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{"title":"The effect of cadmium on plasma melanocyte-stimulating hormone and morphological changes of melanophores in the cichlid fish Oreochromis niloticus, at different salinity levels","authors":"Dimas Wahyu Meidivanto, A. Soegianto, N. Jannah, Faridlotul Ma’rifah, S. Hariyanto, T. W. C. Putranto, B. Irawan","doi":"10.1080/10236244.2019.1568193","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10236244.2019.1568193","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The effects of cadmium concentration (0, 2.5 and 5 mg L−1) on melanocyte-stimulating hormone (MSH), melanophore index (MI), and melanophore number (MN), as well as a microscopic examination of scale melanocytes in tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus Linnaeus, 1757) was evaluated at different salinity levels (0, 5 and 15 ppt). The levels of MSH, MI, and MN were lower in Cd-exposed fish than in control fish (not exposed to Cd) at salinity level of 0 and 5 ppt. In ppt, however these levels of MSH, MI and MN in control and Cd-exposed fish were not significantly different. In the media without Cd, the levels of MSH, MI and MN were not significantly different at all salinities. The morphological changes of melanophores were higher in Cd-exposed fish than in control fish at salinity 0 and 5 ppt, respectively. These morphological changes were not significantly different in the control fish at all salinities as well as in fish exposed to 0–5 mg L−1 Cd at salinity of 15 ppt. This study therefore demonstrates that the toxic effect of Cd on MSH levels and melanophore morphology decreased with increasing salinity. Further, due to the sensitivity of chromatophores to Cd, melanophore morphology is proposed as a biomarker of Cd exposure in aquatic ecosystems.","PeriodicalId":18210,"journal":{"name":"Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88502687","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effect of diet on oxygen uptake rate in the talitrid amphipod Platorchestia platensis","authors":"D. Wildish, S. Robinson","doi":"10.1080/10236244.2019.1567267","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10236244.2019.1567267","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The primary ecotope for Platorchestia platensis is supralittoral wrack, but occasionally this species may be found living in, and feeding on, rotting driftwood as a secondary ecotope. Lower oxygen uptake rates were measured for driftwood-fed compared with wrack-fed P. platensis. The null hypothesis that the metabolic rate in P. platensis would remain unchanged after reversing the diet from driftwood to wrack was rejected. Diet reversal experiments demonstrated that the oxygen consumption rates of P. platensis were reversible and gradually attained. This is consistent with the change of diet from wrack to driftwood, or vice versa, causing physiological changes involving oxygen consumption in P. platensis, which are described as acclimation rather than adaptation.","PeriodicalId":18210,"journal":{"name":"Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87086868","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The dorso-ventral righting reflex of purple shore crabs is impeded by sexually selected claws but not by leg autotomy","authors":"Tara E. Prestholdt, Matthew L. Ortman, Timothy Luethke","doi":"10.1080/10236244.2018.1522931","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10236244.2018.1522931","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Locomotion has been a well-studied avenue for questions regarding the costs of autotomy. However, previous studies have focused on traditional means of locomotion such as walking, running, or swimming; an unexplored aspect of locomotion as it relates to the costs of autotomy is the dorso-ventral righting reflex, or DVRR. Using a comprehensive set of treatment groups, we explored how autotomy affects the DVRR in the crab Hemigrapsus nudus. Our results suggested that missing walking legs had no impact on an animal’s ability to complete the DVRR. However, the enlarged claws of males were shown to impede the speed at which males can right themselves out of the compromising, supine position. This is a novel example of how a sexually selected trait can negatively affect animal locomotion.","PeriodicalId":18210,"journal":{"name":"Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87776118","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Impacts of elevated water temperatures on righting behavior and survival of two freshwater caenogastropod snails","authors":"M. C. DeWhatley, J. E. Alexander","doi":"10.1080/10236244.2018.1538699","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10236244.2018.1538699","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT As global temperatures rise, streams and rivers are predicted to be more severely impacted than other ecosystems, due in part to the limited mobility of aquatic invertebrates. Compared to many terrestrial animals, freshwater snails have particularly low potential for migration and thus are not expected to be able to compensate for climate warming with active dispersal. In freshwater animals, several behaviors are affected by elevated temperatures, including burrowing and escape responses, among others. This laboratory study aimed to assess the impacts of elevated temperatures on righting behavior and survival in two species of freshwater caenogastropod snails: fine-ridged elimia (Elimia semicarinata) and Shawnee rocksnails (Lithasia obovata). Righting time (the time to turn the body right-side-up when placed on the dorsal side of the shell) was