: Development of Ultraviolet Sensitivity and Colour Patterns in Damselfishes (Pomacentridae)

2025

Journal Article

The blue advantage: a novel blue carotenoprotein pigment in the tropical seastar Linckia laevigata is an antioxidant defence against extreme environmental stress

Williams, Suzanne T., Heyworth, Stephanie M., Kano, Yasunori, Roberts, Nicholas W., Carter, Hugh F. and Cheney, Karen L. (2025). The blue advantage: a novel blue carotenoprotein pigment in the tropical seastar Linckia laevigata is an antioxidant defence against extreme environmental stress. Marine Biology, 172 (2) 31, 1-15. doi: 10.1007/s00227-025-04595-7

The blue advantage: a novel blue carotenoprotein pigment in the tropical seastar Linckia laevigata is an antioxidant defence against extreme environmental stress

2024

Journal Article

Chemical defences indicate bold colour patterns with reduced variability in aposematic nudibranchs

van den Berg, Cedric P., Santon, Matteo, Endler, John A., Drummond, Leon, Dawson, Bethany R., Santiago, Carl, Weber, Nathalie and Cheney, Karen L. (2024). Chemical defences indicate bold colour patterns with reduced variability in aposematic nudibranchs. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 291 (2027) 20240953, 20240953. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2024.0953

Chemical defences indicate bold colour patterns with reduced variability in aposematic nudibranchs

2024

Journal Article

Highly defended nudibranchs ‘escape’ to visually distinct background habitats

van den Berg, Cedric P., Santon, Matteo, Endler, John A. and Cheney, Karen L. (2024). Highly defended nudibranchs ‘escape’ to visually distinct background habitats. Behavioral Ecology, 35 (5) arae053, arae053. doi: 10.1093/beheco/arae053

Highly defended nudibranchs ‘escape’ to visually distinct background habitats

2024

Journal Article

Correction: CRISPR/Cas9-mediated generation of biallelic F0 anemonefish (Amphiprion ocellaris) mutants

Mitchell, Laurie J., Tettamanti, Valerio, Rhodes, Justin S., Marshall, N. Justin, Cheney, Karen L. and Cortesi, Fabio (2024). Correction: CRISPR/Cas9-mediated generation of biallelic F0 anemonefish (Amphiprion ocellaris) mutants. PLoS One, 19 (6) e0305644. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0305644

Correction: CRISPR/Cas9-mediated generation of biallelic F0 anemonefish (Amphiprion ocellaris) mutants