Abteilung Fischökologie & Evolution
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Publikationen 2026
Das Synthesezentrum Biodiversität («Translational Centre Biodiversity Conservation», TCBC) ist eine gemeinsame Initiative des ETH-Rats, die ein effizientes und effektives Biodiversitätsmanagement unterstützt, indem sie relevantes Wissen bündelt und zugänglich macht und so eine Brücke zwischen Forschung und Praxis schlägt. Auf der Grundlage von Beiträgen aus der Praxis identifizieren wir Themen, die einer Synthese bedürfen, und koordinieren Expertenarbeitsgruppen, die Forschungsergebnisse und praktische Erfahrungen in Form von Syntheseprodukten zusammenführen: Berichte, Factsheets, Leitfäden für bewährte Verfahren und interaktive Lernformate. Wir verfolgen einen partizipativen und transdisziplinären Ansatz, um den Austausch und die Zusammenarbeit zu fördern. [...]
Das Synthesezentrum Biodiversität («Translational Centre Biodiversity Conservation», TCBC) ist eine gemeinsame Initiative des ETH-Rats, die ein effizientes und effektives Biodiversitätsmanagement unterstützt, indem sie relevantes Wissen bündelt und zugänglich macht und so eine Brücke zwischen Forschung und Praxis schlägt. Auf der Grundlage von Beiträgen aus der Praxis identifizieren wir Themen, die einer Synthese bedürfen, und koordinieren Expertenarbeitsgruppen, die Forschungsergebnisse und praktische Erfahrungen in Form von Syntheseprodukten zusammenführen: Berichte, Factsheets, Leitfäden für bewährte Verfahren und interaktive Lernformate. Wir verfolgen einen partizipativen und transdisziplinären Ansatz, um den Austausch und die Zusammenarbeit zu fördern. [...]
mondiaux. Parmi les avantages d'une biodiversité renforcée, on peut citer une meilleure fonctionnalité des
écosystèmes, une plus grande capacité d'adaptation des populations naturelles et une meilleure résistance
aux effets du changement climatique. Les écosystèmes dotés d'une grande biodiversité améliorent la santé
et le bien-être des êtres humains.
Le Centre de synthèse sur la biodiversité («Translational Centre Biodiversity Conservation», TCBC) est une
initiative conjointe du Conseil des EPF qui soutient une gestion efficace et efficiente de la biodiversité en
rassemblant et en rendant accessibles les connaissances pertinentes, jetant ainsi un pont entre la recherche
et la pratique. Sur la base de contributions issues de la pratique, nous identifions les thèmes qui nécessitent
une synthèse et coordonnons des groupes de travail d'experte et d'experts qui rassemblent les résultats de
la recherche et les expériences pratiques sous forme de produits de synthèse: rapports, fiches d'information,
guides de bonnes pratiques et systèmes d'apprentissage interactifs. Nous adoptons une approche participa-
tive et transdisciplinaire afin de promouvoir l'échange et la coopération
Le Centre de synthèse sur la biodiversité («Translational Centre Biodiversity Conservation», TCBC) est une initiative conjointe du Conseil des EPF qui soutient une gestion efficace et efficiente de la biodiversité en regroupant et en rendant accessibles les connaissances pertinentes, jetant ainsi un pont entre la recherche et la pratique. Sur la base de contributions issues de la pratique, nous identifions des thèmes qui nécessitent une synthèse et coordonnons des groupes de travail d'experte et d'experts qui rassemblent les résultats de la recherche et les expériences pratiques sous forme de travaux de synthèse: rapports, fiches d'information, guides de bonnes pratiques et schémas d'apprentissage interactifs. Nous adoptons une approche participative et transdisciplinaire afin de promouvoir l'échange et la coopération. [...]
Publikationen 2025
Results: In this study, we tested the expression of Hippo pathway genes in the brain of immature and mature male Atlantic salmon carrying either the early or the late maturation genotype of vgll3. We found increased brain expression of a major Hippo pathway kinase (lats1b) in individuals with early maturation genotypes of vgll3 before maturation development of testes was evident. Moreover, we found components and regulating partners of the Hippo pathway showing differential expression in brain of individuals with early and late vgll3 genotypes prior to maturation. This may suggest a role for the Hippo pathway in central nervous system processes that regulate the preparation for maturation.
Conclusions: This study characterizes transcriptional changes in components of the Hippo pathway in the brain in relation to vgll3-mediated early maturation in Atlantic salmon, highlighting the potential involvement of this pathway in the central regulation of maturation prior to gonadal development.
Major taxa studied: Reef-associated bony fishes.
Location: Global.
Time period: 2006–2019.
Methods: We used a global dataset on marine reef fish assemblages comprising 2476 species at 3325 sites to disentangle the biotic drivers of community assembly across > 100° of latitude. We then applied a framework to remove environmental influences before examining whether any signs of biotic interactions remained in the trait and phylogenetic diversity of local communities relative to the (environmentally constrained) regional species pool, drawing on six functional traits and a phylogeny of bony fishes.
Results: Local fish assemblages were more functionally and phylogenetically similar to each other than expected based on the regional species pool at higher latitude reefs (i.e., show greater convergence). This pattern was evident after accounting for major sources of local environmental variation, suggesting exclusion of weak competitors. Functional convergence was mainly driven by traits related to resource acquisition, with high-latitude assemblages converging towards more energetic carnivorous and planktivorous diets.
Main conclusions: Our results suggest that biotic interactions drive greater trait and phylogenetic convergence from tropical to temperate zones. Likely mechanisms include increasing generalism and overlap in ecological strategies towards the poles, leading to the exclusion of weak competitors.
Location: Global.
Time Period: 1923–2020.
Major Taxa Studied: 7 taxa across freshwater (fish, plants, invertebrates) and terrestrial (birds, plants, invertebrates, mammals) realms.
Methods: We synthesised 20+ years of species abundance/biomass data from 2668 communities across seven taxonomic groups. Using a variance-ratio approach and copula models, we measured overall and tail-dependent synchrony. Hierarchical linear mixed-effects models in a Bayesian framework were used to assess the effects of richness and both synchrony types on stability.
Results: We found a positive diversity–stability relationship in terrestrial but not in freshwater communities, with terrestrial stability being nearly three times higher. A negative synchrony –stability relationship was found in both realms. The best model explaining stability included realm differences, richness and both types of synchronies. For freshwater, only overall synchrony significantly impacted stability, while richness and both synchrony types were key predictors for terrestrial stability. Notably, the model overestimates terrestrial stability when tail-dependent synchrony is excluded.
Main Conclusions: Richness strongly enhanced terrestrial stability, offering the most extensive support for this relationship to date. In addition, tail-dependent synchrony provides key insights into stability differences across ecosystems. As extreme environmental events increase, incorporating tail-dependent synchrony in future stability studies is crucial.
2. Migration should exert strong demands on individual visual performance, for example via foraging, antipredator benefits or navigational requirements. Yet, it remains elusive whether variations in eye morphology and corresponding visual capabilities are associated with migratory propensity.
3. Here, we capitalize upon intra-population variation in migratory propensity (also known as partial migration) in roach, a common freshwater fish, to directly test for migration-associated variation in image-forming eyes within a species.
4. In a multi-year field study tracking the migration decisions of over 2000 individuals in two different lake systems, we found that relative pupil size was positively associated with individual migration propensity. Computational simulations of the visual ecology associated with the observed differences in pupil size show that migrants have an extended visual detection range and that the performance gain is most pronounced for viewing small targets (e.g. planktonic prey) under low-light conditions.
5. These results suggest that the larger pupils of migrants represent an adaptation for increased foraging efficiency to aid in the accumulation of critical pre-migratory energy reserves. Together, our anatomical and functional findings provide new perspectives on visual system design in relation to individual-level migratory decision-making.
Methods: We retrospectively reviewed all rescue missions conducted by the Swiss Air Ambulance (Rega) in the period 2011–2021 that were carried out at an altitude of more than 2,500 m above sea level. Demographic and epidemiological data, medical measures implemented on scene, and the on-scene time were then analyzed for both trauma and non-trauma patients. Patients were categorized based on the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) score into non-injured (NACA 0), minor injured (NACA 0–3), seriously injured (NACA 4–6), deceased during mission (NACA 7), and already deceased on arrival of the HEMS team.
Results: A total of 3,564 rescue missions were analyzed. Of the patients, 66.8% were male and the vast majority (88.4%) were adults. In terms of injury level, 88.1% of the patients were minor injured, with an NACA score of 0–3, while 9.4% were seriously injured, with a score of 4–6. Patients who died in scene (NACA 7) accounted for 2.5% of cases. We observed a significant increase in the number of minor injured patients with traumatic injuries over the period of observation. Factors that significantly influenced the on-scene time included the NACA score, hoist missions, and traumatic injuries in summer.
Conclusion: Over the last ten years, the number of HEMS missions conducted at more than 2,500 m above sea level with non-injured and slightly injured patients has increased. The large number of HEMS missions with uninjured patients are of a preventive nature. Only around 9% of all rescue missions involved the medical treatment and rescue of seriously injured patients who required advanced medical interventions. Trial registration: Ethics approval and consent to participate BASEC Nr. Req202200189.
2. Here I extend prior multilevel regression models for quantitative genetic inference (so-called animal models) to develop a novel covariance reaction norm (CRN) model, which can be used to detect how trait (co)variances respond to continuous, multivariate, and potentially nonlinear environmental change, even in the absence of repeated individual measurements or experimental breeding designs.
3. After introducing the CRN model, I use simulations to validate its implementation for Bayesian inference in Stan, as well as to compare its performance to standard character state and random regression approaches. Findings demonstrate superior accuracy and power for detecting environmental effects on genetic covariance with modest sample sizes.
4. I then apply the CRN model to long-term field data on cooperation among meerkats (Suricata suricatta). I find nonlinear effects of group size on the genetic (co)variances of cooperative behaviours, leading to increased social niche specialization among foraging and pup feeding versus babysitting tasks in larger groups. Multivariate gene-by-environment interactions are also observed in response to age, sex and dominance status. R code and a tutorial are provided to aid empiricists in applying CRN models to their own datasets.
2. We model the fitness effects of character states expressed across spatially heterogeneous microhabitats, with variation in the degree to which trait expression and selection are affected by the local social environment. We find that when selection on character states is frequency-dependent within microhabitats, stochastic fluctuations in the social environment cause selection for reversible social plasticity across microhabitats, as quantified by the interaction coefficient ψ. When the phenotype is heritable, fluctuating frequency-dependent selection further promotes the adaptive evolution of indirect genetic effects (IGEs).
3. Ecological factors can shape the frequency-dependent costs and benefits of social interactions, such as through density dependence. Fluctuations in the ecological state of the social environment cause selection for multidimensional social plasticity and context-dependent IGEs, as well as quadratic selection on the phenotypic (co)variance generated by social plasticity within and across microhabitats.
4. We demonstrate how pathways of socio-eco-evolutionary feedback can arise across microevolutionary timescales during the adaptation of socially plastic traits. Our findings provide testable predictions for future comparative research and suggest that mechanisms of social plasticity likely play a key functional role in linking ecological and evolutionary dynamics across contemporary timescales.
Die Untersuchungen haben auch aufgezeigt, dass das bestehende Fischereimanagement teilweise überdacht und neue Ansätze entwickelt werden sollten. Zudem müssen Wissenslücken, beispielsweise im Bereich der Ökologie vieler Felchenarten, geschlossen werden, um auch zukünftig in veränderten Seeökosystemen (z. B. mit Klimawandel und invasiven Neozoen) wissensbasiert handeln zu können. Nur so kann die Artenvielfalt langfristig erhalten und nachhaltig genutzt werden.
2. To assess whether micronutrient deficiencies could be addressed through specific fisheries management actions, we first require a quantification of the potentially available micronutrients contained in biodiverse reef fish assemblages. Here, we therefore undertake a broad heuristic assessment of available micronutrients on tropical reefs using ensemble species distribution modelling and identify potential mismatches with micronutrients derived from summarising coastal fisheries landings data.
3. We find a mismatch between modelled estimates of micronutrients available in the ecosystem on the one hand and the micronutrients in small-scale fisheries landings data. Fisheries had lower micronutrients than expected from fishes in the modelled assemblage. Further, fisheries were selective for vitamin A, thus resulting in a trade-off with other micronutrients. Our results remained unchanged after accounting for the under-sampling of fish communities and under-reporting of small-scale fisheries catches—two major sources of uncertainty. This reported mismatch indicates that current estimates of fished micronutrients are not adequate to fully assess micronutrient inventories. However, small-scale fisheries in some countries were already selective towards micronutrient mass, indicating policies that target improved access, distribution and consumption of fish could leverage this existing high micronutrient mass. Enhanced taxonomic resolution of catches and biodiversity inventories using localised species consumption surveys could improve understanding of nature-people linkages. Improving fisheries reporting and monitoring of reef fish assemblages will advance the understanding of micronutrient mismatches, which overall indicate a weak uptake of nutritional goals in fisheries practices. The decoupling between micronutrients in ecosystems and in fisheries catches indicates that social, economic, and biodiversity management goals are not shaped around nutritional targets—but this is key to achieve a sustainable and healthy planet for both people and nature. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
Publikationen 2024
La biodiversité aquatique suisse est gravement menacée et le changement climatique ainsi que d'autres facteurs directs et indirects de perte de biodiversité augmentent de plus en plus. Bien qu'il existe des fondements juridiques et stratégiques pour protéger la biodiversité aquatique suisse, leur mise en oeuvre se heurte à de nombreux défis tels que par exemple l'absence de données, manque de ressources, les conflits d'objectifs et des échanges insuffisants entre les acteurs pertinents. Le projet LANAT-3 de la Wyss Academy for Nature vise à développer des solutions à ces défis. Ce rapport résume les conclusions de la première phase du projet (2020-2023). [...]
La biodiversità acquatica svizzera è in grave pericolo, poiché i cambiamenti climatici, in concomitanza con altri fattori diretti e indiretti di perdita di biodiversità, sono in crescente aumento. Sebbene esistano basi giuridiche e strategiche per proteggere la biodiversità acquatica svizzera, la loro attuazione deve far fronte a numerose sfide, tra cui la mancanza di dati, la scarsità di risorse, gli obiettivi contrastanti e uno scambio insufficiente tra gli attori rilevanti. Il progetto LANAT-3 della Wyss Academy for Nature mira a sviluppare soluzioni a queste sfide. Il presente rapporto riassume i risultati della prima fase del progetto (2020-2023). [...]
Swiss aquatic biodiversity is under great risk, with climate change and other direct and indirect drivers of biodiversity loss increasing. While there exist legal and strategic foundations for protecting Swiss aquatic biodiversity, their implementation faces many challenges such as a lack of data and resources, as well as conflicting objectives and insufficient exchange between relevant actors. The Wyss Academy for Nature's LANAT-3 project aims to develop solutions to these challenges. This report summarizes the findings of the first project phase (2020-2023). [...]
substantial remaining challenges to achieving a detailed understanding of adaptation, speciation, and the role of ecology in these processes. These major challenges include identifying factors that have a causative impact in promoting or constraining ARs, gaining a more holistic understanding of features of organisms and their environment that interact resulting in adaptation and speciation, and understanding whether the role of these organismal and environmental features varies throughout the radiation process. We conclude by providing perspectives on howfuture investigations into the AR process can overcome these challenges, allowing us to glean mechanistic insights into adaptation and speciation.
2. We used Utah Lake (Utah, U.S.A.) as a model system to examine how natural hydrological variability and anthropogenic forcing influence ecosystem structure of large shallow lakes in arid climates. Paleolimnological analyses of sedimentary biogeochemistry, pigments, DNA, and morphological fossils were used to identify shifts in primary production and evaluate the relative influence of regional climate-driven hydrological variability and of humans on ecosystem structure.
3. Sediment cores revealed that the phase prior to non-indigenous settlement included numerous macrophyte and gastropod remains, sedimentary DNA from plants, low organic matter, and low algal production. An abrupt transition occurred in the late 19th century concomitant with agricultural and urban expansion and the introduction of common carp, which was characterised by a loss of macrophytes and an increase in phytoplankton abundance as indicated by sedimentary DNA and pigment concentrations. A further shift to increased cyanobacteria occurred c. 1950 when exponential population growth increased wastewater influx, as recorded by sedimentary δ15N values.
4. Taken together, our data demonstrate that the current eutrophic state of Utah Lake is a function of anthropogenic forcing rather than natural climate-driven hydrological fluctuations. Furthermore, large lakes in arid regions can exhibit similar patterns of abrupt ecosystem change between alternate states as those observed in northern temperate/boreal and subtropical ecosystems.
diese ursprünglich aus dem Dnepr stammende invasive Art in den voralpinen Seen rasant ausgebreitet. Was bedeutet das für die Ökosysteme und die regionale Wasserversorgung?
Publikationen 2023
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2. We tested this prediction using stable isotopes that yield information about the trophic position (δ15N) and carbon source (δ13C) of two coexisting fish species: Trinidadian guppies Poecilia reticulata and killifish Rivulus hartii.
3. We examined fish from locations representing three natural community types: (1) where killifish and guppies live with predators, (2) where killifish and guppies live without predators and (3) where killifish are the only fish species. We also examined killifish from communities in which we had introduced guppies, providing a temporal sequence of the community changes following the transition from a killifish only to a killifish-guppy community.
4. We found that killifish, which are the weaker competitor, had a much larger ontogenetic niche shift in trophic position than guppies in the community where competition is most intense (killifish-guppy only). This result is consistent with theory for size-structured populations, which predicts that these results should lead to stable coexistence of the two species. Comparisons with other communities containing guppies, killifish and predators and ones where killifish live by themselves revealed that these results are caused primarily by a loss of ontogenetic niche changes in guppies, even though they are the stronger competitor. Comparisons of these natural communities with communities in which guppies were translocated into sites containing only killifish showed that the experimental communities were intermediate between the natural killifish-guppy community and the killifish-guppy-predator community, suggesting contemporary evolution in these ontogenetic trophic differences.
5. These results provide comparative evidence for ontogenetic niche shifts in contributing to species coexistence and comparative and experimental evidence for evolutionary or plastic changes in ontogenetic niche shifts following the formation of new communities.
Aufgrund der geografischen Lage in vier der wichtigsten Wassereinzugsgebieten Europas und der grossen Vielfalt an Lebensräumen weisen die aquatischen Ökosysteme der Schweiz eine aussergewöhnlich hohe Fischvielfalt auf. Diese Vielfalt ist hauptsächlich durch zwei verschiedene Prozesse entstanden, einerseits durch die Zusammenführung bereits vorhandener Vielfalt, und andererseits durch postglaziale Evolutionsprozesse. Der letztgenannte Prozess hat zu einem hohen Grad an Endemismus vor allem in den grösseren Seen des Alpenraums geführt. Diese einzigartige Vielfalt ist auf vielen verschiedenen Ebenen zu finden. Neben der Artenvielfalt beherbergen die verschiedenen Flüsse und Bäche auch eine Vielfalt an diversen Fischgemeinschaften, wobei sowohl die Unterschiede in der Artenzahl als auch in der Artenzusammensetzung zu unterschiedlichen Nahrungsnetzen und Ökosystemprozessen zwischen den Flüssen führen. Viele Fischarten weisen auch ein hohes Mass an intraspezifischer Vielfalt auf, z. B. in Bezug auf Morphologie, Physiologie, Ökologie, Lebensgeschichte und Genom. Diese intraspezifische Vielfalt ist insofern von Bedeutung, dass verschiedene Populationen möglicherweise an unterschiedliche Lebensräume angepasst sind und eine hohe genetische Vielfalt aufweisen. Letzteres ermöglicht es den einzelnen Individuen innerhalb einer Population, verschiedene Nischen zu besetzen, und es ermöglicht den Populationen, sich besser an veränderte Umweltbedingungen anzupassen. [...]
The unique fish diversity in riverine ecosystems in and around Switzerland
As a consequence of its geographic location within four of Europe’s major watersheds and a large amount of habitat diversity, aquatic ecosystems in Switzerland harbor an exceptionally high amount of fish diversity. This diversity has mainly been formed by two different processes, i.e. assembly of previously existing diversity and postglacial evolutionary processes. The latter of these processes has led to a high degree of endemism in especially the larger lakes in the Alpine region. The unique diversity can be found on many different levels. Besides the diversity of species, the different rivers and streams also harbor a diversity of fish communities, where both the variation in the number of species and the composition of species result in different food webs and ecosystem processes between rivers. Many of the fish species also show a high degree of intraspecific diversity in e.g. morphology, physiology, ecology, life history and in their genome. This intraspecific diversity is important in terms of different populations potentially being adapted to different habitats and in terms of populations harboring a high genetic diversity. The latter makes the individual fish within a population able to occupy different niches and makes the populations better able to adapt to changing environmental conditions. [...]
2. We assessed the source and fate of organic matter and nutrients in seven perialpine lakes across a gradient of trophic status. We measured carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes of amino acids of lake-residing Atlantic trout, Salmo trutta, to determine the source of primary production (i.e., how carbon is fixed in the ecosystem) and how it is transferred through food webs, respectively. Based on essential amino acid carbon fingerprinting, we estimated the probability of organic carbon originating from autochthonous (algal), allochthonous (terrestrial plant), and recycled (bacterial) sources. In addition, we used amino acid δ15N to track how this primary production is transferred to consumers in general, and by using different trophic amino acids (glutamic acid and alanine), identify the trophic pathways involving either metazoan or protozoans.
3. We found a high likelihood of autochthonous origin of organic carbon (86 ± 9%) in trout that contrasted with allochthonous origins of particulate organic matter and some sediments. We showed that those estimates are good proxies of source reliance. Our results also highlighted the importance of bacterial origin of organic carbon in fish (12%). The likely autochthonous origin of this carbon was supported by trophic markers (Ala δ15N) that suggest the role of protists in transferring recycled organic carbon up the food web. While the sources of nitrogen sustaining food webs varied among lakes, we found a conserved carbon fingerprinting of fish. Overall, this suggests an uncoupling between the source of nutrients and organic carbon in large perialpine lakes.
4. Across a wide range of trophic status (c. 2 orders of magnitude range of phosphorus concentration), several lines of evidence suggested that perialpine lake food webs shared a common reliance on autochthonous and bacterial production.
5. Our study is the first to quantify the dependence on allochthonous organic carbon in lake food webs based on new amino acid stable isotope markers (carbon fingerprinting and Ala δ15N) and shows promise for estimating the source of carbon fixation in ecosystems. Our results support previous suggestions that terrestrial organic carbon is a relatively minor source for aquatic consumers despite contributing to the pool of organic matter, and more importantly, its contribution does not vary substantially with trophic status in perialpine lakes.
2. Patterns of intraspecific variation in thermal reaction norms along geographic thermal gradients provide valuable information. Immediate temperature effects on individual traits can be inferred from the shape of the thermal reaction norm. The way that temperature and associated environmental conditions (to which populations have been exposed over generations) affect individual traits through transgenerational plasticity in, and/or natural selection on, these traits can also be inferred from patterns of trait variation along a geographic thermal gradient.
3. Many studies have documented patterns of intraspecific variation in thermal reaction norms along geographic thermal gradients. However, most previous studies cannot exclude the possibility that the observed geographic patterns are solely explained by random processes, such as isolation by distance, due to the lack of replication of geographic gradients. Here, we show consistent patterns in intraspecific trait variation along geographic thermal gradients using Salmo trutta (brown trout), which is an ecologically and economically important fish in alpine streams.
4. We kept trout embryos collected from 52 families from 14 populations along wide and replicated elevational gradients from three Alpine drainages (Danube, Po, and Rhine) in two temperature treatments (3.2 and 6.2°C). Timing and body size at emergence from the nest, which are key early life-history traits of trout affecting their early growth and survival, were measured.
5. Besides faster embryonic development at warmer temperatures, we found that offspring from low-elevation parents took very slightly longer to reach emergence from fertilisation and were larger than offspring from high-elevation parents. Importantly, this was evident for all three drainages. Further analyses found that the longer duration until- and larger body length at- emergence of low-elevation trout were mainly due to the larger eggs laid by low-elevation females, which had larger body size than high-elevation females.
6. Trout female body size, which is positively correlated with egg size, is susceptible to temperatures and associated environmental conditions. Consequently, climate warming may not only immediately accelerate development rate but also shift timing and size at emergence through egg size-mediated maternal effects within a relatively short time scale.
2. Birds fuel their migratory flight using stored fat. Previous work has suggested that in addition to being energetically dense, certain lipids like polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) may be particularly efficient fuels that are preferentially mobilized for flight or serve may additional functions, such as modulating membrane fluidity or stimulating gene expression as ligands, during long-distance migratory flight.
3. Using a series of behavioural and metabolic experiments in a partial transplant aviary setting of Common Blackbirds (Turdus merula) populations that range from being fully migratory to partially migratory to sedentary, we asked how migratory restlessness (Zugunruhe), weight gain and oxidation of stearic acid (18:0), oleic acid (18:1n-9), linoleic acid (18:2n-6) and alpha linolenic acid (18:3n-3; ALA) varied with migratory mode and season.
4. We found no population-level differences in the timing of Zugunruhe. However, before migration, a greater proportion of individuals from fully migratory populations exhibited weight gain and migratory restlessness, as well as increased oxidation of PUFAs. After Zugunruhe, only individuals from migratory populations showed reduced PUFA oxidation. All populations showed increased oxidation of saturated fat after Zugunruhe. Our results demonstrate that certain migratory traits, like the timing of Zugunruhe are expressed similarly across populations in response to local environmental conditions, while other traits, like lipid oxidation, can vary among populations. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
Publikationen 2022
peer reviewed journals
2. However, to predict reliably the future state of ecological systems, which inherently could consist of multiple species, understanding how reliable such signals are in a community context is critical.
3. Here, reconciling quantitative trait evolution and Lotka–Volterra equations, which allow us to track both abundance and mean traits, we simulate the collapse of populations embedded in mutualistic and multi-trophic predator–prey communities. Using these simulations and warning signals derived from both population- and community-level data, we showed the utility of abundance-based EWS, as well as metrics derived from stability-landscape theory (e.g. width and depth of the basin of attraction), were fundamentally linked. Thus, the depth and width of such stability-landscape curves could be used to identify which species should exhibit the strongest EWS of collapse.
4. The probability a species displays both trait and abundance-based EWS was dependent on its position in a community, with some species able to act as indicator species. In addition, our results also demonstrated that in general trait-based EWS were less reliable in comparison with abundance-based EWS in forecasting species collapses in our simulated communities. Furthermore, community-level abundance-based EWS were fairly reliable in comparison with their species-level counterparts in forecasting species-level collapses.
5. Our study suggests a holistic framework that combines abundance-based EWS and metrics derived from stability-landscape theory that may help in forecasting species loss in a community context.
Der vorliegende Artikel soll einen Einstieg in das Thema bieten. Es werden die Wirkungsweisen übermässiger Stickstoff- und Phosphoreinträge auf die Biodiversität thematisiert, diskutiert, wie sich die Stickstoffdeposition über die Luft und Phosphorgehalte in Seen im Laufe der Zeit verändert haben und wie sich aus naturwissenschaftlicher Sicht beurteilen lässt, ob Einträge und Gehalte von Stickstoff und Phosphor übermässig sind. Schlussendlich werden wirkungsvolle Handlungsansätze im Landwirtschafts- und Ernährungssystem präsentiert.
2. However, with the exception of intensively studied taxa (mainly birds), relatively few studies have investigated inter-individual annual and seasonal variation in migratory timing and performance, or tested predictions on how migration across high and low predation-risk habitats may exert selection on migratory timing. In particular, studies that assess the survival consequences of variation in migratory timing remain rare, which is most likely due to the logistical challenges associated with monitoring survival success and population-level characteristics simultaneously.
3. Here, we address the above-mentioned questions using roach Rutilus rutilus, a fish that migrates from lakes characterised by high predation risk into low-risk streams during winter. Specifically, we used individual-based tracking of roach in two European lake systems over multiple migration periods (9 and 7 years respectively), to obtain highly detailed (year-round scheduling, repeat journeys and the fate of individuals) data on the variability/synchrony of migratory timing in spring and autumn respectively.
4. We report seasonal differences in the variability of migratory timing, with lower variance and higher migration synchrony in spring lake arrival timing as compared to autumn lake departure timing. Furthermore, the timing of autumn migration is more variable across years than the timing of spring migration. Second, we find that later arrival to the lake habitat is positively associated with apparent survival from 1 year to the next, whereas we found no effect of lake departure timing on survival probability.
5. These findings represent rare evidence showing how intraspecific variation in timing in migratory fish differs across years and seasons, and how variation in timing can translate into survival consequences for prey in systems characterised by high predation risk.
2. phenopype is a high-throughput phenotyping pipeline for the programming language Python that aims at alleviating this bottleneck. The package facilitates immediate extraction of high-dimensional phenotypic data from digital images with low levels of background noise and complexity. At the core, phenopype provides functions for rapid signal processing-based image preprocessing and segmentation, data extraction, as well as visualization and data export. This functionality is provided by wrapping low-level computer vision libraries (such as OpenCV) into accessible functions to facilitate scientific image analysis. In addition, phenopype provides a project management ecosystem to streamline data collection and to increase reproducibility.
