Azofeifa-Solano, Juan Carlos
Mouy, Xavier
Erbe, Christine
Brooker, Rohan M.
McCauley, Robert D.
Radford, Craig A.
Parsons, Miles J. G.
Funding for this research was provided by:
BHP
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Purves Foundation
Australian Museum Lizard Island Research Station
Lizard Island Reef Research Foundation
Article History
Received: 5 November 2025
Accepted: 30 January 2026
First Online: 11 February 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The research presented and reported in this work was conducted in compliance with the National Health and Medical Research Council Australian code for the care and use of animals for scientific purposes 8th edition (2013, and updated 2021). The proposed research study received animal ethics approval from the Animal Ethics Committee of the James Cook University (A2781), with a reciprocal approval from the Animal Ethics Committee of Curtin University (ARE2023-6). All methods are reported in accordance with the ARRIVE guidelines.