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Female Breeding Experience Affects Parental Care Strategies of Both Parents in a Monogamous Cichlid fish
Animal Behaviour 104 (2015) 31e37 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Animal Behaviour journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/anbehav Female breeding experience affects parental care strategies of both parents in a monogamous cichlid fish * Nicholas Santangelo Department of Biology, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY, U.S.A. article info Previous breeding experience affects parental care, yet in biparental species it is unclear how the fl Article history: inexperience of only one parent in uences parental dynamics and division of labour. Using the biparental Received 9 October 2014 convict cichlid, Amatitlania siquia, I assessed how female breeding experience affects male and female Initial acceptance 20 November 2014 parental behaviour. Females that either had bred (experienced) or were virgins (inexperienced) were Final acceptance 4 February 2015 paired with experienced males. Inexperienced females were less likely to form pairs and took longer to Available online 9 April 2015 spawn. Female experience also affected parental division of labour between direct offspring care and MS. number: A14-00802R2 territory defence. Female behaviour was compared in the presence and absence of their male partners. When males were present, all females divided their time similarly: more time was spent in direct care. Keywords: When male mates were removed, experienced females divided their time equally between territory Archocentrus nigrofasciatus defence and direct care, while inexperienced females continued to spend more time in direct care. Males biparental paired to inexperienced females divided their time equally between territory defence and direct care, convict cichlid division of labour while males paired to experienced females spent more time in defence. Males were also more aggressive naïve female towards experienced females. -
Prosanta Chakrabarty
Prosanta Chakrabarty Museum of Natural Science, Dept. of Bio. Sci., 119 Foster Hall, Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA 70803 USA Office (225) 578-3079 | Fax: (225) 578-3075 e-mail: [email protected] webpage: http://www.prosanta.net EDUCATION 2006 Doctor of Philosophy in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Dissertation: "Phylogenetic and Biogeographic Analyses of Greater Antillean and Middle American Cichlidae." 2000 Bachelor of Science in Applied Zoology, McGill University, Montréal, Québec. RECENT RESEARCH AND ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS 2014 – Present Associate Professor/Curator of Fishes, Louisiana State University, Department of Biological Sciences, Museum of Natural Science, LA. 2016 - Present Research Associate National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian, Washington, D.C. 2012 - Present Research Associate, Division of Vertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, NY. 2016 - 2017 Program Director for National Science Foundation (Visiting Scientist, Engineer Program), Systematics and Biodiversity Sciences Cluster in the Division of Environmental Biology, Directorate for Biological Sciences, VA. 2008 - 2014 Assistant Professor/Curator of Fishes, Louisiana State University, Department of Biological Sciences, Museum of Natural Science, LA. 2006 - 2008 Postdoctoral Fellow, American Museum of Natural History, Department of Ichthyology, NY. MAJOR GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS Over $2 million total as PI • NSF DEB: Collaborative Research: Not so Fast - Historical biogeography of freshwater fishes in Central America and the Greater Antilles, 2014-2019. • NSF IOS: Research Opportunity, 2018. • NSF: CSBR: Imminent and Critical Integration and Renovations to Herps and Fishes at the LSU Museum of Natural Science, 2016-2019. • National Academies Keck Futures Initiative: Crude Life: A Citizen Art and Science Investigation of Gulf of Mexico Biodiversity after the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, 2016-2018. -
Non-Native Freshwater Fish Management in Biosphere Reserves
ISSN 1989‐8649 Manag. Biolog. Invasions, 2010, 1 Abstract Non‐Native freshwater fish management in Biosphere Reserves The consideration of non‐native freshwater fish species in the Andrea PINO‐DEL‐CARPIO*, Rafael MIRANDA & Jordi PUIG management plans of 18 Biosphere Reserves is evaluated. Additionally, impacts caused by introduced freshwater fish species are described. Introduction, Hypotheses and Reserves was created in 1974 and it Some measures to alleviate the Problems for Management is defined in the Statutory ecological effects of fish species Framework of the World network as introductions are proposed, while Biodiversity, the variety of life on “areas of terrestrial and coastal/ paying attention to local development Earth, is disappearing at an marine ecosystems, or a as well. The introduction of non‐native combination thereof, which are species may have negative conse‐ increasing and unprecedented rate quences for the ecosystems. The (Rockström et al. 2009). This internationally recognized within analysis of the management plans of situation contradicts the 2002 the framework of UNESCO the Reserves confirms that non‐native objective to achieve a significant Programme on Man and the freshwater fish species sometimes are reduction of the current rate of Biosphere (MaB)” (UNESCO 1996). not considered in the action plans of biodiversity loss by 2010 To what extent Biosphere Reserves the area. Biosphere Reserve’s (Convention on Biological Diversity fulfil the aim of biodiversity management plans should consider the 2002). One of the multiple initiatives conservation? In order to make a presence of alien species, with the aim adopted to promote biodiversity first inquiry in this issue, some to preserve biodiversity. -
