Publications
Book Chapters
Siebeck, U. E. (2018). Vision and colour diversity of Parrotfishes. Biology of Parrotfishes. (pp. 99-118) edited by Andrew S. Hoey and Roberta M. Bonaldo. Boca Raton, FL United States: CRC Press. doi: 10.1201/9781315118079-5
Siebeck, Ulrike E. (2016). Vision and colour diversity in damselfishes. Biology of damselfishes. (pp. 267-294) edited by Bruno Frederich and Eric Parmentier. Boca Raton, FL, United States: Taylor & Francis. doi: 10.1201/9781315373874
Siebeck, Ulrike E. (2014). Communication in the ultraviolet: unravelling the secret language of fish. Biocommunication of Animals. (pp. 299-320) edited by Guenther Witzany. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-94-007-7414-8_17
Marshall, J., Vorobiev, M. and Siebeck, U. (2006). What does a reef fish see when sees a reef fish?. Communication in fishes. (pp. 393-422) edited by B. G. Kapoor, F. Ladich and S. P. Collin et.al.. Enfield U.S.A: Science Publisher Inc.
Siebeck, U., Losey, G. S. and Marshall, J. (2006). UV Communication in fish. Communication in Fishes. (pp. 423-456) edited by Fredrich Ladich, Shaun P. Collin, Peter Moller and B. G. Kapoor. Enfield U.S.A.: Science Publisher Inc.
Journal Articles
Berenshtein, Igal, Faillettaz, Robin, Irisson, Jean-Oliver, Kiflawi, Moshe, Siebeck, Ulrike E., Leis, Jeffery M. and Paris, Claire B. (2022). Evidence for a consistent use of external cues by marine fish larvae for orientation. Communications Biology, 5 (1) 1307, 1307. doi: 10.1038/s42003-022-04137-7
Aellen, Mélisande, Siebeck, Ulrike E. and Bshary, Redouan (2022). Cleaner wrasse Labroides dimidiatus perform above chance in a "matching-to-sample" experiment. PLoS One, 17 (1) e0262351, e0262351. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0262351
Parker, Amira N., Wallis, Guy M., Obergrussberger, Rainer and Siebeck, Ulrike E. (2020). Categorical face perception in fish: how a fish brain warps reality to dissociate “same” from “different”. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 528 (17) cne.24947, 2919-2928. doi: 10.1002/cne.24947
Newport, Cait, Wallis, Guy and Siebeck, Ulrike E. (2018). Object recognition in fish: accurate discrimination across novel views of an unfamiliar object category (human faces). Animal Behaviour, 145, 39-49. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2018.09.002
Marshall, N.J., Cortesi, F., De Busserolles, F., Siebeck, U.E. and Cheney, K.L. (2018). Colours and colour vision in reef fishes: past, present and future research directions. Journal of Fish Biology, 95 (1) jfb.13849, 5-38. doi: 10.1111/jfb.13849
Parker, Amira N., Fritsches, Kerstin A., Newport, Cait, Wallis, Guy and Siebeck, Ulrike E. (2017). Comparison of functional and anatomical estimations of visual acuity in two species of coral reef fish. Journal of Experimental Biology, 220 (13), 2387-2396. doi: 10.1242/jeb.149575
Cortesi, Fabio, Musilova, Zuzana, Stieb, Sara M., Hart, Nathan S., Siebeck, Ulrike E., Cheney, K. L., Salzburger, Walter and Marshall, N. Justin (2016). From crypsis to mimicry: changes in colour and the configuration of the visual system during ontogenetic habitat transitions in a coral reef fish. Journal of Experimental Biology, 219 (16), 2545-2558. doi: 10.1242/jeb.139501
Braun, C., Reef, R. and Siebeck, U. E. (2016). Ultraviolet absorbing compounds provide a rapid response mechanism for UV protection in some reef fish. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology, 160, 400-407. doi: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2016.04.020
Newport, Cait, Wallis, Guy, Reshitnyk, Yarema and Siebeck, Ulrike E. (2016). Discrimination of human faces by archerfish (Toxotes chatareus). Scientific Reports, 6 (1) 27523, e27523.1-e27523.7. doi: 10.1038/srep27523
