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Behavioral Sciences
Agnieszka Magierecka, Asa J. Lind, Antreas Aristeidou, Katherine A. Sloman, Neil B. Metcalfe
Summary: Animals exposed to chronic stress may exhibit altered patterns of hormone synthesis and behavior, but the exact effects of chronically stressful environments are not well understood. In this study, three-spined sticklebacks exposed to an unpredictable chronic stress protocol showed a decline in latency to feed during resting periods and an increase in activity levels during the presentation of stressors. This suggests there may be a trade-off between energy-demanding activities in fish subjected to a chronically unpredictable environment.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Quan Yuan, Zhihui Tian, Weiwei Lv, Weiwei Huang, Xiaolin Sun, Weiguang Lv, Yonghong Bi, Guohui Shen, Wenzong Zhou
Summary: The study found that crayfish can reduce weed biomass in paddy fields, with a preference for feeding on Leptochloa chinensis and minimal feeding on Echinochloa crusgalli.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Guilherme A. Franchi, Mona L. V. Larsen, Ida H. Kristoffersen, Jeanet F. M. Winters, Lene Juul Pedersen, Margit Bak Jensen
Summary: This study examines the effects of weight gain, feeding behavior, and drinking behavior on play behavior in piglets. The results show that well-nourished piglets are more likely to engage in play behavior, supporting the hypothesis that play behavior is an indicator of positive animal welfare.
APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE
(2023)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Aude Kleiber, Jean-Michel Le-Calvez, Thierry Kerneis, Axel Batard, Lionel Goardon, Laurent Labbe, Valentin Brunet, Vitor Hugo Bessa Ferreira, Vanessa Guesdon, Ludovic Calandreau, Violaine Colson
Summary: Occupational enrichment shows promise for improving the welfare of farmed fish. This study tested different feeding predictability conditions for rainbow trout and found that using time and bubbles as feeding predictors can enhance their welfare. However, using only time as a predictor may have negative effects on fish welfare.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
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Ecology
Emily K. Studd, Rachael E. Derbyshire, Allyson K. Menzies, John F. Simms, Murray M. Humphries, Dennis L. Murray, Stan Boutin
Summary: This study utilized acoustic recorders and accelerometers on free-ranging lynx to demonstrate the potential of these devices in documenting individual hunting behavior variations in food web dynamics.
METHODS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2021)
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Fisheries
Qi-Ming Feng, Xiao-Shang Ru, Li-Bin Zhang, Shuang-Yan Zhang, Hong-Sheng Yang
Summary: This study investigated the differences in movement behavior, feeding behavior, digestive ability, and intestinal microbiota of the sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus with different growth rates. The results showed that slow-growing individuals had reduced feeding behavior and decreased activity of the main digestive enzyme. There was also significant variation in the gut microbiota composition, with fast-growing individuals having higher alpha diversity and abundance of specific bacterial families. These differences in behavior, digestive ability, and intestinal microbiota contribute to the growth differences in A. japonicus.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Ross C. Nichols, David E. Cade, Shirel Kahane-Rapport, Jeremy Goldbogen, Alison Stimpert, Douglas Nowacek, Andrew J. Read, David W. Johnston, Ari Friedlaender
Summary: This study used animal movement modelling and biologging tags to investigate the seasonal foraging behavior of Antarctic humpback whales. The results showed that humpback whales have high feeding rates at the beginning of the feeding season, but the feeding rates decrease and foraging primarily occurs at night as the season progresses.
ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE
(2022)
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Ecology
Daniel B. Stouffer, Mark Novak
Summary: This study demonstrates that the classic resource- and consumer-dependent functional-response models often make strong and untenable assumptions about the independence of processes underlying feeding rates. By quantifying non-independence between consumer feeding and interference, as well as between feeding on multiple resources, the research reveals hidden forms of density dependence and provides a new perspective on understanding variation in consumer feeding rates.