Evaluating Longitudinal Changes in Behavior and 11-Ketotestosterone in Parental Convict Cichlids (Amatitlania Siquia)
Georgia State University ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University Biology Theses Department of Biology 5-10-2019 PAIR BOND DYNAMICS: EVALUATING LONGITUDINAL CHANGES IN BEHAVIOR AND 11-KETOTESTOSTERONE IN PARENTAL CONVICT CICHLIDS (AMATITLANIA SIQUIA) Celine Richards Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/biology_theses Recommended Citation Richards, Celine, "PAIR BOND DYNAMICS: EVALUATING LONGITUDINAL CHANGES IN BEHAVIOR AND 11-KETOTESTOSTERONE IN PARENTAL CONVICT CICHLIDS (AMATITLANIA SIQUIA)." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2019. https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/biology_theses/92 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Department of Biology at ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Biology Theses by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. PAIR BOND DYNAMICS: EVALUATING LONGITUDINAL CHANGES IN BEHAVIOR AND 11-KETOTESTOSTERONE IN PARENTAL CONVICT CICHLIDS (AMATITLANIA SIQUIA) By CELINE RICHARDS Under the Direction of Edmund Rodgers, PhD ABSTRACT Bi-parental care and pair bonding often coincide in nature. The reproductive success of the organisms that apply this strategy is dependent upon defensive behaviors and territorial aggression. Some of these organisms also display affiliative behavior within the pair pond during the time of parental care. The behavioral dynamics that occur over the course of the pair bond and their relationship to the reproductive success of the organism is not well understood. Convict cichlids (Amatitlania siquia) form pair bonds during the breeding season and provide bi- parental care; their behavioral repertoire is ideal for studying pair bonding. The androgen profile of organisms that provide parental care through aggressive means is also not fully understood. -
The AQUATIC DESIGN CENTRE
The AQUATIC DESIGN CENTRE ltd 26 Zennor Road Trade Park, Balham, SW12 0PS Ph: 020 7580 6764 [email protected] PLEASE CALL TO CHECK AVAILABILITY ON DAY Complete Freshwater Livestock (2019) Livebearers Common Name In Stock Y/N Limia melanogaster Y Poecilia latipinna Dalmatian Molly Y Poecilia latipinna Silver Lyre Tail Molly Y Poecilia reticulata Male Guppy Asst Colours Y Poecilia reticulata Red Cap, Cobra, Elephant Ear Guppy Y Poecilia reticulata Female Guppy Y Poecilia sphenops Molly: Black, Canary, Silver, Marble. y Poecilia velifera Sailfin Molly Y Poecilia wingei Endler's Guppy Y Xiphophorus hellerii Swordtail: Pineapple,Red, Green, Black, Lyre Y Xiphophorus hellerii Kohaku Swordtail, Koi, HiFin Xiphophorus maculatus Platy: wagtail,blue,red, sunset, variatus Y Tetras Common Name Aphyocarax paraguayemsis White Tip Tetra Aphyocharax anisitsi Bloodfin Tetra Y Arnoldichthys spilopterus Red Eye Tetra Y Axelrodia riesei Ruby Tetra Bathyaethiops greeni Red Back Congo Tetra Y Boehlkea fredcochui Blue King Tetra Copella meinkeni Spotted Splashing Tetra Crenuchus spilurus Sailfin Characin y Gymnocorymbus ternetzi Black Widow Tetra Y Hasemania nana Silver Tipped Tetra y Hemigrammus erythrozonus Glowlight Tetra y Hemigrammus ocelifer Beacon Tetra y Hemigrammus pulcher Pretty Tetra y Hemigrammus rhodostomus Diamond Back Rummy Nose y Hemigrammus rhodostomus Rummy nose Tetra y Hemigrammus rubrostriatus Hemigrammus vorderwimkieri Platinum Tetra y Hyphessobrycon amandae Ember Tetra y Hyphessobrycon amapaensis Amapa Tetra Y Hyphessobrycon bentosi -
They're Not Just Convicts Anymore
2008 FAAS Publication Awards. Please follow reprint instructions at http://www.faas.info/2008_publication_awards_winners.html#reprintpolicy They’re Not Just Convicts Anymore By Daniel Spielman All Photos by Daniel Spielman Introduction Convicts get no respect, with many a cichlidophile turning up his or her nose at the sight of a group on Convicts in a tank or a bag of fry in an auction. It’s time for that to change. Easy to breed and exhibiting wonderful parental care, Convict cichlids (Cryptoheros nigrofasciatus) have long been staples in the hobby. Indeed, for many new fishkeepers, the satisfaction of watching a pair of Convict parents herd a group of fry around a tank sparks the initial desire to keep other mem bers of the cichlid family. Indeed, my fish cichlids were Convicts, and watch ing them care for their fry definitely got me hooked. The contrast with trying to keep guppies or swordtails from eating their own offspring is striking (how did eating one’s own young ever evolve in the first place?). However, the very fact that Convicts spawn so readily in the aquarium causes many hobbyists to quickly lose interest in the species. Although Convicts occasionally appear on experienced hobbyists’ lists of most favorite cichlid, the problem is they are just too common and too easy to breed. Typical Convict spawning jokes involve two fish and a wet paper towel, and one often feels fortunate to break the $1 barrier at the auction to avoid the indignity of having to bring one’s fish back home again at the end of the monthly club meeting. -
