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| Autor(es): |
Camargo-dos-Santos, Bruno
[1]
;
Goncalves, Bruno Bastos
[2]
;
Bellot, Marina Sanson
[1]
;
Guermandi, Isabela Inforzato
[1]
;
Barki, Assaf
[3]
;
Giaquinto, Percilia Cardoso
[1]
Número total de Autores: 6
|
| Afiliação do(s) autor(es): | [1] Sao Paulo State Univ, Inst Biosci Botucatu, Dept Physiol, Botucatu, SP - Brazil
[2] Goias Fed Univ, Inst Biosci UFG, Lab Environm Biotechnol & Ecotoxicol, Goiania, Go - Brazil
[3] Agr Res Org, Volcani Ctr, Dept Poultry & Aquaculture, Inst Anim Sci, Bet Dagan, Ramla - Israel
Número total de Afiliações: 3
|
| Tipo de documento: | Artigo Científico |
| Fonte: | ACTA ETHOLOGICA; v. 24, n. 2, p. 127-136, JUN 2021. |
| Citações Web of Science: | 0 |
| Resumo | |
Water turbidity deteriorates visibility and thereby may change the physiology and behavior of aquatic animals that rely on vision. In the guppy fish (Poecilia reticulata), a key element in the mating behavior and reproductive success of males is female mate choice, which is predominantly based on visual signals. Females choose attractive males based on body coloration, and males court females by displaying their coloration. Here, we demonstrate that guppy males exhibit morphological and behavioral adjustments in response to changes in the visual environment. Males reared in turbid water had more conspicuous coloration than males reared in clear water, with higher intensity of carotenoid-based and ultraviolet colors, but not a larger area of red spots on the body. However, they performed less courtship displays in turbid water than males reared in clear water performed in clear water. Thus, increased coloration in turbid-water males was not accompanied by increased effort to display it. Although our findings demonstrated developmental plasticity in mating-related traits, turbidity-induced alteration in coloration did not match behavior change as could be predicted by favoring male attractiveness. (AU) | |
| Processo FAPESP: | 16/01567-2 - Plasticidade fenotípica de lebistes em água turva e seus efeitos na seleção sexual |
| Beneficiário: | Bruno Camargo dos Santos |
| Modalidade de apoio: | Bolsas no Brasil - Iniciação Científica |