assessed before beginning the experiment and again after chronic (10 day) exposure to an elevated temperature. There was no significant change in righting time at any temperature for either species, but there was significantly more failure to right within the time limit at elevated temperatures. For fine-ridged elimia, 30% of the snails failed to right in 30°C, compared to 2.5% in the control temperature (20°C). Similarly, 47.8% of Shawnee rocksnails failed to right at 27°C, while 19.4% failed to right in the 20°C group. Mortality was significantly higher at 35°C for fine-ridged elimia and 30°C for Shawnee rocksnails compared to the mortality of each species’ control group. Predicted rates of climate warming and current average temperatures suggest that fine-ridged elimia face more imminent risk of large-scale failure to right within natural populations, but the lower lethal temperature for Shawnee rocksnails suggests relatively high risk as well. These results contribute to the growing body of evidence that freshwater snails will be negatively impacted by climate warming, and may face large losses in the years to come.","PeriodicalId":18210,"journal":{"name":"Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84183348","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Scanning eye movements of the stomatopod crustacean, Neogonodactylus oerstedii, in polarized light fields","authors":"Mary F. Durham, Chan Lin, T. Cronin","doi":"10.1080/10236244.2018.1543544","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10236244.2018.1543544","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Stomatopod crustaceans have highly mobile, independently moving compound eyes that are sensitive to both linearly and circularly polarized light. They rotate their eyes to predictable angles when viewing a linearly polarized target, and they scan their eyes frequently to sample the visual field. Angles of scans are roughly perpendicular to the plane of the midband (a set of specialized parallel rows of equatorial ommatidia). We investigated scanning eye movements in one Caribbean stomatopod species (Neogonodactylus oerstedii) in uniform visual fields that were vertically polarized, horizontally polarized, or depolarized. We found that mean eye rotation and scan angles differed significantly among these different treatments. Average scan angles differed by 12°, being more horizontal in a vertically polarized field than in a horizontally polarized one, and also more horizontal in a vertically polarized field than in a depolarized field. Thus, these stomatopods adjusted visual scanning to the polarization of the visual environment.","PeriodicalId":18210,"journal":{"name":"Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89911591","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"An investigation into the male reproductive system of two freshwater crabs from the Amazon: is there a sperm plug or packet formation?","authors":"L. D. de Oliveira, F. Zara","doi":"10.1080/10236244.2018.1523678","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10236244.2018.1523678","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The male reproductive system of Amazon freshwater crabs Sylviocarcinus pictus and Dilocarcinus pagei were described and compared in terms of anatomy and histochemistry In addition, sperm transfer experiments of D. pagei with sequential copulations were performed and the anatomy of the seminal receptacle was checked. The anatomy of the male reproductive system of both species is an inverted ‘U’ shape, connected by the testes, from which the pair of vas deferens divided into anterior, median and posterior regions depart. Sylviocarcinus pictus and D. pagei revealed coenospermia, which differed from the families of freshwater crabs in Southeast Asia. The histochemical composition of the seminal fluid is similar in both Trichodactylidae, following the pattern described for most Brachyura. Through the copulation experiments and anatomical results, these animals do not show a sperm plug, but rather form different sperm packs when engaging in multiple copulations with different males.","PeriodicalId":18210,"journal":{"name":"Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89609194","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The force needed for leg autotomy in the crab Hemigrapsus nudus","authors":"Tara E. Prestholdt, Stephanie M. Rager, Jake N. Williams, C. Weilhoefer","doi":"10.1080/10236244.2018.1509674","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10236244.2018.1509674","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Autotomy is the ability to shed an appendage, and arthropods can autotomize to escape predation or a fouled molting event. Myriad aspects of autotomy have been previously explored, yet quantitative data on the force needed to induce autotomy is lacking. We tested three leg types in Hemigrapsus nudus, and our results showed that hind legs require the most amount of force to autotomize (~45 N-s) compared to claws (~28 N-s) or middle walking legs (~22 N-s). These results rejected our null hypothesis that all legs require an equal amount of force to autotomize as well as our alternate hypothesis that larger legs would require more force than smaller legs. Previous research has suggested that the propensity to autotomize could correlate with the type of appendage, and while we are unable to provide an evolutionary explanation for our results, it is exciting to have some quantitative force data for future studies.","PeriodicalId":18210,"journal":{"name":"Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2018-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72659789","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"‘Solo