3. phenopype offers two different workflows that support users during different stages of scientific image analysis. The low-throughput workflow uses regular Python syntax and has greater flexibility at the cost of reproducibility, which is suitable for prototyping during the initial stages of a research project. The high-throughput workflow allows users to specify and store image-specific settings for analysis in human-readable YAML format, and then execute all functions in one step by means of an interactive parser. This approach facilitates rapid program-user interactions during batch processing, and greatly increases scientific reproducibility.
4. Overall, phenopype intends to make the features of powerful but technically involved low-level CV libraries available to biologists with little or no Python coding experience. Therefore, phenopype is aiming to augment, rather than replace the utility of existing Python CV libraries, allowing biologists to focus on rapid and reproducible data collection. Furthermore, image annotations produced by phenopype can be used as training data, thus presenting a stepping stone towards the application of deep learning architectures.
Bien qu’ils soient interdépendants, les écosystèmes aquatiques (bleus) et terrestres (verts) sont trop souvent appréhendés isolément les uns des autres. Pour que la conservation de la biodiversité soit plus efficace, la recherche, la pratique et la législation doivent dépasser cette approche cloisonnée au profit d’une vision inter-écosystémique.
Methods: A prospective, longitudinal study measuring the temperature exposure and concentration of drugs stored on 2 rescue helicopters in Switzerland over 1 year. The study drugs included epinephrine, norepinephrine, amiodarone, midazolam, fentanyl, naloxone, rocuronium, etomidate, and ketamine. Temperatures were measured inside the medication storage bags and the crew cabins at 10-minute intervals. Drug stability was measured on a monthly basis over the course of 12 months using high-performance liquid chromatography. The medications were considered stable at a minimum remaining drug concentration of 90% of the label claim.
Results: Temperatures ranged from −1.2 °C to 38.1 °C (29.84 °F to 100.58 °F) inside the drug storage bags. Of all the temperature measurements inside the drug storage bags, 37% lay outside the recommended storage conditions. All drugs maintained a concentration above 90% of the label claim. The observation periods for rocuronium and etomidate were shortened to 7 months because of a supply shortage of reference samples.
Conclusion: Drugs stored under the real-life conditions of Swiss HEMS are subjected to temperatures outside the manufacturer's approved storage requirements. Despite this, all drugs stored under these conditions remained stable throughout our study. Real-life stability testing could be a way to extend drug exchange intervals.
Results: A total of 3892 avalanche victims were included in the analysis, with 72 of the accidents (1.85%) occurring in the nighttime. Nearly 50% of the victims involved in nighttime avalanche accidents were completely buried, compared to about 25% of victims in daytime avalanches. Completely buried victims were rescued by a companion less often at night than in the daytime (15% vs. 51%, p <.001). The search and rescue of completely buried avalanche victims took longer during the nighttime compared to the daytime (median 89 min vs 20 min, p =.002). The probability of survival decreased as the day progressed; it was highest at around midday (63.0%), but decreased at sunset (40.4%) and was the lowest at midnight (28.7%).
Conclusions: Avalanche accidents at night are a rare event, and probability of survival after complete burial is lower during the nighttime compared to the daytime. The most relevant reason for this is the longer duration of burial, which is explained in part by the lower rate of companion rescue and the lower rate of victim localisation with an avalanche transceiver.
Poissons, invertébrés ou macrophytes – dans la gestion des cours d'eau, les organismes aquatiques sont traditionnellement au premier plan. Dans le présent article, nous considérons nos rivières et nos lacs du point de vue des oiseaux – avec un accent particulier sur les oiseaux insectivores. Nous montrons que les insectes aquatiques sont une source de nourriture particulièrement importante en raison des acides gras spécifiques qu'ils contiennent. Pour les oiseaux insectivores, il est donc crucial de disposer de suffisamment d'insectes aquatiques durant les phases critiques de leur vie, comme pendant l'élevage des jeunes. Les interventions humaines dans l'environnement, telles que l'intensification de l'agriculture ou le changement climatique, ont modifié la quantité, la qualité et la disponibilité temporelle des insectes, et donc la base alimentaire des oiseaux insectivores. Nous concluons par des réflexions sur la manière dont la gestion des cours d'eau (p. ex. revitalisation, protection des eaux, gestion des bassins versants) peut contribuer à la protection de la diversité des oiseaux et à la promotion du réseau alimentaire vert et bleu.
Publikationen 2021
peer reviewed journals
Le Projet Lac était un grand projet de l'Eawag et de l'Université de Berne visant à recenser pour la première fois
de manière quantitative des communautés entières de poissons dans les grands et profonds lacs des Alpes européennes et de leurs environs, à l'aide de méthodes d'échantillonnage standardisées. A partir de 2010, 35 lacs au total ont été étudiés en Suisse, en Italie, en France, en Allemagne et en Autriche et plus de 106 espèces de poissons ont été recensées. Ce rapport résume les principaux résultats, compare les communautés de poissons des différents lacs, examine leur relation avec les paramètres environnementaux et donne un aperçu des facteurs qui influencent la diversité biologique et la structure des communautés dans cet écosystème important.
Il Projet Lac era un progetto su larga scala dell'Eawag e dell'Università di Berna per la prima indagine quantitativa di intere comunità di pesci in laghi grandi e profondi nelle Alpi europee e dintorni, utilizzando metodi di campionamento standardizzati. A partire dal 2010, un totale di 35 laghi in Svizzera, Italia, Francia, Germania e Austria sono stati studiati e sono state registrate oltre 106 specie di pesci. Questo rapporto riassume i risultati principali, confronta le comunità di pesci di ogni lago, esamina la loro relazione con i parametri ambientali e fornisce una panoramica dei fattori che influenzano la biodiversità e la struttura della comunità in questo importante ecosistema.
Projet Lac was a large project conducted by Eawag and the University of Bern to quantitatively survey, for the
first time, whole-lake fish communities in the large and deep lakes in and around the European Alps using multiple, standardised sampling methods. Starting in 2010, in total 35 lakes were investigated across Switzerland, Italy, France, Germany and Austria, with more than 106 fish species recorded. This report brings together key findings, compares fish communities among lakes, investigates their relationship to environmental parameters, and provides an overview of drivers of biodiversity and community structure in this important ecosystem.
Results show that stream temperature and stream morphology within the accessible habitat commonly appear among the best predictive presence-absence models for multiple taxa. Spatial variables that account for migration barriers and quantify morphological conditions within the accessible habitat were selected for 6 out of 7 taxa. The selected PAMs performed well for all taxa with an intermediate prevalence (10–40%), with an explanatory power () of between 0.32 - 0.37 during calibration using all samples and only minor decreases in explanatory power during cross-validation (= 0.34 – 0.44). As expected, the PAM for the highly prevalent Salmo spp. (91%) failed to predict the few absence data points. By contrast, the ZIM model performed best for Salmo spp., with a standardized likelihood ratio of 1.56. For all other taxa besides Barbus spp. the ZIM models also had likelihood ratios above one, indicating a better predictive performance than the null model. We hope this study stimulates the development and application of fish species distribution models based on prior knowledge of causally linked environmental variables and incorporating observation errors to improve their predictive performance. This can facilitate learning from biomonitoring data to support management.
2. In highly social animals, understanding the influence of their ecological niche on the evolution and maintenance of complex social organization poses an intriguing challenge. Predation risk and habitat characteristics determine social structure in the cooperatively breeding cichlid Neolamprologus pulcher. Here we examine how varying combinations of these ecological factors across eight distinct populations influence morphological differentiation.
3. We investigated the relationship between body shape and ecological parameters for 137 wild-caught individuals from eight distinct populations. Furthermore, we examined the genetic structure and differentiation among these populations using microsatellites. Finally, to disentangle heritable from plastic responses, we raised two successive generations from six populations in the laboratory under common garden conditions and screened 188 individuals for morphological differentiation.
4. We found that body shape of N. pulcher strongly correlates with the measured ecological parameters. Low predation risk, low habitat structure and small shelter size favoured shallow bodies, whereas at the opposite end of these environmental gradients deep body shapes prevail. These consistent morphological differences persisted over two laboratory-reared generations, revealing a heritable basis. In contrast to the significant effect of local ecology on morphological differentiation between populations, both geographical and genetic distance had little explanatory power, suggesting that morphological differentiation between populations is not a simple by-product of genetic isolation. Remarkably, the largest difference in body depth emerged between the two populations located closest to each other, but differing strongly in their ecological niche.
5. These results highlight that morphological variation is a key component of local adaptation in neighbouring populations of a highly social species. Such morphological differentiation has the potential to influence individual cooperative behaviour, which will eventually feed back on group structure and mediate the evolution and maintenance of complex social systems.
Results: Other improvements include multi-threading, handling of population inbreeding, extended input file syntax facilitating the description of complex demographic scenarios, and more efficient simulations of sparsely structured populations and of large chromosomes.
Availability and implementation: fastsimcoal2 is freely available on http://cmpg.unibe.ch/software/fastsimcoal2/. It includes console versions for Linux, Windows and MacOS, additional scripts for the analysis and visualization of simulated and estimated scenarios, as well as a detailed documentation and ready-to-use examples.
• We quantified 25 pollen phytosterols in 122 plant species (105 genera, 51 families) to determine their composition and diversity across plant taxa. We searched literature and databases for plant phylogeny, environmental conditions, and pollinator guilds of the species to examine the relationships with pollen sterols.
• 24‐methylenecholesterol, sitosterol and isofucosterol were the most common and abundant pollen sterols. We found phylogenetic clustering of twelve individual sterols, total sterol content and sterol diversity, and of sterol groupings that reflect their underlying biosynthesis pathway (C‐24 alkylation, ring B desaturation). Plants originating in tropical‐like climates (higher mean annual temperature, lower temperature seasonality, higher precipitation in wettest quarter) were more likely to record higher pollen sterol content. However, pollen sterol composition and content showed no clear relationship with pollinator guilds.
• Our study is the first to show that pollen sterol diversity is phylogenetically clustered and that pollen sterol content may adapt to environmental conditions.
2. Here, we conducted an outdoor experiment in replicated mesocosms (1,000 L) where we manipulated the presence and absence of macrophytes to investigate the temporal variability of their ecosystem effects. We measured several parameters (chlorophyll-a, phycocyanin, dissolved organic matter [DOM], and oxygen) with high-resolution sensors (15-min intervals) over several months (94 days from spring to autumn), and modelled metabolic rates of each replicate ecosystem in a Bayesian framework. We also implemented a simple model to explore competitive interactions between phytoplankton and macrophytes as a driver of variability in chlorophyll-a.
3. Over the entire experiment, macrophytes had a positive effect on mean DOM concentration, a negative effect on phytoplankton biomass, and either a weak or no effect on mean metabolic rates, DOM composition, and conductivity. We also found that macrophytes increased the variance of dissolved organic carbon composition and metabolic rates, and, occasionally in the observed period, increased the variance of phytoplankton biomass and conductivity. The observation that macrophytes decreased the mean but increased the variance of phytoplankton biomass was consistent with the model that we implemented.
4. Our high-resolution time series embedded within a manipulative experiment reveal how a foundation species can affect ecosystem properties and processes that have characteristically different timescales of response to environmental variation. Specifically, our results show how macrophytes can affect short-term dynamics of algal biomass, while also affecting the seasonal build-up of DOM and the variance of ecosystem metabolism.
Publikationen 2020
peer reviewed journals
Materials and Methods: Preauricular grooves were macroscopically observed on the pelves of 103 early modern males and 295 females (62 early modern females; 233 present‐day females). Three categories of PPS in the preauricular area were defined. The association between the degree of development of PPS in the preauricular area and the TNPP was analyzed in 90 present‐day females with detailed lifetime data.
Results: PPS could not estimate the exact TNPP. However, it was shown that no PPS indicated no TNPP, weak PPS indicated a lower TNPP, and developed PPS indicated a higher TNPP.
Discussion: Even though the possibility remains that some PPS indicate no TNPP, the results showed that the percentage of each PPS category indicated fertility in the population, suggesting that the strength of the association between the degree of development of PPS and the TNPP was affected by the classification system, the reliability of lifetime data, and the statistical methods used for analysis.
This article is part of the theme issue 'Towards the completion of speciation: the evolution of reproductive isolation beyond the first barriers'.
2. Here, we take advantage of a natural cross‐breeding incident to study migratory behaviour in naturally occurring hybrids as well as in their parental species and explore links between migratory traits and predation risk.
3. To achieve this, we used electronic tags and passive telemetry to record detailed individual migration patterns (timing and number of migratory trips) in two common freshwater fish species, roach Rutilus rutilus, common bream Abramis brama as well as their hybrids. Next, we scanned for tags regurgitated by a key avian predator (great cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo) at nearby roosting sites, allowing us to directly link migratory behaviour to predation risk in the wild.
4. We found that hybrid individuals showed a higher number of short, multi‐trip movements between lake and stream habitats as compared to both parental species. The mean date of first lake departure differed between bream and roach by more than 10 days, while hybrids departed in two distinct peaks that overlapped with the parental species' averages. Moreover, the probability of cormorant predation increased with multi‐trip movement frequency across species and was higher for hybrids.
5. Our data provide novel insights into hybrid viability, with links to predator‐mediated ecological selection. Increased exposure to predators via maladaptive migratory behaviour reduces hybrid survival and can thereby reinforce species integrity.
2. Past empirical studies have exclusively documented that large prey reduce predator recruitment by decreasing growth and/or survival of the smaller predators. In this study, we provide empirical evidence of the contrasting pattern: large prey enhance the recruitment of smaller predators into larger predators even though they increase cannibalism mortality of the smaller predators. We have done this here by studying the trophic interaction between predatory salamander larvae Hynobius retardatus and the frog tadpoles Rana pirica that represent their large prey.
3. In a field experiment in which salamander hatchlings were exposed to the presence or absence of large frog tadpoles, we found that more giant salamanders emerged in the presence of frog tadpoles than in their absence. Reassignment of frog tadpoles (to both treatments) in the subsequent experimental period showed that the enhanced emergence of giant salamanders in the presence of frog tadpoles leads to the intensification of salamander predation on the frog tadpoles.
4. In an additional laboratory experiment, to better understand the underlying mechanisms, we manipulated both the presence of frog tadpoles and the occurrence of cannibalism between salamander hatchlings. This experiment revealed that frog tadpoles intensify the cannibalism of salamander larvae during their hatchling stage, thus allowing more salamander larvae to become large-sized predators.
5. Our results suggest that frog tadpoles can inadvertently intensify their own future predation risk by intensifying cannibalistic interactions among predatory salamander hatchlings, thereby enhancing the degree of predator recruitment to a larger size class. Hence, large prey can enhance the recruitment of individuals from small predator size classes into larger predator size classes.
La réintroduction, l'empoissonnement et le transfert de poissons d'eau douce sont de plus en plus préoccupants compte tenu de leur importance pour la conservation de la biodiversité et le fonctionnement des écosystèmes. Pour que les programmes de gestion et de repeuplement soient efficaces, il est essentiel d'intégrer des approches fondées sur la génétique. Le hotu (Chondrostoma nasus) constitue l'une des espèces de poissons les plus communes dans les rivières européennes. Sa biologie hautement spécialisée et migratoire a exposé l'espèce aux pressions humaines, et a donc favorisé son déclin. Les connaissances actuelles sur la structure génétique de C. nasus sont considérablement limitées pour l'Europe dans son ensemble et pour l'Allemagne en particulier. Pour pallier ce manque d'informations, nous présentons des données originales sur C. nasus provenant de différents affluents du Rhin. Nous avons analysé neuf marqueurs microsatellites et des séquences d'ADNmt du cytochrome b pour évaluer la répartition de la diversité génétique et la structure de cette espèce dans la zone d'étude. À l'exception de la population du lac de Constance et du Rhin alpin, C. nasus présentait un flux génétique élevé dans le système rhénan et, par conséquent, des différences génétiques géographiques limitées entre les populations où la migration n'est pas empêchée par l'intervention humaine. La présente étude apporte de nouvelles connaissances sur les niveaux de variabilité génétique de C. nasus dans le système rhénan, fournissant des informations utiles pour orienter les programmes de réintroduction et d'empoissonnement. L'information génétique des populations permettra d'améliorer la préservation et la gestion futures de cette précieuse espèce de poisson d'eau douce en Allemagne et au-delà.
Publikationen 2019
peer reviewed journals
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ream moving, with higher movement propensity being partly associated with lo
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re in direction of the neighbouring lake than away from the paired lakes, su
ggesting that at least direction was not random. Since bream are important e
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pecies and contain signatures of the processes responsible for the speciatio
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challenging. To address this problem, we analyzed a spatially-explicit model
of speciation where genome size and mating range can be controlled.We simul
ated parapatric and sympatric (narrowand wide mating range, respectively) ra
diations and constructed their phylogenetic trees, computing structural prop
erties such as tree balance and speed of diversification.We showed that para
patric and sympatric speciation arewell separated by these structural tree p
roperties. Balanced trees with constant rates of diversification only origin
ate in sympatry and genome size affected both the balance and the speed of d
iversification of the simulated trees. Comparison with empirical data showed
that most of the evolutionary radiations considered to have developed in pa
rapatry or sympatry are in good agreement with model predictions. Even thoug
h additional forces other than spatial restriction of gene flow, genome size
, and genetic incompatibilities, do play a role in the evolution of species
formation, the microevolutionary processes modeled here capture signatures o
f the diversification pattern of evolutionary radiations, regarding the symm
etry and speed of diversification of lineages.' (1414 chars) serialnumber => protected'1063-5157' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1093/sysbio/syy049' (21 chars) uid => protected17504 (integer) _localizedUid => protected17504 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected17504 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 3 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=19303, pid=124) originalId => protected19303 (integer) authors => protected'Day, J. J.; Ford, A. G. P.; Bullen, T. R.
; Pang, L.; Genner, M. J.; Bills, R.; Flouri, T.; N
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usen, O.; Shechonge, A.; Stiassny, M. L. J.; Turner
, G. F.' (321 chars) title => protected'Molecular phylogeny of <em>Oreochromis </em>(Cichlidae: Oreochromini) reveal
s mito-nuclear discordance and multiple colonisation of adverse aquatic envi
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; introgression; incomplete lineage sorting; taxonomic revision' (139 chars) description => protected'Although the majority of cichlid diversity occurs in the African Great Lakes
, these fish have also diversified across the African continent. Such contin
ental radiations, occurring in both rivers and lakes have received far less
attention than lacustrine radiations despite some members, such as the oreoc
hromine cichlids (commonly referred to as 'tilapia'), having significant sci
entific and socio-economic importance both within and beyond their native ra
nge. Unique among cichlids, several species of the genus <em>Oreochromis</em
> exhibit adaptation to soda conditions (including tolerance to elevated tem
peratures and salinity), which are of interest from evolutionary biology res
earch and aquaculture perspectives. Questions remain regarding the factors f
acilitating the diversification of this group, which to date have not been a
ddressed within a phylogenetic framework. Here we present the first comprehe
nsive (32/37 described species) multi-marker molecular phylogeny of <em>Oreo
chromis</em> and closely related <em>Alcolapia</em>, based on mitochondrial
(1583 bp) and nuclear (3092 bp) sequence data. We show widespread discor
dance between nuclear DNA and mitochondrial DNA trees. This could be the res
ult of incomplete lineage sorting and/or introgression in mitochondrial loci
, although we did not find a strong signal for the latter. Based on our nucl
ear phylogeny we demonstrate that adaptation to adverse conditions (elevated
salinity, temperature, or alkalinity) has occurred multiple times within <e
m>Oreochromis</em>, but that adaptation to extreme (soda) conditions (high s
alinity, temperature, and alkalinity) has likely arisen once in the lineage
leading to <em>O. amphimelas</em> and <em>Alcolapia</em>. We also show <em>
Alcolapia</em> is nested within <em>Oreochromis</em>, which is in agreement
with previous studies, and here revise the taxonomy to synonymise the genus
in <em>Oreochromis</em>, retaining the designation as subgenus <em>Oreochrom
is</em> (<em>Alcolapia</...' (2005 chars) serialnumber => protected'1055-7903' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1016/j.ympev.2019.04.008' (27 chars) uid => protected19303 (integer) _localizedUid => protected19303 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected19303 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 4 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=19873, pid=124) originalId => protected19873 (integer) authors => protected'Dermond, P.; Melián, C. J.; Brodersen, J.' (62 chars) title => protected'Size-dependent tradeoffs in seasonal freshwater environments facilitate diff
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nd abiotic conditions leads to animals migrating between different environme
nts around the world. Whereas mean population timing of migration is often f
airly well understood, explanations for variation in migratory timing within
populations are often lacking. Condition-dependent tradeoffs may be an unde
rstudied mechanism that can explain this differential migration. While fixed
condition-specific thresholds have been identified in earlier work on ontog
enetic niche shifts, they are rare in differential migration, suggesting tha
t thresholds in such systems can shift based on temporally variable environm
ental conditions.<br /><em>Methods</em>: We introduced a model based on size
-specific tradeoffs between migration and growth in seasonal environments. W
e focused on optimal migratory timing for first-time migrants with no knowle
dge of an alternative habitat, which is a crucial stage in the life history
of migratory salmonids. We predicted that optimal timing would occur when in
dividuals move from their natal habitats based on a seasonally variable rati
o of predation and growth. When the ratio becomes slightly more favorable in
the alternative habitat, migratory movement can occur. As it keeps shifting
throughout the season, the threshold for migration is variable, allowing sm
aller individuals to move at later dates. We compared our model predictions
to empirical data on 3 years of migratory movement of more than 800 juvenile
trout of varying size from natal to feeding habitat.<br /><em>Results</em>:
Both our model and empirical data showed that large individuals, which are
assumed to have a lower predation risk in the migratory habitat, move earlie
r in the season than smaller individuals, whose predicted predation-to-growt
h ratio shifted to being favorable only later in the migratory season. Our m
odel also predicted that the observed difference in migratory timing between
large and small migrant...' (2935 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'10.1186/s40462-019-0185-1' (25 chars) uid => protected19873 (integer) _localizedUid => protected19873 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected19873 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 5 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=19142, pid=124) originalId => protected19142 (integer) authors => protected'Dermond, P.; Sperlich, N.; Brodersen, J.' (55 chars) title => protected'Heritable morphological differentiation in salmonids from two distinct strea
m types' (83 chars) journal => protected'Journal of Fish Biology' (23 chars) year => protected2019 (integer) volume => protected95 (integer) issue => protected'5' (1 chars) startpage => protected'1215' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'1222' (4 chars) categories => protected'brown trout; heritability of phenotypic traits; local populations; phenotypi
c plasticity; prealpine' (99 chars) description => protected'We tested for phenotype‐to‐habitat associations in brown trout <em>Salmo
trutta</em> populations from two ecologically different habitat types; <em>
i.e</em>., groundwater and surface‐water‐fed streams. Additionally, we r
aised captive offspring from two such populations under standardised conditi
ons to test whether potential phenotypic differentiation would be passed on
to offspring. We found analogous differentiation by habitat in multiple wild
populations. Some of these morphological differences were at least partiall
y inherited by offspring. We suggest that this could have implications for b
oth scientists and fisheries authorities studying or managing trout populati
ons.' (688 chars) serialnumber => protected'0022-1112' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/jfb.14121' (17 chars) uid => protected19142 (integer) _localizedUid => protected19142 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected19142 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 6 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=19386, pid=124) originalId => protected19386 (integer) authors => protected'Doenz, C. J.; Krähenbühl, A. K.; Walker, J.; Seeh
ausen, O.; Brodersen, J.' (110 chars) title => protected'Ecological opportunity shapes a large Arctic charr species radiation' (68 chars) journal => protected'Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences' (55 chars) year => protected2019 (integer) volume => protected286 (integer) issue => protected'1913' (4 chars) startpage => protected'20191992 (10 pp.)' (17 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'adaptive radiation; Arctic charr; ecological opportunity; niche expansion; s
peciation' (85 chars) description => protected'Ecological opportunity is considered a crucial factor for adaptive radiation
. Here, we combine genetic, morphological and ecological data to assess spec
ies and ecomorphological diversity of Artic charr in six lakes of a catchmen
t in southernmost Greenland, where only charr and stickleback occur. Because
the diversity of habitats and resources increases with lake size, we predic
t a positive association between lake size and the extent of ecomorphologica
l diversity. The largest lake of the catchment harbours the largest Arctic c
harr assemblage known today. It consists of six genetically differentiated s
pecies belonging to five ecomorphs (anadromous, littoral benthic, profundal
dwarf, planktivorous, piscivorous), of which the latter comprises two ecomor
phologically extremely similar species. Lakes of intermediate size contain t
wo ecomorphologically and genetically distinct species. Small lakes harbour
one genetically homogeneous, yet sometimes ecomorphologically variable popul
ation. Supporting our prediction, lake size is positively correlated with th
e extent of ecomorphological specialization towards profundal, pelagic and p
iscivorous lifestyle. Furthermore, assemblage-wide morphospace increases sha
rply when more than one genetic cluster is present. Our data suggest that ec
ological opportunity and speciation jointly determine phenotypic expansion i
n this charr radiation.' (1391 chars) serialnumber => protected'0962-8452' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1098/rspb.2019.1992' (22 chars) uid => protected19386 (integer) _localizedUid => protected19386 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected19386 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 7 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=18184, pid=124) originalId => protected18184 (integer) authors => protected'Feulner, P. G. D.; Seehausen, O.' (52 chars) title => protected'Genomic insights into the vulnerability of sympatric whitefish species flock
s' (77 chars) journal => protected'Molecular Ecology' (17 chars) year => protected2019 (integer) volume => protected28 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'615' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'629' (3 chars) categories => protected'coregonus spp; ecological speciation; RADseq; speciation reversal' (65 chars) description => protected'The erosion of habitat heterogeneity can reduce species diversity directly b
ut can also lead to the loss of distinctiveness of sympatric species through
speciation reversal. We know little about changes in genomic differentiatio
n during the early stages of these processes, which can be mediated by anthr
opogenic perturbation. Here, we analyse three sympatric whitefish species (<
em>Coregonus</em> spp) sampled across two neighbouring and connected Swiss p
re‐alpine lakes, which have been differentially affected by anthropogenic
eutrophication. Our data set comprises 16,173 loci genotyped across 138 whit
efish using restriction‐site associated DNA sequencing (RADseq). Our analy
sis suggests that in each of the two lakes the population of a different, bu
t ecologically similar, whitefish species declined following a recent period
of eutrophication. Genomic signatures consistent with hybridisation are mor
e pronounced in the more severely impacted lake. Comparisons between sympatr
ic pairs of whitefish species with contrasting ecology, where one is shallow
benthic and the other one more profundal pelagic, reveal genomic differenti
ation that is largely correlated along the genome, while differentiation is
uncorrelated between pairs of allopatric provenance with similar ecology. We
identify four genomic loci that provide evidence of parallel divergent adap
tation between the shallow benthic species and the two different more profun
dal species. Functional annotations available for two of those loci are cons
istent with divergent ecological adaptation. Our genomic analysis indicates
the action of divergent natural selection between sympatric whitefish specie
s in pre‐alpine lakes and reveals the vulnerability of these species to an
thropogenic alterations of the environment and associated adaptive landscape
.' (1825 chars) serialnumber => protected'0962-1083' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/mec.14977' (17 chars) uid => protected18184 (integer) _localizedUid => protected18184 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected18184 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 8 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=18189, pid=124) originalId => protected18189 (integer) authors => protected'Govaert, L.; Fronhofer, E. A.; Lion, S.; Eizaguirre,&nbs
p;C.; Bonte, D.; Egas, M.; Hendry, A. P.; De Brito Marti
ns, A.; Melián, C. J.; Raeymaekers, J. A. M.;
Ratikainen, I. I.; Saether, B.‐E.; Schweitzer, J.&nbs
p;A.; Matthews, B.' (327 chars) title => protected'Eco‐evolutionary feedbacks - theoretical models and perspectives' (66 chars) journal => protected'Functional Ecology' (18 chars) year => protected2019 (integer) volume => protected33 (integer) issue => protected'1' (1 chars) startpage => protected'13' (2 chars) otherpage => protected'30' (2 chars) categories => protected'demography; eco‐evolutionary dynamics; ecology; feedback; modelling; rapid
evolution; theory' (94 chars) description => protected'1. Theoretical models pertaining to feedbacks between ecological and evoluti
onary processes are prevalent in multiple biological fields. An integrative
overview is currently lacking, due to little crosstalk between the fields an
d the use of different methodological approaches. <br/> 2. Here, we review a
wide range of models of eco‐evolutionary feedbacks and highlight their un
derlying assumptions. We discuss models where feedbacks occur both within an
d between hierarchical levels of ecosystems, including populations, communit
ies and abiotic environments, and consider feedbacks across spatial scales.<
br/> 3. Identifying the commonalities among feedback models, and the underly
ing assumptions, helps us better understand the mechanistic basis of eco‐e
volutionary feedbacks. Eco‐evolutionary feedbacks can be readily modelled
by coupling demographic and evolutionary formalisms. We provide an overview
of these approaches and suggest future integrative modelling avenues.<br/> 4
. Our overview highlights that eco‐evolutionary feedbacks have been incorp
orated in theoretical work for nearly a century. Yet, this work does not alw
ays include the notion of rapid evolution or concurrent ecological and evolu
tionary time scales. We show the importance of density‐ and frequency‐de
pendent selection for feedbacks, as well as the importance of dispersal as a
central linking trait between ecology and evolution in a spatial context.' (1442 chars) serialnumber => protected'0269-8463' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/1365-2435.13241' (23 chars) uid => protected18189 (integer) _localizedUid => protected18189 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected18189 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 9 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=19407, pid=124) originalId => protected19407 (integer) authors => protected'Hansen, J. H.; Brodersen, J.; Baktoft, H.; Skov, C.' (76 chars) title => protected'Relationship between bream (<em>Abramis brama</em>) activity and water turbi
dity in a shallow lake under different season conditions' (132 chars) journal => protected'Journal of Limnology' (20 chars) year => protected2019 (integer) volume => protected78 (integer) issue => protected'2' (1 chars) startpage => protected'259' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'269' (3 chars) categories => protected'ecosystem engineers; benthivore; foraging activity; bioturbation; resuspensi
on; temperature' (91 chars) description => protected'The foraging activity of large-bodied benthivorous fish has been suggested t
o be of key importance for maintaining shallow lakes in a turbid state. Sinc
e especially the spring ecosystem dynamics determines the successive state o
f shallow lakes, such impact could depend on seasonality in benthivore activ
ity patterns. However, we do not yet know to what extent the activity of l
arge-bodied benthivorous fish affects lake turbidity across the year. In ord
er to investigate seasonal dynamics in bream activity and its impact on wate
r turbidity under natural conditions, bream daily activity was studied in a
small (39 ha) shallow Danish lake using passive biotelemetry technology, <em
>i.e</em>. a modified Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT)-tag antenna syste
m. We tracked the activity of 448 benthivorous bream over a period of four y
ears (2012 to 2016) and during the same period wind conditions, water turbid
ity and temperature was measured. Results showed a clear relationship betwee
n bream activity and water turbidity at water temperature below 15°C indica
ting that winter season activity of benthivorous bream may play an important
role for maintaining lake ecosystems in a turbid state. Also wind speed and
wind direction affected water turbidity, suggesting that wind induced resus
pension can be important even in small shallow lakes. This is to our knowled
ge the first full-scale study under natural conditions to describe how bream
activity influence lake turbidity on a day-to-day basis. Our findings also
add a seasonal component to previous findings by showing that benthivorous f
eeding bream have the potential to increase water turbidity also in the wint
er season and thereby, ultimately, impact ecosystem functioning within shall
ow lakes.' (1757 chars) serialnumber => protected'1129-5767' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.4081/jlimnol.2019.1883' (25 chars) uid => protected19407 (integer) _localizedUid => protected19407 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected19407 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 10 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=18902, pid=124) originalId => protected18902 (integer) authors => protected'Harmon, L. J.; Andreazzi, C. S.; Débarre, F.; Drur
y, J.; Goldberg, E. E.; Martins, A. B.; Melián,&nb
sp;C. J.; Narwani, A.; Nuismer, S. L.; Pennell, M.&
nbsp;W.; Rudman, S. M.; Seehausen, O.; Silvestro, D.; We
ber, M.; Matthews, B.' (335 chars) title => protected'Detecting the macroevolutionary signal of species interactions' (62 chars) journal => protected'Journal of Evolutionary Biology' (31 chars) year => protected2019 (integer) volume => protected32 (integer) issue => protected'8' (1 chars) startpage => protected'769' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'782' (3 chars) categories => protected'coevolution; extinction; macroevolution; network; phylogeny; speciation; spe
cies interactions; trait evolution' (110 chars) description => protected'Species interactions lie at the heart of many theories of macroevolution, fr
om adaptive radiation to the Red Queen. Although some theories describe the
imprint that interactions will have over long time scales, we are still miss
ing a comprehensive understanding of the effects of interactions on macroevo
lution. Current research shows strong evidence for the impact of interaction
s on macroevolutionary patterns of trait evolution and diversification, yet
many macroevolutionary studies have only a tenuous relationship to ecologica
l studies of interactions over shorter time scales. We review current resear
ch in this area, highlighting approaches that explicitly model species inter
actions and connect them to broad‐scale macroevolutionary patterns. We als
o suggest that progress has been made by taking an integrative interdiscipli
nary look at individual clades. We focus on African cichlids as a case study
of how this approach can be fruitful. Overall, while the evidence for speci
es interactions shaping macroevolution is strong, further work using integra
tive and model‐based approaches is needed to spur progress towards underst
anding the complex dynamics that structure communities over time and space.<
br />' (1221 chars) serialnumber => protected'1010-061X' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/jeb.13477' (17 chars) uid => protected18902 (integer) _localizedUid => protected18902 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected18902 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 11 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=18680, pid=124) originalId => protected18680 (integer) authors => protected'Hayden, B.; Harrod, C.; Thomas, S. M.; Eloranta, A.
