The food and feeding relationships of larval and 0+year juvenile fishes in lowland rivers and connected waterbodies. II. Prey selection and the influence of gape

Nunn, A. D.; Harvey, J. P.; Cowx, I. G.

doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2007.01335.x

Transport cycle intermediate in small multidrug resistance protein is revealed by substrate fluorescence (2007)
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Basting, D., Lorch, M., Lehner, I., & Glaubitz, C. (2008). Transport cycle intermediate in small multidrug resistance protein is revealed by substrate fluorescence. FASEB Journal, 22(2), 365-373. https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.07-9162com

Efflux pumps of the small multidrug resistance family bind cationic, lipophilic antibiotics and transport them across the membrane in exchange for protons. The transport cycle must involve various conformational states of the protein needed for subst... Read More about Transport cycle intermediate in small multidrug resistance protein is revealed by substrate fluorescence.

Recent evolution of alternative reproductive modes in the 'living fossil' Triops cancriformis (2007)
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Zierold, T., Haenfling, B., & Gomez, A. (2007). Recent evolution of alternative reproductive modes in the 'living fossil' Triops cancriformis. BMC evolutionary biology, 7(161), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-7-161

Background: The Notostraca is a small but ancient crustacean order with a contrasting combination of a conservative morphology and a wide range of reproductive modes. The tadpole shrimp Triops cancriformis, includes bisexual - the putatively ancestra... Read More about Recent evolution of alternative reproductive modes in the 'living fossil' Triops cancriformis.

Condition assessment of lamprey populations in the Yorkshire Ouse catchment, north-east England, and the potential influence of physical migration barriers (2007)
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Nunn, A. D., Harvey, J. P., Noble, R. A. A., & Cowx, I. G. (2008). Condition assessment of lamprey populations in the Yorkshire Ouse catchment, north-east England, and the potential influence of physical migration barriers. Aquatic conservation : marine and freshwater ecosystems, 18(2), 175-189. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.863

1. River lamprey (Lampetra fluviatilis) and sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) are designated features of the River Derwent Special Area of Conservation (SAC) and the Humber Estuary (a possible SAC). This study determined the condition of lamprey popul... Read More about Condition assessment of lamprey populations in the Yorkshire Ouse catchment, north-east England, and the potential influence of physical migration barriers.

A cost of leadership in human groups (2007)
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Piyapong, C., Morrell, L. J., Croft, D. P., Dyer, J. R. G., Ioannou, C. C., & Krause, J. (2007). A cost of leadership in human groups. Ethology, 113(9), 821-824. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0310.2007.01382.x

Group living is the result of a dynamic trade-off between associated costs and benefits. However, these costs and benefits are not necessarily distributed equally across different spatial positions of groups which may result in different fitness retu... Read More about A cost of leadership in human groups.

Genetic structure of European sheep breeds. (2007)
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Lawson Handley, L. J., Byrne, K., Santucci, F., Townsend, S., Taylor, M., Bruford, M. W., & Hewitt, G. M. (2007). Genetic structure of European sheep breeds. Heredity, 99(6), 620-631. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.hdy.6801039

Large-scale evaluations of genetic diversity in domestic livestock populations are necessary so that region-specific conservation measures can be implemented. We performed the first such survey in European sheep by analysing 820 individuals from 29 g... Read More about Genetic structure of European sheep breeds..

Going the distance: human population genetics in a clinal world (2007)
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Lawson Handley, L. J., Manica, A., Goudet, J., & Balloux, F. (2007). Going the distance: human population genetics in a clinal world. Trends in Genetics, 23(9), 432-439. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tig.2007.07.002

Global human genetic variation is greatly influenced by geography, with genetic differentiation between populations increasing with geographic distance and within-population diversity decreasing with distance from Africa. In fact, these ’clines’ can... Read More about Going the distance: human population genetics in a clinal world.

Molecular phylogeny of Malagasy reed frogs, Heterixalus, and the relative performance of bioacoustics and color-patterns for resolving their systematics (2007)
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Wollenberg, K. C., Glaw, F., Meyer, A., & Vences, M. (2007). Molecular phylogeny of Malagasy reed frogs, Heterixalus, and the relative performance of bioacoustics and color-patterns for resolving their systematics. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 45(1), 14-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2007.06.024

The members of the genus Heterixalus constitute one of the endemic frog radiations in Madagascar. Here we present a complete species-level phylogeny based on DNA sequences (4876 base pairs) of three nuclear and four mitochondrial markers to clarify t... Read More about Molecular phylogeny of Malagasy reed frogs, Heterixalus, and the relative performance of bioacoustics and color-patterns for resolving their systematics.