Newport, Cait, Wallis, Guy and Siebeck, Ulrike E. (2015). Same/Different Abstract Concept Learning by Archerfish (Toxotes chatareus). PLoS One, 10 (11) e0143401, e0143401. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0143401
Leis, Jeffrey M., Siebeck, Ulrike E., Hay, Amanda C., Paris, Claire B., Chateau, Olivier and Wantiez, Laurent (2015). In situ orientation of fish larvae can vary among regions. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 537, 191-203. doi: 10.3354/meps11446
Eckes, Maxi, Dove, Sophie, Siebeck, Ulrike E. and Grutter, Alexandra S. (2015). Fish mucus versus parasitic gnathiid isopods as sources of energy and sunscreens for a cleaner fish. Coral Reefs, 34 (3), 823-833. doi: 10.1007/s00338-015-1313-z
Gagliano, Monica, Depczynski, Martial and Siebeck, Ulrike E (2015). Facing the environment: Onset and development of UV markings in young fish. Scientific Reports, 5 (13193) 13193, 13193. doi: 10.1038/srep13193
Cortesi, Fabio, Musilová, Zuzana, Stieb, Sara M., Hart, Nathan S., Siebeck, Ulrike E., Malmstrøm, Martin, Tørresen, Ole K., Jentoft, Sissel, Cheney, Karen L., Marshall, N. Justin, Carleton, Karen L. and Salzburger, Walter (2015). Ancestral duplications and highly dynamic opsin gene evolution in percomorph fishes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112 (5), 1493-1498. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1417803112
Siebeck, Ulrike E., O'Connor, Jack, Braun, Christoph and Leis, Jeffrey M. (2015). Do human activities influence survival and orientation abilities of larval fishes in the ocean?. Integrative Zoology, 10 (1), 65-82. doi: 10.1111/1749-4877.12096
Chivers, Douglas P., Ramasamy, Ryan A., McCormick, Mark I., Watson, Sue-Ann, Siebeck, Ulrike E. and Ferrari, Maud C. O. (2014). Temporal constraints on predation risk assessment in a changing world. Science of the Total Environment, 500-501, 332-338. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.08.059
Siebeck, Ulrike E., Wallis, Guy Michael, Litherland, Lenore, Ganeshina, Olga and Vorobyev, Misha (2014). Spectral and spatial selectivity of luminance vision in reef fish. Frontiers in Neural Circuits, 8 (118) 118, 1-8. doi: 10.3389/fncir.2014.00118
Leis, Jeffrey M., Paris, Claire B., Irisson, Jean-Olivier, Yerman, Michelle N. and Siebeck, Ulrike E. (2014). Orientation of fish larvae in situ is consistent among locations, years and methods, but varies with time of day. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 505, 193-208. doi: 10.3354/meps10792
Braun, Christoph, Michiels, Nico K., Siebeck, Ulrike E. and Sprenger, Dennis (2014). Signalling function of long wavelength colours during agonistic male-male interactions in the wrasse Coris julis. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 504, 277-286. doi: 10.3354/meps10760
Newport, Cait, Wallis, Guy and Siebeck, Ulrike E. (2014). Concept learning and the use of three common psychophysical paradigms in the archerfish (Toxotes chatareus). Frontiers in Neural Circuits, 8 (APR), 1-13. doi: 10.3389/fncir.2014.00039
Champ, Connor, Wallis, Guy, Vorobyev, Misha, Siebeck, Ulrike and Marshall, Justin (2014). Visual acuity in a species of coral reef fish: Rhinecanthus aculeatus. Brain, Behavior and Evolution, 83 (1), 31-42. doi: 10.1159/000356977
Zamzow, Jill P., Siebeck, Ulrike E., Eckes, Maxi J. and Grutter, Alexandra S. (2013). Ultraviolet-B Wavelengths Regulate Changes in UV Absorption of Cleaner Fish Labroides dimidiatus Mucus. PLoS One, 8 (10) e78527, e78527. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078527
Newport, Cait, Wallis, Guy, Temple, Shelby E. and Siebeck, Ulrike E. (2013). Complex, context-dependent decision strategies of archerfish, Toxotes chatareus. Animal Behaviour, 86 (6), 1265-1274. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.09.031