Towards a Regional Information Base for Lake Tanganyika Research
RESEARCH FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THE FISHERIES ON LAKE GCP/RAF/271/FIN-TD/Ol(En) TANGANYIKA GCP/RAF/271/FIN-TD/01 (En) January 1992 TOWARDS A REGIONAL INFORMATION BASE FOR LAKE TANGANYIKA RESEARCH by J. Eric Reynolds FINNISH INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Bujumbura, January 1992 The conclusions and recommendations given in this and other reports in the Research for the Management of the Fisheries on Lake Tanganyika Project series are those considered appropriate at the time of preparation. They may be modified in the light of further knowledge gained at subsequent stages of the Project. The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion on the part of FAO or FINNIDA concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area, or concerning the determination of its frontiers or boundaries. PREFACE The Research for the Management of the Fisheries on Lake Tanganyika project (Tanganyika Research) became fully operational in January 1992. It is executed by the Food and Agriculture organization of the United Nations (FAO) and funded by the Finnish International Development Agency (FINNIDA). This project aims at the determination of the biological basis for fish production on Lake Tanganyika, in order to permit the formulation of a coherent lake-wide fisheries management policy for the four riparian States (Burundi, Tanzania, Zaïre and Zambia). Particular attention will be also given to the reinforcement of the skills and physical facilities of the fisheries research units in all four beneficiary countries as well as to the buildup of effective coordination mechanisms to ensure full collaboration between the Governments concerned. -
Out of Lake Tanganyika: Endemic Lake Fishes Inhabit Rapids of the Lukuga River
355 Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters, Vol. 22, No. 4, pp. 355-376, 5 figs., 3 tabs., December 2011 © 2011 by Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, München, Germany – ISSN 0936-9902 Out of Lake Tanganyika: endemic lake fishes inhabit rapids of the Lukuga River Sven O. Kullander* and Tyson R. Roberts** The Lukuga River is a large permanent river intermittently serving as the only effluent of Lake Tanganyika. For at least the first one hundred km its water is almost pure lake water. Seventy-seven species of fish were collected from six localities along the Lukuga River. Species of cichlids, cyprinids, and clupeids otherwise known only from Lake Tanganyika were identified from rapids in the Lukuga River at Niemba, 100 km from the lake, whereas downstream localities represent a Congo River fish fauna. Cichlid species from Niemba include special- ized algal browsers that also occur in the lake (Simochromis babaulti, S. diagramma) and one invertebrate picker representing a new species of a genus (Tanganicodus) otherwise only known from the lake. Other fish species from Niemba include an abundant species of clupeid, Stolothrissa tanganicae, otherwise only known from Lake Tangan- yika that has a pelagic mode of life in the lake. These species demonstrate that their adaptations are not neces- sarily dependent upon the lake habitat. Other endemic taxa occurring at Niemba are known to frequent vegetat- ed shore habitats or river mouths similar to the conditions at the entrance of the Lukuga, viz. Chelaethiops minutus (Cyprinidae), Lates mariae (Latidae), Mastacembelus cunningtoni (Mastacembelidae), Astatotilapia burtoni, Ctenochromis horei, Telmatochromis dhonti, and Tylochromis polylepis (Cichlidae). The Lukuga frequently did not serve as an ef- fluent due to weed masses and sand bars building up at the exit, and low water levels of Lake Tanganyika. -
Thesis Ebi Antony George
Individual and social mechanisms regulating the dance activity within honey bee forager groups A Thesis Submitted to the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Biology by Ebi Antony George National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai October 2019 Declaration Date: 11 October 2019 iii Certificate v Publications George EA, Brockmann A. 2019 Social modulation of individual differences in dance communication in honey bees. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 73, 41. (doi:10.1007/s00265-019- 2649-0) Content from the above publication has been incorporated in the thesis with permission from the publisher (License no: 4570571255954). George EA, Bröger A-K, Thamm M, Brockmann A, Scheiner R. 2019 Inter-individual variation in honey bee dance intensity correlates with expression of the foraging gene. Genes, Brain and Behavior. 1– 11. (doi:10.1111/gbb.12592) Content from the above publication has been incorporated in the thesis with permission from the publisher (License no: 4675421240663). vii Acknowledgements Charles Darwin rightly said that “it is the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) that those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed”. These words highlight an interesting parallel between the paradigm I studied (the foraging activity of the honey bee colony) and my own experience during my PhD at the National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore. In both cases, any successful endeavour depended on the interaction between a diverse group of individuals, each supporting the other. Even though it is my name on the first page of this thesis, I am part of a multitude of people who have all contributed academically and otherwise to this document. -
