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Type of interaction between two damselfish that is aggressive (nip or chase)
What is an agonistic interaction?
One possible reason (other than lack of shelter) that degraded reefs would have higher mortality rates than healthy reefs
what is ... (lack of nutrients, harmful algae growing, poor water quality, etc.)
Biggs' favorite Marine Science Subject
What is Marine Community Ecology
Species that grows well when resources are low
what is a gleaner?
Benefits of competition
what is it controls population size, regulates space/resource allocation, etc.
Biggs' favorite gameshow
What is Jeopardy
Number of experimental reefs
what is 48
Benefit of randomly allocating treatments
What is reducing experimenter and systematic bias ?
Biggs' favorite sport
What is Soccer
When one species limits another species' access to a resource
What is interference competition?
One reason why the results of this experiment cannot be generalized for all coral reef systems
what is..
they only did experiment for 2 months of the year, in one specific location, and depth with one species of coral and two species of fish etc.
Biggs' instrument of choice
What are the drums?
Why was D. melanurus dominant over C. parasema?
C. parasema is more specialized to one habitat while D. melanurus is able to utilize more habitats.
Effects of climate change on inter/intra-specific competition within coral reefs
What is degrading the reefs, which could cause:
alterations in competition, possibly leading to exclusion of one species ,, reversing competitive hierarchies,, creating new rivalries
Title of Biggs' PhD Thesis
What is "Relationships between the Behavioral Dynamics of Fish Spawning Aggregations and Reproductive Resilience."