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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