Review
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Marta Fornos, Santos Sanz-Fernandez, Encarnacion Jimenez-Moreno, Domingo Carrion, Josep Gasa, Vicente Rodriguez-Estevez
Summary: This review examines the factors influencing the feeding behaviour habits (FBHs) of growing-finishing pigs and their impact on growth performance and carcass quality. The available data suggest that factors such as age, sex, breed, space allowance, feeder design, feed form, diet composition, and environmental conditions affect the FBHs of growing-finishing pigs. Meal size and feeding rate were found to have the strongest correlation with performance, while their effect on feed efficiency was less clear. Studies also indicated a positive correlation between meal size and feeding rate with backfat thickness. Therefore, modifying FBHs may improve the performance of growing-finishing pigs, but not necessarily feed efficiency.
Article
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Thandy Junio da Silva Pinto, Giseli Swerts Rocha, Raquel Aparecida Moreira, Lais Conceicao Menezes da Silva, Maria Paula Cardoso Yoshii, Bianca Veloso Goulart, Cassiana Carolina Montagner, Michiel Adriaan Daam, Evaldo Luiz Gaeta Espindola
Summary: This study found that when pesticides enter the aquatic environment, they have negative effects on the feeding rates, biochemical markers, growth, and reproduction of the benthic organism Hyalella meinerti. These results indicate potential risks to the functioning of aquatic ecosystems due to pesticide use.
AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY
(2022)
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Cell Biology
Yulong Chen, Shiming Wan, Qing Li, Xiaoru Dong, Jinghan Diao, Qing Liao, Gui-Ying Wang, Ze-Xia Gao
Summary: Our study utilized SMRT technology to characterize the transcriptome of blunt snout bream and identified differentially expressed miRNAs, mRNAs, and lncRNAs between two intermuscular bone growth stages. KEGG analysis highlighted key regulatory genes in the MAPK/p53 and ECM-receptor signaling pathways. Subsequent experiments revealed core regulatory factors affecting cell apoptosis and mineralization activity in intermuscular bones.
FRONTIERS IN CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
History & Philosophy Of Science
Quentin Hiernaux
Summary: This article discusses the pluralistic approach to studying plant behavior, with some scholars arguing for understanding plant activities from different perspectives including physiological mechanisms and the biology of behavior. It also explores the concepts of plant intelligence, consciousness, and mind, and how they fit into the study of plant behavior. The article proposes that the current opposition between growth, development, and reductionist physiology on one hand, and the biology of behavior involving sensitivity and choices in plant activity on the other hand, has been built up through the history of botany.
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Microbiology
Ines Martin-Martin, Bianca Burini Kojin, Azadeh Aryan, Adeline E. Williams, Alvaro Molina-Cruz, Paola Carolina Valenzuela-Leon, Gaurav Shrivastava, Karina Botello, Mahnaz Minai, Zach N. Adelman, Eric Calvo
Summary: Mosquito saliva contains D7 proteins that play important roles in blood feeding and pathogen infection. Knockout mosquitoes lacking D7 proteins showed longer probing time and decreased Plasmodium infection, highlighting the functional significance of these salivary gene products.
Article
Entomology
Milos Popovic, Ana Golubovic, Piotr Nowicki
Summary: In this study, intersexual differences in behavior and resource use of Scarce Large Blue butterflies were compared. The results showed that females took short, regular flights whereas males took longer, less regular flights with frequent interactions to find receptive females. Interactions between conspecific butterflies lasted longer than with other species, indicating quick recognition of potential mating partners. The butterflies showed strong association with their larval host plant and had neural limitations towards this resource. The study provides empirical data on the behavior and resource use of Large Blue butterflies.
Review
Engineering, Marine
Poul S. Larsen, Hans Ulrik Riisgard
Summary: Filter-feeding invertebrates play a crucial role in the marine ecosystem, as they serve as essential links between suspended food particles and higher trophic levels. This review focuses on studying the growth of various filter-feeding organisms, such as sponges, jellyfish, bryozoans, polychaetes, copepods, bivalves, and ascideans. The growth of these organisms is analyzed using a bioenergetic growth model based on filtration and respiration rates. The findings suggest that the exponents in the model, which represent these rates, are often similar, and the size-specific growth rate of filter-feeding organisms may be exponential or a power function of time.
JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
(2022)
Article
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Samuel M. Williams, Jan R. McDowell, Mike Bennett, John E. Graves, Jennifer R. Ovenden
BULLETIN OF MARINE SCIENCE
(2018)
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Fisheries
A. R. G. Gauthier, D. L. Whitehead, I. R. Tibbetts, B. W. Cribb, M. B. Bennett
JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY
(2018)
Article
Fisheries
Samuel M. Williams, Julian G. Pepperell, Michael Bennett, Jennifer R. Ovenden
JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY
(2018)
Article
Fisheries
K. B. Burgess, M. Guerrero, A. J. Richardson, M. B. Bennett, A. D. Marshall
MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH
(2018)
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Ecology
L. I. E. Couturier, P. Newman, F. R. A. Jaine, M. B. Bennett, W. N. Venables, E. F. Cagua, K. A. Townsend, S. J. Weeks, A. J. Richardson
MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES
(2018)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Katherine B. Burgess, Michel Guerrero, Andrea D. Marshall, Anthony J. Richardson, Mike B. Bennett, Lydie I. E. Couturier
Article
Fisheries
Arnault R. G. Gauthier, Darryl L. Whitehead, Ian R. Tibbetts, Michael B. Bennett
JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY
(2019)
Article
Ecology
Matt K. Broadhurst, Betty J. L. Laglbauer, Mike B. Bennett
ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY OF FISHES
(2019)
Review
Ecology
Christopher L. Lawson, Lewis G. Halsey, Graeme C. Hays, Christine L. Dudgeon, Nicholas L. Payne, Michael B. Bennett, Craig R. White, Anthony J. Richardson
TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
(2019)
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Environmental Sciences
Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara, Sylvain Adnet, Mike Bennett, Matt K. Broadhurst, Daniel Fernando, Rima W. Jabado, Betty J. L. Laglbauer, Guy Stevens
AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS
(2020)
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Fisheries
Amelia J. Armstrong, Asia O. Armstrong, Michael B. Bennett, Frazer McGregor, Katya G. Abrantes, Adam Barnett, Anthony J. Richardson, Kathy A. Townsend, Christine L. Dudgeon
JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY
(2020)
Article
Fisheries
Katherine B. Burgess, Matt K. Broadhurst, Vincent Raoult, Betty J. L. Laglbauer, Melinda A. Coleman, Michael B. Bennett
JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY
(2020)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Amelia J. Armstrong, Asia O. Armstrong, Frazer McGregor, Anthony J. Richardson, Michael B. Bennett, Kathy A. Townsend, Graeme C. Hays, Mike van Keulen, Jessica Smith, Christine L. Dudgeon
FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE
(2020)
Article
Biology
Amelia J. Armstrong, Christine L. Dudgeon, Carlos Bustamante, Michael B. Bennett, Jennifer R. Ovenden
BMC RESEARCH NOTES
(2019)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Joshua D. Stewart, Fabrice R. A. Jaine, Amelia J. Armstrong, Asia O. Armstrong, Michael B. Bennett, Katherine B. Burgess, Lydie I. E. Couturier, Donald A. Croll, Melissa R. Cronin, Mark H. Deakos, Christine L. Dudgeon, Daniel Fernando, Niv Froman, Elitza S. Germanov, Martin A. Hall, Silvia Hinojosa-Alvarez, Jane E. Hosegood, Tom Kashiwagi, Betty J. L. Laglbauer, Nerea Lezama-Ochoa, Andrea D. Marshall, Frazer McGregor, Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara, Marta D. Palacios, Lauren R. Peel, Anthony J. Richardson, Robert D. Rubin, Kathy A. Townsend, Stephanie K. Venables, Guy M. W. Stevens
FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE
(2018)