Dynamics of Sex Chromosome Evolution in a Rapid Radiation Of
bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.10.23.335596; this version posted October 23, 2020. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder. All rights reserved. No reuse allowed without permission. 1 Dynamics of sex chromosome evolution in a rapid radiation of 2 cichlid fishes 3 Athimed El Taher1, Fabrizia Ronco1, Michael Matschiner1,2,3, Walter Salzburger1, Astrid 4 Böhne1,4* 5 1Zoological Institute, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland 6 2Department of Palaeontology and Museum, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. 7 3Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, 8 Oslo, Norway. 9 4Center for Molecular Biodiversity Research, Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, Germany 10 *e-mail: [email protected] 1 bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.10.23.335596; this version posted October 23, 2020. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder. All rights reserved. No reuse allowed without permission. 11 Dynamics of sex chromosome evolution in a rapid radiation of 12 cichlid fishes 13 Abstract 14 Sex is a fundamental trait that is determined, depending on the species, by different 15 environmental and/or genetic factors, including various types of sex chromosomes. However, 16 while the functioning and evolution of sex chromosomes have been explored in species 17 scattered across the eukaryotic tree of life, little is known about tempo and mode of sex 18 chromosome evolution in closely related species. -
Is DNA Available for Analysis in Convict Fry, Convict Wrigglers
Is DNA Available for Analysis in Fry, Dead, or Preserved Convict Fish? Yasamin Haider (STAR Fellow) and Dr. Ron Coleman (Research Mentor) California State University, Sacramento Department of Biology Introduction Results Conclusions Structure and relatedness of populations within the same species is crucial to My research has shown that DNA is available for analysis in convict cichlid fry as small understanding its evolutionary configuration. Cryptoheros septemfasciatus is a species as having a Total Length (TL) of 5.2mm. The primers I used, Acit1F and Acit1R, were of cichlid fish (family Cichlidae) that varies greatly from population to population able to enhance both strands of DNA to be amplified which are shown in the gel images where phenotypic differentiation is visible in many different rivers of Costa Rica. These of Figure 5. I was also able to amplify DNA from a frozen convict fin clip and a fin clip variations are caused by the geography of the rivers, large-scale flooding, and tropical from a Pungu maclarani that was preserved in formalin. In the end, knowing that we rainfall. The larger project being conducted aims to answer the questions of relatedness can extract and analyze DNA from convict fry will allow Sasha and Dr. Coleman’s between the different populations of C. septemfasciatus in the many geographically sample collecting process of different populations of C. septemfasciatus in the many close rivers of northern Costa Rica. To achieve this, fish samples must be taken from different rivers of Northern Costa Rica to be more transparent and expeditious. the different populations in the different rivers. -
2010 Board of Governors Report
American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Board of Governors Meeting Westin – Narragansett Ballroom B Providence, Rhode Island 7 July 2010 Maureen A. Donnelly Secretary Florida International University College of Arts & Sciences 11200 SW 8th St. - ECS 450 Miami, FL 33199 [email protected] 305.348.1235 13 June 2010 The ASIH Board of Governor's is scheduled to meet on Wednesday, 7 July 2010 from 5:00 – 7:00 pm in the Westin Hotel in Narragansett Ballroom B. President Hanken plans to move blanket acceptance of all reports included in this book that cover society business for 2009 and 2010 (in part). The book includes the ballot information for the 2010 elections (Board of Governors and Annual Business Meeting). Governors can ask to have items exempted from blanket approval. These exempted items will be acted upon individually. We will also act individually on items exempted by the Executive Committee. Please remember to bring this booklet with you to the meeting. I will bring a few extra copies to Providence. Please contact me directly (email is best - [email protected]) with any questions you may have. Please notify me if you will not be able to attend the meeting so I can share your regrets with the Governors. I will leave for Providence (via Boston on 4 July 2010) so try to contact me before that date if possible. I will arrive in Providence on the afternoon of 6 July 2010 The Annual Business Meeting will be held on Sunday 11 July 2010 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm in The Rhode Island Convention Center (RICC) in Room 556 AB.