P.; Myllykangas, J. -P.; Siwertsson, A.; Præbel,
K.; Knudsen, R.; Amundsen, P. -A.; Kahilainen, K. K
.' (229 chars) title => protected'From clear lakes to murky waters – tracing the functional response of high
-latitude lake communities to concurrent 'greening' and 'browning'' (142 chars) journal => protected'Ecology Letters' (15 chars) year => protected2019 (integer) volume => protected22 (integer) issue => protected'5' (1 chars) startpage => protected'807' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'816' (3 chars) categories => protected'cryptic energetic pathways; ecological stable states; habitat coupling; spac
e-for-time; stable isotope analysis; trophic niche' (126 chars) description => protected'Climate change and the intensification of land use practices are causing wid
espread eutrophication of subarctic lakes. The implications of this rapid ch
ange for lake ecosystem function remain poorly understood. To assess how fre
shwater communities respond to such profound changes in their habitat and re
source availability, we conducted a space-for-time analysis of food-web stru
cture in 30 lakes situated across a temperature-productivity gradient equiva
lent to the predicted future climate of subarctic Europe (temperature +3°C,
precipitation +30% and nutrient +45 μg L<sup>–1</sup> total phosphorus).
Along this gradient, we observed an increase in the assimilation of pelagic
-derived carbon from 25 to 75% throughout primary, secondary and tertiary co
nsumers. This shift was overwhelmingly driven by the consumption of pelagic
detritus by benthic primary consumers and was not accompanied by increased p
elagic foraging by higher trophic level consumers. Our data also revealed a
convergence of the carbon isotope ratios of pelagic and benthic food web end
members in the warmest, most productive lakes indicating that the incorporat
ion of terrestrial derived carbon into aquatic food webs increases as land u
se intensifies. These results, reflecting changes along a gradient character
istic of the predicted future environment throughout the subarctic, indicate
that climate and land use driven eutrophication and browning are radically
altering the function and fuelling of aquatic food webs in this biome.' (1514 chars) serialnumber => protected'1461-023X' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/ele.13238' (17 chars) uid => protected18680 (integer) _localizedUid => protected18680 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected18680 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 12 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=19008, pid=124) originalId => protected19008 (integer) authors => protected'Huang, Y.; Feulner, P. G. D.; Eizaguirre, C.; Lenz,
T. L.; Bornberg-Bauer, E.; Milinski, M.; Reusch, T
. B. H.; Chain, F. J. J.' (201 chars) title => protected'Genome-wide genotype-expression relationships reveal both copy number and si
ngle nucleotide differentiation contribute to differential gene expression b
etween stickleback ecotypes' (179 chars) journal => protected'Genome Biology and Evolution' (28 chars) year => protected2019 (integer) volume => protected11 (integer) issue => protected'8' (1 chars) startpage => protected'2344' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'2359' (4 chars) categories => protected'habitat-specific adaptation; CNV; copy number variation; eSNP; cis-regulator
y regions; expression differentiation; three-spined stickleback' (139 chars) description => protected'Repeated and independent emergence of trait divergence that matches habitat
differences is a sign of parallel evolution by natural selection. Yet, the m
olecular underpinnings that are targeted by adaptive evolution often remain
elusive. We investigate this question by combining genome-wide analyses of c
opy number variants (CNVs), single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), and gene
expression across four pairs of lake and river populations of the three-spi
ned stickleback (<em>Gasterosteus aculeatus</em>). We tested whether CNVs th
at span entire genes and SNPs occurring in putative <em>cis</em>-regulatory
regions contribute to gene expression differences between sticklebacks from
lake and river origins. We found 135 gene CNVs that showed a significant pos
itive association between gene copy number and gene expression, suggesting t
hat CNVs result in dosage effects that can fuel phenotypic variation and ser
ve as substrates for habitat-specific selection. Copy number differentiation
between lake and river sticklebacks also contributed to expression differen
ces of two immune-related genes in immune tissues, <em>cathepsin A</em> and
<em>GIMAP7</em>. In addition, we identified SNPs in <em>cis</em>-regulatory
regions (eSNPs) associated with the expression of 1865 genes, including one
eSNP upstream of a carboxypeptidase gene where both the SNP alleles differen
tiated and the gene was differentially expressed between lake and river popu
lations. Our study highlights two types of mutations as important sources of
genetic variation involved in the evolution of gene expression and in poten
tially facilitating repeated adaptation to novel environments.<br />' (1664 chars) serialnumber => protected'1759-6653' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1093/gbe/evz148' (18 chars) uid => protected19008 (integer) _localizedUid => protected19008 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected19008 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 13 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=18799, pid=124) originalId => protected18799 (integer) authors => protected'Ishikawa, A.; Kabeya, N.; Ikeya, K.; Kakioka, R.; Cech,&
nbsp;J. N.; Osada, N.; Leal, M. C.; Inoue, J.; Kume
, M.; Toyoda, A.; Tezuka, A.; Nagano, A. J.; Yamasa
ki, Y. Y.; Suzuki, Y.; Kokita, T.; Takahashi, H.; L
ucek, K.; Marques, D.; Takehana, Y.; Naruse, K.; Mori,&n
bsp;S.; Monroig, O.; Ladd, N.; Schubert, C. J.; Matthews
, B.; Peichel, C. L.; Seehausen, O.; Yoshizaki, G.;
Kitano, J.' (548 chars) title => protected'A key metabolic gene for recurrent freshwater colonization and radiation in
fishes' (82 chars) journal => protected'Science' (7 chars) year => protected2019 (integer) volume => protected364 (integer) issue => protected'6443' (4 chars) startpage => protected'886' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'889' (3 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Colonization of new ecological niches has triggered large adaptive radiation
s. Although some lineages have made use of such opportunities, not all do so
.The factors causing this variation among lineages are largely unknown. Here
, we show that deficiency in docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), an essential ω-3 f
atty acid, can constrain freshwater colonization by marine fishes. Our genom
ic analyses revealed multiple independent duplications of the fatty acid des
aturase gene <em>Fads2</em> in stickleback lineages that subsequently coloni
zed and radiated in freshwater habitats, but not in close relatives that fai
led to colonize.Transgenic manipulation of <em>Fads2</em> in marine stickleb
ack increased their ability to synthesize DHA and survive on DHA-deficient d
iets. Multiple freshwater ray-finned fishes also show a convergent increase
in <em>Fads2</em> copies, indicating its key role in freshwater colonization
.' (913 chars) serialnumber => protected'0036-8075' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1126/science.aau5656' (23 chars) uid => protected18799 (integer) _localizedUid => protected18799 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected18799 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 14 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=19449, pid=124) originalId => protected19449 (integer) authors => protected'Kishe-Machumu, M. A.; Natugonza, V.; Nyingi, D. W.;
Snoeks, J.; Carr, J. A.; Seehausen, O.; Sayer, C.&
nbsp;A.' (159 chars) title => protected'The status and distribution of freshwater fishes in the Lake Victoria Basin' (75 chars) journal => protected'In: Sayer, C. A.; Máiz-Tomé, L.; Darwall, W. R.&n
bsp;T. (Eds.), Freshwater biodiversity in the lake Victoria Basin. Guidance
for species conservation, site protection, climate resilience and sustainabl
e livelihoods' (241 chars) year => protected2018 (integer) volume => protected0 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'41' (2 chars) otherpage => protected'64' (2 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'In terms of hydrology, the Lake Victoria Basin is part of the Nile system, m
ost of which is within the Nilo-Sudan ichthyofaunal province. However, the i
chthyofauna of the Lake Victoria Basin differs substantially from most of th
e downstream Nile basin. It has traditionally been assigned to the East Coas
t ichthyofaunal province together with the faunas of the systems of Lakes Ky
oga, Edward and Kivu, and the coastal rivers of Eastern Africa (Greenwood, 1
983; Roberts, 1975; Snoeks et al., 1997). This viewpoint has been challenged
and inclusion of the Lake Victoria ichthyofauna into the Nilo-Sudan provinc
e has been suggested (Lévêque, 1997; Witte et al., 2009). More recent biog
eographic and genetic studies have revealed that Lake Victoria and the small
er lakes in the region harbour a mosaic ichthyofauna composed predominantly
of Nilotic and Congolese elements with quite balanced contributions from the
two (Meier et al., 2017; Seehausen, 2002). Most of the non-endemic species
of Lake Victoria are shared either with the Nile or with the Malagarasi (Con
go) system, and very few are shared with coastal rivers. Most of the endemic
species have their closest relatives either in the Nile or Congo systems. T
he large endemic cichlid species radiation evolved from a population of hybr
id origins between cichlids from the Nile and the Congo (Meier et al., 2017)
. The endemic Nothobranchius killifish too derive from two lineages that hav
e their nearest relatives in the Sahel and the Congo respectively (Dorn et a
l., 2014).<br /> Cichlids form the major component of the fish fauna of the
Lake Victoria Basin. Other impor tant families are the Cyprinidae, Mormyrida
e, Clariidae and Poeciliidae. Prior to major anthropogenic disturbances, inc
luding the introduction of the Nile Perch (Lates niloticus) and severe habit
at deterioration, the system harboured between 600 and 1,000 species of cich
l ids, al l but four of them endemic haplochromines (Kaufman et al., 1997; S
eehausen, 2002, 2015; Wi...' (2686 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'10.2305/IUCN.CH.2018.RA.2.en' (28 chars) uid => protected19449 (integer) _localizedUid => protected19449 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected19449 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 15 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=18821, pid=124) originalId => protected18821 (integer) authors => protected'Lange, K.; Wehrli, B.; Åberg, U.; Bätz, N.; Brodersen,
J.; Fischer, M.; Hermoso, V.; Reidy Liermann, C.; Schmi
d, M.; Wilmsmeier, L.; Weber, C.' (199 chars) title => protected'Small hydropower goes unchecked' (31 chars) journal => protected'Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment' (40 chars) year => protected2019 (integer) volume => protected17 (integer) issue => protected'5' (1 chars) startpage => protected'256' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'258' (3 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'' (0 chars) serialnumber => protected'1540-9295' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1002/fee.2049' (16 chars) uid => protected18821 (integer) _localizedUid => protected18821 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected18821 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 16 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=18321, pid=124) originalId => protected18321 (integer) authors => protected'Lipshutz, S. E.; Meier, J. I.; Derryberry, G.
E.; Miller, M. J.; Seehausen, O.; Derryberry, E. P.' (152 chars) title => protected'Differential introgression of a female competitive trait in a hybrid zone be
tween sex-role reversed species' (107 chars) journal => protected'Evolution, International Journal of Organic Evolution' (53 chars) year => protected2019 (integer) volume => protected73 (integer) issue => protected'2' (1 chars) startpage => protected'188' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'201' (3 chars) categories => protected'asymmetric introgression; female competition; hybridization; jacana; sex-rol
e reversal' (86 chars) description => protected'Mating behavior between recently diverged species in secondary contact can i
mpede or promote reproductive isolation. Traditionally, researchers focus on
the importance of female mate choice and male–male competition in maintai
ning or eroding species barriers. Although female–female competition is wi
despread, little is known about its role in the speciation process. Here, we
investigate a case of interspecific female competition and its influence on
patterns of phenotypic and genetic introgression between species. We examin
e a hybrid zone between sex‐role reversed, Neotropical shorebird species,
the northern jacana (<em>Jacana spinosa</em>) and wattled jacana (<em>J. jac
ana</em>), in which female–female competition is a major determinant of re
productive success. Previous work found that females of the more aggressive
and larger species, <em>J. spinosa</em>, disproportionately mother hybrid of
fspring, potentially by monopolizing breeding territories in sympatry with <
em>J. jacana</em>. We find a cline shift of female body mass relative to the
genetic center of the hybrid zone, consistent with asymmetric introgression
of this competitive trait. We suggest that divergence in sexual characteris
tics between sex‐role reversed females can influence patterns of gene flow
upon secondary contact, similar to males in systems with more typical sex r
oles.' (1373 chars) serialnumber => protected'0014-3820' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/evo.13675' (17 chars) uid => protected18321 (integer) _localizedUid => protected18321 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected18321 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 17 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=19761, pid=124) originalId => protected19761 (integer) authors => protected'Meier, J. I.; Stelkens, R. B.; Joyce, D. A.; M
waiko, S.; Phiri, N.; Schliewen, U. K.; Selz, O.&nb
sp;M.; Wagner, C. E.; Katongo, C.; Seehausen, O.' (220 chars) title => protected'The coincidence of ecological opportunity with hybridization explains rapid
adaptive radiation in Lake Mweru cichlid fishes' (124 chars) journal => protected'Nature Communications' (21 chars) year => protected2019 (integer) volume => protected10 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'5391 (11 pp.)' (13 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'The process of adaptive radiation was classically hypothesized to require i
solation of a lineage from its source (no gene flow) and from related specie
s (no competition). Alternatively, hybridization between species may generat
e genetic variation that facilitates adaptive radiation. Here we study haplo
chromine cichlid assemblages in two African Great Lakes to test these hypoth
eses. Greater biotic isolation (fewer lineages) predicts fewer constraints b
y competition and hence more ecological opportunity in Lake Bangweulu, where
as opportunity for hybridization predicts increased genetic potential in Lak
e Mweru. In Lake Bangweulu, we find no evidence for hybridization but also
no adaptive radiation. We show that the Bangweulu lineages also colonized La
ke Mweru, where they hybridized with Congolese lineages and then underwent m
ultiple adaptive radiations that are strikingly complementary in ecology an
d morphology. Our data suggest that the presence of several related lineage
s does not necessarily prevent adaptive radiation, although it constrains th
e trajectories of morphological diversification. It might instead facilitate
adaptive radiation when hybridization generates genetic variation, without
which radiation may start much later, progress more slowly or never occur.' (1290 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'10.1038/s41467-019-13278-z' (26 chars) uid => protected19761 (integer) _localizedUid => protected19761 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected19761 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 18 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=18719, pid=124) originalId => protected18719 (integer) authors => protected'Madeira, C.; Mendonça, V.; Leal, M. C.; Diniz, M.&
nbsp;S.; Cabral, H. N.; Flores, A. A. V.; Vinagre,&
nbsp;C.' (159 chars) title => protected'Present and future invasion perspectives of an alien shrimp in South Atlanti
c coastal waters: an experimental assessment of functional biomarkers and th
ermal tolerance' (167 chars) journal => protected'Biological Invasions' (20 chars) year => protected2019 (integer) volume => protected21 (integer) issue => protected'5' (1 chars) startpage => protected'1567' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'1584' (4 chars) categories => protected'tropical shrimp; invasive species; warming oceans; rocky reefs; thermal biol
ogy; stress physiology' (98 chars) description => protected'Climate change, particularly ocean warming, is thought to benefit the spread
of invasive species due to their increased tolerance to temperature fluctua
tions as compared to native species. The physiological tolerance of invasive
species as a potential mechanism driving invasion success is therefore a su
bject that merits further study. Specifically, we need to adequately evaluat
e the potential of species invasions under changing environmental conditions
, so that adequate preventive measures can be taken to minimize any impacts
on coastal ecosystems. Here, we experimentally evaluated the physiological r
esponses of a recent invader in the Southern Atlantic, the shrimp <i>Lysmata
lipkei</i>, under a warming ocean scenario. Adult shrimps were collected fr
om rocky shores in southeastern Brazil and subjected to experimental trials
under a control and a + 3 °C scenario. Molecular biomarkers (in gills and m
uscle), upper thermal limits, acclimation response ratios, thermal safety ma
rgins, mortality rates, estimates of body condition and energy reserves were
measured over 1 month. Results suggest that higher temperatures elicit phys
iological adjustments at the molecular level, underpinning a high thermal to
lerance. In addition, results indicated substantial acclimation capacity, wi
th no evidence of decreased performance under an ocean-warming scenario. The
rmal safety margins were low for shrimp from intertidal rock pools but high
for shrimp from subtidal habitats. We conclude that the thermal tolerance of
this shrimp species may favor its ongoing invasion along the Southwestern A
tlantic Ocean, mainly in subtidal habitats, both under present and future th
ermal conditions.' (1689 chars) serialnumber => protected'1387-3547' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1007/s10530-019-01921-1' (26 chars) uid => protected18719 (integer) _localizedUid => protected18719 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected18719 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 19 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=18635, pid=124) originalId => protected18635 (integer) authors => protected'Mameri, D.; van Kammen, C.; Groothuis, T. G. G.; Se
ehausen, O.; Maan, M. E.' (115 chars) title => protected'Visual adaptation and microhabitat choice in Lake Victoria cichlid fish' (71 chars) journal => protected'Royal Society Open Science' (26 chars) year => protected2019 (integer) volume => protected6 (integer) issue => protected'3' (1 chars) startpage => protected'181876 (8 pp.)' (14 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'sensory drive; habitat choice; haplochromine; ecological speciation; colour
vision' (82 chars) description => protected'When different genotypes choose different habitats to better match their phe
notypes, genetic differentiation within a population may be promoted. Mating
within those habitats may subsequently contribute to reproductive isolation
. In cichlid fish, visual adaptation to alternative visual environments is h
ypothesized to contribute to speciation. Here, we investigated whether varia
tion in visual sensitivity causes different visual habitat preferences, usin
g two closely related cichlid species that occur at different but overlappin
g water depths in Lake Victoria and that differ in visual perception (<em>Pu
ndamilia spp.</em>). In addition to species differences, we explored potenti
al effects of visual plasticity, by rearing fish in two different light cond
itions: broad-spectrum (mimicking shallow water) and red-shifted (mimicking
deeper waters). Contrary to expectations, fish did not prefer the light envi
ronment that mimicked their typical natural habitat. Instead, we found an ov
erall preference for the broad-spectrum environment. We also found a transie
nt influence of the rearing condition, indicating that the assessment of mic
rohabitat preference requires repeated testing to control for familiarity ef
fects. Together, our results show that cichlid fish exert visual habitat pre
ference but do not support straightforward visual habitat matching.' (1359 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'10.1098/rsos.181876' (19 chars) uid => protected18635 (integer) _localizedUid => protected18635 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected18635 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 20 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=19228, pid=124) originalId => protected19228 (integer) authors => protected'Marques, D. A.; Lucek, K.; Sousa, V. C.; Excoffier,
L.; Seehausen, O.' (104 chars) title => protected'Admixture between old lineages facilitated contemporary ecological speciatio
n in Lake Constance stickleback' (107 chars) journal => protected'Nature Communications' (21 chars) year => protected2019 (integer) volume => protected10 (integer) issue => protected'1' (1 chars) startpage => protected'4240 (14 pp.)' (13 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Ecological speciation can sometimes rapidly generate reproductively isolated
populations coexisting in sympatry, but the origin of genetic variation per
mitting this is rarely known. We previously explored the genomics of very re
cent ecological speciation into lake and stream ecotypes in stickleback from
Lake Constance. Here, we reconstruct the origin of alleles underlying ecolo
gical speciation by combining demographic modelling on genome-wide single nu
cleotide polymorphisms, phenotypic data and mitochondrial sequence data in t
he wider European biogeographical context. We find that parallel differentia
tion between lake and stream ecotypes across replicate lake-stream ecotones
resulted from recent secondary contact and admixture between old East and We
st European lineages. Unexpectedly, West European alleles that introgressed
across the hybrid zone at the western end of the lake, were recruited to gen
omic islands of differentiation between ecotypes at the eastern end of the l
ake. Our results highlight an overlooked outcome of secondary contact: ecolo
gical speciation facilitated by admixture variation.' (1116 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'10.1038/s41467-019-12182-w' (26 chars) uid => protected19228 (integer) _localizedUid => protected19228 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected19228 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 21 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=18534, pid=124) originalId => protected18534 (integer) authors => protected'Marques, D. A.; Meier, J. I.; Seehausen, O.' (68 chars) title => protected'A combinatorial view on speciation and adaptive radiation' (57 chars) journal => protected'Trends in Ecology and Evolution' (31 chars) year => protected2019 (integer) volume => protected34 (integer) issue => protected'6' (1 chars) startpage => protected'531' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'544' (3 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Speciation is often thought of as a slow process due to the waiting times fo
r mutations that cause incompatibilities, and permit ecological differentiat
ion or assortative mating. Cases of rapid speciation and particularly cases
of rapid adaptive radiation into multiple sympatric species have remained so
mewhat mysterious. We review recent findings from speciation genomics that r
eveal an emerging commonality among such cases: reassembly of old genetic va
riation into new combinations facilitating rapid speciation and adaptive rad
iation. The polymorphisms in old variants frequently originated from hybridi
zation at some point in the past. We discuss why old variants are particular
ly good fuel for rapid speciation, and hypothesize that variation in access
to such old variants might contribute to the large variation in speciation r
ates observed in nature.' (860 chars) serialnumber => protected'0169-5347' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1016/j.tree.2019.02.008' (26 chars) uid => protected18534 (integer) _localizedUid => protected18534 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected18534 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 22 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=18672, pid=124) originalId => protected18672 (integer) authors => protected'Musilova, Z.; Cortesi, F.; Matschiner, M.; Davies, W.&nb
sp;I. L.; Patel, J. S.; Stieb, S. M.; de Busserolle
s, F.; Malmstrøm, M.; Tørresen, O. K.; Brown, C.&
nbsp;J.; Mountford, J. K.; Hanel, R.; Stenkamp, D.
