Predator Avoidance in Extremophile Fish
| العنوان: | Predator Avoidance in Extremophile Fish |
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| المؤلفون: | Matthias Schulte, Rüdiger Riesch, Claudia Zimmer, Lenin Arias-Rodriguez, Nina Herrmann, Jeane Rimber Indy, David Bierbach, Martin Plath |
| المصدر: | Life, Vol 3, Iss 1, Pp 161-180 (2013) Life : Open Access Journal Life; Volume 3; Issue 1; Pages: 161-180 |
| بيانات النشر: | MDPI AG, 2013. |
| سنة النشر: | 2013 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Poecilia, Ecology, antipredator behavior, hydrogen sulfide, predator avoidance, predator recognition, Paleontology, Xiphophorus, Biology, biology.organism_classification, Article, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Predation, Poecilia mexicana, ddc:590, Habitat, Space and Planetary Science, Cichlid, Extremophile, lcsh:Q, lcsh:Science, Predator, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics |
| الوصف: | Extreme habitats are often characterized by reduced predation pressures, thus representing refuges for the inhabiting species. The present study was designed to investigate predator avoidance of extremophile populations of Poecilia mexicana and P. sulphuraria that either live in hydrogen sulfide-rich (sulfidic) springs or cave habitats, both of which are known to have impoverished piscine predator regimes. Focal fishes that inhabited sulfidic springs showed slightly weaker avoidance reactions when presented with several naturally occurring predatory cichlids, but strongest differences to populations from non-sulfidic habitats were found in a decreased shoaling tendency with non-predatory swordtail (Xiphophorus hellerii) females. When comparing avoidance reactions between P. mexicana from a sulfidic cave (Cueva del Azufre) and the adjacent sulfidic surface creek (El Azufre), we found only slight differences in predator avoidance, but surface fish reacted much more strongly to the non-predatory cichlid Vieja bifasciata. Our third experiment was designed to disentangle learned from innate effects of predator recognition. We compared laboratory-reared (i.e., predator-naïve) and wild-caught (i.e., predator-experienced) individuals of P. mexicana from a non-sulfidic river and found no differences in their reaction towards the presented predators. Overall, our results indicate (1) that predator avoidance is still functional in extremophile Poecilia spp. and (2) that predator recognition and avoidance reactions have a strong genetic basis. |
| وصف الملف: | application/pdf |
| تدمد: | 2075-1729 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::645311039a2891fed7d3a0351fc3b151 https://doi.org/10.3390/life3010161 |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....645311039a2891fed7d3a0351fc3b151 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 20751729 |
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