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Extended exposure to elevated temperature affects escape response behaviour in coral reef fishes

Overview of attention for article published in PeerJ, August 2017
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Title
Extended exposure to elevated temperature affects escape response behaviour in coral reef fishes
Published in
PeerJ, August 2017
DOI 10.7717/peerj.3652
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Donald T. Warren, Jennifer M. Donelson, Mark I. McCormick

Abstract

The threat of predation, and the prey's response, are important drivers of community dynamics. Yet environmental temperature can have a significant effect on predation avoidance techniques such as fast-start performance observed in marine fishes. While it is known that temperature increases can influence performance and behaviour in the short-term, little is known about how species respond to extended exposure during development. We produced a startle response in two species of damselfish, the lemon damsel Pomacentrus moluccensis, and the Ambon damselfish Pomacentrus amboinensis, by the repeated use of a drop stimulus. We show that the length of thermal exposure of juveniles to elevated temperature significantly affects this escape responses. Short-term (4d) exposure to warmer temperature affected directionality and responsiveness for both species. After long-term (90d) exposure, only P. moluccensis showed beneficial plasticity, with directionality returning to control levels. Responsiveness also decreased in both species, possibly to compensate for higher temperatures. There was no effect of temperature or length of exposure on latency to react, maximum swimming speed, or escape distance suggesting that the physical ability to escape was maintained. Evidence suggests that elevated temperature may impact some fish species through its effect on the behavioural responses while under threat rather than having a direct influence on their physical ability to perform an effective escape response.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 63 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 10 16%
Student > Ph. D. Student 10 16%
Student > Master 8 13%
Student > Doctoral Student 8 13%
Researcher 8 13%
Other 4 6%
Unknown 15 24%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 22 35%
Environmental Science 15 24%
Earth and Planetary Sciences 3 5%
Neuroscience 2 3%
Computer Science 1 2%
Other 3 5%
Unknown 17 27%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 21 September 2017.
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#5,695,715
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#4,703
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#88,461
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