L.; Jakobsen, K. S.; Carleton, K. L.; Jentoft, S.;
Marshall, J.; Salzburger, W.' (418 chars) title => protected'Vision using multiple distinct rod opsins in deep-sea fishes' (60 chars) journal => protected'Science' (7 chars) year => protected2019 (integer) volume => protected364 (integer) issue => protected'6440' (4 chars) startpage => protected'588' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'592' (3 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Vertebrate vision is accomplished through light-sensitive photopigments cons
isting of an opsin protein bound to a chromophore. In dim light, vertebrates
generally rely on a single rod opsin [rhodopsin 1 (RH1)] for obtaining visu
al information. By inspecting 101 fish genomes, we found that three deep-sea
teleost lineages have independently expanded their <i>RH1</i> gene repertoi
res. Among these, the silver spinyfin (<i>Diretmus argenteus</i>) stands out
as having the highest number of visual opsins in vertebrates (two cone opsi
ns and 38 rod opsins). Spinyfins express up to 14 <i>RH1</i>s (including the
most blueshifted rod photopigments known), which cover the range of the res
idual daylight as well as the bioluminescence spectrum present in the deep s
ea. Our findings present molecular and functional evidence for the recurrent
evolution of multiple rod opsin–based vision in vertebrates.' (899 chars) serialnumber => protected'0036-8075' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1126/science.aav4632' (23 chars) uid => protected18672 (integer) _localizedUid => protected18672 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected18672 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 23 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=19340, pid=124) originalId => protected19340 (integer) authors => protected'Narwani, A.; Reyes, M.; Pereira, A. L.; Penson, H.;
Dennis, S. R.; Derrer, S.; Spaak, P.; Matthews, B.' (152 chars) title => protected'Interactive effects of foundation species on ecosystem functioning and stabi
lity in response to disturbance' (107 chars) journal => protected'Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences' (55 chars) year => protected2019 (integer) volume => protected286 (integer) issue => protected'1913' (4 chars) startpage => protected'20191857 (10 pp.)' (17 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'foundation species; community structure; stability; dominance; trait evennes
s' (77 chars) description => protected'A major challenge in ecology is to understand determinants of ecosystem func
tioning and stability in the face of disturbance. Some important species can
strongly shape community structure and ecosystem functioning, but their imp
acts and interactions on ecosystem-level responses to disturbance are less w
ell known. Shallow ponds provide a model system in which to study the effect
s of such species because some taxa mitigate transitions between alternative
ecosystem states caused by eutrophication. We performed pond experiments to
test how two foundation species (a macrophyte and a mussel) affected the bi
omass of planktonic primary producers and its stability in response to nutri
ent additions. Individually, each species reduced phytoplankton biomass and
tended to increase rates of recovery from disturbance, but together the spec
ies reversed these effects, particularly with larger nutrient additions. Thi
s reversal was mediated by high cyanobacterial dominance of the community an
d a resulting loss of trait evenness. Effects of the foundation species on p
rimary producer biomass were associated with effects on other ecosystem prop
erties, including turbidity and dissolved oxygen. Our work highlights the im
portant role of foundation species and their interactive effects in determin
ing responses of ecosystem functioning to disturbance.' (1346 chars) serialnumber => protected'0962-8452' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1098/rspb.2019.1857' (22 chars) uid => protected19340 (integer) _localizedUid => protected19340 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected19340 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 24 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=18916, pid=124) originalId => protected18916 (integer) authors => protected'O'Connor, M. I.; Pennell, M. W.; Altermatt, F.; Mat
thews, B.; Melián, C. J.; Gonzalez, A.' (135 chars) title => protected'Principles of ecology revisited: integrating information and ecological theo
ries for a more unified science' (107 chars) journal => protected'Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution' (34 chars) year => protected2019 (integer) volume => protected7 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'219 (20 pp.)' (12 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'information theory; semiotic; entropy; organization; first principles; ecolo
gy; ecology' (87 chars) description => protected'The persistence of ecological systems in changing environments requires ener
gy, materials, and information. Although the importance of information to ec
ological function has been widely recognized, the fundamental principles of
ecological science as commonly expressed do not reflect this central role of
information processing. We articulate five fundamental principles of ecolog
y that integrate information with energy and material constraints across sca
les of organization in living systems. We show how these principles outline
new theoretical and empirical research challenges, and offer one novel attem
pt to incorporate them in a theoretical model. To provide adequate backgroun
d for the principles, we review major concepts and identify common themes an
d key differences in information theories spanning physics, biology and semi
otics. We structured our review around a series of questions about the role
information may play in ecological systems: (i) what is information? (ii) ho
w is information related to uncertainty? (iii) what is information processin
g? (iv) does information processing link ecological systems across scales? W
e highlight two aspects of information that capture its dual roles: <em>syn
tactic information</em> defining the processes that encode, filter and proc
ess information stored in biological structure and <em>semiotic information
</em> associated with structures and their context. We argue that the princ
iples of information in living systems promote a unified approach to underst
anding living systems in terms of first principles of biology and physics, a
nd promote much needed theoretical and empirical advances in ecological rese
arch to unify understanding across disciplines and scales.<br />' (1736 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'10.3389/fevo.2019.00219' (23 chars) uid => protected18916 (integer) _localizedUid => protected18916 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected18916 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 25 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=18530, pid=124) originalId => protected18530 (integer) authors => protected'Retel, C.; Märkle, H.; Becks, L.; Feulner, P. G.&n
bsp;D.' (82 chars) title => protected'Ecological and evolutionary processes shaping viral genetic diversity' (69 chars) journal => protected'Viruses' (7 chars) year => protected2019 (integer) volume => protected11 (integer) issue => protected'3' (1 chars) startpage => protected'220 (16 pp.)' (12 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'genetic diversity; viral population genetics; host–virus coevolution; eco-
evolutionary feedback' (97 chars) description => protected'The contemporary genomic diversity of viruses is a result of the continuous
and dynamic interaction of past ecological and evolutionary processes. Thus,
genome sequences of viruses can be a valuable source of information about t
hese processes. In this review, we first describe the relevant processes sha
ping viral genomic variation, with a focus on the role of host–virus coevo
lution and its potential to give rise to eco-evolutionary feedback loops. We
further give a brief overview of available methodology designed to extract
information about these processes from genomic data. Short generation times
and small genomes make viruses ideal model systems to study the joint effect
of complex coevolutionary and eco-evolutionary interactions on genetic evol
ution. This complexity, together with the diverse array of lifetime and repr
oductive strategies in viruses ask for extensions of existing inference meth
ods, for example by integrating multiple information sources. Such integrati
on can broaden the applicability of genetic inference methods and thus furth
er improve our understanding of the role viruses play in biological communit
ies.' (1144 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'10.3390/v11030220' (17 chars) uid => protected18530 (integer) _localizedUid => protected18530 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected18530 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 26 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=19270, pid=124) originalId => protected19270 (integer) authors => protected'Retel, C.; Kowallik, V.; Huang, W.; Werner, B.; Künzel,
S.; Becks, L.; Feulner, P. G. D.' (134 chars) title => protected'The feedback between selection and demography shapes genomic diversity durin
g coevolution' (89 chars) journal => protected'Science Advances' (16 chars) year => protected2019 (integer) volume => protected5 (integer) issue => protected'10' (2 chars) startpage => protected'eaax0530 (9 pp.)' (16 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Species interactions and coevolution are integral to ecological communities,
but we lack empirical information on when and how these interactions genera
te and purge genetic diversity. Using genomic time series data from host-vir
us experiments, we found that coevolution occurs through consecutive selecti
ve sweeps in both species, with temporal consistency across replicates. Swee
ps were accompanied by phenotypic change (resistance or infectivity increase
s) and expansions in population size. In the host, population expansion enab
led rapid generation of genetic diversity in accordance with neutral process
es. Viral molecular evolution was, in contrast, confined to few genes, all p
utative targets of selection. This study demonstrates that molecular evoluti
on during species interactions is shaped by both eco-evolutionary feedback d
ynamics and interspecific differences in how genetic diversity is generated
and maintained.' (927 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'10.1126/sciadv.aax0530' (22 chars) uid => protected19270 (integer) _localizedUid => protected19270 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected19270 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 27 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=19190, pid=124) originalId => protected19190 (integer) authors => protected'Rieder, J. M.; Vonlanthen, P.; Seehausen, O.; Lucek,&nbs
p;K.' (80 chars) title => protected'Allopatric and sympatric diversification within roach (<em>Rutilus rutilus</
em>) of large prealpine lakes' (105 chars) journal => protected'Journal of Evolutionary Biology' (31 chars) year => protected2019 (integer) volume => protected32 (integer) issue => protected'11' (2 chars) startpage => protected'1174' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'1185' (4 chars) categories => protected'postglacial range expansion; RADseq; resource polymorphism; Rutilus rutilus;
stable isotopes' (92 chars) description => protected'Intraspecific differentiation in response to divergent natural selection bet
ween environments is a common phenomenon in some lineages of northern freshw
ater fishes, especially salmonids and stickleback. Understanding why these t
axa diversify and undergo adaptive radiations while most other fish species
in the same environments do not, remains an open question. The possibility f
or intraspecific diversification has rarely been evaluated for most northern
freshwater fish species. Here, we assess the potential for intraspecific di
fferentiation between and within lake populations of roach (<em>Rutilus ruti
lus</em>) - a widespread and abundant cyprinid species ‐ in lakes in which
salmonids have evolved endemic adaptive radiations. Based on more than 3,00
0 polymorphic RADseq markers, we detected low but significant genetic differ
entiation between roach populations of two ultraoligotrophic lakes and betwe
en these and populations from other lakes. This, together with differentiati
on in head morphology and stable isotope signatures, suggests evolutionary a
nd ecological differentiation among some of our studied populations. Next, w
e tested for intralacustrine diversification of roach within Lake Brienz, th
e most pristine lake surveyed in this study. We found significant phenotypic
evidence for ecological intralacustrine differentiation between roach caugh
t over a muddy substrate and those caught over a rocky substrate. However, e
vidence for intralacustrine genetic differentiation is at best subtle and ph
enotypic changes may therefore be mostly plastic. Overall, our findings sugg
est roach can differ between ecologically distinct lakes, but the extent of
intralacustrine ecological differentiation is weak, which contrasts with the
strong differentiation among endemic species of whitefish in the same lakes
.' (1825 chars) serialnumber => protected'1010-061X' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/jeb.13502' (17 chars) uid => protected19190 (integer) _localizedUid => protected19190 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected19190 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 28 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=19305, pid=124) originalId => protected19305 (integer) authors => protected'Rougeux, C.; Gagnaire, P.‐A.; Praebel, K.; Seehausen,
O.; Bernatchez, L.' (99 chars) title => protected'Polygenic selection drives the evolution of convergent transcriptomic landsc
apes across continents within a Nearctic sister species complex' (139 chars) journal => protected'Molecular Ecology' (17 chars) year => protected2019 (integer) volume => protected0 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'' (0 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'convergence; Coregonus; ecological speciation; polygenic selection; populati
on genetics; RNAseq' (95 chars) description => protected'In contrast to the plethora of studies focusing on the genomic basis of adap
tive phenotypic divergence, the role of gene expression during speciation ha
s been much less investigated and consequently less understood. Yet, the con
vergence of differential gene expression patterns between closely related sp
ecies‐pairs might reflect the role of natural selection during the process
of ecological speciation. Here, we test for intercontinental convergence in
differential transcriptional signatures between limnetic and benthic sympat
ric species‐pairs of Lake Whitefish (<em>Coregonus clupeaformis</em>) and
its sister lineage, the European Whitefish (<em>Coregonus lavaretus</em>), u
sing six replicated sympatric species‐pairs (two in North America, two in
Norway and two in Switzerland). We characterized both sequence variation in
transcribed regions and differential gene expression between sympatric limne
tic and benthic species across regions and continents. Our first finding was
that differentially expressed genes (DEG) between limnetic and benthic whit
efish tend to be enriched in shared polymorphism among sister lineages. We t
hen used both genotypes and covariation in expression in order to infer poly
genic selection at the gene level. We identified parallel outliers and DEG i
nvolving genes primarily overexpressed in limnetic species relative to the b
enthic species. Our analysis finally revealed the existence of shared genomi
c bases underlying parallel differential expression across replicated specie
s‐pairs from both continents, such as a <em>cis</em>‐eQTL affecting the
pyruvate kinase expression level involved in glycolysis. Our results are con
sistent with a long‐standing role of natural selection in maintaining tran
s‐continental diversity at phenotypic traits involved in ecological specia
tion between limnetic and benthic whitefishes.' (1870 chars) serialnumber => protected'0962-1083' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/mec.15226' (17 chars) uid => protected19305 (integer) _localizedUid => protected19305 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected19305 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 29 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=19452, pid=124) originalId => protected19452 (integer) authors => protected'Sayer, C. A.; Carr, J. A.; Seehausen, O.' (65 chars) title => protected'Synthesis for all taxonomic groups' (34 chars) journal => protected'In: Sayer, C. A.; Máiz-Tomé, L.; Darwall, W. R.&n
bsp;T. (Eds.), Freshwater biodiversity in the lake Victoria Basin. Guidance
for species conservation, site protection, climate resilience and sustainabl
e livelihoods' (241 chars) year => protected2018 (integer) volume => protected0 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'111' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'129' (3 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'In this synthesis chapter, we combine information presented in the individua
l taxonomic chapters (Chapters 3–7) in order to consider the status and di
stribution of freshwater biodiversity across the Lake Victoria Basin. We pre
sent a combined analysis of all freshwater decapods, fishes, molluscs, odona
tes and selected aquatic plants to illustrate patterns in species richness a
cross the basin, highlighting groups of species of particular interest. We a
lso investigate the major threats that are impacting many freshwater species
, with a detailed discussion of the overall climate change vulnerability of
freshwater biodiversity. We feel that the combined information for these tax
onomic groups provides a reasonable representation of the distribution and s
tatus of freshwater biodiversity in the Lake Victoria Basin. Finally, we hig
hlight research and conservation actions that are recommended to improve the
conservation status of many freshwater species.' (960 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'' (0 chars) uid => protected19452 (integer) _localizedUid => protected19452 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected19452 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 30 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=18677, pid=124) originalId => protected18677 (integer) authors => protected'Schmid, D. W.; McGee, M. D.; Best, R. J.; Seeh
ausen, O.; Matthews, B.' (109 chars) title => protected'Rapid divergence of predator functional traits affects prey composition in a
quatic communities' (94 chars) journal => protected'American Naturalist' (19 chars) year => protected2019 (integer) volume => protected193 (integer) issue => protected'3' (1 chars) startpage => protected'331' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'345' (3 chars) categories => protected'trait utility; jaw protrusion; foraging performance; prey preference; rapid
population divergence; Gasterosteus aculeatus' (121 chars) description => protected'Identifying traits that underlie variation in individual performance of cons
umers (i.e., trait utility) can help reveal the ecological causes of populat
ion divergence and the subsequent consequences for species interactions and
community structure. Here, we document a case of rapid divergence (over the
past 100 generations, or ∼150 years) in foraging traits and feeding effici
ency between a lake and stream population pair of threespine stickleback. Bu
ilding on predictions from functional trait models of fish feeding, we analy
zed foraging experiments with a Bayesian path analysis and elucidated the tr
aits explaining variation in foraging performance and the species compositio
n of ingested prey. Despite extensive previous research on the divergence of
foraging traits among populations and ecotypes of stickleback, our results
provide novel experimental evidence of trait utility for jaw protrusion, gil
l raker length, and gill raker spacing when foraging on a natural zooplankto
n assemblage. Furthermore, we discuss how these traits might contribute to t
he differential effects of lake and stream stickleback on their prey communi
ties, observed in both laboratory and mesocosm conditions. More generally, o
ur results illustrate how the rapid divergence of functional foraging traits
of consumers can impact the biomass, species composition, and trophic struc
ture of prey communities.Keywords: trait utility, jaw protrusion, foraging p
erformance, prey preference, rapid population divergence, Gasterosteus acule
atus.' (1525 chars) serialnumber => protected'0003-0147' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1086/701784' (14 chars) uid => protected18677 (integer) _localizedUid => protected18677 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected18677 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 31 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=19388, pid=124) originalId => protected19388 (integer) authors => protected'Selz, O. M.; Seehausen, O.' (41 chars) title => protected'Interspecific hybridization can generate functional novelty in cichlid fish' (75 chars) journal => protected'Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences' (55 chars) year => protected2019 (integer) volume => protected286 (integer) issue => protected'1913' (4 chars) startpage => protected'20191621 (9 pp.)' (16 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'adaptive radiation; hybridization; ecological speciation; cichlid fish' (70 chars) description => protected'The role of interspecific hybridization in evolution is still being debated.
Interspecific hybridization has been suggested to facilitate the evolution
of ecological novelty, and hence the invasion of new niches and adaptive rad
iation when ecological opportunity is present beyond the parental species ni
ches. On the other hand, hybrids between two ecologically divergent species
may perform less well than parental species in their respective niches becau
se hybrids would be intermediate in performance in both niches. The evolutio
nary consequences of hybridization may hence be context-dependent, depending
on whether ecological opportunities, beyond those of the parental species,
do or do not exist. Surprisingly, these complementary predictions may never
have been tested in the same experiment in animals. To do so, we investigate
if hybrids between ecologically distinct cichlid species perform less well
than the parental species when feeding on food either parent is adapted to,
and if the same hybrids perform better than their parents when feeding on fo
od none of the species are adapted to. We generated two first-generation hyb
rid crosses between species of African cichlids. In feeding efficiency exper
iments we measured the performance of hybrids and parental species on food t
ypes representing both parental species niches and additional ‘novel’ ni
ches, not used by either of the parental species but by other species in the
African cichlid radiations. We found that hybrids can have higher feeding e
fficiencies on the 'novel' food types but typically have lower efficiencies
on parental food types when compared to parental species. This suggests that
hybridization can generate functional variation that can be of ecological r
elevance allowing the access to resources outside of either parental species
niche. Hence, we provide support for the hypothesis of ecological context-d
ependency of the evolutionary impact of interspecific hybridization.' (1968 chars) serialnumber => protected'0962-8452' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1098/rspb.2019.1621' (22 chars) uid => protected19388 (integer) _localizedUid => protected19388 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected19388 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 32 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=19527, pid=124) originalId => protected19527 (integer) authors => protected'Stieb, S. M.; de Busserolles, F.; Carleton, K. L.;
Cortesi, F.; Chung, W.-S.; Dalton, B. E.; Hammond,
L. A.; Marshall, N. J.' (189 chars) title => protected'A detailed investigation of the visual system and visual ecology of the Barr
ier Reef anemonefish, <em>Amphiprion akindynos</em>' (127 chars) journal => protected'Scientific Reports' (18 chars) year => protected2019 (integer) volume => protected9 (integer) issue => protected'1' (1 chars) startpage => protected'16459 (14 pp.)' (14 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Vision plays a major role in the life of most teleosts, and is assumingly we
ll adapted to each species ecology and behaviour. Using a multidisciplinary
approach, we scrutinised several aspects of the visual system and ecology of
the Great Barrier Reef anemonefish, <em>Amphiprion akindynos</em>, includin
g its orange with white patterning, retinal anatomy and molecular biology, i
ts symbiosis with anemones and sequential hermaphroditism. <em>Amphiprion ak
indynos</em> possesses spectrally distinct visual pigments and opsins: one r
nged in a regular mosaic with each single cone surrounded by four double con
es. Double cones mainly expressed <em>RH2B</em> (53%) in one member and <em>
RH2A</em> (46%) in the other, matching the prevailing light. Single cones ex
pressed <em>SWS1</em> (89%), which may serve to detect zooplankton, conspeci
fics and the host anemone. Moreover, a segregated small fraction of single c
ones coexpressed <em>SWS1</em> with <em>SWS2B</em> (11%). This novel visual
specialisation falls within the region of highest acuity and is suggested to
increase the chromatic contrast of <em>Amphiprion akindynos</em> colour pat
terns, which might improve detection of conspecifics.' (1345 chars) serialnumber => protected'2045-2322' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1038/s41598-019-52297-0' (26 chars) uid => protected19527 (integer) _localizedUid => protected19527 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected19527 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 33 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=18271, pid=124) originalId => protected18271 (integer) authors => protected'Skov, C.; Hansen, J. H.; Baktoft, H.; Brodersen, J.
; Brönmark, C.; Hansson, L.-A.; Hulthén, K.; Chapman,
B. B.; Nilsson, P. A.' (188 chars) title => protected'Biomanipulating streams: a supplementary tool in lake restoration' (65 chars) journal => protected'Hydrobiologia' (13 chars) year => protected2019 (integer) volume => protected829 (integer) issue => protected'1' (1 chars) startpage => protected'205' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'216' (3 chars) categories => protected'fish removal; cost-effective; cyprinid fishes; migration; evolutionary conse
quences' (83 chars) description => protected'Removal of cyprinid fish is a widely used biomanipulation tool to transform
turbid shallow eutrophic lakes in north temperate regions into a clear water
state. We here evaluate the removal of cyprinids from streams as a suppleme
nt to lake fishing. Since cyprinids often aggregate in high densities in lak
e inlet/outlet streams during winter migration, removal of fish in this spac
e-confined habitat may be cost-efficient as compared to fish removal in the
lake habitat. In two consecutive years, we annually removed up to 35% of the
dominant cyprinids from an inlet stream to a lake and argue that this could
easily be increased with a more targeted fishing effort. Concurrently, we m
onitored species- and length-specific variation in migration propensity, to
explore how this relates to efficient fish removal. Smaller planktivores gen
erally had a much higher migratory propensity than larger benthivores. Hence
, stream fishing specifically targets species and size groups that are less
efficiently controlled with traditional lake fishing methods. As a rule of t
humb, stream fishing is most efficient when water temperature is 2–6°C. P
rior to implementing fish removals from streams, the potential evolutionary
consequences of the targeted removal of migratory phenotypes should be consi
dered.' (1298 chars) serialnumber => protected'0018-8158' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1007/s10750-018-3832-4' (25 chars) uid => protected18271 (integer) _localizedUid => protected18271 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected18271 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 34 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=19214, pid=124) originalId => protected19214 (integer) authors => protected'Wright, D. S.; Meijer, R.; Eijk, R.; Vos, W.; Seeha
usen, O.; Maan, M. E.' (112 chars) title => protected'Geographic variation in opsin expression does not align with opsin genotype
in Lake Victoria cichlid populations' (112 chars) journal => protected'Ecology and Evolution' (21 chars) year => protected2019 (integer) volume => protected9 (integer) issue => protected'15' (2 chars) startpage => protected'8676' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'8689' (4 chars) categories => protected'ecological speciation; haplochromine; LWS; sensory drive' (56 chars) description => protected'Sensory adaptation to the local environment can contribute to speciation. Aq
uatic environments are well suited for studying this process: The natural at
tenuation of light through water results in heterogeneous light environments
, to which vision‐dependent species must adapt for communication and survi
val. Here, we study visual adaptation in sympatric <em>Pundamilia</em> cichl
ids from southeastern Lake Victoria. Species with blue or red male nuptial c
oloration co‐occur at many rocky islands but tend to be depth‐differenti
ated, entailing different visual habitats, more strongly at some islands tha
n others. Divergent visual adaptation to these environments has been implica
ted as a major factor in the divergence of <em>P. pundamilia</em> and <em>P
. nyererei</em>, as they show consistent differentiation in the long‐wave
length‐sensitive visual pigment gene sequence (LWS opsin). In addition to
sequence variation, variation in the opsin gene expression levels may contri
bute to visual adaptation. We characterized opsin gene expression and LWS ge
notype across <em>Pundamilia</em> populations inhabiting turbid and clear wa
ters, to examine how different mechanisms of visual tuning contribute to vis
ual adaptation. As predicted, the short‐wavelength‐sensitive opsin (SWS2
b) was expressed exclusively in a population from clear water. Contrary to p
rediction however, expression levels of the other opsins were species‐ and
island‐dependent and did not align with species differences in LWS genoty
pe. Specifically, in two locations with turbid water, the shallow‐water dw
elling blue species expressed more LWS and less RH2A than the deeper‐dwell
ing red species, while the opposite pattern occurred in the two locations wi
th clear water. Visual modeling suggests that the observed distribution of o
psin expression profiles and LWS genotypes does not maximize visual performa
nce, implying the involvement of additional visual tuning mechanisms and/or
incomplete adaptation.' (1998 chars) serialnumber => protected'2045-7758' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1002/ece3.5411' (17 chars) uid => protected19214 (integer) _localizedUid => protected19214 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected19214 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer)
An experimental test of how parasites of predators can influence trophic cascades and ecosystem functioning
Partial nomadism in large‐bodied bream (Abramis brama)
Signatures of microevolutionary processes in phylogenetic patterns
Molecular phylogeny of Oreochromis (Cichlidae: Oreochromini) reveals mito-nuclear discordance and multiple colonisation of adverse aquatic environments
Size-dependent tradeoffs in seasonal freshwater environments facilitate differential salmonid migration
Methods: We introduced a model based on size-specific tradeoffs between migration and growth in seasonal environments. We focused on optimal migratory timing for first-time migrants with no knowledge of an alternative habitat, which is a crucial stage in the life history of migratory salmonids. We predicted that optimal timing would occur when individuals move from their natal habitats based on a seasonally variable ratio of predation and growth. When the ratio becomes slightly more favorable in the alternative habitat, migratory movement can occur. As it keeps shifting throughout the season, the threshold for migration is variable, allowing smaller individuals to move at later dates. We compared our model predictions to empirical data on 3 years of migratory movement of more than 800 juvenile trout of varying size from natal to feeding habitat.
Results: Both our model and empirical data showed that large individuals, which are assumed to have a lower predation risk in the migratory habitat, move earlier in the season than smaller individuals, whose predicted predation-to-growth ratio shifted to being favorable only later in the migratory season. Our model also predicted that the observed difference in migratory timing between large and small migrants occurred most often at low values of growth differential between the two habitats, suggesting that it was not merely high growth potential but rather the tradeoff between predation and growth that shaped differential migration patterns.
Conclusions: We showed the importance of considering condition-specific tradeoffs for understanding temporal population dynamics in spatially structured landscapes. Rather than assuming a fixed threshold, which appears to be absent based on previous work on salmonids, we showed that the body-size threshold for migration changed temporally throughout the season. This allowed increasingly smaller individuals to migrate when growth conditions peaked in the migratory habitat. Our model illuminates an understudied aspect of predation as part of a condition-dependent tradeoff that shapes migratory patterns, and our empirical data back patterns predicted by this model.
Heritable morphological differentiation in salmonids from two distinct stream types
Ecological opportunity shapes a large Arctic charr species radiation
Genomic insights into the vulnerability of sympatric whitefish species flocks
Eco‐evolutionary feedbacks - theoretical models and perspectives
2. Here, we review a wide range of models of eco‐evolutionary feedbacks and highlight their underlying assumptions. We discuss models where feedbacks occur both within and between hierarchical levels of ecosystems, including populations, communities and abiotic environments, and consider feedbacks across spatial scales.
3. Identifying the commonalities among feedback models, and the underlying assumptions, helps us better understand the mechanistic basis of eco‐evolutionary feedbacks. Eco‐evolutionary feedbacks can be readily modelled by coupling demographic and evolutionary formalisms. We provide an overview of these approaches and suggest future integrative modelling avenues.
4. Our overview highlights that eco‐evolutionary feedbacks have been incorporated in theoretical work for nearly a century. Yet, this work does not always include the notion of rapid evolution or concurrent ecological and evolutionary time scales. We show the importance of density‐ and frequency‐dependent selection for feedbacks, as well as the importance of dispersal as a central linking trait between ecology and evolution in a spatial context.
Relationship between bream (Abramis brama) activity and water turbidity in a shallow lake under different season conditions
Detecting the macroevolutionary signal of species interactions
From clear lakes to murky waters – tracing the functional response of high-latitude lake communities to concurrent 'greening' and 'browning'
Genome-wide genotype-expression relationships reveal both copy number and single nucleotide differentiation contribute to differential gene expression between stickleback ecotypes
A key metabolic gene for recurrent freshwater colonization and radiation in fishes
The status and distribution of freshwater fishes in the Lake Victoria Basin
Cichlids form the major component of the fish fauna of the Lake Victoria Basin. Other impor tant families are the Cyprinidae, Mormyridae, Clariidae and Poeciliidae. Prior to major anthropogenic disturbances, including the introduction of the Nile Perch (Lates niloticus) and severe habitat deterioration, the system harboured between 600 and 1,000 species of cichl ids, al l but four of them endemic haplochromines (Kaufman et al., 1997; Seehausen, 2002, 2015; Witte et al., 2007). Since the 1980s, an estimated 200 haplochromine species have, however, likely gone extinct and other species have become severely threatened (Seehausen et al., 1997b; Witte et al., 1992, 2007). Unfortunately, several hundred of the haplochromine species remain undescribed, and this includes both extant species and those likely to now be extinct. The numbers of non-cichlids reported in the past appear to have been underestimations, with 69 non-cichlid species listed from the area (excluding the Lake Kyoga region) by this project compared to Snoeks (2000) reporting 45 for Lake Victoria, and Witte et al. (2009) reporting 46 for Lakes Victoria and Kyoga together.
