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To boldly go where no goby has gone before: boldness, dispersal tendency, and metabolism at the invasion front Open
The successful establishment and expansion of invasive species may be linked to the behavior and dispersal tendency of individuals within an introduced population. To test the prediction that the boldest individuals, with the greatest disp…
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Effects of temperature on physiological performance and behavioral thermoregulation in an invasive fish, the round goby Open
Invasive species exert negative impacts on biodiversity and ecosystems on a global scale, which may be enhanced in the future by climate change. Knowledge of how invasive species respond physiologically and behaviorally to novel and changi…
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An eDNA Assay to Monitor a Globally Invasive Fish Species from Flowing Freshwater Open
Ponto-Caspian gobies are a flock of five invasive fish species that have colonized freshwaters and brackish waters in Europe and North America. One of them, the round goby Neogobius melanostomus, figures among the 100 worst invaders in Eur…
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Plasticity in gene transcription explains the differential performance of two invasive fish species Open
Phenotypic plasticity buffers organisms from environmental change and is hypothesized to aid the initial establishment of nonindigenous species in novel environments and postestablishment range expansion. The genetic mechanisms that underp…
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Kin-Aggregations Explain Chaotic Genetic Patchiness, a Commonly Observed Genetic Pattern, in a Marine Fish Open
The phenomenon of chaotic genetic patchiness is a pattern commonly seen in marine organisms, particularly those with demersal adults and pelagic larvae. This pattern is usually associated with sweepstakes recruitment and variable reproduct…
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Predator and prey: the role of the round goby <i>Neogobius melanostomus</i> in the western Baltic Open
Different studies on the position of the non-indigenous species Neogobius melanostomus within the coastal food web of the Pomeranian Bay (western Baltic) were performed, resulting in a quantitative and qualitative species list of prey orga…
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A Risky Business? Habitat and Social Behavior Impact Skin and Gut Microbiomes in Caribbean Cleaning Gobies Open
The broadstripe cleaning goby Elacatinus prochilos has two alternative ecotypes: sponge-dwellers, which live in large groups and feed mainly upon nematode parasites; and coral-dwellers, that live in small groups or in solitude and behave a…
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Noise Affects Multimodal Communication During Courtship in a Marine Fish Open
Selection pressures on signals can be substantially modified by a changing environment, but we know little about how modified selection pressures act on multimodal signals. The currently increasing levels of anthropogenic noise in the ocea…
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Evidence for ontogenetically and morphologically distinct alternative reproductive tactics in the invasive Round Goby Neogobius melanostomus Open
Alternative reproductive tactics are characterized by the occurrence of discrete alternative morphs that differ in behavioural, morphological and physiological traits within the same sex. Although much effort has been made to describe the …
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Spatio-temporal changes in littoral fish community structure along the St. Lawrence River (Québec, Canada) following round goby (Neogobius melanostomus) invasion Open
The round goby (Neogobius melanostomus), a small Ponto-Caspian bottom-dwelling fish species, was first observed in the St. Lawrence River in 1997. After twenty years, it is now considered as one of the most successful invaders of the St. L…
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Identifying sagittal otoliths of Mediterranean Sea gobies: variability among phylogenetic lineages Open
In this study, we describe and analyse the morphology of the sagitta, the largest otolith, of 25 species of Gobiidae inhabiting the Adriatic and north‐western Mediterranean seas. Our goal was to test the usefulness and efficiency of sagitt…
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Effects of salinity on nest-building behaviour in a marine fish Open
The results support the prediction that geographically widespread aquatic species, such as sand gobies, are able to perform well under a range of salinity levels. The phenotype by environment interaction found between male size and behavio…
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Invasion strategies in round goby (Neogobius melanostomus): Is bigger really better? Open
Few studies have systematically investigated mid- or long-term temporal changes of biological characteristics in invasive alien species considering the different phases of an invasion. We studied the invasion performance of one of the most…
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Systemic Homeostasis in Metabolome, Ionome, and Microbiome of Wild Yellowfin Goby in Estuarine Ecosystem Open
Data-driven approaches were applied to investigate the temporal and spatial changes of 1,022 individuals of wild yellowfin goby and its potential interaction with the estuarine environment in Japan. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)-based m…
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A tough egg to crack: recreational boats as vectors for invasive goby eggs and transdisciplinary management approaches Open
Non‐native invasive species are a major threat to biodiversity, especially in freshwater ecosystems. Freshwater ecosystems are naturally rather isolated from one another. Nonetheless, invasive species often spread rapidly across water shed…
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Short Communication: Presence of the vulnerable freshwater goby Sicyopus auxilimentus (Gobiidae, Sicydiinae) on Sangihe Island, Indonesia Open
