Increased occurrence of the rare golden color morph of Pacific chub Kyphosus sandwicensis in a no‐take marine reserve

Franklin, Erik C.; Platt, Madeleine T.; Andrade, Pelika

doi:10.1111/jfb.15644

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Increased occurrence of the rare golden color morph of Pacific chub Kyphosus sandwicensis in a no‐take marine reserve

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2023
By Franklin, Erik C. ; Platt, Madeleine T. ; Andrade, Pelika

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Journal Title:

Journal of Fish Biology
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Franklin, Erik C. ; Platt, Madeleine T. ; Andrade, Pelika
NOAA Program & Office:

Sea Grant
Sea Grant Program:

HAWAU (Hawaii Sea Grant)
Description:

Pacific chub, Kyphosus sandwicensis, are typically gray but some individuals display a golden color morph. We estimated that the frequency of occurrence of the golden morphs increased significantly from 2007 (1.9%) and 2012 (2.6%) to 2017 (5.0%) inside a no‐take marine reserve around Nihoa Island in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. While sporadic observations of a golden color morph have been noted for several other marine fish species, we provide a quantitative estimate of changes in the frequency of occurrence of the morph within a wild marine population.
Keywords:

Aquatic Science Ecology, Evolution, Behavior And Systematics Ecology, Evolution, Behavior And Systematics Ecology, Evolution, Behavior And Systematics
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Journal of Fish Biology (2023)
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15644
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0022-1112 ; 1095-8649
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Wiley
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