Differential introgression of a female competitive trait in a hybrid zone between sex-role reversed species
The coincidence of ecological opportunity with hybridization explains rapid adaptive radiation in Lake Mweru cichlid fishes
Present and future invasion perspectives of an alien shrimp in South Atlantic coastal waters: an experimental assessment of functional biomarkers and thermal tolerance
Visual adaptation and microhabitat choice in Lake Victoria cichlid fish
Admixture between old lineages facilitated contemporary ecological speciation in Lake Constance stickleback
A combinatorial view on speciation and adaptive radiation
Vision using multiple distinct rod opsins in deep-sea fishes
Interactive effects of foundation species on ecosystem functioning and stability in response to disturbance
Principles of ecology revisited: integrating information and ecological theories for a more unified science
Ecological and evolutionary processes shaping viral genetic diversity
The feedback between selection and demography shapes genomic diversity during coevolution
Allopatric and sympatric diversification within roach (Rutilus rutilus) of large prealpine lakes
Polygenic selection drives the evolution of convergent transcriptomic landscapes across continents within a Nearctic sister species complex
Synthesis for all taxonomic groups
Rapid divergence of predator functional traits affects prey composition in aquatic communities
Interspecific hybridization can generate functional novelty in cichlid fish
A detailed investigation of the visual system and visual ecology of the Barrier Reef anemonefish, Amphiprion akindynos
Biomanipulating streams: a supplementary tool in lake restoration
Geographic variation in opsin expression does not align with opsin genotype in Lake Victoria cichlid populations
Publikationen 2018
peer reviewed journals
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sp;D. M.' (89 chars) title => protected'Incidence and phenotypic variation in alewife alter the ontogenetic trajecto
ry of young-of-the-year largemouth bass' (115 chars) journal => protected'Oikos' (5 chars) year => protected2018 (integer) volume => protected127 (integer) issue => protected'12' (2 chars) startpage => protected'1800' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'1811' (4 chars) categories => protected'diet shifts; food web utilization; growth; niche shifts; ontogeny; piscivory
; size-structured predation; stable isotopes; trophic position' (138 chars) description => protected'There is increasing evidence that phenotypic variation can strongly impact c
ommunity structure and ecosystem functions. Alewife <i>Alosa pseudoharengus<
/i> is a planktivorous fish species that strongly impact lake ecosystems. It
has previously been demonstrated that phenotypic variation related to diffe
rences in life history among landlocked and anadromous alewife populations a
lters the strength of interactions with other species, potentially modifying
its role in the community. The migration between freshwater and marine ecos
ystems by anadromous alewife creates seasonal differences in alewife densiti
es, which causes lake zooplankton communities to alternate between large-bod
y size and higher densities in the spring, and small-body size and low densi
ties in the summer and fall. In lakes with resident (landlocked) alewife, pr
edation from alewife modifies the zooplankton community to having low zoopla
nkton densities and mainly small-bodied zooplankton year-round. The strong e
ffects of phenotypic variation in alewife on zooplankton may be important fo
r coexisting species that rely on zooplankton as a resource. Here we use est
imates of growth, and direct diet and stable isotope analyses to ask if the
presence- and phenotypic variation of alewife alters the ontogenetic traject
ory of young-of-the-year (YOY) largemouth bass <i>Micropterus salmoides</i>,
which depend on zooplankton in the early life stages. We found that both th
e presence- and phenotypic variation of alewife affects growth, trophic posi
tion, and diet of largemouth bass. YOY largemouth bass from lakes without al
ewife grew faster, switched to piscivory earlier, and reached higher trophic
positions than in alewife lakes. In lakes with landlocked alewife largemout
h bass grew slower and obtained a lower trophic position than those in lakes
with anadromous alewife. These divergences can be explained by the strong e
ffects of alewife on zooplankton community structure. Our results demonstrat
e how the strong effects...' (2130 chars) serialnumber => protected'0030-1299' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/oik.05556' (17 chars) uid => protected17775 (integer) _localizedUid => protected17775 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected17775 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 1 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=16738, pid=124) originalId => protected16738 (integer) authors => protected'Boucher, F. C.; Démery, V.; Conti, E.; Harmon, L.&
nbsp;J.; Uyeda, J.' (99 chars) title => protected'A general model for estimating macroevolutionary landscapes' (59 chars) journal => protected'Systematic Biology' (18 chars) year => protected2018 (integer) volume => protected67 (integer) issue => protected'2' (1 chars) startpage => protected'304' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'319' (3 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'The evolution of quantitative characters over long timescales is often studi
ed using stochastic diffusion models. The current toolbox available to stude
nts of macroevolution is however limited to two main models: Brownian motion
and the Ornstein–Uhlenbeck process, plus some of their extensions. Here,
we present a very general model for inferring the dynamics of quantitative c
haracters evolving under both random diffusion and deterministic forces of a
ny possible shape and strength, which can accommodate interesting evolutiona
ry scenarios like directional trends, disruptive selection, or macroevolutio
nary landscapes with multiple peaks. This model is based on a general partia
l differential equation widely used in statistical mechanics: the Fokker–P
lanck equation, also known in population genetics as the Kolmogorov forward
equation. We thus call the model FPK, for Fokker–Planck–Kolmogorov. We f
irst explain how this model can be used to describe macroevolutionary landsc
apes over which quantitative traits evolve and, more importantly, we detail
how it can be fitted to empirical data. Using simulations, we show that the
model has good behavior both in terms of discrimination from alternative mod
els and in terms of parameter inference. We provide R code to fit the model
to empirical data using either maximum-likelihood or Bayesian estimation, an
d illustrate the use of this code with two empirical examples of body mass e
volution in mammals. FPK should greatly expand the set of macroevolutionary
scenarios that can be studied since it opens the way to estimating macroevol
utionary landscapes of any conceivable shape. [Adaptation; bounds; diffusion
; FPK model; macroevolution; maximum-likelihood estimation; MCMC methods; ph
ylogenetic comparative data; selection.]' (1788 chars) serialnumber => protected'1063-5157' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1093/sysbio/syx075' (21 chars) uid => protected16738 (integer) _localizedUid => protected16738 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected16738 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 2 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=17867, pid=124) originalId => protected17867 (integer) authors => protected'De-Kayne, R.; Feulner, P. G. D.' (51 chars) title => protected'A European whitefish linkage map and its implications for understanding geno
me-wide synteny between salmonids following whole genome duplication' (144 chars) journal => protected'G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics' (28 chars) year => protected2018 (integer) volume => protected8 (integer) issue => protected'12' (2 chars) startpage => protected'3745' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'3755' (4 chars) categories => protected'Coregonus; RAD; recombination rate; Salmonidae; sex-specific linkage maps; s
ynteny' (82 chars) description => protected'Genomic datasets continue to increase in number due to the ease of productio
n for a wider selection of species including non-model organisms. For many o
f these species, especially those with large or polyploid genomes, highly co
ntiguous and well-annotated genomes are still rare due to the complexity and
cost involved in their assembly. As a result, a common starting point for g
enomic work in non-model species is the production of a linkage map. Dense l
inkage maps facilitate the analysis of genomic data in a variety of ways, fr
om broad scale observations regarding genome structure e.g. chromosome numbe
r and type or sex-related structural differences, to fine scale patterns e.g
. recombination rate variation and co-localization of differentiated regions
. Here we present both sex-averaged and sex-specific linkage maps for <em>Co
regonus sp. "Albock"</em>, a member of the European whitefish lineage (<em>C
. lavaretus</em> spp. complex), containing 5395 single nucleotide polymorphi
sm (SNP) loci across 40 linkage groups to facilitate future investigation in
to the genomic basis of whitefish adaptation and speciation. The map was pro
duced using restriction-site associated digestion (RAD) sequencing data from
two wild-caught parents and 156 F1 offspring. We discuss the differences be
tween our sex-averaged and sex-specific maps and identify genome-wide synten
y between <em>C. sp. "Albock"</em> and Atlantic Salmon (<em>Salmo salar</em>
), which have diverged following the salmonid-specific whole genome duplicat
ion. Our analysis confirms that many patterns of synteny observed between At
lantic Salmon and <em>Oncorhynchus and Salvelinus</em> species are also shar
ed by members of the Coregoninae subfamily. We also show that regions known
for their species-specific rediploidization history can pose challenges for
synteny identification since these regions have diverged independently in ea
ch salmonid species following the salmonid-specific whole genome duplication
. The European whitefish...' (2243 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'10.1534/g3.118.200552' (21 chars) uid => protected17867 (integer) _localizedUid => protected17867 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected17867 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 3 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=15447, pid=124) originalId => protected15447 (integer) authors => protected'Dermond, P.; Thomas, S. M.; Brodersen, J.' (61 chars) title => protected'Environmental stability increases relative individual specialisation across
populations of an aquatic top predator' (114 chars) journal => protected'Oikos' (5 chars) year => protected2018 (integer) volume => protected127 (integer) issue => protected'2' (1 chars) startpage => protected'297' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'305' (3 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'The concept of the niche has long been a central pillar in ecological theory
, with a traditional focus on quantifying niches at the species or populatio
n level. However, the importance of individual-level niche variation is incr
easingly being recognised, with a strong focus on individual specialisation.
While examples illustrating the contribution of the individual niche to who
le population niche structure are accumulating rapidly, surprisingly little
is known about the conditions that shape the differences between these two p
otentially divergent components. Though theory predicts that stability shoul
d influence the extent of such intra-specific specialisation, we know of no
previous study that has investigated its role in individual specialisation,
and the differentiation between individual- and population niches. Here, we
studied the diet of individuals from multiple populations of an aquatic top-
predator, <i>Salmo trutta</i>, inhabiting contrasting stable, groundwater fe
d and unstable, surface water fed pre-alpine streams. Based on stomach conte
nt analysis, we found that individuals living in stable environments display
ed a higher degree of specialisation than those in unstable environments, wi
th the between individual component of niche width being approximately twice
as high in the former. We subsequently validated these results by evidence
gained from stable isotope analysis of muscle tissue. As such, we reveal tha
t environmental stability can signifi cantly infl uence individual niches wi
thin populations, leading to increased specialisation.' (1574 chars) serialnumber => protected'0030-1299' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/oik.04578' (17 chars) uid => protected15447 (integer) _localizedUid => protected15447 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected15447 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 4 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=16904, pid=124) originalId => protected16904 (integer) authors => protected'Dieleman, J.; Muschick, M.; Nyingi, W. D.; Verschuren,&n
bsp;D.' (82 chars) title => protected'Species integrity and origin of <em>Oreochromis hunteri</em> (Pisces: Cichli
dae), endemic to crater Lake Chala (Kenya–Tanzania)' (129 chars) journal => protected'Hydrobiologia' (13 chars) year => protected2019 (integer) volume => protected832 (integer) issue => protected'1' (1 chars) startpage => protected'269' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'282' (3 chars) categories => protected'introgression; colonisation; crater lake; cichlids; geometric morphometrics' (75 chars) description => protected'Extensive transfer of tilapia between lakes throughout East Africa has often
led to hybridisation with indigenous fish populations. The endemic <em>Oreo
chromis hunteri</em> of Lake Chala, an isolated crater lake near Mount Kilim
anjaro, is potentially susceptible to introgression from a species formerly
identified as <em>Oreochromis korogwe</em>, introduced ~ 30 years ago. We co
mbined whole-body geometric morphometry on 104 specimens of both taxa with m
olecular phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial loci from 15 <em>O. hunteri<
/em> and 9 <em>O.</em> cf. <em>korogwe</em> specimens to assess whether hybr
idisation has occurred. Using fishes from Lake Jipe and Nyumba ya Mungu rese
rvoir, we expanded our analysis to all four <em>Oreochromis</em> species cur
rently inhabiting the Upper Pangani River system to determine the closest re
lative of <em>O. hunteri</em>, and hence the possible source population of t
he ancestral species that colonised Lake Chala. Our results indicate no inte
rbreeding occurs between <em>O. hunteri</em> and <em>O.</em> cf. <em>korogwe
</em>, and suggest <em>O. jipe</em> to be the closest living relative of <e
m>O. hunteri</em>. The introduced <em>O.</em> cf. <em>korogwe</em> is a phen
otypically uniform but genetically variable population, the identity of whic
h remains unknown. The high haplotype diversity of <em>O. hunteri</em> is c
onsistent with fossil evidence indicating that its ancestor colonised Lake C
hala at least 25,000 years ago.' (1475 chars) serialnumber => protected'0018-8158' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1007/s10750-018-3570-7' (25 chars) uid => protected16904 (integer) _localizedUid => protected16904 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected16904 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 5 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=17421, pid=124) originalId => protected17421 (integer) authors => protected'Doenz, C. J.; Bittner, D.; Vonlanthen, P.; Wagner,
C. E.; Seehausen, O.' (106 chars) title => protected'Rapid buildup of sympatric species diversity in Alpine whitefish' (64 chars) journal => protected'Ecology and Evolution' (21 chars) year => protected2018 (integer) volume => protected8 (integer) issue => protected'18' (2 chars) startpage => protected'9398' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'9412' (4 chars) categories => protected'adaptive radiation; Coregonus; evolutionary community assembly; niche partit
ioning; speciation; stocking' (104 chars) description => protected'Adaptive radiations in postglacial fish offer excellent settings to study th
e evolutionary mechanisms involved in the rapid buildup of sympatric species
diversity from a single lineage. Here, we address this by exploring the gen
etic and ecological structure of the largest Alpine whitefish radiation know
n, that of Lakes Brienz and Thun, using microsatellite data of more than 200
0 whitefish caught during extensive species-targeted and habitat-randomized
fishing campaigns. We find six strongly genetically and ecologically differe
ntiated species, four of which occur in both lakes, and one of which was pre
viously unknown. These four exhibit clines of genetic differentiation that a
re paralleled in clines of eco-morphological and reproductive niche differen
tiation, consistent with models of sympatric ecological speciation along env
ironmental gradients. In Lake Thun, we find two additional species, a profun
dal specialist and a species introduced in the 1930s from another Alpine whi
tefish radiation. Strong genetic differentiation between this introduced spe
cies and all native species of Lake Thun suggests that reproductive isolatio
n can evolve among allopatric whitefish species within 15,000 years and pers
ist in secondary sympatry. Consistent with speciation theory, we find strong
er correlations between genetic and ecological differentiation for sympatric
ally than for allopatrically evolved species.' (1413 chars) serialnumber => protected'2045-7758' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1002/ece3.4375' (17 chars) uid => protected17421 (integer) _localizedUid => protected17421 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected17421 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 6 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=17146, pid=124) originalId => protected17146 (integer) authors => protected'Feulner, P. G. D.; Schwarzer, J.; Haesler, M.
P.; Meier, J. I.; Seehausen, O.' (122 chars) title => protected'A dense linkage map of Lake Victoria cichlids improved the <em>Pundamilia</e
m> genome assembly and revealed a major QTL for sex-determination' (141 chars) journal => protected'G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics' (28 chars) year => protected2018 (integer) volume => protected8 (integer) issue => protected'7' (1 chars) startpage => protected'2411' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'2420' (4 chars) categories => protected'genetics of sex; amh; Cichlidae; RAD; recombination rate; sex chromosome evo
lution; sex determination; synteny; XY system' (121 chars) description => protected'Genetic linkage maps are essential for comparative genomics, high quality ge
nome sequence assembly and fine scale quantitative trait locus (QTL) mapping
. In the present study we identified and genotyped markers via restriction-s
ite associated DNA (RAD) sequencing and constructed a genetic linkage map ba
sed on 1,597 SNP markers of an interspecific F2 cross of two closely related
Lake Victoria cichlids (<em>Pundamilia pundamilia</em> and <em>P.</em> sp.
'red head'). The SNP markers were distributed on 22 linkage groups and the t
otal map size was 1,594 cM with an average marker distance of 1.01 cM. This
high-resolution genetic linkage map was used to anchor the scaffolds of the
<em>Pundamilia</em> genome and estimate recombination rates along the genome
. Via QTL mapping we identified a major QTL for sex in a ∼1.9 Mb region on
Pun-LG10, which is homologous to <em>Oreochromis niloticus</em> LG 23 (Ore-
LG23) and includes a well-known vertebrate sex-determination gene (<em>amh</
em>).' (993 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'10.1534/g3.118.200207' (21 chars) uid => protected17146 (integer) _localizedUid => protected17146 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected17146 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 7 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=16882, pid=124) originalId => protected16882 (integer) authors => protected'Fowles, A. E.; Stuart-Smith, R. D.; Hill, N. A
.; Thomson, R. J.; Strain, E. M. A.; Alexander,&nbs
p;T. J.; Kirkpatrick, J.; Edgar, G. J.' (210 chars) title => protected'Interactive responses of primary producers and grazers to pollution on tempe
rate rocky reefs' (92 chars) journal => protected'Environmental Pollution' (23 chars) year => protected2018 (integer) volume => protected237 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'388' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'395' (3 chars) categories => protected'epifauna; herbivory; aquaculture; kelp; invertebrates' (53 chars) description => protected'Macroalgal beds provide important habitat structure and support primary prod
uction for rocky reef communities, but are increasingly degraded as a result
of human pressures. Various sources of pollution can have both direct and i
nteractive effects on stressed ecosystems. In particular, interactions invol
ving invertebrate grazers could potentially weaken or strengthen the overall
impact of pollution on macroalgal beds. Using a paired impact-control exper
imental design, we tested the effects of multiple pollution sources (fish fa
rms, marinas, sewerage, and stormwater) on translocated and locally establis
hed algal assemblages, while also considering the influence of invertebrate
grazers. Marinas directly affected algal assemblages and also reduced densit
ies of amphipods and other invertebrate mesograzers. Fish farms and sewerage
outfalls tended to directly increase local establishment of foliose and lea
thery algae without any indication of changes in herbivory. Overall, polluti
on impacts on algae did not appear to be strongly mediated by changes in gra
zer abundance. Instead, mesograzer abundance was closely linked to availabil
ity of more complex algal forms, with populations likely to decline concurre
ntly with loss of complex algal habitats. Macrograzers, such as sea urchins,
showed no signs of a negative impact from any pollution source; hence, the
influence of this group on algal dynamics is probably persistent and indepen
dent of moderate pollution levels, potentially adding to the direct impacts
of pollution on algal beds in urbanised environments.' (1573 chars) serialnumber => protected'0269-7491' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1016/j.envpol.2018.02.061' (28 chars) uid => protected16882 (integer) _localizedUid => protected16882 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected16882 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 8 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=16857, pid=124) originalId => protected16857 (integer) authors => protected'Frickel, J.; Feulner, P. G. D.; Karakoc, E.; Becks,
L.' (84 chars) title => protected'Population size changes and selection drive patterns of parallel evolution i
n a host–virus system' (99 chars) journal => protected'Nature Communications' (21 chars) year => protected2018 (integer) volume => protected9 (integer) issue => protected'1' (1 chars) startpage => protected'1760 (10 pp.)' (13 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Predicting the repeatability of evolution remains elusive. Theory and empiri
cal studies suggest that strong selection and large population sizes increas
e the probability for parallel evolution at the phenotypic and genotypic lev
els. However, selection and population sizes are not constant, but rather ch
ange continuously and directly affect each other even on short time scales.
Here, we examine the degree of parallel evolution shaped through ecoevolutio
nary dynamics in an algal host population coevolving with a virus. We find h
igh degrees of parallelism at the level of population size changes (ecology)
and at the phenotypic level between replicated populations. At the genomic
level, we find evidence for parallelism, as the same large genomic region wa
s duplicated in all replicated populations, but also substantial novel seque
nce divergence between replicates. These patterns of genome evolution can be
explained by considering population size changes as an important driver of
rapid evolution.' (1004 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'10.1038/s41467-018-03990-7' (26 chars) uid => protected16857 (integer) _localizedUid => protected16857 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected16857 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 9 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=17001, pid=124) originalId => protected17001 (integer) authors => protected'Gaudard, A.; Weber, C.; Alexander, T. J.; Hunziker, 
;S.; Schmid, M.' (96 chars) title => protected'Impacts of using lakes and rivers for extraction and disposal of heat' (69 chars) journal => protected'Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water' (38 chars) year => protected2018 (integer) volume => protected5 (integer) issue => protected'5' (1 chars) startpage => protected'e1295 (18 pp.)' (14 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'freshwater ecosystems; renewable heat; thermal discharge' (56 chars) description => protected'The extraction and disposal of heat from lakes and rivers is a large yet sca
rcely exploited source of renewable energy, which can partly replace fossil
fuel heating and electrical cooling systems. Its use is expected to increase
in the near future, which brings attention to the impacts of discharging th
ermally altered water into aquatic systems. Our review indicates that therma
l discharge affects physical and ecological processes, with impacts recorded
at all levels of biological organization. Many in situ studies found local
effects of thermal discharge (such as attraction or avoidance of mobile orga
nisms), while impacts at the scale of the whole water body were rarely detec
ted. In complex systems, diffuse impacts of thermal discharge are difficult
to disentangle from natural variability or other anthropogenic influences. D
ischarge of warm water in summer is likely to be most critical, especially i
n the context of climate change. Under this scenario, water temperatures may
reach maxima that negatively affect some species. Given the diversity and c
omplexity of the impacts of thermal pollution on aquatic systems, careful pl
anning and judicious management is required when using lakes and rivers for
extraction and disposal of heat. We discuss the drivers that influence the s
everity of potential impacts of such thermal use, and the options available
to avoid or mitigate these impacts (such as adapting the operating condition
s).' (1447 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'10.1002/wat2.1295' (17 chars) uid => protected17001 (integer) _localizedUid => protected17001 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected17001 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 10 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=16113, pid=124) originalId => protected16113 (integer) authors => protected'Kagawa, K.; Takimoto, G.' (34 chars) title => protected'Hybridization can promote adaptive radiation by means of transgressive segre
gation' (82 chars) journal => protected'Ecology Letters' (15 chars) year => protected2018 (integer) volume => protected21 (integer) issue => protected'2' (1 chars) startpage => protected'264' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'274' (3 chars) categories => protected'adaptive radiation; ecological speciation; evolutionary simulation; hybridiz
ation; individual-based model; sympatric speciation; transgressive segregati
on' (154 chars) description => protected'Understanding the mechanisms of rapid adaptive radiation has been a central
problem of evolutionary ecology. Recently, there is a growing recognition th
at hybridization between different evolutionary lineages can facilitate adap
tive radiation by creating novel phenotypes. Yet, theoretical plausibility o
f this hypothesis remains unclear because, for example, hybridization can ne
gate preexisting species richness. Here, we theoretically investigate whethe
r and under what conditions hybridization promotes ecological speciation and
adaptive radiation using an individual-based model to simulate genome evolu
tion following hybridization between two allopatrically evolved lineages. Th
e model demonstrated that transgressive segregation through hybridization ca
n facilitate adaptive radiation, most powerfully when novel vacant ecologica
l niches are highly dissimilar, phenotypic effect size of mutations is small
and there is moderate genetic differentiation between parental lineages. Th
ese results provide a theoretical basis for the effect of hybridization faci
litating adaptive radiation.' (1092 chars) serialnumber => protected'1461-023X' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/ele.12891' (17 chars) uid => protected16113 (integer) _localizedUid => protected16113 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected16113 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 11 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=18272, pid=124) originalId => protected18272 (integer) authors => protected'Kahilainen, K. K.; Thomas, S. M.; Harrod, C.; Hayde
n, B.; Eloranta, A. P.' (113 chars) title => protected'Trophic ecology of piscivorous Arctic charr (<em>Salvelinus alpinus</em> (L.
)) in subarctic lakes with contrasting food-web structures' (134 chars) journal => protected'Hydrobiologia' (13 chars) year => protected2018 (integer) volume => protected840 (integer) issue => protected'1' (1 chars) startpage => protected'227' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'243' (3 chars) categories => protected'diet; food-chain length; polymorphism; predation; stable isotopes; whitefish
morphs' (83 chars) description => protected'The trophic ecology of piscivorous Arctic charr (<em>Salvelinus alpinus</em>
(L.); charr) in the food webs of large subarctic lakes is not well understo
od. We assessed charr diets, parasites, growth, maturity, and stable isotope
ratios in Fennoscandian subarctic lakes dominated by monomorphic or polymor
phic whitefish (<em>Coregonus lavaretus</em> (L.)) populations. Charr densit
y was low in all lakes, except in profundal habitats. Charr shifted to pisci
vory at small size (16–25 cm total length) and consumed a range of prey-fi
sh sizes (2–25 cm). Cannibalism was observed in a few individuals from one
monomorphic whitefish lake. Charr matured at 37–51 cm (5–8 years old),
grew to 52–74 cm maximum observed length and 47–83 cm asymptotic length.
Charr increased total area of convex hull and core stable isotopic diversit
y area of the fish community by 51–98% and 44–51% in monomorphic whitefi
sh lakes, but only 8–11% and 7–10% in polymorphic whitefish lakes. The d
ifference was due to increasing food-chain length in monomorphic whitefish l
akes, whereas reliance on littoral carbon did not change. Charr were the top
piscivores in monomorphic whitefish lakes, but played a less important role
in polymorphic whitefish lakes, which contained a more diverse predator fau
na.' (1295 chars) serialnumber => protected'0018-8158' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1007/s10750-018-3845-z' (25 chars) uid => protected18272 (integer) _localizedUid => protected18272 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected18272 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 12 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=17774, pid=124) originalId => protected17774 (integer) authors => protected'Karvonen, A.; Wagner, C. E.; Selz, O. M.; Seehausen
, O.' (85 chars) title => protected'Divergent parasite infections in sympatric cichlid species in Lake Victoria' (75 chars) journal => protected'Journal of Evolutionary Biology' (31 chars) year => protected2018 (integer) volume => protected31 (integer) issue => protected'9' (1 chars) startpage => protected'1313' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'1329' (4 chars) categories => protected'adaptive radiation; genomic differentiation; host–parasite interactions; i
ncipient species; Janzen–Connell mechanism; sympatric speciation' (142 chars) description => protected'Parasitism has been proposed as a factor in host speciation, as an agent aff
ecting coexistence of host species in species-rich communities and as a driv
er of post-speciation diversification. Young adaptive radiations of closely
related host species of varying ecological and genomic differentiation provi
de interesting opportunities to explore interactions between patterns of par
asitism, divergence and coexistence of sympatric host species. Here, we expl
ored patterns in ectoparasitism in a community of 16 fully sympatric cichlid
species at Makobe Island in Lake Victoria, a model system of vertebrate ada
ptive radiation. We asked whether host niche, host abundance or host genetic
differentiation explains variation in infection patterns. We found signific
ant differences in infections, the magnitude of which was weakly correlated
with the extent of genomic divergence between the host species, but more str
ongly with the main ecological gradient, water depth. These effects were mos
t evident with infections of <em>Cichlidogyrus</em> monogeneans, whereas the
only host species with a strictly crevice-dwelling niche, <em>Pundamilia pu
ndamilia</em>, deviated from the general negative relationship between depth
and parasitism. In accordance with the Janzen–Connell hypothesis, we also
found that host abundance tended to be positively associated with infection
s in some parasite taxa. Data on the <em>Pundamilia</em> sister species pair
s from three other islands with variable degrees of habitat (crevice) specia
lization suggested that the lower parasite abundance of <em>P. pundamilia</e
m> at Makobe could result from both habitat specialization and the evolution
of specific resistance. Our results support influences of host genetic diff
erentiation and host ecology in determining infections in this diverse commu
nity of sympatric cichlid species.' (1858 chars) serialnumber => protected'1010-061X' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/jeb.13304' (17 chars) uid => protected17774 (integer) _localizedUid => protected17774 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected17774 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 13 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=17771, pid=124) originalId => protected17771 (integer) authors => protected'Kovac, R.; Boileau, N.; Muschick, M.; Salzburger, W.' (72 chars) title => protected'The diverse prey spectrum of the Tanganyikan scale-eater <em>Perissodus micr
olepis</em> (Boulenger, 1898)' (105 chars) journal => protected'Hydrobiologia' (13 chars) year => protected2019 (integer) volume => protected832 (integer) issue => protected'1' (1 chars) startpage => protected'85' (2 chars) otherpage => protected'92' (2 chars) categories => protected'Cichlidae; Lake Tanganyika; adaptive radiation; barcoding; lepidophagy' (70 chars) description => protected'Feeding upon the scales of other fish – lepidophagy – is a highly specia
lized foraging strategy in fish. Scale-eating is rare in teleosts, yet has e
volved several times in East African cichlids, the most famous case being th
e Perissodini clade in Lake Tanganyika. Here, we examined the prey spectrum
of the scale-eater <em>Perissodus microlepis</em> (Boulenger, 1898) via morp
hological assessment and targeted sequencing (barcoding) of ingested scales.