Hofmann, Christopher M., Marshall, N. Justin, Abdilleh, Kawther, Patel, Zil, Siebeck, Ulrike E. and Carleton, Karen L. (2012). Opsin evolution in damselfish: convergence, reversal, and parallel evolution across tuning sites. Journal of Molecular Evolution, 75 (3-4), 79-91. doi: 10.1007/s00239-012-9525-0
Wallis, G., Siebeck, U. E., Swann, K., Blanz, and Buelthoff, H. H. (2012). The prototype effect revisited: Evidence for an abstract feature model of face recognition (vol 8, pg 1, 2008). Journal of Vision, 12 (6). doi: 10.1167/12.6.1
Van-Eyk, Sarah M., Siebeck, Ulrike E., Champ, Connor M., Marshall, Justin and Hart, Nathan S. (2011). Behavioural evidence for colour vision in an elasmobranch. Journal of Experimental Biology, 214 (24), 4186-4192. doi: 10.1242/jeb.061853
Leis, Jeffrey M., Siebeck, Ulrike and Dixson, Danielle L. (2011). How Nemo finds home: The neuroecology of dispersal and of population connectivity in larvae of marine fishes. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 51 (5), 826-843. doi: 10.1093/icb/icr004
Mills, Morena, Rasch, Ron, Siebeck, Ulrike E. and Collin, Shaun P. (2011). Exogenous material in the inner ear of the adult Port Jackson shark, Heterodontus portusjacksoni (Elasmbranchii). The Anatomical Record: Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology, 294 (3), 373-378. doi: 10.1002/ar.21338
Siebeck, Ulrike E., Parker, Amira N., Sprenger, Dennis, Mathger, Lydia M. and Wallis, Guy (2010). A species of reef fish that uses ultraviolet patterns for covert face recognition. Current Biology, 20 (5), 407-410. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.12.047
Evangelista, Carla, Mills, Morena, Siebeck, Ulrike E and Collin, Shaun C (2010). A comparison of the external morphology of the membranous inner ear in elasmobranchs. Journal of Morphology, 271 (4), 483-495. doi: 10.1002/jmor.10812
Siebeck, U. E., Litherland, L. and Wallis, G. M. (2009). Shape learning and discrimination in reef fish. Journal of Experimental Biology, 212 (13), 2112-2118. doi: 10.1242/jeb.028936
Leiper, Ian A, Siebeck, Ulrike E, Marshall, Justin N and Phinn, Stuart R (2009). Coral health monitoring: Linking coral colour and remote sensing techniques. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 35 (3), 276-286. doi: 10.5589/m09-016
Michiels, Nico K., Anthes, Nils, Hart, Nathan S., Herler, Jurgen, Meixner, Alfred J., Schleifenbaum, Frank, Schulte, Gregor, Siebeck, Ulricke E., Sprenger, Dennis and Wucherer, Matthias F. (2008). Red fluorescence in reef fish: A novel signalling mechanism?. BMC Ecology, 8 (16) 16, 1-14. doi: 10.1186/1472-6785-8-16
Wallis, Guy, Siebeck, Ulrike E., Swann, Kellie, Blanz, Volker and Bulthoff, Heinrich H. (2008). The prototype effect revisited: Evidence for an abstract feature model of face recognition. Journal of Vision, 8 (3) 20, Article Number: 20-15. doi: 10.1167/8.3.20
Siebeck, U. E., Wallis, G. M. and Litherland, L. (2008). Damselfish see colour. Journal of Experimental Biology, 211 (3), II-II. doi: 10.1242/jeb.016485
Siebeck, U. E., Wallis, G. M. and Litherland, L. (2008). Colour vision in coral reef fish. Journal of Experimental Biology, 211 (3), 354-360. doi: 10.1242/jeb.012880
Eckes, M. J., Siebeck, U. E., Dove, S. G. and Grutter, A. S. (2008). Ultraviolet sunscreens in reef fish mucus. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 353, 203-211. doi: 10.3354/meps07210
Siebeck, UE and Marshall, NJ (2007). Potential ultraviolet vision in pre-settlement larvae and settled reef fish - A comparison across 23 families. Vision Research, 47 (17), 2337-2352. doi: 10.1016/j.visres.2007.05.014