Persistent genetic signatures of colonization in Brachionus manjavacas rotifers in the Iberian Peninsula (2007)
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Gomez, A., Montero-Pau, J., Lunt, D. H., Serra, M., & Campillo, S. (2007). Persistent genetic signatures of colonization in Brachionus manjavacas rotifers in the Iberian Peninsula. Molecular ecology, 16(15), 3228-3240. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03372.x

Recent phylogeographical assessments have consistently shown that continental zooplankton display high levels of population subdivision, despite the high dispersal capacity of their diapausing propagules. As such, there is an apparent paradox between... Read More about Persistent genetic signatures of colonization in Brachionus manjavacas rotifers in the Iberian Peninsula.

Habitat selection and spatial segregation in three pipefish species (2007)
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Malavasi, S., Franco, A., Riccato, F., Valerio, C., Torricelli, P., & Franzoi, P. (2007). Habitat selection and spatial segregation in three pipefish species. Estuarine, coastal and shelf science, 75(1-2), 143-150. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2007.02.022

Habitat partitioning was investigated within a guild composed of three sympatric pipefish species, namely Syngnathus typhle, Syngnathus abaster and Nerophis ophidion. Field surveys of patterns of pipefish abundance among different seagrass habitats (... Read More about Habitat selection and spatial segregation in three pipefish species.

Diet, familiarity and shoaling decisions in guppies (2007)
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Morrell, L. J., Hunt, K. L., Croft, D. P., & Krause, J. (2007). Diet, familiarity and shoaling decisions in guppies. Animal behaviour, 74(2), 311-319. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.10.021

Animals are known to derive benefits from associating with familiar individuals, and familiarity is important in the structuring of animal groups. In fish, individuals are known to shoal preferentially with others they have previously spent time with... Read More about Diet, familiarity and shoaling decisions in guppies.

Fish, climate and the Gulf Stream: the influence of abiotic factors on the recruitment success of cyprinid fishes in lowland rivers (2007)
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Nunn, A. D., Harvey, J. P., Britton, J. R., Frear, P. A., & Cowx, I. G. (2007). Fish, climate and the Gulf Stream: the influence of abiotic factors on the recruitment success of cyprinid fishes in lowland rivers. Freshwater biology, 52(8), 1576-1586. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2427.2007.01789.x

1. Climatic effects are increasingly being recognised as an important factor causing inter-annual variability in organism abundances in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. This study investigated the relationships between water temperature (cumulativ... Read More about Fish, climate and the Gulf Stream: the influence of abiotic factors on the recruitment success of cyprinid fishes in lowland rivers.

To what extent are hepatic concentrations of heavy metals in Anguilla anguilla at a site in a contaminated estuary related to body size and age and reflected in the metallothionein concentrations? (2007)
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Bird, D. J., Rotchell, J. M., Hesp, S. A., Newton, L. C., Hall, N. G., & Potter, I. C. (2008). To what extent are hepatic concentrations of heavy metals in Anguilla anguilla at a site in a contaminated estuary related to body size and age and reflected in the metallothionein concentrations?. Environmental pollution, 151(3), 641-651. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2007.03.018

We explored how hepatic [metal]s in Anguilla anguilla at a contaminated estuarine site are influenced by body size, age and season, and the extent that [Cu], [Cd] and [Zn]s are reflected in [metallothionein (MT)]s. Although each [metal] and [MT] incr... Read More about To what extent are hepatic concentrations of heavy metals in Anguilla anguilla at a site in a contaminated estuary related to body size and age and reflected in the metallothionein concentrations?.

Variations in the spawning periodicity of eight fish species in three English lowland rivers over a 6 year period, inferred from 0+year fish length distributions (2007)
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Nunn, A. D., Harvey, J. P., & Cowx, I. G. (2007). Variations in the spawning periodicity of eight fish species in three English lowland rivers over a 6 year period, inferred from 0+year fish length distributions. Journal of fish biology, 70(4), 1254-1267. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2007.01415.x

The spawning periodicity of eight fish species was investigated in three English lowland rivers over a 6 year period from patterns in 0+ year fish standard length (L-S) distributions. A single cohort of 0+ year dace Leuciscus leuciscus, roach Rutilus... Read More about Variations in the spawning periodicity of eight fish species in three English lowland rivers over a 6 year period, inferred from 0+year fish length distributions.