We found that the size of the ingested scales, but not their number, correl
ates with the body size of scale-eaters. Sequencing of a segment of the mito
chondrial ND2 gene in more than 300 scales revealed that <em>P. microlepis<
/em> feed upon a broad spectrum of prey species. In total, we detected 39 di
fferent prey species, reflecting the cichlid community in the rocky littoral
zone of Lake Tanganyika. The most common prey were the algae-eaters <em>Pet
rochromis polyodon</em>, <em>Pe. ephippium</em>, <em>Eretmodus cyanostictus<
/em>, <em>Tropheus moorii</em>, and <em>Simochromis diagramma</em>, which ma
ke up more than half of the diet. The diversity of scales found within scale
-eaters and the overall broad prey spectrum suggest that <em>P. microlepis</
em> is an opportunistic feeder. Mouth-handedness and body color hue of the s
cale-eaters do not seem to have an influence on prey choice.' (1352 chars) serialnumber => protected'0018-8158' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1007/s10750-018-3714-9' (25 chars) uid => protected17771 (integer) _localizedUid => protected17771 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected17771 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 14 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=16558, pid=124) originalId => protected16558 (integer) authors => protected'Krähenbühl, A. K.' (29 chars) title => protected'The adaptive radiation of Arctic charr <i>Salvelinus alpinus</i> (L.) in one
drainage system in Southern Greenland' (114 chars) journal => protected'' (0 chars) year => protected2018 (integer) volume => protected0 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'75 p' (9 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Underutilized ecological niches provide ecological opportunity and thereby p
romote diversification. Postglacial lakes are known to provide such favourab
le conditions for evolutionary diversification and adaptive radiations of fi
shes. Several postglacial radiations of Arctic charr <i>Salvelinus alpinus (
L.)</i>, whitefish <i>Coregonus sp.</i> and stickleback <i>Gasterosteus acul
eatus (L.)</i> are described in the literature. The Arctic charr is known to
frequently exhibit two to four sympatric morphotypes. In this study we inve
stigated the patterns of diversity of Arctic charr within a drainage system
on the Vatnahverfi peninsula in Southern Greenland. We found exceptionally h
igh morphological diversity, with up to five sympatrically occurring morphot
ypes. In the largest lakes, a planktivore, a littoral benthic, a profundal b
enthic, an anadromous and a piscivorous type could be distinguished. These m
orphotypes did not only differ in their morphology, but were also ecological
ly and genetically distinct. Moreover, one morphotype was subdivided into tw
o sympatric, genetically clearly distinct clusters that also tended to diffe
r in morphology, and partly in diet. Considering the clear distinctiveness o
f the ecomorphs in the large lakes I suggest regarding them as separate spec
ies. Different morphotypes could also be distinguished in one of the small a
nd isolated lakes but, in contrast to the large lakes, the morphotypes were
not genetically distinct and indicated rather individual specialization and
ontogenetic niche shifts other than ecological divergence. Consistent with p
redictions of island biogeography theory, the highest charr diversity was ob
served in the largest and deepest and presumably also least isolated lake at
low altitude.' (1762 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'' (0 chars) uid => protected16558 (integer) _localizedUid => protected16558 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected16558 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 15 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=17067, pid=124) originalId => protected17067 (integer) authors => protected'Lange, K.; Meier, P.; Trautwein, C.; Schmid, M.; Robinso
n, C. T.; Weber, C.; Brodersen, J.' (130 chars) title => protected'Basin-scale effects of small hydropower on biodiversity dynamics' (64 chars) journal => protected'Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment' (40 chars) year => protected2018 (integer) volume => protected16 (integer) issue => protected'7' (1 chars) startpage => protected'397' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'404' (3 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Construction of small hydropower plants (<10 megawatts) is booming worldwide
, exacerbating ongoing habitat fragmentation and degradation, and further fu
eling biodiversity loss. A systematic approach for selecting hydropower site
s within river networks may help to minimize the detrimental effects of smal
l hydropower on biodiversity. In addition, a better understanding of reach-a
nd basin-scale impacts is key for designing planning tools. We synthesize th
e available information about (1) reach-scale and (2) basin-scale impacts of
small hydropower plants on biodiversity and ecosystem function, and (3) int
eractions with other anthropogenic stressors. We then discuss state-of-the-a
rt, spatially explicit planning tools and suggest how improved knowledge of
the ecological and evolutionary impacts of hydropower can be incorporated in
to project development. Such tools can be used to balance the benefits of hy
dropower production with the maintenance of ecosystem services and biodivers
ity conservation. Adequate planning tools that consider basin-scale effects
and interactions with other stressors, such as climate change, can maximize
long-term conservation.' (1163 chars) serialnumber => protected'1540-9295' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1002/fee.1823' (16 chars) uid => protected17067 (integer) _localizedUid => protected17067 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected17067 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 16 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=17884, pid=124) originalId => protected17884 (integer) authors => protected'Lange, K.; Bruder, A.; Matthaei, C. D.; Brodersen,
J.; Paterson, R. A.' (105 chars) title => protected'Multiple-stressor effects on freshwater fish: importance of taxonomy and lif
e stage' (83 chars) journal => protected'Fish and Fisheries' (18 chars) year => protected2018 (integer) volume => protected19 (integer) issue => protected'6' (1 chars) startpage => protected'974' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'983' (3 chars) categories => protected'antagonism; moderator variables; synergism; weighted random-effects meta-ana
lysis' (81 chars) description => protected'Interactions among multiple anthropogenic stressors threaten freshwater fish
and pose challenges for fisheries management and conservation. Previous stu
dies of multiple‐stressor effects on freshwater fish suggest a prevalence
of antagonistic interactions. However, taxonomy, life stage and/or environme
ntal context likely modify the magnitude and direction of fish responses to
multiple stressors. Stressor intensity, impact mechanism, exposure time and
ecosystem size may further affect interaction outcomes. Large‐scale studie
s quantifying how these variables moderate stressor interactions are lacking
. To address this knowledge gap, we performed a meta‐analysis of 29 factor
ial multiple‐stressor experiments to examine the influence of seven potent
ial moderator variables on the magnitude and direction of stressor interacti
ons. Using weighted random‐effects meta‐analytic models, we demonstrate
the importance of taxonomic identity and life stage for interaction outcomes
. In particular, Cypriniformes showed stronger antagonisms than Salmoniforme
s, as did larval fish compared to juveniles. Interaction outcomes also varie
d among the measured fish responses with survival yielding stronger antagoni
sms than biomass. Increasing experimental duration and volume of the experim
ental units both drove interactions towards synergisms, supporting findings
from previous studies that synergisms take time and space to develop. In an
era when the number of stressors affecting freshwater systems is increasing
rapidly, our study provides a vital step towards identifying generalities in
multiple‐stressor outcomes and thus improved predictions of multiple‐st
ressor impacts. Furthermore, our meta‐analysis complements studies in real
streams, rivers and lakes by providing an experimentally derived context fo
r the growing number of multiple‐stressor assessments in research, managem
ent and conservation of freshwater fish.' (1940 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/faf.12305' (17 chars) uid => protected17884 (integer) _localizedUid => protected17884 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected17884 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 17 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=17423, pid=124) originalId => protected17423 (integer) authors => protected'Lemoine, M.; Barluenga, M.; Lucek, K.; Mwaiko, S.; Haesl
er, M.; Chapman, L. J.; Chapman, C. A.; Seehausen,&
nbsp;O.' (159 chars) title => protected'Recent sympatric speciation involving habitat-associated nuptial colour poly
morphism in a crater lake cichlid' (109 chars) journal => protected'Hydrobiologia' (13 chars) year => protected2018 (integer) volume => protected832 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'297' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'315' (3 chars) categories => protected'crater lakes; lake Victoria region; sexual selection; microsatellites; Cichl
idae' (80 chars) description => protected'Even though the idea that modes of speciation other than allopatric speciati
on are possible in nature is now widespread, compelling examples of ecologic
al speciation in sympatry remain rare. We studied an undescribed radiation o
f haplochromine cichlids in a young crater lake in western Uganda, and in th
e small river that is nearby but has currently no known surface connection t
o the lake. We describe two different modes of speciation that occurred in t
his cichlid lineage within the past 1,500–10,000 years. Not constrained by
gene flow, allopatric divergence between river and lake cichlids affects ma
ny different morphological traits as well as nuptial colouration—muted in
the river, but intensified and polymorphic in lake cichlids—and neutral ge
netic differentiation. More surprisingly, we demonstrate a case for sympatri
c speciation within the small lake that is associated with dramatic differen
ces in male breeding colouration (yellow with bright red-chest versus bright
blue) and subtle differences in microhabitat, feeding regime and morphology
. Reproductive isolation by assortative mating is suggested by significant d
ifferentiation between yellow and blue males in neutral markers of gene flow
despite complete sympatry. We hypothesize speciation is mediated by diverge
nt selection on sexual signalling between microhabitats.' (1348 chars) serialnumber => protected'0018-8158' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1007/s10750-018-3746-1' (25 chars) uid => protected17423 (integer) _localizedUid => protected17423 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected17423 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 18 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=17870, pid=124) originalId => protected17870 (integer) authors => protected'Limberger, R.; Birtel, J.; Peter, H.; Catalán, N.; da S
ilva Farias, D.; Best, R. J.; Brodersen, J.; Bürgmann,&
nbsp;H.; Matthews, B.' (178 chars) title => protected'Predator-induced changes in dissolved organic carbon dynamics' (61 chars) journal => protected'Oikos' (5 chars) year => protected2019 (integer) volume => protected128 (integer) issue => protected'3' (1 chars) startpage => protected'430' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'440' (3 chars) categories => protected'bacteria; carbon cycle; experiment; fish; food web; mesocosms; phytoplankton
; trophic cascade' (93 chars) description => protected'The fate of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) is partly determined by its avail
ability to microbial degradation. Organisms at upper trophic levels could in
fluence the bioavailability of DOC via cascading effects on primary producer
s and bacteria. Here we experimentally tested whether the presence of fish i
n aquatic food webs can indirectly affect the composition of the DOC pool. W
e found that fish had strong positive effects on phytoplankton biomass that
affected the dynamics of DOC composition. Specifically, fish increased prote
in-like, algae-derived DOC mid-experiment, concurrent with the strongest fis
h-induced increase in phytoplankton biomass. Fish also increased bacterial a
bundance, altered the community composition and diversity of bacteria, and t
emporarily increased DOC compounds with fluorescence properties indicative o
f microbially-reprocessed organic matter. Overall, our experiment revealed t
hat fish can positively influence the substrate (algae-produced DOC) and the
key players (bacteria) of the microbial carbon pump. Consequently, fish cou
ld contribute to carbon sequestration by stimulating both the production of
bioavailable DOC and the microbial degradation of bioavailable to persistent
DOC. We propose this as a novel mechanism whereby the loss of predators fro
m global ecosystems could alter carbon cycling.' (1339 chars) serialnumber => protected'0030-1299' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/oik.05673' (17 chars) uid => protected17870 (integer) _localizedUid => protected17870 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected17870 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 19 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=17144, pid=124) originalId => protected17144 (integer) authors => protected'Lucek, K.; Keller, I.; Nolte, A. W.; Seehausen, O.' (75 chars) title => protected'Distinct colonization waves underlie the diversification of the freshwater s
culpin (<i>Cottus gobio</i>) in the Central European Alpine region' (142 chars) journal => protected'Journal of Evolutionary Biology' (31 chars) year => protected2018 (integer) volume => protected31 (integer) issue => protected'9' (1 chars) startpage => protected'1254' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'1267' (4 chars) categories => protected'character displacement; Cottus gobio; ecological speciation; intralacustrine
radiation; post-glacial diversification' (116 chars) description => protected'Ecological speciation and adaptive radiation are key processes shaping north
ern temperate freshwater fish diversity. Both often involve parapatric diffe
rentiation between stream and lake populations and less often, sympatric int
ralacustrine diversification into habitat‐ and resource‐associated ecoty
pes. However, few taxa have been studied, calling for studies of others to i
nvestigate the generality of these processes. Here, we test for diversificat
ion within catchments in freshwater sculpins in a network of peri‐Alpine l
akes and streams. Using 8047 and 13 182 restriction site‐associated (RADse
q) SNPs, respectively, we identify three deeply divergent phylogeographic li
neages associated with different major European drainages. Within the Aare c
atchment, we observe populations from geographically distant lakes to be gen
etically more similar to each other than to populations from nearby streams.
This pattern is consistent with two distinct colonization waves, rather tha
n by parapatric ecological speciation after a single colonization wave. We f
urther find two distinct depth distribution modes in three lakes of the Aare
catchment, one in very shallow and one in very deep water, and significant
genomewide differentiation between these in one lake. Sculpins in the Aare c
atchment appear to represent an early‐stage adaptive radiation involving t
he evolution of a lacustrine lineage distinct from parapatric stream sculpin
s and the repeated onset of depth‐related intralacustrine differentiation.' (1520 chars) serialnumber => protected'1010-061X' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/jeb.13339' (17 chars) uid => protected17144 (integer) _localizedUid => protected17144 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected17144 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 20 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=17963, pid=124) originalId => protected17963 (integer) authors => protected'Luehrmann, M.; Stieb, S. M.; Carleton, K. L.; Pietz
ker, A.; Cheney, K. L.; Marshall, N. J.' (140 chars) title => protected'Short-term colour vision plasticity on the reef: changes in opsin expression
under varying light conditions differ between ecologically distinct fish sp
ecies' (157 chars) journal => protected'Journal of Experimental Biology' (31 chars) year => protected2018 (integer) volume => protected221 (integer) issue => protected'22' (2 chars) startpage => protected'jeb175281 (17 pp.)' (18 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'visual ecology; diurnal/nocturnal feeders; phenotypic variation; adaptation;
teleost; spectral tuning' (101 chars) description => protected'Vision mediates important behavioural tasks such as mate choice, escape from
predators and foraging. In fish, photoreceptors are generally tuned to spec
ific visual tasks and/or to their light environment, according to depth or w
ater colour to ensure optimal performance. Evolutionary mechanisms acting on
genes encoding opsin, the protein component of the photopigment, can influe
nce the spectral sensitivity of photoreceptors. Opsin genes are known to res
pond to environmental conditions on a number of time scales, including short
time frames due to seasonal variation, or through longer-term evolutionary
tuning. There is also evidence for ‘on-the-fly’ adaptations in adult fis
h in response to rapidly changing environmental conditions; however, results
are contradictory. Here, we investigated the ability of three reef fish spe
cies that belong to two ecologically distinct families, yellow-striped cardi
nalfish (<i>Ostorhinchus cyanosoma</i>), Ambon damselfish (<i>Pomacentrus am
boinensis</i>) and lemon damselfish (<i>Pomacentrus moluccensis</i>), to alt
er opsin gene expression as an adaptation to short-term (weeks to months) ch
anges of environmental light conditions, and attempted to characterize the u
nderlying expression regulation principles. We report the ability for all sp
ecies to alter opsin gene expression within months and even a few weeks, sug
gesting that opsin expression in adult reef fish is not static. Furthermore,
we found that changes in opsin expression in single cones generally occurre
d more rapidly than in double cones, and identified different responses of <
i>RH2</i> opsin gene expression between the ecologically distinct reef fish
families. Quantum catch correlation analysis suggested different regulation
mechanisms for opsin expression dependent on gene class.' (1804 chars) serialnumber => protected'0022-0949' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1242/jeb.175281' (18 chars) uid => protected17963 (integer) _localizedUid => protected17963 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected17963 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 21 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=17243, pid=124) originalId => protected17243 (integer) authors => protected'Maag, S.; Alexander, T. J.; Kase, R.; Hoffmann, S.' (75 chars) title => protected'Indicators for measuring the contributions of individual knowledge brokers' (74 chars) journal => protected'Environmental Science and Policy' (32 chars) year => protected2018 (integer) volume => protected89 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'1' (1 chars) otherpage => protected'9' (1 chars) categories => protected'knowledge brokering; evaluation; contribution analysis; process indicators;
attributable results indicators' (107 chars) description => protected'An increasing number of knowledge brokers work at the interface between rese
arch, policy and practice. Their function is to facilitate processes to fost
er mutual learning among research, policy and practice. For some knowledge b
rokers, practical methodologies to assess the quality of their work is an im
portant concern. While frameworks exist for assessing research impact at the
level of a project or program, few are available for assessing contribution
s of individual knowledge brokers. In response to this, we have compiled a s
et of indicators to measure the quantity and quality of the contributions of
individual knowledge brokers to projects, programs or platforms at the inte
rface between research, policy and practice. The set is based on a review of
the literature and the experience of a group of knowledge brokers active in
water research and management in Switzerland, including the co-authors of t
his article. The set can be used by knowledge brokers to identify ways to im
prove the effectiveness of their practices and to demonstrate the benefit of
their work to their employers and other stakeholders. Our approach is flexi
ble enough that it can be applied where there are limited resources availabl
e for assessment.' (1233 chars) serialnumber => protected'1462-9011' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1016/j.envsci.2018.06.002' (28 chars) uid => protected17243 (integer) _localizedUid => protected17243 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected17243 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 22 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=17107, pid=124) originalId => protected17107 (integer) authors => protected'Madeira, C.; Mendonça, V.; Leal, M. C.; Flores, A.
A. V.; Cabral, H. N.; Diniz, M. S.; Vinagre,&
nbsp;C.' (159 chars) title => protected'Environmental health assessment of warming coastal ecosystems in the tropics
– application of integrative physiological indices' (129 chars) journal => protected'Science of the Total Environment' (32 chars) year => protected2018 (integer) volume => protected643 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'28' (2 chars) otherpage => protected'39' (2 chars) categories => protected'tropical rocky reef; ocean warming; physiological performance; stress biomar
kers; IBRs; environmental health assessment' (119 chars) description => protected'According to climate science, ocean warming is one of the current and future
greatest threats to coastal ecosystems. Projection scenarios for the end of
this century show that tropical intertidal ecosystems are particularly at r
isk. In this study we optimized and tested a holistic method for bio-monitor
ing present and projected thermal pressure in such ecosystems, in order to a
ssess organism vulnerability to ocean warming. Several species representativ
e of different animal groups (fish, crustaceans and gastropods) were collect
ed from the field and subjected to an experimental trial for 28 days, testin
g two temperatures: control (present seawater summer temperature) and elevat
ed temperature (+3 °C, projected seawater temperature anomaly for 2100). Mu
scle samples were collected weekly to quantify several biomarkers of: i) mac
romolecular damage (protein unfolding and denaturation, and lipid peroxidati
on), ii) reactive oxygen species (ROS) scavengers (antioxidant enzymes), and
iii) body condition (energy reserves and body mass). These biomarkers were
combined in integrated biomarker response (IBR) indices, either in three sep
arate stress response categories (as previously defined) or in a unique comb
ined analysis of overall physiological performance. Both approaches suggest
that temperature affected IBRs, with increasing temperatures significantly i
mpairing the overall health of individuals. Biomarkers of lower levels of bi
ological organization indicated deleterious effects of temperature, whereas
biomarkers of higher levels suggested maintenance of performance after chron
ic exposure. Overall indices combining the estimates of biomarkers across le
vels of biological organization are essential to predict the vulnerability o
f species, or populations, to climate warming. Such indices may assist manag
ers and stakeholders in the establishment of monitoring programs and environ
mental policies toward the conservation of fragile coastal systems.' (1967 chars) serialnumber => protected'0048-9697' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.06.152' (31 chars) uid => protected17107 (integer) _localizedUid => protected17107 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected17107 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 23 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=17780, pid=124) originalId => protected17780 (integer) authors => protected'Madeira, C.; Leal, M. C.; Diniz, M. S.; Cabral,&nbs
p;H. N.; Vinagre, C.' (106 chars) title => protected'Thermal stress and energy metabolism in two circumtropical decapod crustacea
ns: responses to acute temperature events' (117 chars) journal => protected'Marine Environmental Research' (29 chars) year => protected2018 (integer) volume => protected141 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'148' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'158' (3 chars) categories => protected'decapod crustaceans; marine heat waves; thermal stress; integrated biomarker
index; energy reserves; tropical Indo-Pacific' (122 chars) description => protected'Extreme events associated with global warming, such as ocean heat waves, can
have contrasting fitness consequences for different species, thereby modify
ing the structure and composition of marine communities. Here, we examined t
he effects of a laboratory simulated heat wave on the physiology and perform
ance of two Indo-Pacific crustacean species: the shrimp <i>Rhynchocinetes du
rbanensis</i> and the hermit crab <i>Calcinus laevimanus</i>. We exposed the
crustaceans to a control temperature or to a +5 °C temperature (25 °C vs
30 °C) for two consecutive weeks, and weekly analyzed protective proteins,
antioxidant activity, and lipid peroxides in muscle and visceral mass. Fulto
n's K, total protein, %C, and C:N molar ratio of muscle tissue were also ana
lyzed at the end of the experiment. Results showed that 1) the most responsi
ve tissues were the muscle in the shrimp species and the visceral mass in th
e hermit crab species; 2) biomarker responses in both species occurred mostl
y after 7 days of exposure; 3) temperature stress led to an increase in biom
arker levels; 4) highest biomarker fold-changes were detected in protective
chaperones and antioxidants superoxide dismutase and glutathione-S-transfera
se; 4) integrated biomarker indices suggested poorer health status in indivi
duals subjected to the heat wave; 5) performance changes at the organism lev
el were only detected in <i>R. durbanensis</i>; and 6) mortality rates of bo
th species remained unchanged with the heat wave. Finally, we concluded that
these species are capable of physiological adjustments in response to rapid
environmental changes, which ultimately confers them with enough thermal to
lerance to withstand this simulated heat wave without major consequences for
fitness.' (1757 chars) serialnumber => protected'0141-1136' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1016/j.marenvres.2018.08.015' (31 chars) uid => protected17780 (integer) _localizedUid => protected17780 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected17780 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 24 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=17093, pid=124) originalId => protected17093 (integer) authors => protected'Marques, D. A.; Jones, F. C.; Di Palma, F.; Kingsle
y, D. M.; Reimchen, T. E.' (121 chars) title => protected'Experimental evidence for rapid genomic adaptation to a new niche in an adap
tive radiation' (90 chars) journal => protected'Nature Ecology & Evolution' (26 chars) year => protected2018 (integer) volume => protected2 (integer) issue => protected'7' (1 chars) startpage => protected'1130' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'1140' (4 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'A substantial part of biodiversity is thought to have arisen from adaptive r
adiations in which one lineage rapidly diversified into multiple lineages sp
ecialized to many different niches. However, selection and drift reduce gene
tic variation during adaptation to new niches and may thus prevent or slow d
own further niche shifts. We tested whether rapid adaptation is still possib
le from a highly derived ecotype in the adaptive radiation of threespine sti
ckleback on the Haida Gwaii archipelago, Western Canada. In a 19-year select
ion experiment, we let giant sticklebacks from a large blackwater lake evolv
e in a small clearwater pond without vertebrate predators. A total of 56 who
le genomes from the experiment and 26 natural populations revealed that adap
tive genomic change was rapid in many small genomic regions and encompassed
75% of the change between 12,000-year-old ecotypes. Genomic change was as fa
st as phenotypic change in defence and trophic morphology, and both were lar
gely parallel between the short-term selection experiment and long-term natu
ral adaptive radiation. Our results show that functionally relevant standing
genetic variation can persist in derived radiation members, allowing adapti
ve radiations to unfold very rapidly.' (1253 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'10.1038/s41559-018-0581-8' (25 chars) uid => protected17093 (integer) _localizedUid => protected17093 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected17093 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 25 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=16908, pid=124) originalId => protected16908 (integer) authors => protected'Matthews, B.; Best, R. J.; Feulner, P. G. D.;
Narwani, A.; Limberger, R.' (112 chars) title => protected'Evolution as an ecosystem process: insights from genomics' (57 chars) journal => protected'Genome' (6 chars) year => protected2018 (integer) volume => protected61 (integer) issue => protected'4' (1 chars) startpage => protected'298' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'309' (3 chars) categories => protected'ecosystem function; genomics; eco-evolutionary dynamics; evolutionary rescue
; hybridization; phenotypic plasticity' (114 chars) description => protected'Evolution is a fundamental ecosystem process. The study of genomic variation
of organisms can not only improve our understanding of evolutionary process
es, but also of contemporary and future ecosystem dynamics. We argue that in
tegrative research between the fields of genomics and ecosystem ecology coul
d generate new insights. Specifically, studies of biodiversity and ecosystem
functioning, evolutionary rescue, and eco-evolutionary dynamics could all b
enefit from information about variation in genome structure and the genetic
architecture of traits, whereas genomic studies could benefit from informati
on about the ecological context of evolutionary dynamics. We propose new way
s to help link research on functional genomic diversity with (reciprocal) in
teractions between phenotypic evolution and ecosystem change. Despite numero
us challenges, we anticipate that the wealth of genomic data being collected
on natural populations will improve our understanding of ecosystems.' (981 chars) serialnumber => protected'0831-2796' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1139/gen-2017-0044' (21 chars) uid => protected16908 (integer) _localizedUid => protected16908 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected16908 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 26 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=16950, pid=124) originalId => protected16950 (integer) authors => protected'Meier, J. I.; Marques, D. A.; Wagner, C. E.; E
xcoffier, L.; Seehausen, O.' (113 chars) title => protected'Genomics of parallel ecological speciation in Lake Victoria cichlids' (68 chars) journal => protected'Molecular Biology and Evolution' (31 chars) year => protected2018 (integer) volume => protected35 (integer) issue => protected'6' (1 chars) startpage => protected'1489' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'1506' (4 chars) categories => protected'ecological speciation; hybridization; evolutionary genomics; cichlids' (69 chars) description => protected'The genetic basis of parallel evolution of similar species is of great inter
est in evolutionary biology. In the adaptive radiation of Lake Victoria cich
lid fishes, sister species with either blue or red-back male nuptial colorat
ion have evolved repeatedly, often associated with shallower and deeper wate
r, respectively. One such case is blue and red-backed <em>Pundamilia</em> sp
ecies, for which we recently showed that a young species pair may have evolv
ed through "hybrid parallel speciation". Coalescent simulations suggested th
at the older species <em>P. pundamilia</em> (blue) and <em>P. nyererei </em>
(red-back) admixed in the Mwanza Gulf and that new "nyererei-like" and "pun
damilia-like" species evolved from the admixed population. Here, we use geno
me scans to study the genomic architecture of differentiation, and assess th
e influence of hybridization on the evolution of the younger species pair. F
or each of the two species pairs, we find over 300 genomic regions, widespre
ad across the genome, which are highly differentiated. A subset of the most
strongly differentiated regions of the older pair are also differentiated in
the younger pair. These shared differentiated regions often show parallel a
llele frequency differences, consistent with the hypothesis that admixture-d
erived alleles were targeted by divergent selection in the hybrid population
. However, two-thirds of the genomic regions that are highly differentiated
between the younger species are not highly differentiated between the older
species, suggesting independent evolutionary responses to selection pressure
s. Our analyses reveal how divergent selection on admixture-derived genetic
variation can facilitate new speciation events.' (1719 chars) serialnumber => protected'0737-4038' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1093/molbev/msy051' (21 chars) uid => protected16950 (integer) _localizedUid => protected16950 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected16950 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 27 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=17031, pid=124) originalId => protected17031 (integer) authors => protected'Melián, C. J.; Matthews, B.; de Andreazzi, C. S.;
Rodríguez, J. P.; Harmon, L. J.; Fortuna, M.
A.' (154 chars) title => protected'Deciphering the interdependence between ecological and evolutionary networks' (76 chars) journal => protected'Trends in Ecology and Evolution' (31 chars) year => protected2018 (integer) volume => protected33 (integer) issue => protected'7' (1 chars) startpage => protected'504' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'512' (3 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Biological systems consist of elements that interact within and across hiera
rchical levels. For example, interactions among genes determine traits of in
dividuals, competitive and cooperative interactions among individuals influe
nce population dynamics, and interactions among species affect the dynamics
of communities and ecosystem processes. Such systems can be represented as h
ierarchical networks, but can have complex dynamics when interdependencies a
mong levels of the hierarchy occur. We propose integrating ecological and ev
olutionary processes in hierarchical networks to explore interdependencies i
n biological systems. We connect gene networks underlying predator–prey tr
ait distributions to food webs. Our approach addresses longstanding question
s about how complex traits and intraspecific trait variation affect the inte
rdependencies among biological levels and the stability of meta-ecosystems.' (911 chars) serialnumber => protected'0169-5347' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1016/j.tree.2018.04.009' (26 chars) uid => protected17031 (integer) _localizedUid => protected17031 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected17031 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 28 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=17329, pid=124) originalId => protected17329 (integer) authors => protected'Moser, F. N.; van Rijssel, J. C.; Mwaiko, S.; Meier
, J. I.; Ngatunga, B.; Seehausen, O.' (132 chars) title => protected'The onset of ecological diversification 50 years after colonization of a cra
ter lake by haplochromine cichlid fishes' (116 chars) journal => protected'Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences' (55 chars) year => protected2018 (integer) volume => protected285 (integer) issue => protected'1884' (4 chars) startpage => protected'20180171 (19 pp.)' (17 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'adaptive radiation; cichlid fish; incipient speciation; fitness surfaces; di
sruptive selection; niche expansion' (111 chars) description => protected'Adaptive radiation research typically relies on the study of evolution in re
trospective, leaving the predictive value of the concept hard to evaluate. S
everal radiations, including the cichlid fishes in the East African Great La
kes, have been studied extensively, yet no study has investigated the onset
of the intraspecific processes of niche expansion and differentiation shortl
y after colonization of an adaptive zone by cichlids. Haplochromine cichlids
of one of the two lineages that seeded the Lake Victoria radiation recently
arrived in Lake Chala, a lake perfectly suited for within-lake cichlid spec
iation. Here, we infer the colonization and demographic history, quantify ph
enotypic, ecological and genomic diversity and diversification, and investig
ate the selection regime to ask if the population shows signs of diversifica
tion resembling the onset of adaptive radiation. We find that since their ar
rival in the lake, haplochromines have colonized a wide range of depth habit
ats associated with ecological and morphological expansion and the beginning
of phenotypic differentiation and potentially nascent speciation, consisten
t with the very early onset of an adaptive radiation process. Moreover, we d
emonstrate evidence of rugged phenotypic fitness surfaces, indicating that c
urrent ecological selection may contribute to the phenotypic diversification
.' (1369 chars) serialnumber => protected'0962-8452' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1098/rspb.2018.0171' (22 chars) uid => protected17329 (integer) _localizedUid => protected17329 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected17329 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 29 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=17907, pid=124) originalId => protected17907 (integer) authors => protected'Moser, F. N.; van Rijssel, J. C.; Ngatunga, B.; Mwa
iko, S.; Seehausen, O.' (108 chars) title => protected'The origin and future of an endangered crater lake endemic; phylogeography a
nd ecology of <em>Oreochromis hunteri</em> and its invasive relatives' (145 chars) journal => protected'Hydrobiologia' (13 chars) year => protected2019 (integer) volume => protected832 (integer) issue => protected'1' (1 chars) startpage => protected'283' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'296' (3 chars) categories => protected'cichlid fish; invasive species; endemism; competition; Tilapia; endangered s
pecies' (82 chars) description => protected'Cichlids of the genus <em>Oreochromis</em> ("Tilapias") are intensively used
in aquaculture around the world. In many cases, when "Tilapia" were introdu
ced for economic reasons to catchments that were home to other, often endemi
c, <em>Oreochromis</em> species, the loss of native species followed. <em>Or
eochromis hunteri</em> is an endemic species of Crater Lake Chala on the slo
pes of Mount Kilimanjaro and is part of a small species flock in the upper P
angani drainage system of Tanzania. We identified three native and three inv
asive <em>Oreochromis</em> species in the region. Reconstructing their phylo
geography, we found that <em>O. hunteri</em> is closely related to, but dist
inct from the other members of the upper Pangani flock. However, we found a
second, genetically and phenotypically distinct <em>Oreochromis</em> species
in Lake Chala whose origin we cannot fully resolve. Our ecological and ecom
orphological investigations revealed that the endemic <em>O. hunteri</em> is
currently rare in the lake, outnumbered by each of three invasive cichlid s
pecies. It is mitochondrially, phenotypically and trophically distinct from
all others. The occurrence of the formerly abundant <em>O. hunteri</em> in s
uch small numbers, its narrow habitat restriction and its limited morphologi
cal variability suggest recent population decline and loss of niche breadth
in this critically endangered endemic cichlid species.' (1422 chars) serialnumber => protected'0018-8158' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1007/s10750-018-3780-z' (25 chars) uid => protected17907 (integer) _localizedUid => protected17907 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected17907 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 30 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=16927, pid=124) originalId => protected16927 (integer) authors => protected'Muschick, M.; Russell, J. M.; Jemmi, E.; Walker, J.
