Natural history note - A novel terrestrial fish habitat inside emergent logs

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dc.contributor.authorTaylor, D. S.en
dc.contributor.authorTurner, Bruce J.en
dc.contributor.authorDavis, W. P.en
dc.contributor.authorChapman, B. B.en
dc.contributor.departmentBiological Sciencesen
dc.date.accessed2014-06-26en
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-27T14:45:36Zen
dc.date.available2014-06-27T14:45:36Zen
dc.date.issued2008-02en
dc.description.abstractReports of new habitats for a major group of organisms are rare. Fishes display diverse adaptations for temporary (amphibious) existence on land, but to our knowledge, none have ever been reported regularly living inside emergent logs. Here, we show that the mangrove killifish, Kryptolebias marmoratus, a species previously known to emerse (leave the water) regularly, is now known to emerse and aggregate in large numbers inside decaying mangrove logs that have been "galleried" by terrestrial insects. This behavior has now been documented in both Belize, Central America, and Florida, U.S.A., populations and represents the first known case of fishes entering terrestrial woody material. The dense packing of fish in the narrow log galleries may imply a novel social context in which intraspecific aggressive behaviors are reduced, possibly mediated by the physiological limitations imposed within this restrictive habitat.en
dc.description.sponsorshipCCRE contribution 809en
dc.description.sponsorshipJeffress Memorial Trusten
dc.description.sponsorshipUniversity of Leedsen
dc.description.sponsorshipNuffield Foundationen
dc.identifier.citationD. Scott Taylor, Bruce J. Turner, William P. Davis, and Ben B. Chapman. "A Novel Terrestrial Fish Habitat inside Emergent Logs," The American Naturalist, Vol. 171, No. 2 (February 2008), pp. 263-266. DOI: 10.1086/524960en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1086/524960en
dc.identifier.issn0003-0147en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/49125en
dc.identifier.urlhttp://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/524960en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherUniversity of Chicago Pressen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectred mangroveen
dc.subjectkryptolebias marmoratusen
dc.subjectemersionen
dc.subjectamphibious fishen
dc.subjectrivulus-marmoratusen
dc.subjecthermaphroditic fishen
dc.subjectecologyen
dc.subjectevolutionary biologyen
dc.titleNatural history note - A novel terrestrial fish habitat inside emergent logsen
dc.title.serialAmerican Naturalisten
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
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