datasets’: unexpected behavioural patterns uncovered by acoustic monitoring of single individuals","authors":"J. Baeyaert, D. Abecasis, P. Afonso, G. Graça, Karim Erzini, J. Fontes","doi":"10.1080/10236244.2018.1517018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10236244.2018.1517018","url":null,"abstract":"A holistic understanding of the life-history strategies of marine populations is often hindered by complex population dynamics, exacerbated by an intricate movement ecology across their life history (Nathan et al. 2008; Parsons et al. 2008; Jeltsch et al. 2013). Movement patterns and spatial ecology can vary spatially and temporally for different reasons, mainly related to the organism’s life history and environmental variability (Abecasis et al. 2009, 2013; Afonso et al. 2009). Changes in spatial use and movement can occur daily when visiting feeding grounds or avoiding predators, or seasonally, when sexually mature individuals migrate to spawning/breeding grounds (Kozakiewicz 1995; Sundström et al. 2001). However, observed shifts in spatial use and movement patterns, as a result of behavioural plasticity, may also vary greatly from one individual to another of the same species and/or population (Afonso et al. 2009). Further, ontogeny can also play an important role and explain a possible change in individual spatial variation. Noticeable differences in the behaviour and movements of mature and immature individuals have been documented in various marine organisms (Lowe et al. 1996; Lecchini and Galzin 2005). Permanent habitat shifts have been associated with ontogenesis in pigeye sharks (Carcharhinus amboinensis), moving from inshore to offshore areas after reaching maturity (Knip et al. 2011). Hence, a relevant debate lies in the implications of ‘solo datasets’ and the potential pertinence of the patterns an individual dataset could uncover. Data deficiency can be the primary barrier to efficient marine conservation and management, and while longterm species-specific data are often lacking (Broderick 2015), it appears worthwhile to investigate patterns exhibited by single individuals as a baseline to address further research projects more thoroughly. Relatively, long-term monitoring of a unique specimen can reveal extraordinary, previously unexpected behaviours. For instance, using a ‘solo dataset’ from a scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini, Spaet et al. (2017)","PeriodicalId":18210,"journal":{"name":"Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2018-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83290072","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Laboratory observations on predator–prey interactions between the bearded fireworm (Hermodice carunculata) and Mediterranean benthic invertebrates","authors":"R. Simonini, Isabella Maletti, Sara Righi, S. Fai, D. Prevedelli","doi":"10.1080/10236244.2018.1502031","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10236244.2018.1502031","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The bearded fireworm (Hermodice carunculata) is an amphinomid polychaete with a circumtropical Atlantic-Mediterranean distribution. In the Mediterranean Sea, very little information is available on its feeding habits and ecological functions. Here, its increasing abundance and the ability to actively prey on a keystone sea urchin species suggest potential repercussions for the structure and functioning of benthic communities. We performed laboratory feeding experiments to investigate interactions between Mediterranean H. carunculata and 12 species of sessile or sedentary invertebrates. H. carunculata preyed efficiently on 9 of the species offered. In particular, active predation of a polychaete upon nudibranchs, colonial ascidians and chitons was reported for the first time. Fireworms’ predatory ability may be due to a combination of several ‘weapons’ (large size, motility, stinging chaetae and eversible, sucking pharynx) which seems to be unique among marine worms, and could enable H. carunculata to persist also after radical changes in prey community composition and withstand selective pressures associated with ongoing environmental changes.","PeriodicalId":18210,"journal":{"name":"Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2018-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86155403","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Comparing oxygen uptake rates of driftwood and wrack generalist talitrid amphipods","authors":"D. Wildish, L. Pavesi, S. Robinson","doi":"10.1080/10236244.2018.1521701","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10236244.2018.1521701","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Rates of oxygen consumption in seawater standardized for size (mass or body length) were compared for a representative supralittoral, wrack generalist talitrid – Platorchestia platensis and a representative driftwood, specialist talitrid – Macarorchestia remyi. Oxygen consumption in seawater was significantly less in M. remyi. This confirms the view that a reduced standard metabolic rate, and consequent reduction in growth rate and final size achieved, was an important physiological mechanism involved in dwarfism and adaptation to driftwood in M. remyi. Reduced standard metabolic rate in driftwood specialist talitrids is contrary to the metabolic theory of ecology.","PeriodicalId":18210,"journal":{"name":"Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2018-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73921562","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}