; Stewart, K. M.; Murray, A. M.; Dubois, N.; Stager
, J. C.; Johnson, T. C.; Seehausen, O.' (215 chars) title => protected'Arrival order and release from competition does not explain why haplochromin
e cichlids radiated in Lake Victoria' (112 chars) journal => protected'Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences' (55 chars) year => protected2018 (integer) volume => protected285 (integer) issue => protected'1878' (4 chars) startpage => protected'20180462 (9 pp.)' (16 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'priority effect; monopolization; ecological opportunity; adaptive radiation;
haplochromines; fossil fish teeth' (110 chars) description => protected'The frequent occurrence of adaptive radiations on oceanic islands and in lak
es is often attributed to ecological opportunity resulting from release from
competition where arrival order among lineages predicts which lineage radia
tes. This <em>priority effect</em> occurs when the lineage that arrives firs
t expands its niche breadth and diversifies into a set of ecological special
ists with associated monopolization of the resources. Later-arriving species
do not experience ecological opportunity and do not radiate. While theoreti
cal support and evidence from microbial experiments for priority effects are
strong, empirical evidence in nature is difficult to obtain. Lake Victoria
(LV) is home to an exceptional adaptive radiation of haplochromine cichlid f
ishes, where 20 trophic guilds and several hundred species emerged in just 1
5 000 years, the age of the modern lake that was preceded by a complete desi
ccation lasting several thousand years. However, while about 50 other lineag
es of teleost fish also have established populations in the lake, none of th
em has produced more than two species and most of them did not speciate at a
ll. Here, we test if the ancestors of the haplochromine radiation indeed arr
ived prior to the most competent potential competitors, 'tilapias' and cypri
nids, both of which have made rapid radiations in other African lakes. We as
sess LV sediment core intervals from just before the desiccation and just af
ter refilling for the presence of fossil fish teeth. We show that all three
lineages were present when modern LV began to fill with water. We conclude t
hat the haplochromines' extraordinary radiation unfolded in the presence of
potentially competing lineages and cannot be attributed to a simple priority
effect.' (1756 chars) serialnumber => protected'0962-8452' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1098/rspb.2018.0462' (22 chars) uid => protected16927 (integer) _localizedUid => protected16927 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected16927 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 31 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=16930, pid=124) originalId => protected16930 (integer) authors => protected'Muschick, M.; Salzburger, W.' (38 chars) title => protected'Evolution: an archipelago replete with replicates' (49 chars) journal => protected'Current Biology' (15 chars) year => protected2018 (integer) volume => protected28 (integer) issue => protected'9' (1 chars) startpage => protected'R565' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'R567' (4 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Adaptive radiations, in which repeated bouts of diversification lead to phen
otypically similar species, highlight the power of natural selection and pre
dictability in evolution. A newly discovered radiation of stick spiders on H
awaii helps shed new light on this phenomenon.' (274 chars) serialnumber => protected'0960-9822' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1016/j.cub.2018.03.032' (25 chars) uid => protected16930 (integer) _localizedUid => protected16930 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected16930 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 32 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=17415, pid=124) originalId => protected17415 (integer) authors => protected'Runemark, A.; Eroukhmanoff, F.; Nava-Bolaños, A.; Hermansen,
J. S.; Meier, J. I.' (116 chars) title => protected'Hybridization, sex-specific genomic architecture and local adaptation' (69 chars) journal => protected'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences' (70 chars) year => protected2018 (integer) volume => protected373 (integer) issue => protected'1757' (4 chars) startpage => protected'20170419 (10 pp.)' (17 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'hybridization; sex-specific recombination; asymmetric introgression; interse
xual correlations; sex-specific inheritance; local adaptation' (137 chars) description => protected'While gene flow can reduce the potential for local adaptation, hybridization
may conversely provide genetic variation that increases the potential for l
ocal adaptation. Hybridization may also affect adaptation through altering s
exual dimorphism and sexual conflict, but this remains largely unstudied. He
re, we discuss how hybridization may affect sexual dimorphism and conflict d
ue to differential effects of hybridization on males and females, and then h
ow this, in turn, may affect local adaptation. First, in species with hetero
chromatic sexes, the lower viability of the heterogametic sex in hybrids cou
ld shift the balance in sexual conflict. Second, sex-specific inheritance of
the mitochondrial genome in hybrids may lead to cytonuclear mismatches, for
example, in the form of 'mother’s curse', with potential consequences for
sex ratio and sex-specific expression. Third, sex-biased introgression and
recombination may lead to sex-specific consequences of hybridization. Fourth
, transgressive segregation of sexually antagonistic alleles could increase
sexual dimorphism in hybrid populations. Sexual dimorphism can reduce sexual
conflict and enhance intersexual niche partitioning, increasing the fitness
of hybrids. Adaptive introgression of alleles reducing sexual conflict or e
nhancing intersexual niche partitioning may facilitate local adaptation, and
could favour the colonization of novel habitats. We review these consequenc
es of hybridization on sex differences and local adaptation, and discuss how
their prevalence and importance could be tested empirically.<br/> This arti
cle is part of the theme issue 'Linking local adaptation with the evolution
of sex differences'.' (1692 chars) serialnumber => protected'0962-8436' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1098/rstb.2017.0419' (22 chars) uid => protected17415 (integer) _localizedUid => protected17415 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected17415 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 33 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=16702, pid=124) originalId => protected16702 (integer) authors => protected'de Andreazzi, C. S.; Guimarães, P. R.; Melián, C.
J.' (84 chars) title => protected'Eco-evolutionary feedbacks promote fluctuating selection and long-term stabi
lity of antagonistic networks' (105 chars) journal => protected'Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences' (55 chars) year => protected2018 (integer) volume => protected285 (integer) issue => protected'1874' (4 chars) startpage => protected'20172596 (9 pp.)' (16 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'antagonistic interactions; coevolution; ecological network; population dynam
ics; trait matching; trait dynamics' (111 chars) description => protected'Studies have shown the potential for rapid adaptation in coevolving populati
ons and that the structure of species interaction networks can modulate the
vulnerability of ecological systems to perturbations. Although the feedback
loop between population dynamics and coevolution of traits is crucial for un
derstanding long-term stability in ecological assemblages, modelling eco-evo
lutionary dynamics in species-rich assemblages is still a challenge. We expl
ore how eco-evolutionary feedbacks influence trait evolution and species abu
ndances in 23 empirical antagonistic networks. We show that, if selection du
e to antagonistic interactions is stronger than other selective pressures, e
co-evolutionary feedbacks lead to higher mean species abundances and lower t
emporal variation in abundances. By contrast, strong selection of antagonist
ic interactions leads to higher temporal variation of traits and on interact
ion strengths. Our results present a theoretical link between the study of t
he species persistence and coevolution in networks of interacting species, p
ointing out the ways by which coevolution may decrease the vulnerability of
species within antagonistic networks to demographic fluctuation.' (1204 chars) serialnumber => protected'0962-8452' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1098/rspb.2017.2596' (22 chars) uid => protected16702 (integer) _localizedUid => protected16702 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected16702 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 34 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=17004, pid=124) originalId => protected17004 (integer) authors => protected'Wellig, S. D.; Nusslé, S.; Miltner, D.; Kohle, O.;
Glaizot, O.; Braunisch, V.; Obrist, M. K.; Arlettaz,&nb
sp;R.' (157 chars) title => protected'Mitigating the negative impacts of tall wind turbines on bats: vertical acti
vity profiles and relationships to wind speed' (121 chars) journal => protected'PLoS One' (8 chars) year => protected2018 (integer) volume => protected13 (integer) issue => protected'3' (1 chars) startpage => protected'e0192493 (16 pp.)' (17 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Wind turbines represent a source of hazard for bats, especially through coll
ision with rotor blades. With increasing technical development, tall turbine
s (rotor-swept zone 50–150 m above ground level) are becoming widespread,
yet we lack quantitative information about species active at these heights,
which impedes proposing targeted mitigation recommendations for bat-friendly
turbine operation. We investigated vertical activity profiles of a bat asse
mblage, and their relationships to wind speed, within a major valley of the
European Alps where tall wind turbines are being deployed. To monitor bat ac
tivity we installed automatic recorders at sequentially increasing heights f
rom ground level up to 65 m, with the goal to determine species-specific ver
tical activity profiles and to link them to wind speed. Bat call sequences w
ere analysed with an automatic algorithm, paying particular attention to mou
se-eared bats (<I>Myotis myotis and Myotis blythii</I>) and the European fre
e-tailed bat (<I>Tadarida teniotis</I>), three locally rare species. The mos
t often recorded bats were the Common pipistrelle (<I>Pipistrellus pipistrel
lus</I>) and Savi's pipistrelle (<I>Hypsugo savii</I>). Mouse-eared bats wer
e rarely recorded, and mostly just above ground, appearing out of risk of co
llision. <I>T. teniotis</I> had a more evenly distributed vertical activity
profile, often being active at rotor level, but its activity at that height
ceased above 5 ms<sup>-1</sup> wind speed. Overall bat activity in the rotor
-swept zone declined with increasing wind speed, dropping below 5% above 5.4
ms<sup>-1</sup>. Collision risk could be drastically reduced if nocturnal o
peration of tall wind turbines would be restricted to wind speeds above 5 ms
<sup>-1</sup>. Such measure should be implemented year-round because <I>T. t
eniotis</I> remains active in winter. This operational restriction is likely
to cause only small energy production losses at these tall wind turbines, a
lthough further analyses...' (2045 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'10.1371/journal.pone.0192493' (28 chars) uid => protected17004 (integer) _localizedUid => protected17004 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected17004 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 35 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=16367, pid=124) originalId => protected16367 (integer) authors => protected'van Rijssel, J. C.; Moser, F. N.; Frei, D.; Seehaus
en, O.' (87 chars) title => protected'Prevalence of disruptive selection predicts extent of species differentiatio
n in Lake Victoria cichlids' (103 chars) journal => protected'Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences' (55 chars) year => protected2018 (integer) volume => protected285 (integer) issue => protected'1871' (4 chars) startpage => protected'20172630 (10 pp.)' (17 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'assortative mating; character displacement; disruptive selection; evolutiona
ry response; fitness surface; speciation with gene flow' (131 chars) description => protected'Theory suggests that speciation with gene flow is most likely when both sexu
al and ecological selection are divergent or disruptive. Divergent sexual an
d natural selection on the visual system have been demonstrated before in sy
mpatric, morphologically similar sister species of Lake Victoria cichlids, b
ut this does not explain the subtle morphological differences between them.
To investigate the significance of natural selection on morphology during sp
eciation, we here ask whether the prevalence of disruptive ecological select
ion differs between sympatric sister species that are at different stages of
speciation. Some of our species pairs do (<em>Pundamilia</em>) and others d
o not (<em>Neochromis</em>) differ distinctively in sexually selected male n
uptial coloration. We find that (i) evidence for disruptive selection, and f
or evolutionary response to it, is prevalent in traits that are differentiat
ed between sister species; (ii) prevalence of both predicts the extent of ge
netic differentiation; and (iii) genetic differentiation is weaker in specie
s pairs with conserved male nuptial coloration. Our results speak to the exi
stence of two different mechanisms of speciation with gene flow: speciation
mainly by sexual selection tightly followed by ecological character displace
ment in some cases and speciation mainly by divergent ecological selection i
n others.' (1377 chars) serialnumber => protected'0962-8452' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1098/rspb.2017.2630' (22 chars) uid => protected16367 (integer) _localizedUid => protected16367 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected16367 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer)
Incidence and phenotypic variation in alewife alter the ontogenetic trajectory of young-of-the-year largemouth bass
A general model for estimating macroevolutionary landscapes
A European whitefish linkage map and its implications for understanding genome-wide synteny between salmonids following whole genome duplication
Environmental stability increases relative individual specialisation across populations of an aquatic top predator
Species integrity and origin of Oreochromis hunteri (Pisces: Cichlidae), endemic to crater Lake Chala (Kenya–Tanzania)
Rapid buildup of sympatric species diversity in Alpine whitefish
A dense linkage map of Lake Victoria cichlids improved the Pundamilia genome assembly and revealed a major QTL for sex-determination
Interactive responses of primary producers and grazers to pollution on temperate rocky reefs
Population size changes and selection drive patterns of parallel evolution in a host–virus system
Impacts of using lakes and rivers for extraction and disposal of heat
Hybridization can promote adaptive radiation by means of transgressive segregation
Trophic ecology of piscivorous Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus (L.)) in subarctic lakes with contrasting food-web structures
Divergent parasite infections in sympatric cichlid species in Lake Victoria
The diverse prey spectrum of the Tanganyikan scale-eater Perissodus microlepis (Boulenger, 1898)
The adaptive radiation of Arctic charr Salvelinus alpinus (L.) in one drainage system in Southern Greenland
Basin-scale effects of small hydropower on biodiversity dynamics
Multiple-stressor effects on freshwater fish: importance of taxonomy and life stage
Recent sympatric speciation involving habitat-associated nuptial colour polymorphism in a crater lake cichlid
Predator-induced changes in dissolved organic carbon dynamics
Distinct colonization waves underlie the diversification of the freshwater sculpin (Cottus gobio) in the Central European Alpine region
Short-term colour vision plasticity on the reef: changes in opsin expression under varying light conditions differ between ecologically distinct fish species
Indicators for measuring the contributions of individual knowledge brokers
Environmental health assessment of warming coastal ecosystems in the tropics – application of integrative physiological indices
Thermal stress and energy metabolism in two circumtropical decapod crustaceans: responses to acute temperature events
Experimental evidence for rapid genomic adaptation to a new niche in an adaptive radiation
Evolution as an ecosystem process: insights from genomics
Genomics of parallel ecological speciation in Lake Victoria cichlids
Deciphering the interdependence between ecological and evolutionary networks
The onset of ecological diversification 50 years after colonization of a crater lake by haplochromine cichlid fishes
The origin and future of an endangered crater lake endemic; phylogeography and ecology of Oreochromis hunteri and its invasive relatives
Arrival order and release from competition does not explain why haplochromine cichlids radiated in Lake Victoria
Evolution: an archipelago replete with replicates
Hybridization, sex-specific genomic architecture and local adaptation
This article is part of the theme issue 'Linking local adaptation with the evolution of sex differences'.
Eco-evolutionary feedbacks promote fluctuating selection and long-term stability of antagonistic networks
Mitigating the negative impacts of tall wind turbines on bats: vertical activity profiles and relationships to wind speed
Prevalence of disruptive selection predicts extent of species differentiation in Lake Victoria cichlids
Publikationen 2017
peer reviewed journals
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ctive isolation; speciation' (103 chars) description => protected'Ring species are groups of organisms that dispersed along a ring-shaped regi
on in such a way that the two ends of the population that meet after many ge
nerations are reproductively isolated. They provide a rare opportunity to un
derstand the role of spatial structuring in speciation. Here, we simulate th
e evolution of ring species assuming that individuals become sexually isolat
ed if the genetic distance between them is above a certain threshold. The mo
del incorporates two forms of dispersal limitation: exogenous geographic bar
riers that limit the population range and endogenous barriers that result in
genetic structuring within the population range. As expected, species' prop
erties that reduce gene flow within the population range facilitate the evol
ution of reproductive isolation and ring species formation. However, if popu
lations are confined to narrow ranges by geographic barriers, ring species f
ormation increases when local mating is less spatially restricted. Ring spec
ies are most likely to form if a population expands while confined to a quas
i-unidimensional range but preserving high mobility in the direction of the
range expansion. These conditions are unlikely to be met or persist in real
populations and may explain why ring species are rare.' (1270 chars) serialnumber => protected'0014-3820' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/evo.13121' (17 chars) uid => protected14431 (integer) _localizedUid => protected14431 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected14431 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 1 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=15582, pid=124) originalId => protected15582 (integer) authors => protected'Brodersen, J.; Post, D. M.; Seehausen, O.' (61 chars) title => protected'Upward adaptive radiation cascades: predator diversification induced by prey
diversification' (92 chars) journal => protected'Trends in Ecology and Evolution' (31 chars) year => protected2018 (integer) volume => protected33 (integer) issue => protected'1' (1 chars) startpage => protected'59' (2 chars) otherpage => protected'70' (2 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'The value of biodiversity is widely appreciated, but we are only beginning t
o understand the interplay of processes that generate biodiversity and their
consequences for coevolutionary interactions. Whereas predator–prey coevo
lution is most often analyzed in the context of evolutionary arms races, muc
h less has been written about how predators are affected by, and respond to,
evolutionary diversification in their prey. We hypothesize here that adapti
ve radiation of prey may lead to diversification and potentially speciation
in predators, a process that we call an upwards adaptive radiation cascade.
In this paper we lay out the conceptual basis for upwards adaptive radiation
cascades, explore evidence for such cascades, and finally advocate for inte
nsified research.' (777 chars) serialnumber => protected'0169-5347' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1016/j.tree.2017.09.016' (26 chars) uid => protected15582 (integer) _localizedUid => protected15582 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected15582 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 2 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=15425, pid=124) originalId => protected15425 (integer) authors => protected'Best, R. J.; Anaya-Rojas, J. M.; Leal, M. C.;
Schmid, D. W.; Seehausen, O.; Matthews, B.' (138 chars) title => protected'Transgenerational selection driven by divergent ecological impacts of hybrid
izing lineages' (90 chars) journal => protected'Nature Ecology & Evolution' (26 chars) year => protected2017 (integer) volume => protected1 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'1757' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'1765' (4 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Dynamic interactions between ecological conditions and the phenotypic compos
ition of populations likely play an important role in evolution, but the dir
ection and strength of these feedbacks remain difficult to characterize. We
investigated these dynamics across two generations of threespine stickleback
s from two evolutionary lineages undergoing secondary contact and hybridizat
ion. Independently manipulating the density and lineage of adults in experim
ental mesocosms led to contrasting ecosystem conditions with strong effects
on total survival in a subsequent generation of juveniles. Ecosystem modific
ations by adults also varied the strength of selection on competing hybrid a
nd non-hybrid juveniles. This variation in selection indicated (1) a negativ
e eco-evolutionary feedback driven by lineage-specific resource depletion an
d dependence and (2) a large performance advantage of hybrid juveniles in de
pleted environments. This work illustrates the importance of interactions be
tween phenotype, population density and the environment in shaping selection
and evolutionary trajectories, especially in the context of range expansion
with secondary contact and hybridization.' (1182 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'10.1038/s41559-017-0308-2' (25 chars) uid => protected15425 (integer) _localizedUid => protected15425 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected15425 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 3 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=15447, pid=124) originalId => protected15447 (integer) authors => protected'Dermond, P.; Thomas, S. M.; Brodersen, J.' (61 chars) title => protected'Environmental stability increases relative individual specialisation across
populations of an aquatic top predator' (114 chars) journal => protected'Oikos' (5 chars) year => protected2018 (integer) volume => protected127 (integer) issue => protected'2' (1 chars) startpage => protected'297' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'305' (3 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'The concept of the niche has long been a central pillar in ecological theory
, with a traditional focus on quantifying niches at the species or populatio
n level. However, the importance of individual-level niche variation is incr
easingly being recognised, with a strong focus on individual specialisation.
While examples illustrating the contribution of the individual niche to who
le population niche structure are accumulating rapidly, surprisingly little
is known about the conditions that shape the differences between these two p
otentially divergent components. Though theory predicts that stability shoul
d influence the extent of such intra-specific specialisation, we know of no
previous study that has investigated its role in individual specialisation,
and the differentiation between individual- and population niches. Here, we
studied the diet of individuals from multiple populations of an aquatic top-
predator, <i>Salmo trutta</i>, inhabiting contrasting stable, groundwater fe
d and unstable, surface water fed pre-alpine streams. Based on stomach conte
nt analysis, we found that individuals living in stable environments display
ed a higher degree of specialisation than those in unstable environments, wi
th the between individual component of niche width being approximately twice
as high in the former. We subsequently validated these results by evidence
gained from stable isotope analysis of muscle tissue. As such, we reveal tha
t environmental stability can signifi cantly infl uence individual niches wi
thin populations, leading to increased specialisation.' (1574 chars) serialnumber => protected'0030-1299' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/oik.04578' (17 chars) uid => protected15447 (integer) _localizedUid => protected15447 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected15447 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 4 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=15489, pid=124) originalId => protected15489 (integer) authors => protected'Duarte, R. C.; Flores, A. A. V.; Vinagre, C.;
Leal, M. C.' (97 chars) title => protected'Habitat-dependent niche partitioning between colour morphs of the algal-dwel
ling shrimp <i>Hippolyte obliquimanus</i>' (117 chars) journal => protected'Marine Biology' (14 chars) year => protected2017 (integer) volume => protected164 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'215 (12 pp.)' (12 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Trait-based differences among individuals are common and particularly import
ant for polymorphic species in which alternative morphs exploit the same hab
itat types but occupy different trophic niches. The shrimp <i>Hippolyte obli
quimanus</i> inhabits shallow-water vegetated habitats, particularly the sea
sonal and physically complex brown alga <i>Sargassum furcatum</i> and the le
ss-structured but temporally stable red weed <i>Galaxaura marginata</i>. Two
main colour morphs can be found in these habitats: homogeneous colour-chang
ing shrimp that are able to match to their background and show little mobili
ty, and transparent shrimp with coloured stripes, which cannot match their b
ackground, show lower habitat fidelity and are more evenly distributed betwe
en algal habitats. We used carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes and Bayesian
mixing models to test whether morphspecific patterns of habitat use observed
for <i>H. obliquimanus</i> living in <i>Sargassum</i> and <i>Galaxaura</i>
meadows also influence trophic niche segregation. We observed morph-specific
trophic differences that varied with habitat, with narrower niche space and
lower niche overlap between morphs in <i>Galaxaura</i> meadows, and broader
niche space and higher niche overlap between morphs in <i>Sargassum</i> hab
itat. Niche segregation between morphs occurred only in <i>Galaxaura</i>, wh
ere available resources are presumably less abundant than in <i>Sargassum</i
> and the strength of competition between morphs is higher. Resource availab
ility and habitat stability are likely driving dietary niche segregation bet
ween shrimp morphs, which can ultimately affect population dynamics and comm
unity composition in a spatially heterogeneous and seasonal habitat.' (1740 chars) serialnumber => protected'0025-3162' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1007/s00227-017-3247-1' (25 chars) uid => protected15489 (integer) _localizedUid => protected15489 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected15489 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 5 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=15626, pid=124) originalId => protected15626 (integer) authors => protected'Edgar, G. J.; Alexander, T. J.; Lefcheck, J. S
.; Bates, A. E.; Kininmonth, S. J.; Thomson, R.&nbs
p;J.; Duffy, J. E.; Costello, M. J.; Stuart-Smith,
R. D.' (238 chars) title => protected'Abundance and local-scale processes contribute to multi-phyla gradients in g
lobal marine diversity' (98 chars) journal => protected'Science Advances' (16 chars) year => protected2017 (integer) volume => protected3 (integer) issue => protected'10' (2 chars) startpage => protected'e1700419 (12 pp.)' (17 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Among the most enduring ecological challenges is an integrated theory explai
ning the latitudinal biodiversity gradient, including discrepancies observed
at different spatial scales. Analysis of Reef Life Survey data for 4127 mar
ine species at 2406 coral and rocky sites worldwide confirms that the total
ecoregion richness peaks in low latitudes, near +15°N and −15°S. However
, although richness at survey sites is maximal near the equator for vertebra
tes, it peaks at high latitudes for large mobile invertebrates. Site richnes
s for different groups is dependent on abundance, which is in turn correlate
d with temperature for fishes and nutrients for macroinvertebrates. We sugge
st that temperature-mediated fish predation and herbivory have constrained m
obile macroinvertebrate diversity at the site scale across the tropics. Conv
ersely, at the ecoregion scale, richness responds positively to coral reef a
rea, highlighting potentially huge global biodiversity losses with coral dec
line. Improved conservation outcomes require management frameworks, informed
by hierarchical monitoring, that cover differing site- and regional-scale p
rocesses across diverse taxa, including attention to invertebrate species, w
hich appear disproportionately threatened by warming seas.' (1274 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'10.1126/sciadv.1700419' (22 chars) uid => protected15626 (integer) _localizedUid => protected15626 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected15626 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 6 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=15184, pid=124) originalId => protected15184 (integer) authors => protected'Feulner, P. G. D.; De-Kayne, R.' (51 chars) title => protected'Genome evolution, structural rearrangements and speciation' (58 chars) journal => protected'Journal of Evolutionary Biology' (31 chars) year => protected2017 (integer) volume => protected30 (integer) issue => protected'8' (1 chars) startpage => protected'1488' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'1490' (4 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'' (0 chars) serialnumber => protected'1010-061X' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/jeb.13101' (17 chars) uid => protected15184 (integer) _localizedUid => protected15184 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected15184 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 7 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=14414, pid=124) originalId => protected14414 (integer) authors => protected'Hulthén, K.; Chapman, B. B.; Nilsson, P. A.; Hanss
' (167 chars) title => protected'A predation cost to bold fish in the wild' (41 chars) journal => protected'Scientific Reports' (18 chars) year => protected2017 (integer) volume => protected7 (integer) issue => protected'1' (1 chars) startpage => protected'1239 (5 pp.)' (12 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Studies of predator-mediated selection on behaviour are critical for our und
erstanding of the evolution and maintenance of behavioural diversity in natu
ral populations. Consistent individual differences in prey behaviour, especi
ally in the propensity to take risks ("boldness"), are widespread in the ani
mal kingdom. Theory predicts that individual behavioural types differ in a c
ost-benefit trade-off where bolder individuals benefit from greater access t
o resources while paying higher predation-risk costs. However, explicitly li
nking predation events to individual behaviour under natural conditions is c
hallenging and there is currently little data from the wild. We assayed indi
vidual behaviour and electronically tagged hundreds of fish (roach, <em>Ruti
lus rutilus</em>) before releasing them into their lake of origin, thereby e
xposing them to predation risk from avian apex predators (cormorants, <em>Ph
alacrocorax carbo</em>). Scanning for regurgitated tags at the cormorant roo
sting site provided data on individual predation events. We found that fish
with higher boldness have a greater susceptibility to cormorant predation co
mpared to relatively shy, risk-averse individuals. Our findings hereby provi
de unique and direct evidence of behavioural type-dependent predation vulner
ability in the wild, i.e. that there is a predation cost to boldness, which
is critical for our understanding of the evolution and maintenance of behavi
oural diversity in natural populations.' (1483 chars) serialnumber => protected'2045-2322' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1038/s41598-017-01270-w' (26 chars) uid => protected14414 (integer) _localizedUid => protected14414 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected14414 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 8 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=15605, pid=124) originalId => protected15605 (integer) authors => protected'Janzen, T.; Alzate, A.; Muschick, M.; Maan, M. E.;
van der Plas, F.; Etienne, R. S.' (123 chars) title => protected'Community assembly in Lake Tanganyika cichlid fish: quantifying the contribu
tions of both niche-based and neutral processes' (123 chars) journal => protected'Ecology and Evolution' (21 chars) year => protected2017 (integer) volume => protected7 (integer) issue => protected'4' (1 chars) startpage => protected'1057' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'1067' (4 chars) categories => protected'cichlids; Lake Tanganyika; STEPwise Community Assembly Model; trait-based co
mmunity assembly' (92 chars) description => protected'The cichlid family features some of the most spectacular examples of adaptiv
e radiation. Evolutionary studies have highlighted the importance of both tr
ophic adaptation and sexual selection in cichlid speciation. However, it is
poorly understood what processes drive the composition and diversity of loca
l cichlid species assemblages on relatively short, ecological timescales. He
re, we investigate the relative importance of niche-based and neutral proces
ses in determining the composition and diversity of cichlid communities inha
biting various environmental conditions in the littoral zone of Lake Tangany
ika, Zambia. We collected data on cichlid abundance, morphometrics, and loca
l environments. We analyzed relationships between mean trait values, communi
ty composition, and environmental variation, and used a recently developed m
odeling technique (STEPCAM) to estimate the contributions of niche-based and
neutral processes to community assembly. Contrary to our expectations, our
results show that stochastic processes, and not niche-based processes, were
responsible for the majority of cichlid community assembly. We also found th
at the relative importance of niche-based and neutral processes was constant
across environments. However, we found significant relationships between en
vironmental variation, community trait means, and community composition. The
se relationships were caused by niche-based processes, as they disappeared i
n simulated, purely neutrally assembled communities. Importantly, these resu
lts can potentially reconcile seemingly contrasting findings in the literatu
re about the importance of either niche-based or neutral-based processes in
community assembly, as we show that significant trait relationships can alre
ady be found in nearly (but not completely) neutrally assembled communities;
that is, even a small deviation from neutrality can have major effects on c
ommunity patterns.' (1918 chars) serialnumber => protected'2045-7758' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1002/ece3.2689' (17 chars) uid => protected15605 (integer) _localizedUid => protected15605 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected15605 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 9 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=16113, pid=124) originalId => protected16113 (integer) authors => protected'Kagawa, K.; Takimoto, G.' (34 chars) title => protected'Hybridization can promote adaptive radiation by means of transgressive segre
gation' (82 chars) journal => protected'Ecology Letters' (15 chars) year => protected2018 (integer) volume => protected21 (integer) issue => protected'2' (1 chars) startpage => protected'264' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'274' (3 chars) categories => protected'adaptive radiation; ecological speciation; evolutionary simulation; hybridiz
ation; individual-based model; sympatric speciation; transgressive segregati
on' (154 chars) description => protected'Understanding the mechanisms of rapid adaptive radiation has been a central
problem of evolutionary ecology. Recently, there is a growing recognition th
at hybridization between different evolutionary lineages can facilitate adap
tive radiation by creating novel phenotypes. Yet, theoretical plausibility o
f this hypothesis remains unclear because, for example, hybridization can ne
gate preexisting species richness. Here, we theoretically investigate whethe
r and under what conditions hybridization promotes ecological speciation and
adaptive radiation using an individual-based model to simulate genome evolu
tion following hybridization between two allopatrically evolved lineages. Th
e model demonstrated that transgressive segregation through hybridization ca
n facilitate adaptive radiation, most powerfully when novel vacant ecologica
l niches are highly dissimilar, phenotypic effect size of mutations is small
and there is moderate genetic differentiation between parental lineages. Th
ese results provide a theoretical basis for the effect of hybridization faci
litating adaptive radiation.' (1092 chars) serialnumber => protected'1461-023X' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/ele.12891' (17 chars) uid => protected16113 (integer) _localizedUid => protected16113 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected16113 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 10 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=15203, pid=124) originalId => protected15203 (integer) authors => protected'Kahilainen, K. K.; Thomas, S. M.; Nystedt, E.
