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Underwater noise impairs social communication during aggressive and reproductive encounters

2020
Open Access Research Article

Animal Behaviour

Butler, J.M., Maruska, K.P.

Examination of continuous tonal noise effect on aggressive/reproductive encounters in shallow water, data indicates that noise may impact all three components of social communication: signal production,...
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Keywords: Aggression, Continuous tone, Reception, Reproduction, Shallow water, Signal production

Body reserves influence allocation to immune response in capital breeding female northern elephant seals

2016
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

Functional Ecology

Peck, H., Costa, D. and Crocker, D.

1. Mounting an immune response requires substantial energy. Ecological immunology theory predicts allocation trade-offs between reproductive effort and immune responses under conditions of energy limitation. Little...
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Keywords: Ecological immunology, Fasting, Pinnipeds, Reproduction, Trade-offs

Continuous but not intermittent noise has a negative impact on mating success in a marine fish with paternal care

2019
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

Scientific Reports

Blom, E. L., Kvarnemo, C., Dekhla, I., Schöld, S., Andersson, M. H., Svensson, O. and Amorim M. C. P.

Anthropogenic underwater noise is a global pollutant of increasing concern but its impact on reproduction in fish is largely unknown. Hence, a better understanding of its...
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Keywords: Common goby, Continuous noise, Intermitent noise, Reproduction