Zamzow, J. P. and Siebeck, U. E. (2006). Ultraviolet absorbance of the mucus of a tropical damselfish: Effects of ontogeny, captivity and disease. Journal of Fish Biology, 69 (6), 1583-1594. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2006.01219.x
Messing, C. G., Meyer, D. L., Siebeck, U. E., Jermiin, L. S., Vaney, D. I. and Rouse, G. W. (2006). A modern soft-bottom, shallow-water crinoid fauna (Echinodermata) from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Coral Reefs, 25 (1), 164-168. doi: 10.1007/s00338-005-0076-3
Siebeck, U. E., Marshall, N. J., Kluter, A. and Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2006). Monitoring coral bleaching using a colour reference card. Coral Reefs, 25 (3), 453-460. doi: 10.1007/s00338-006-0123-8
Siebeck, Ulrike E. (2004). Communication in coral reef fish: the role of ultraviolet colour patterns in damselfish territorial behaviour. Animal Behaviour, 68 (2), 273-282. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2003.11.010
Siebeck, Ulrike E., Collin, Shaun P., Ghoddusi, Majid and Marshall, N. Justin (2003). Occlusable corneas in toadfishes: light transmission, movement and ultrastruture of pigment during light- and dark-adaptation. Journal of Experimental Biology, 206 (13), 2177-2190. doi: 10.1242/jeb.00401
Mathger, L. M., Land, M. F., Siebeck, U. E. and Marshall, N. J. (2003). Rapid colour changes in multilayer reflecting stripes in the paradise whiptail, Pentapodus paradiseus. Journal of Experimental Biology, 206 (20), 3607-3613. doi: 10.1242/jeb.00599
Siebeck, Ulrike E. and Marshall, N. Justin (2001). Ocular media transmission of coral reef fish - can coral reef fish see ultraviolet light?. Vision Research, 41 (2), 133-149. doi: 10.1016/S0042-6989(00)00240-6
Siebeck, U. E. and Marshall, N. J. (2000). Transmission of ocular media in labrid fishes. Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society of London Series B-biological Sciences, 355 (1401), 1257-1261.
Troje, Nikolaus F. and Siebeck, Ulrike (1998). Illumination-induced apparent shift in orientation of human Heads. Perception, 27 (6), 671-680. doi: 10.1068/p270671
Conference Papers
Newport, C., Wallis, G. M. and Siebeck, U. E. (2013). Human facial recognition in fish. 36th European Conference on Visual Perception, Bremen, Germany, 25 - 29 August 2013. London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications.
Siebeck, U. E., Wallis, G. and Vorobyev, M. (2009). Colour discrimination in coral reef fish. 32nd European Conference on Visual Perception, Regensburg, Germany, 24-28 August 2009. London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications.
Siebeck, U. E., Logan, D. and Marshall, N. J. (2008). CoralWatch: A flexible coral bleaching monitoring tool for you and your group. 11ICRS: 11th International Coral Reef Symposium 2008, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A., 7-11 July 2008. Dania Beach, FL, U.S.A.: National Coral Reef Institute.
Messing, C. G., Meyer, D. L., Siebeck, U. E., Jermiin, L. S., Vaney, D. I. and Rouse, G. W. (2006). A modern soft-bottom, shallow-water crinoid fauna (Echinodermata) from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. doi: 10.1007/s00338-005-0076-3
Siebeck, U. (2006). A private communication channel for coral reef fish based on UV signaling. 29th conference on visual perception, St Petersburg, 20-26 August 2006. London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications.
Siebeck, U. E. and Marshall, N. J. (2005). UV communication in reef fish. Australian Neuroscience Society Annual Conference 2005, Perth, Australia, 30 January - 2 February, 2005.
Marshall, N. J. and Siebeck, U. E. (2004). Secret communication in coral reef fishes. Seventh International Congress, Nyborg, Denmark, 8-13 August 2004.
