Effects of salinity on nest-building behaviour in a marine fish
Background: Parental allocation and reproductive success are often strongly influenced by environmental factors. In this respect, salinity is a key factor influencing species distributions and community structure in aquatic animals. Nevertheless, the effects of salinity on reproductive behaviours ar...
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ftunivhelsihelda:oai:helda.helsinki.fi:10138/175277 2024-01-07T09:43:20+01:00 Effects of salinity on nest-building behaviour in a marine fish Lehtonen, Topi K. Wong, Bob B. M. Kvarnemo, Charlotta Tvärminne Zoological Station 2017-02-14T09:44:01Z 9 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10138/175277 eng eng BioMed Central Ltd 10.1186/s12898-016-0067-y We thank the Ivarminne Zoological Station and Kai Lindstrom for logistic support, Andreas Linden for statistical advice, and Santeri Lehtonen and Anniina Saarinen for assistance at the station. The study was also associated with the Linnaeus Centre for Marine Evolutionary Biology, CeMEB. The funding was provided by the Department of Biology, University of Turku (TKL), The Australian Research Council (BBMW) and The Swedish Research Council (CK). Lehtonen , T K , Wong , B B M & Kvarnemo , C 2016 , ' Effects of salinity on nest-building behaviour in a marine fish ' , BMC Ecology , vol. 16 , 7 . https://doi.org/10.1186/s12898-016-0067-y ORCID: /0000-0002-1372-9509/work/84706892 84962082396 69c607b9-c0dc-4fa2-87c4-3664246c1d17 http://hdl.handle.net/10138/175277 000370949700001 cc_by openAccess info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Body size Environmental change Nest-building Parental care Phenotypic plasticity Salinity Sand goby MALE REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS MALE-MALE COMPETITION COD GADUS-MORHUA TURBOT SCOPHTHALMUS-MAXIMUS POMATOSCHISTUS-MINUTUS BALTIC SEA BODY-SIZE FEMALE CHOICE 1181 Ecology evolutionary biology Article publishedVersion 2017 ftunivhelsihelda 2023-12-14T00:01:28Z Background: Parental allocation and reproductive success are often strongly influenced by environmental factors. In this respect, salinity is a key factor influencing species distributions and community structure in aquatic animals. Nevertheless, the effects of salinity on reproductive behaviours are not well known. Here, we used the sand goby (Pomatoschistus minutus), a small fish inhabiting a range of different salinities, to experimentally assess the effects of changes in salinity on nesting behaviour, a key component of reproduction in sand gobies and many other taxa. Results: We found that salinity levels influenced some aspects of male nesting behaviour (i.e. nest entrance size) but not others (i.e. latency to build a nest, choice of nest site, sand on top of nest) and that small and large individuals were differently affected. In particular, the importance of body size in adjustment of nest entrance depended on the salinity level. Conclusion: The results support the prediction that geographically widespread aquatic species, such as sand gobies, are able to perform well under a range of salinity levels. The phenotype by environment interaction found between male size and behavioural responses to salinity can, in turn, help to explain the notable variation observed in nest-building (and other) behaviours closely linked to reproduction. Peer reviewed Article in Journal/Newspaper Gadus morhua Scophthalmus maximus Turbot HELDA – University of Helsinki Open Repository BMC Ecology 16 1 |
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Body size Environmental change Nest-building Parental care Phenotypic plasticity Salinity Sand goby MALE REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS MALE-MALE COMPETITION COD GADUS-MORHUA TURBOT SCOPHTHALMUS-MAXIMUS POMATOSCHISTUS-MINUTUS BALTIC SEA BODY-SIZE FEMALE CHOICE 1181 Ecology evolutionary biology |
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Body size Environmental change Nest-building Parental care Phenotypic plasticity Salinity Sand goby MALE REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS MALE-MALE COMPETITION COD GADUS-MORHUA TURBOT SCOPHTHALMUS-MAXIMUS POMATOSCHISTUS-MINUTUS BALTIC SEA BODY-SIZE FEMALE CHOICE 1181 Ecology evolutionary biology Lehtonen, Topi K. Wong, Bob B. M. Kvarnemo, Charlotta Effects of salinity on nest-building behaviour in a marine fish |
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Body size Environmental change Nest-building Parental care Phenotypic plasticity Salinity Sand goby MALE REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS MALE-MALE COMPETITION COD GADUS-MORHUA TURBOT SCOPHTHALMUS-MAXIMUS POMATOSCHISTUS-MINUTUS BALTIC SEA BODY-SIZE FEMALE CHOICE 1181 Ecology evolutionary biology |
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Background: Parental allocation and reproductive success are often strongly influenced by environmental factors. In this respect, salinity is a key factor influencing species distributions and community structure in aquatic animals. Nevertheless, the effects of salinity on reproductive behaviours are not well known. Here, we used the sand goby (Pomatoschistus minutus), a small fish inhabiting a range of different salinities, to experimentally assess the effects of changes in salinity on nesting behaviour, a key component of reproduction in sand gobies and many other taxa. Results: We found that salinity levels influenced some aspects of male nesting behaviour (i.e. nest entrance size) but not others (i.e. latency to build a nest, choice of nest site, sand on top of nest) and that small and large individuals were differently affected. In particular, the importance of body size in adjustment of nest entrance depended on the salinity level. Conclusion: The results support the prediction that geographically widespread aquatic species, such as sand gobies, are able to perform well under a range of salinity levels. The phenotype by environment interaction found between male size and behavioural responses to salinity can, in turn, help to explain the notable variation observed in nest-building (and other) behaviours closely linked to reproduction. Peer reviewed |
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Effects of salinity on nest-building behaviour in a marine fish |
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Effects of salinity on nest-building behaviour in a marine fish |
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Effects of salinity on nest-building behaviour in a marine fish |
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10.1186/s12898-016-0067-y We thank the Ivarminne Zoological Station and Kai Lindstrom for logistic support, Andreas Linden for statistical advice, and Santeri Lehtonen and Anniina Saarinen for assistance at the station. The study was also associated with the Linnaeus Centre for Marine Evolutionary Biology, CeMEB. The funding was provided by the Department of Biology, University of Turku (TKL), The Australian Research Council (BBMW) and The Swedish Research Council (CK). Lehtonen , T K , Wong , B B M & Kvarnemo , C 2016 , ' Effects of salinity on nest-building behaviour in a marine fish ' , BMC Ecology , vol. 16 , 7 . https://doi.org/10.1186/s12898-016-0067-y ORCID: /0000-0002-1372-9509/work/84706892 84962082396 69c607b9-c0dc-4fa2-87c4-3664246c1d17 http://hdl.handle.net/10138/175277 000370949700001 |
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