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To signal or not to signal? Chemical communication by urine-borne signals mirrors sexual conflict in crayfish (2010)
Journal Article
Berry, F. C., & Breithaupt, T. (2010). To signal or not to signal? Chemical communication by urine-borne signals mirrors sexual conflict in crayfish. BMC biology, 8, Article 25. https://doi.org/10.1186/1741-7007-8-25

Background: Sexual selection theory predicts that females, being the limiting sex, invest less in courtship signals than males. However, when chemical signals are involved it is often the female that initiates mating by producing stimuli that inform... Read More about To signal or not to signal? Chemical communication by urine-borne signals mirrors sexual conflict in crayfish.

Current knowledge on non-native freshwater fish introductions (2010)
Journal Article
Gozlan, R. E., Britton, J. R., Cowx, I., & Copp, G. H. (2010). Current knowledge on non-native freshwater fish introductions. Journal of fish biology, 76(4), 751-786. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02566.x

This review provides a contemporary account of knowledge on aspects of introductions of non-native fish species and includes issues associated with introduction pathways, ecological and economic impacts, risk assessments, management options and impac... Read More about Current knowledge on non-native freshwater fish introductions.

Colour change and assortment in the western rainbowfish (2010)
Journal Article
Rodgers, G. M., Kelley, J. L., & Morrell, L. J. (2010). Colour change and assortment in the western rainbowfish. Animal behaviour, 79(5), 1025-1030. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.01.017

Grouping behaviour is widespread across the animal kingdom, and is known to reduce an individual's risk of predation, for example through predator confusion. Theory predicts that individuals that are different in appearance to the rest of the group a... Read More about Colour change and assortment in the western rainbowfish.

Retention of Panjet-applied alcian blue by cyprinids (2010)
Journal Article
Bolland, J. D., Cowx, I. G., & Lucas, M. C. (2010). Retention of Panjet-applied alcian blue by cyprinids. Journal of fish biology, 76(4), 1015-1018. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02525.x

Panjet-applied alcian blue did not produce a reliable long-term ( > 5 months) mark. Average time to mark loss was 9·5 months for chub Leuciscus cephalus, 6·0 months for dace Leuciscus leuciscus and 11·1 months for roach Rutilus rutilus. Growth rate... Read More about Retention of Panjet-applied alcian blue by cyprinids.

Sequential female assessment drives complex sexual selection on bower shape in a cichlid fish (2010)
Journal Article
Young, K. A., Genner, M. J., Haesler, M. P., & Joyce, D. A. (2010). Sequential female assessment drives complex sexual selection on bower shape in a cichlid fish. Evolution, 64(8), 2246-2253. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.00984.x

In many animals, sexual selection on male traits results from female mate choice decisions made during a sequence of courtship behaviors. We use a bower-building cichlid fish, Nyassachromis cf. microcephalus, to show how applying standard selection a... Read More about Sequential female assessment drives complex sexual selection on bower shape in a cichlid fish.

Unpredictability in food supply during early life influences boldness in fish (2010)
Journal Article
Chapman, B. B., Krause, J., & Morrell, L. J. (2010). Unpredictability in food supply during early life influences boldness in fish. Behavioral ecology, 21(3), 501-506. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arq003

Behavioral variation has been documented both between and within populations in a variety of traits. Many of these behavioral traits are phenotypically plastic and are conditional on the early environment an animal experiences, yet despite this the r... Read More about Unpredictability in food supply during early life influences boldness in fish.

Access to a primary aminosporopollenin solid support from plant spores (2010)
Journal Article
Barrier, S., Löbbert, A., Boasman, A. J., Boa, A. N., Lorch, M., Atkin, S. L., & MacKenzie, G. (2010). Access to a primary aminosporopollenin solid support from plant spores. Green chemistry : an international journal and green chemistry resource : GC, 12(2), 234-240. https://doi.org/10.1039/b913215e

Sporopollenin, which is a naturally occurring and highly resilient organic polymer constituting the external shell of spores and pollen grains, has been converted into a primary amine form with a loading of 0.58 +/- 0.04 mmol. g(-1) by reductive amin... Read More about Access to a primary aminosporopollenin solid support from plant spores.

Estrogens disrupt serotonin receptor and cyclooxygenase mRNA expression in the gonads of mussels (Mytilus edulis) (2010)
Journal Article
Cubero-Leon, E., Ciocan, C. M., Hill, E. M., Osada, M., Kishida, M., Itoh, N., Kondo, R., Minier, C., & Rotchell, J. M. (2010). Estrogens disrupt serotonin receptor and cyclooxygenase mRNA expression in the gonads of mussels (Mytilus edulis). Aquatic Toxicology, 98(2), 178-187. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2010.02.007

Estrogenic contaminants in the aquatic environment are associated with feminisation of male fish, however their effects on some invertebrate species, such as bivalve molluscs, have yet to be characterised. Gametogenesis represents a critical step in... Read More about Estrogens disrupt serotonin receptor and cyclooxygenase mRNA expression in the gonads of mussels (Mytilus edulis).

Flounder growth and production as indicators of the nursery value of marsh habitats in a Mediterranean lagoon (2010)
Journal Article
Franco, A., Fiorin, R., Zucchetta, M., Torricelli, P., & Franzoi, P. (2010). Flounder growth and production as indicators of the nursery value of marsh habitats in a Mediterranean lagoon. Journal of Sea Research, 64(4), 457-464. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2010.01.006

Estuarine marshes are known as suitable nursery areas for many marine migrant fishes, such as flounder. The potential nursery value of such habitats was investigated in the Venice lagoon, by using growth and production of 0-group flounder as indicato... Read More about Flounder growth and production as indicators of the nursery value of marsh habitats in a Mediterranean lagoon.