Mitochondrial DNA phylogeography and mating compatibility reveal marked genetic structuring and speciation in the NE Atlantic bryozoan Celleporella hyalina (2007)
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Gomez, A., Hughes, R. N., Wright, P. J., Carvalho, G. R., & Lunt, D. H. (2007). Mitochondrial DNA phylogeography and mating compatibility reveal marked genetic structuring and speciation in the NE Atlantic bryozoan Celleporella hyalina. Molecular ecology, 16(10), 2173-2188. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03308.x

The marine bryozoan Celleporella hyalina is a species complex composed of many highly divergent and mostly allopatric genetic lineages that are reproductively isolated but share a remarkably similar morphology. One such lineage commonly encrusts macr... Read More about Mitochondrial DNA phylogeography and mating compatibility reveal marked genetic structuring and speciation in the NE Atlantic bryozoan Celleporella hyalina.

Sex-specific mediation of foraging in the shore crab, Carcinus maenas (2007)
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Hayden, D., Jennings, A., Müller, C., Pascoe, D., Bublitz, R., Webb, H., Breithaupt, T., Watkins, L., & Hardege, J. (2007). Sex-specific mediation of foraging in the shore crab, Carcinus maenas. Hormones and Behavior, 52(2), 162-168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.03.004

Experiments were conducted to investigate the sex-specific differences to feeding responses of the shore crab Carcinus maenas throughout the year. Results demonstrate that female shore crabs exhibit stronger feeding responses than males throughout th... Read More about Sex-specific mediation of foraging in the shore crab, Carcinus maenas.

Advances in our understanding of mammalian sex-biased dispersal (2007)
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Lawson Handley, L., & Perrin, N. (2007). Advances in our understanding of mammalian sex-biased dispersal. Molecular ecology, 16(8), 1559-1578. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.03152.x

Sex-biased dispersal is an almost ubiquitous feature of mammalian life history, but the evolutionary causes behind these patterns still require much clarification. A quarter of a century since the publication of seminal papers describing general patt... Read More about Advances in our understanding of mammalian sex-biased dispersal.

Age of cichlids: New dates for ancient lake fish radiations (2007)
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Genner, M. J., Seehausen, O., Lunt, D. H., Joyce, D. A., Shaw, P. W., Carvalho, G. R., & Turner, G. F. (2007). Age of cichlids: New dates for ancient lake fish radiations. Molecular biology and evolution, 24(5), 1269-1282. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msm050

Timing divergence events allow us to infer the conditions under which biodiversity has evolved and gain important insights into the mechanisms driving evolution. Cichlid fishes are a model system for studying speciation and adaptive radiation, yet, w... Read More about Age of cichlids: New dates for ancient lake fish radiations.

The phylogeny of sleep database : a new resource for sleep scientists (2007)
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McNamara, P., Capellini, I., Harris, E., Nunn, C. L., Barton, R. A., & Preston, B. (2007). The phylogeny of sleep database : a new resource for sleep scientists. The open sleep journal, 1(1), 11-14. https://doi.org/10.2174/1874620900801010011

We have constructed a database that describes the sleeping characteristics of 127 different mammalian species representing 46 families across 17 orders. The data were extracted from 178 separate references that were found using standardized search pr... Read More about The phylogeny of sleep database : a new resource for sleep scientists.

Benefits to 0+fishes of connecting man-made waterbodies to the lower River Trent, England (2007)
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Nunn, A. D., Harvey, J. P., & Cowx, I. G. (2007). Benefits to 0+fishes of connecting man-made waterbodies to the lower River Trent, England. River Research and Applications, 23(4), 361-376. https://doi.org/10.1002/rra.993

Floodplain waterbodies are reputed to enhance recruitment of riverine fish populations via provision of spawning and nursery habitat, refuge from floods, and increased availability of planktonic food resources compared with main river channels. Notwi... Read More about Benefits to 0+fishes of connecting man-made waterbodies to the lower River Trent, England.

The food and feeding relationships of larval and 0+year juvenile fishes in lowland rivers and connected waterbodies. II. Prey selection and the influence of gape (2007)
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Nunn, A. D., Harvey, J. P., & Cowx, I. G. (2007). The food and feeding relationships of larval and 0+year juvenile fishes in lowland rivers and connected waterbodies. II. Prey selection and the influence of gape. Journal of fish biology, 70(3), 743-757. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2007.01335.x

The relative importance of taxa- and size-specific prey selection, and the influence of gape on the prey consumed by the larvae and 0+ year juveniles of four fish species were investigated in 'main river', 'marina' and 'pond' macrohabitats in the low... Read More about The food and feeding relationships of larval and 0+year juvenile fishes in lowland rivers and connected waterbodies. II. Prey selection and the influence of gape.

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