Hermit crabs as model species for investigating the behavioural responses to pollution
Human impacts on the environment affect organisms at all levels of biological organisation and ultimately can change their phenotype. Over time, phenotypic change may arise due to selection but individual phenotypes are also subject to change via genotype × environment interactions. In animals, beha...
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ftunivhullir:oai:hull-repository.worktribe.com:4402822 2024-09-15T18:28:17+00:00 Hermit crabs as model species for investigating the behavioural responses to pollution Briffa, Mark Arnott, Gareth Hardege, Jörg D. 2023-09-27 https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/file/4402822/1/Published%20article https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4402822 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167360 English eng Elsevier https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4402822 Science of the Total Environment Volume 906 doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167360 https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/file/4402822/1/Published%20article 0048-9697 doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167360 openAccess https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Pollution HIREC Behaviour Info-disruption Microplastic Ocean acidification Hermit crab Journal Article publishedVersion 2023 ftunivhullir https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167360 2024-07-15T14:12:00Z Human impacts on the environment affect organisms at all levels of biological organisation and ultimately can change their phenotype. Over time, phenotypic change may arise due to selection but individual phenotypes are also subject to change via genotype × environment interactions. In animals, behaviour is the most flexible aspect of phenotype, and hence the most liable to change across environmental gradients including exposure to pollution. Here we review current knowledge on the impacts of pollution, broadly defined to include the release of substances, energy, and the effects of carbon emissions, on the behaviour of a highly studied group, the globally distributed hermit crabs. We first show how their obligate association with empty gastropod shells underpins their use as model organisms for the study of resource-assessment, contest, and risk-coping behaviours. Intense study of hermit crabs has advanced our understanding of how animals use information, and we discuss the ways in which pollutants can disrupt the cognitive processes involved. We then highlight current studies of hermit crabs, which paint a clear picture of behavioural changes due to multiple pollutants. Impacts on behaviour vary across pollutants and entire suites of behaviours can be influenced by a single pollutant, with the potential for interactive and cascade effects. Hermit crabs offer the opportunity for detailed behavioural analysis, including application of the repeated measures animal-personality framework, and they are highly amenable to experimental manipulations. As such, we show how they now provide a model system for studying the impacts of pollution on behaviour, yielding insights broadly applicable across animal diversity. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ocean acidification University of Hull: Repository@Hull Science of The Total Environment 906 167360 |
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Human impacts on the environment affect organisms at all levels of biological organisation and ultimately can change their phenotype. Over time, phenotypic change may arise due to selection but individual phenotypes are also subject to change via genotype × environment interactions. In animals, behaviour is the most flexible aspect of phenotype, and hence the most liable to change across environmental gradients including exposure to pollution. Here we review current knowledge on the impacts of pollution, broadly defined to include the release of substances, energy, and the effects of carbon emissions, on the behaviour of a highly studied group, the globally distributed hermit crabs. We first show how their obligate association with empty gastropod shells underpins their use as model organisms for the study of resource-assessment, contest, and risk-coping behaviours. Intense study of hermit crabs has advanced our understanding of how animals use information, and we discuss the ways in which pollutants can disrupt the cognitive processes involved. We then highlight current studies of hermit crabs, which paint a clear picture of behavioural changes due to multiple pollutants. Impacts on behaviour vary across pollutants and entire suites of behaviours can be influenced by a single pollutant, with the potential for interactive and cascade effects. Hermit crabs offer the opportunity for detailed behavioural analysis, including application of the repeated measures animal-personality framework, and they are highly amenable to experimental manipulations. As such, we show how they now provide a model system for studying the impacts of pollution on behaviour, yielding insights broadly applicable across animal diversity. |
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Briffa, Mark Arnott, Gareth Hardege, Jörg D. |
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Briffa, Mark Arnott, Gareth Hardege, Jörg D. |
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Hermit crabs as model species for investigating the behavioural responses to pollution |
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Hermit crabs as model species for investigating the behavioural responses to pollution |
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Hermit crabs as model species for investigating the behavioural responses to pollution |
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Hermit crabs as model species for investigating the behavioural responses to pollution |
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Hermit crabs as model species for investigating the behavioural responses to pollution |
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hermit crabs as model species for investigating the behavioural responses to pollution |
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