Monthly Archives: July 2011

Stickleback attack (part 1)

Posted on July 29, 2011 by sticklematt

Since our last video posting, many of the videos on our lab’s Youtube channel have gone viral. As of this blog post, the video of Inermia vitatta has accrued over 120,000 hits and has been featured on TV programs and … Continue reading →

Posted in adaptation, armor plates, high speed video, Research, stickleback, sticklematt, Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Showcasing the latest phylogenetic methods: AUTEUR

Posted on July 20, 2011 by cboettig

While high-speed fish feeding videos may be the signature of the lab, dig a bit deeper and you’ll find a wealth of comparative phylogenetic methods sneaking in.  It’s a natural union — expert functional morphology is the key to good … Continue reading →

Posted in blogging on peer-reviewed research, phylogenetics, R, software | 4 Comments

Inermia vittata: Camera Debut

Posted on July 15, 2011 by fullerpatrick

Below is one of the first ever recorded high-speed video sequences of Inermia vittata, a zooplanktivore from the tropical western Atlantic.  We are using its first live appearance in the lab to see how the feeding kinematics of Inermia compare with that of other … Continue reading →

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Stickleback camouflage

Posted on July 8, 2011 by sticklematt

This week, the Wainwright blog returns to a topic of perennial interest, the threespine stickleback. I will discuss a recent paper from the Schluter lab at UBC on color plasticity and background matching in stickleback. To set the stage, it’s … Continue reading →

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An optical illusion?

Posted on July 1, 2011 by LS

Zooplanktivory is one of the most distinct feeding niches in coral reef fish and many morphological traits have been interpreted as adaptations to feeding on plankton in the water column above the reef. One of these traditional hypotheses is that … Continue reading →

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