Marshall, N. J., Siebeck, U. E. and Waller, S. J. (2004). Ontogenetic colour change and development of the visual system in a damselfish Pomacentrus ambionensis. 24th Annual Meeting of the Australian Neuroscience Society, Melbourne, Australia, 27-30 January 2004. Melbourne, Australia: Australian Neuroscience Society.
Marshall, N. J. and Siebeck, U. E. (2004). Secret communication in damselfish. 24th Annual Meeting of the Australian Neuroscience Society, Melbourne, Australia, 27-30 January 2004. Australian Neuroscience Society.
Waller, S., Siebeck, U. and Marshall, J. (2003). The possible role of ontogenetic colour change as intraspecific camouflage in damselfish. ASSAB Annual Conference, Canberra, 24-27 April, 2003. Canberra: Australian Society for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASSAB).
Mathger. L. M., Land, M. F., Siebeck , U. E. and Marshal , N. J. (2003). Reflective changes in the Paradise Whiptail, Pentapodus paradiseus. Australian Neuroscience Society 23rd Annual Meeting, Adelaide, Australia, 28-31 January, 2003. Australia: Australian Neuroscience Society Inc..
Siebeck, U. E., Collin, S. P. and Marshall, N. J. (2003). Occlusable corneas in toadfishes: Light transmission, movement and ultrastructure of pigment during light- and dark-adaptation. 23rd Annual Meeting of the Australian Neuroscience Society, Adelaide, Australia, 28-31 January 2003. Kent Town, S.A.: Australian Neuroscience Society.
Land, M. F., Marshall, N. J., Mathger, L. and Siebeck, U. (2003). Rapid colour changes in whiptails. 23rd Annual Meeting of the Australian Neuroscience Society, Adelaide, Australia, January 2003. Australian Neuroscience Society.
Waller, S., Siebeck, U. and Marshall, J. (2003). Ontogenetic colour change and the role of the ocellus in damselfish (Pomacentridae): Does it function as 'intraspecific camouflage'?. AMSA Annual Conference, 2003, Brisbane, 9-11 July, 2003. Brisbane: Australian Marine Science Association (AMSA).
Siebeck, U., Marshall, J. and Hoegh-Guldberg, I.O. (2003). Coral health monitoring using colour charts: A new tool for research and monitoring groups, schools and tourists. AMSA Annual Conference, Brisbane, 9-11 July 2003. Brisbane: Australian Marine Science Association (AMSA).
Siebeck, U. and Marshall, J. (2001). Do coral reef fish communicate with ultraviolet colours?. 28th Annual Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 19-21 April, 2001. Brisbane, Australia: ASSAB.
Siebeck, U. E. and Marshall, N. J. (2000). Transmission of ocular media in labrid fishes. Royal Society. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2000.0679
Siebeck, U. and Marshall, J. (2000). Ultraviolet vision in Coral Reef Fish. Second Workshop on Ultraviolet and Polarization Vision, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, 20 - 24 June, 2000. Victoria, Canada: University of Victoria.
Siebeck, U. and Marshall, J. (1999). Transmission properties of the ocular media of coral reef fish: Implications for UV vision. 1st International Conference on Sensory Processing of the Aquatic Environment, Heron Island, Qld, Aust., 21-27 March 1999. St Lucia, Brisbane: The University of Queensland.
Siebeck, U. and Marshall, J. (1999). UV vision in coral reef fish. Australian Neuroscience Society Nineteenth Annual Meeting: Molecular regulation of spinal cord development, Univ. of Tas., Hobart, 31 January 1999. Asia: Blackwell Science Asia.
Siebeck, U. and Troje, N. F. (1997). Judging the orientation of human faces: effects induced by varying the illumination. LONDON: PION LTD.
Data Collection
Parker, Amira, Wallis, Guy, Obergrussberger, Rainer and Siebeck, Ulrike (2020). Categorical Perception. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/uql.2020.641
Thesis
Siebeck, Ulrike Elisabeth (2002). UV vision and visual ecology of reef fish. PhD Thesis, School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/106216