Hasan V, Valen FS, Islamy RA, Widodo MS, Saptadjaja AM, Islam I. 2021. Short Communication: Presence of the vulnerable freshwater goby Sicyopus auxilimentus (Gobiidae, Sicydiinae) on Sangihe Island, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 22: 571-579. A …
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Reproductive trade-offs in a temperate reef fish under high p CO 2 levels Open
Fishes are currently facing novel types of anthropogenic stressors that have never experienced in their evolutionary history, such as ocean acidification. Under these stressful conditions, energetically costly processes, such as reproducti…
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A new mesophotic goby, Palatogobius incendius (Teleostei: Gobiidae), and the first record of invasive lionfish preying on undescribed biodiversity Open
A new species of deep-reef fish in the goby genus Palatogobius is described from recent submersible collections off Curaçao and Dominica. Video footage of schools of this species reveal predation by the invasive Indo-Pacific lionfish (Pter…
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Feeding ecology and niche overlap of Lake Ontario offshore forage fish assessed with stable isotopes Open
The forage fish communities of the Laurentian Great Lakes continue to experience changes that have altered ecosystem structure, yet little is known about how they partition resources. Seasonal, spatial, and body size variation in δ 13 C an…
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Serum osmolality and ions, and gill Na + /K + -ATPase of spottedtail goby Synechogobius ommaturus (R.) in response to acute salinity changes Open
This study was carried out to determine the effects of abrupt salinity change on osmoregulatory ability of the spottedtail goby Synechogobius ommaturus. 720 juvenile fish (65.3 ± 11.8 g) were transferred to 200 L tanks (with 40 juveniles i…
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Comparative swimming performance and behaviour of three benthic fish species: The invasive round goby (<i>Neogobius melanostomus</i>), the native bullhead (<i>Cottus gobio</i>), and the native gudgeon (<i>Gobio gobio</i>) Open
Efforts to restore river ecosystem connectivity focus predominantly on diadromous, economically important fish species, and less attention is given to nonmigratory, small‐bodied, benthic fish species. Data on benthic fish swimming performa…
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Small but Mighty: The Round Goby (Neogobius melanostomus) as a Model Species of Biological Invasions Open
Invasive “game-changer” species cause severe ecological impacts such as “phase shifts” in recipient ecosystems all over the world. Since the early 1990s, the ongoing global spread of the small but highly invasive Ponto-Caspian round goby N…
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Going against the flow: Barriers to gene flow impact patterns of connectivity in cryptic coral reef gobies throughout the western Atlantic Open
Aim Complex oceanographic features have historically caused difficulty in understanding gene flow in marine taxa. Here, we evaluate the impact of potential phylogeographic barriers to gene flow and assess demography and evolutionary histor…
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The mitochondrial genome sequences of the round goby and the sand goby reveal patterns of recent evolution in gobiid fish Open
Our results indicate that the round goby mitochondrial genome may contain novel features. Since mitochondrial genome organisation is tightly linked to energy metabolism, these features may be linked to its invasion success. Also, the uniqu…
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Impact of round goby on native invertebrate communities - An experimental field study Open
This experimental field study provides first insights into the impact of a widely spread non-native fish species, round goby Neogobius melanostomus (Pallas 1814), on the diversity of native epifaunal macroinvertebrate communities in the Ba…
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A new, mesophotic Coryphopterus goby (Teleostei, Gobiidae) from the southern Caribbean, with comments on relationships and depth distributions within the genus Open
A new species of western Atlantic Coryphopterus is described from mesophotic depths off Curaçao, southern Caribbean. Coryphopteruscurasub sp. n., is similar to Coryphopterusdicrus in, among other features, having two prominent pigment spot…
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Consistent life history shifts along invasion routes? An examination of round goby populations invading on two continents Open
Aim Many invasive populations exhibit dynamic life history shifts along their invasion route. We investigated whether these shifts represent consistent biological responses of a given species to range expansion, even in systems located in …
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Characterization of sections of the Sava River based on fish community structure Open
Sampling was undertaken, with the same fishing gear and along the Sava River, from its source to its confluence, in September 2014 and September 2015. In total, 44 fish species were identified, of which 37 were native species and 7 were al…
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Population trends of invasive alien gobies in the upper Danube River: 10 years after first detection of the globally invasive round goby (Neogobius melanostomus) Open
Invasive alien species are a major threat to aquatic biodiversity.Europe's second largest river, the Danube, is affected by several invasions, including those by four closely related Ponto-Caspian goby species.To investigate population dyn…
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Invasive Species Control: Predation on the Alien Crab Percnon gibbesi (H. Milne Edwards, 1853) (Malacostraca: Percnidae) by the Rock Goby, Gobius paganellus Linnaeus, 1758 (Actinopterygii: Gobiidae) Open
Invasive alien species (IAS) are one of the greatest causes of native species extinction. Indeed, they represent a global threat for biodiversity and can also affect the economy and human health. The colonization success of IAS is presumab…