K. M.; Keva, O.; Malinen, T.; Hayden, B.' (136 chars) title => protected'Ecomorphological divergence drives differential mercury bioaccumulation in p
olymorphic European whitefish (<em>Coregonus lavaretus</em>) populations of
subarctic lakes' (167 chars) journal => protected'Science of the Total Environment' (32 chars) year => protected2017 (integer) volume => protected599 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'1768' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'1778' (4 chars) categories => protected'arctic; benthic macroinvertebrates; gill rakers; heavy metals; pelagic zoopl
ankton; stable isotopes' (99 chars) description => protected'Resource polymorphism, whereby ancestral trophic generalists undergo diverge
nce into multiple specialist morphs, is common in salmonid fish populations
inhabiting subarctic lakes. However, the extent to which such resource speci
alization into the three principal lake habitats (littoral, profundal, and p
elagic) affects patterns of contaminant bioaccumulation remains largely unex
plored. We assessed total mercury concentrations (THg) of European whitefish
(<em>Coregonus lavaretus</em> (L.)) and their invertebrate prey in relation
to potential explanatory variables across 6 subarctic lakes, of which three
are inhabited by polymorphic (comprised of four morphs) and three by monomo
rphic populations. Among invertebrate prey, the highest THg concentrations w
ere observed in profundal benthic macroinvertebrates, followed by pelagic zo
oplankton, with concentrations lowest in littoral benthic macroinvertebrates
in both lake types. Broadly similar patterns were apparent in whitefish in
polymorphic systems, where average age-corrected THg concentrations and bioa
ccumulation rates were the highest in pelagic morphs, intermediate in the pr
ofundal morph, and the lowest in the littoral morph. In monomorphic systems,
age-corrected THg concentrations were generally lower, and showed pronounce
d lake-specific variation. In the polymorphic systems, we found significant
relationships between whitefish muscle tissue THg concentration and gill rak
er count, resource use, lipid content and maximum length, whilst no such rel
ationships were apparent in the monomorphic systems. Across all polymorphic
lakes, the major variables explaining THg in whitefish were gill raker count
and age, whereas in monomorphic systems, the factors were lake-specific. Wh
itefish resource polymorphism across the three main lake habitats therefore
appears to have profound impacts on THg concentration and bioaccumulation ra
te. This highlights the importance of recognizing such intraspecific diversi
ty in both future scient...' (2045 chars) serialnumber => protected'0048-9697' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.05.099' (31 chars) uid => protected15203 (integer) _localizedUid => protected15203 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected15203 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 11 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=14238, pid=124) originalId => protected14238 (integer) authors => protected'Katongo, C.; Seehausen, O.; Snoeks, J.' (53 chars) title => protected'A new species of <I>Pseudocrenilabrus</I> (perciformes: Cichlidae) from lake
Mweru in the upper Congo river system' (114 chars) journal => protected'Zootaxa' (7 chars) year => protected2017 (integer) volume => protected4237 (integer) issue => protected'1' (1 chars) startpage => protected'181' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'190' (3 chars) categories => protected'Pseudocrenilabrus pyrrhocaudalis; description; south-eastern Africa' (67 chars) description => protected'<I>Pseudocrenilabrus pyrrhocaudalis</I> sp. nov. is described from Lake Mwer
u in the upper Congo River drainage, on the border of the Democratic Republi
c of Congo and Zambia. This species, which appears to be endemic to the lake
, lives in sympatry with <I>P. philander. Pseudocrenilabrus pyrrhocaudalis</
I> sp. nov. is distinguished from <I>P. philander</I> in nuptial males by th
e presence of an orange colour on the ventral part of the body and the proxi
mal parts of the anal and caudal fins, a broad band of bright white on the d
istal edge of anal and caudal fins, a uniform grey head and dorsum, and a su
btruncate caudal fin. In addition, <I>P. pyrrhocaudalis</I> has a shorter sn
out, a narrower head, a smaller interorbital distance, a smaller pre-anal di
stance, a more slender caudal peduncle and fewer scales around the caudal pe
duncle in both sexes.' (857 chars) serialnumber => protected'1175-5326' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.11646/zootaxa.4237.1.10' (26 chars) uid => protected14238 (integer) _localizedUid => protected14238 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected14238 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 12 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=14085, pid=124) originalId => protected14085 (integer) authors => protected'Leal, M. C.; Seehausen, O.; Matthews, B.' (60 chars) title => protected'The ecology and evolution of stoichiometric phenotypes' (54 chars) journal => protected'Trends in Ecology and Evolution' (31 chars) year => protected2017 (integer) volume => protected32 (integer) issue => protected'2' (1 chars) startpage => protected'108' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'117' (3 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Ecological stoichiometry has generated new insights into how the balance of
elements affects ecological interactions and ecosystem processes, but little
is known about the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of stoichiometric t
raits. Understanding the origins and drivers of stoichiometric trait variati
on between and within species will improve our understanding about the ecolo
gical responses of communities to environmental change and the ecosystem eff
ects of organisms. In addition, studying the plasticity, heritability, and g
enetic basis of stoichiometric traits might improve predictions about how or
ganisms adapt to changing environmental conditions, and help to identify int
eractions and feedbacks between phenotypic evolution and ecosystem processes
.' (761 chars) serialnumber => protected'0169-5347' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1016/j.tree.2016.11.006' (26 chars) uid => protected14085 (integer) _localizedUid => protected14085 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected14085 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 13 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=14337, pid=124) originalId => protected14337 (integer) authors => protected'Leal, M. C.; Rocha, R. J. M.; Anaya-Rojas, J.&
nbsp;M.; Cruz, I. C. S.; Ferrier-Pagès, C.' (139 chars) title => protected'Trophic and stoichiometric consequences of nutrification for the intertidal
tropical zoanthid <I>Zoanthus sociatus</I>' (118 chars) journal => protected'Marine Pollution Bulletin' (25 chars) year => protected2017 (integer) volume => protected119 (integer) issue => protected'1' (1 chars) startpage => protected'169' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'175' (3 chars) categories => protected'ecological stoichiometry; stable isotopes; Zoanthus sociatus; aerial exposur
e; tidal pool; eutrophication' (105 chars) description => protected'Zoanthids are conspicuous and abundant members of intertidal environments, w
here they are exposed to large environmental fluctuations and subject to inc
reasing loads of anthropogenic nutrients. Here we assess the trophic ecology
and stoichiometric consequences of nutrient loading for symbiotic zoanthids
inhabiting different intertidal habitats. More specifically, we analysed th
e stable isotope signature (δ<sup>13</sup>C and δ<sup>15</sup>N), elementa
l composition (C, N and P) and stoichiometry (C:N, C:P, N:P) of <I>Zoanthus<
/I> sociatus differently exposed to nutrification. Results suggest that auto
trophy is the main feeding mode of zoanthids and that the effect water nutri
ent content differently affects the elemental phenotype of zoanthids dependi
ng on tidal habitat. Additionally, habitat effects on Z. <I>sociatus</I> P-r
elated stoichiometric traits highlight functional differences likely associa
ted with variation in <I>Symbiodinium</I> density. These findings provide an
innovative approach to assess how cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbioses respon
se to ecosystem changes in environmentally dynamic reef flats, particularly
nutrient loading.' (1157 chars) serialnumber => protected'0025-326X' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.03.054' (31 chars) uid => protected14337 (integer) _localizedUid => protected14337 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected14337 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 14 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=14260, pid=124) originalId => protected14260 (integer) authors => protected'Costa Leal, M.; Best, R. J.; Durston, D.; El-Sabaawi,&nb
sp;R. W.; Matthews, B.' (108 chars) title => protected'Stoichiometric traits of stickleback: effects of genetic background, rearing
environment, and ontogeny' (102 chars) journal => protected'Ecology and Evolution' (21 chars) year => protected2017 (integer) volume => protected7 (integer) issue => protected'8' (1 chars) startpage => protected'2617' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'2625' (4 chars) categories => protected'allocation; condition; ecological stoichiometry; fish; phosphorus' (65 chars) description => protected'Phenotypes can both evolve in response to, and affect, ecosystem change, but
few examples of diverging ecosystem-effect traits have been investigated. B
ony armor traits of fish are good candidates for this because they evolve ra
pidly in some freshwater fish populations, and bone is phosphorus rich and l
ikely to affect nutrient recycling in aquatic ecosystems. Here, we explore h
ow ontogeny, rearing environment, and bone allocation among body parts affec
t the stoichiometric phenotype (i.e., stoichiometric composition of bodies a
nd excretion) of threespine stickleback. We use two populations from distinc
t freshwater lineages with contrasting lateral plating phenotypes (full vs.
low plating) and their hybrids, which are mostly fully plated. We found that
ontogeny, rearing environment, and body condition were the most important p
redictors of organismal stoichiometry. Although elemental composition was si
milar between both populations and their hybrids, we found significant diver
gence in phosphorus allocation among body parts and in phosphorus excretion
rates. Overall, body armor differences did not explain variation in whole bo
dy phosphorus, phosphorus allocation, or phosphorus excretion. Evolutionary
divergence between these lineages in both allocation and excretion is likely
to have important direct consequences for ecosystems, but may be mediated b
y evolution of multiple morphological or physiological traits beyond plating
phenotype.' (1455 chars) serialnumber => protected'2045-7758' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1002/ece3.2802' (17 chars) uid => protected14260 (integer) _localizedUid => protected14260 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected14260 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 15 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=14429, pid=124) originalId => protected14429 (integer) authors => protected'Lemos-Costa, P.; Martins, A. B.; Thompson, J. N.; d
e Aguiar, M. A. M.' (109 chars) title => protected'Gene flow and metacommunity arrangement affects coevolutionary dynamics at t
he mutualism–antagonism interface' (111 chars) journal => protected'Journal of the Royal Society Interface' (38 chars) year => protected2017 (integer) volume => protected14 (integer) issue => protected'130' (3 chars) startpage => protected'20160989 (10 pp.)' (17 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'species interactions; matching allele model; selection mosaicsy; spatial pat
terns; conditional outcomes; interaction asymmetry' (126 chars) description => protected'Interspecific interactions are affected by community context and, as a conse
quence, show spatial variation in magnitude and sign. The selective forces i
mposed by interactions at the mutualism–antagonism interface are a consequ
ence of the traits involved and their matching between species. If mutualist
ic and antagonistic communities are linked by gene flow, coevolution between
a pair of interacting species is influenced by how selection varies in spac
e. Here we investigate the effects of metacommunity arrangement, i.e. patter
ns of connection between communities and the number of communities, on the c
oevolutionary dynamics between two species for which the sign and magnitude
of the interaction varies across the landscape. We quantify coevolutionary o
utcome as an index that can be decomposed into the contribution of intraspec
ific genetic diversity and interspecific interaction. We show that polymorph
isms and mismatches are an expected outcome, which is influenced by spatial
structure, interaction strength and the degree of gene flow. The index descr
ibes how variation is distributed within and between species, and provides i
nformation on the directionality of the mismatches and polymorphisms. Finall
y, we argue that depending on metacommunity arrangement, some communities ha
ve disproportionate roles in maintaining genetic diversity, with implication
s for the coevolution of interacting species in a fragmented landscape.' (1439 chars) serialnumber => protected'1742-5689' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1098/rsif.2016.0989' (22 chars) uid => protected14429 (integer) _localizedUid => protected14429 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected14429 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 16 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=15699, pid=124) originalId => protected15699 (integer) authors => protected'Lucek, K.; Greuter, L.; Selz, O. M.; Seehausen, O.' (75 chars) title => protected'Effects of interspecific gene flow on the phenotypic variance-covariance mat
rix in Lake Victoria Cichlids' (105 chars) journal => protected'Hydrobiologia' (13 chars) year => protected2017 (integer) volume => protected791 (integer) issue => protected'1' (1 chars) startpage => protected'145' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'154' (3 chars) categories => protected'eccentricity; line of least resistance; hybridization; evolutionary constrai
nts; P matrix' (89 chars) description => protected'Quantitative genetics theory predicts adaptive evolution to be constrained a
long evolutionary lines of least resistance. In theory, hybridization and su
bsequent interspecific gene flow may, however, rapidly change the evolutiona
ry constraints of a population and eventually change its evolutionary potent
ial, but empirical evidence is still scarce. Using closely related species p
airs of Lake Victoria cichlids sampled from four different islands with diff
erent levels of interspecific gene flow, we tested for potential effects of
introgressive hybridization on phenotypic evolution in wild populations. We
found that these effects differed among our study species. Constraints measu
red as the eccentricity of phenotypic variance-covariance matrices declined
significantly with increasing gene flow in the less abundant species for mat
rices that have a diverged line of least resistance. In contrast, we find no
such decline for the more abundant species. Overall our results suggest tha
t hybridization can change the underlying phenotypic variance-covariance mat
rix, potentially increasing the adaptive potential of such populations.' (1135 chars) serialnumber => protected'0018-8158' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1007/s10750-016-2838-z' (25 chars) uid => protected15699 (integer) _localizedUid => protected15699 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected15699 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 17 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=15594, pid=124) originalId => protected15594 (integer) authors => protected'Lundsgaard-Hansen, B.; Matthews, B.; Aebischer, T.; Seehausen
, O.' (85 chars) title => protected'The legacy of ecosystem effects caused by adaptive radiation' (60 chars) journal => protected'Copeia' (6 chars) year => protected2017 (integer) volume => protected105 (integer) issue => protected'3' (1 chars) startpage => protected'550' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'557' (3 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'There is increasing evidence that closely related species have contrasting e
cosystem effects, but very little is known about the temporal scale of these
effects. When organisms' ecosystem-effects persist beyond or emerge after t
heir presence in the ecosystem, this might increase the potential for eco-ev
olutionary feedbacks to accompany evolutionary diversification. Here we stud
ied lab-raised whitefish of a benthic-limnetic species pair from a postglaci
al adaptive radiation to test whether closely related species have contrasti
ng effects on mesocosm ecosystems (hereafter ecosystem effects). We found th
at the presence of whitefish (ecological effect) had strong effects on some
ecosystem components, for example by reducing snail and mussel abundance and
increasing phytoplankton abundance. Whitefish species had contrasting effec
ts (evolutionary effect) on benthic algal cover, dissolved organic carbon, a
nd zooplankton community composition, but these effects only emerged several
months after whitefish were removed from the ecosystem. The effects of plas
ticity and the interactive effects of species and plasticity were relatively
weak and, with one exception, not significant. Ecological and evolutionary
effect sizes were uncorrelated over both phases of the experiment, as were e
ffect sizes between phases for both ecological and evolutionary contrasts. O
verall, our results suggest that adaptive radiation can have effects on the
structure and functioning of ecosystems, but that the temporal dynamics and
mechanistic basis of these effects are insufficiently understood.' (1585 chars) serialnumber => protected'0045-8511' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1643/CE-16-514' (17 chars) uid => protected15594 (integer) _localizedUid => protected15594 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected15594 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 18 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=15032, pid=124) originalId => protected15032 (integer) authors => protected'Madeira, C.; Mendonça, V.; Leal, M. C.; Flores, A.
A. V.; Cabral, H. N.; Diniz, M. S.; Vinagre,&
nbsp;C.' (159 chars) title => protected'Thermal stress, thermal safety margins and acclimation capacity in tropical
shallow waters—an experimental approach testing multiple end-points in two
common fish' (164 chars) journal => protected'Ecological Indicators' (21 chars) year => protected2017 (integer) volume => protected81 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'146' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'158' (3 chars) categories => protected'tropical fish; biomarkers; thermal tolerance; ocean warming; intertidal; env
ironmental biomonitoring' (100 chars) description => protected'Tropical organisms are predicted to be among the most impacted by increasing
sea surface temperatures, particularly those from intertidal habitats. In t
his study, a complete thermal biology assessment was conducted for two wides
pread tropical Atlantic shallow reef fish: Abudefduf saxatilis (damselfish)
and Scartella cristata (blenny), which make extensive use of tide pools. The
main objectives were to measure the time-course changes during one month in
i) thermal and oxidative stress biomarkers (in gills, muscle and skin), ii)
upper thermal limits, acclimation capacity and thermal safety margins and i
ii) body size, condition and energy reserves (total protein and lipid conten
ts), under two temperature treatments (control – mean summer temperature,
and elevated temperature − + 3 °C, as projected by climate warming scenar
ios for the end of this century). </br>Results from biomarker analyses sugge
st that under increased temperature, both species displayed a typical respon
se of physiological stress characterized by the activation of molecular chap
erones and antioxidant protection. Both species presented a significant accl
imation potential in the long term, as shown by increased critical thermal m
axima values at higher temperature. However, these species may already be at
risk during summer heat waves, as thermal safety margins for both species w
ere low. Additionally, despite acclimation, some energetic tradeoffs may exi
st, since specimens from both species showed smaller body sizes at higher te
mperature (even though maintaining body condition). Finally, temperature tre
atments had a significant influence not only in the total amount of energy r
eserves (lipid contents) but also in their rate of deposition or depletion (
total proteins and lipid contents). This is the first multi-end-point holist
ic approach to assess the impact of warming in shallow tropical water fish a
nd it highlights the high risk that intertidal organisms are facing in both
present and future sea s...' (2030 chars) serialnumber => protected'1470-160X' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.05.050' (29 chars) uid => protected15032 (integer) _localizedUid => protected15032 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected15032 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 19 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=15245, pid=124) originalId => protected15245 (integer) authors => protected'Marques, D. A.' (24 chars) title => protected'Adaptation despite gene flow? Low recombination helps' (53 chars) journal => protected'Molecular Ecology' (17 chars) year => protected2017 (integer) volume => protected26 (integer) issue => protected'17' (2 chars) startpage => protected'4361' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'4363' (4 chars) categories => protected'adaptation; gene flow; recombination; speciation continuum; threespine stick
leback' (82 chars) description => protected'About 15,000 years earlier, the Northern half of Europe and North America wa
s buried under a few kilometres of ice. Since then, many organisms have colo
nized and rapidly adapted to the new, vacant habitats. Some, like the threes
pine stickleback fish, have done so more successfully than others: from the
sea, stickleback have adapted to a multitude of lake and stream habitats wit
h a vast array of complex phenotypes and life histories. Previous studies sh
owed that most of these "ecotypes" differ in multiple divergently selected g
enes throughout the genome. But how are well-adapted ecotypes of one habitat
protected from maladaptive gene flow from ecotypes of another, adjacent hab
itat? According to a From the Cover meta-analysis in this issue of Molecular
Ecology (Samuk et al., 2017), low recombination rate regions in the genome
offer such protection. While inversions have often been highlighted as an ef
ficient way to maintain linkage disequilibrium among sets of adaptive varian
ts in the face of gene flow, Samuk et al. (2017) show that variation in reco
mbination rate across the genome may perform a similar role in threespine st
ickleback. With this study, theoretical predictions for the importance of lo
w recombination regions in adaptation are for the first time tested with a h
ighly replicated population genomic data set. The findings from this study h
ave implications for the adaptability of species, speciation and the evoluti
on of genome architecture.' (1470 chars) serialnumber => protected'0962-1083' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/mec.14251' (17 chars) uid => protected15245 (integer) _localizedUid => protected15245 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected15245 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 20 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=14214, pid=124) originalId => protected14214 (integer) authors => protected'Meier, J. I.; Marques, D. A.; Mwaiko, S.; Wagner,&n
bsp;C. E.; Excoffier, L.; Seehausen, O.' (130 chars) title => protected'Ancient hybridization fuels rapid cichlid fish adaptive radiations' (66 chars) journal => protected'Nature Communications' (21 chars) year => protected2017 (integer) volume => protected8 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'1' (1 chars) otherpage => protected'11' (2 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Understanding why some evolutionary lineages generate exceptionally high spe
cies diversity is an important goal in evolutionary biology. Haplochromine c
ichlid fishes of Africa’s Lake Victoria region encompass >700 diverse s
pecies that all evolved in the last 150,000 years. How this ‘Lake Victoria
Region Superflock’ could evolve on such rapid timescales is an enduring q
uestion. Here, we demonstrate that hybridization between two divergent linea
ges facilitated this process by providing genetic variation that subsequentl
y became recombined and sorted into many new species. Notably, the hybridiza
tion event generated exceptional allelic variation at an opsin gene known to
be involved in adaptation and speciation. More generally, differentiation b
etween new species is accentuated around variants that were fixed difference
s between the parental lineages, and that now appear in many new combination
s in the radiation species. We conclude that hybridization between divergent
lineages, when coincident with ecological opportunity, may facilitate rapid
and extensive adaptive radiation.' (1098 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'10.1038/ncomms14363' (19 chars) uid => protected14214 (integer) _localizedUid => protected14214 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected14214 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 21 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=15186, pid=124) originalId => protected15186 (integer) authors => protected'Nilsson, P. A.; Hulthén, K.; Chapman, B. B.; Hanss
on, L.-A.; Brodersen, J.; Baktoft, H.; Vinterstare, J.;
Brönmark, C.; Skov, C.' (185 chars) title => protected'Species integrity enhanced by a predation cost to hybrids in the wild' (69 chars) journal => protected'Biology Letters' (15 chars) year => protected2017 (integer) volume => protected13 (integer) issue => protected'7' (1 chars) startpage => protected'20170208 (4 pp.)' (16 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'predator-prey; cormorant; fish; diversity; evolution' (52 chars) description => protected'Species integrity can be challenged, and even eroded, if closely related spe
cies can hybridize and produce fertile offspring of comparable fitness to th
at of parental species. The maintenance of newly diverged or closely related
species therefore hinges on the establishment and effectiveness of pre- and
/or post-zygotic reproductive barriers. Ecological selection, including pred
ation, is often presumed to contribute to reduced hybrid fitness, but field
evidence for a predation cost to hybridization remains elusive. Here we prov
ide proof-of-concept for predation on hybrids being a postzygotic barrier to
gene flow in the wild. Cyprinid fishes commonly produce fertile, viable hyb
rid offspring and therefore make excellent study organisms to investigate ec
ological costs to hybrids. We electronically tagged two freshwater cyprinid
fish species (roach <I>Rutilus rutilus</I> and bream <I>Abramis brama</I>) a
nd their hybrids in 2005. Tagged fish were returned to their lake of origin,
exposing them to natural predation risk from apex avian predators (great co
rmorant, <I>Phalacrocorax carbo</I>). Scanning for regurgitated tags under c
ormorant roosts 3–4 years later identified cormorant-killed individual fis
h and allowed us to directly test for a predation cost to hybrids in the wil
d. Hybrid individuals were found significantly more susceptible to cormorant
predation than individuals from either parental species. Such ecological se
lection against hybrids contributes to species integrity, and can enhance sp
ecies diversification.' (1542 chars) serialnumber => protected'1744-9561' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1098/rsbl.2017.0208' (22 chars) uid => protected15186 (integer) _localizedUid => protected15186 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected15186 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 22 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=10643, pid=124) originalId => protected10643 (integer) authors => protected'Paillex, A.; Schuwirth, N.; Lorenz, A. W.; Januschke,&nb
sp;K.; Peter, A.; Reichert, P.' (116 chars) title => protected'Integrating and extending ecological river assessment: concept and test with
two restoration projects' (101 chars) journal => protected'Ecological Indicators' (21 chars) year => protected2017 (integer) volume => protected72 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'131' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'141' (3 chars) categories => protected'aquatic macroinvertebrates; aquatic vegetation; ecological state; fish; grou
nd beetles; multi-criteria decision analysis; multi-attribute value theory;
Thur and Töss rivers; riparian vegetation; river restoration; uncertainty' (226 chars) description => protected'While the number of river restoration projects is increasing, studies on the
ir success or failure relative to expectations are still rare. Only a few de
cision support methodologies and integrative methods for evaluating the ecol
ogical status of rivers are used in river restoration projects, thereby limi
ting informed management decisions in restoration planning as well as succes
s control. Moreover, studies quantifying river restoration effects are often
based on the assessment of a single organism group, and the effects on terr
estrial communities are often neglected. In addition, potential effects of w
ater quality or hydrological degradation are often not considered for the ev
aluation of restoration projects.<br />We used multi-attribute value theory
to re-formulate an existing river assessment protocol and extend it to a mor
e comprehensive, integrated ecological assessment program. We considered hab
itat conditions, water quality regarding nutrients, micropollutants and heav
y metals, and five instream and terrestrial organism groups (fish, benthic i
nvertebrates, aquatic vegetation, ground beetles and riparian vegetation). T
he physical, chemical and biological states of the rivers were assessed sepa
rately and combined to value the overall ecological state.<br />The assessme
nt procedure was then applied to restored and unrestored sites at two Swiss
rivers to test its feasibility in quantifying the effect of river restoratio
n. Uncertainty in observations was taken into account and propagated through
the assessment framework to evaluate the significance of differences betwee
n the ecological states of restored and unrestored reaches. In the restored
sites, we measured a higher width variability of the river, as well as a hig
her width of the riparian zone and a higher richness of organism groups. Acc
ording to the ecological assessment, the river morphology and the biological
states were significantly better at the restored sites, with the largest di
fferences detected for g...' (3107 chars) serialnumber => protected'1470-160X' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.07.048' (29 chars) uid => protected10643 (integer) _localizedUid => protected10643 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected10643 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 23 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=15703, pid=124) originalId => protected15703 (integer) authors => protected'Peichel, C. L.; Marques, D. A.' (50 chars) title => protected'The genetic and molecular architecture of phenotypic diversity in sticklebac
ks' (78 chars) journal => protected'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences' (70 chars) year => protected2017 (integer) volume => protected372 (integer) issue => protected'1713' (4 chars) startpage => protected'20150486 (8 pp.)' (16 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'quantitative trait locus; Gasterosteus aculeatus; Pungitius pungitius; genet
ics of adaptation; repeated evolution' (113 chars) description => protected'A major goal of evolutionary biology is to identify the genotypes and phenot
ypes that underlie adaptation to divergent environments. Stickleback fish, i
ncluding the threespine stickleback (<em>Gasterosteus aculeatus</em>) and th
e ninespine stickleback (<em>Pungitius pungitius</em>), have been at the for
efront of research to uncover the genetic and molecular architecture that un
derlies phenotypic diversity and adaptation. A wealth of quantitative trait
locus (QTL) mapping studies in sticklebacks have provided insight into longs
tanding questions about the distribution of effect sizes during adaptation a
s well as the role of genetic linkage in facilitating adaptation. These QTL
mapping studies have also provided a basis for the identification of the gen
es that underlie phenotypic diversity. These data have revealed that mutatio
ns in regulatory elements play an important role in the evolution of phenoty
pic diversity in sticklebacks. Genetic and molecular studies in sticklebacks
have also led to new insights on the genetic basis of repeated evolution an
d suggest that the same loci are involved about half of the time when the sa
me phenotypes evolve independently. When the same locus is involved, selecti
on on standing variation and repeated mutation of the same genes have both c
ontributed to the evolution of similar phenotypes in independent populations
. This article is part of the themed issue 'Evo-devo in the genomics era, an
d the origins of morphological diversity'.' (1486 chars) serialnumber => protected'0962-8436' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1098/rstb.2015.0486' (22 chars) uid => protected15703 (integer) _localizedUid => protected15703 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected15703 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 24 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=15358, pid=124) originalId => protected15358 (integer) authors => protected'Pellissier, L.; Albouy, C.; Bascompte, J.; Farwig, N.; G
raham, C.; Loreau, M.; Maglianesi, M. A.; Melián,
C. J.; Pitteloud, C.; Roslin, T.; Rohr, R.; Saavedra,&nb
sp;S.; Thuiller, W.; Woodward, G.; Zimmermann, N. E.; Gr
avel, D.' (317 chars) title => protected'Comparing species interaction networks along environmental gradients' (68 chars) journal => protected'Biological Reviews' (18 chars) year => protected2018 (integer) volume => protected93 (integer) issue => protected'2' (1 chars) startpage => protected'785' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'800' (3 chars) categories => protected'network; metaweb; motif; rarefaction analysis; null model; environmental gra
dient; network comparison; network properties' (121 chars) description => protected'Knowledge of species composition and their interactions, in the form of inte
raction networks, is required to understand processes shaping their distribu
tion over time and space. As such, comparing ecological networks along envir
onmental gradients represents a promising new research avenue to understand
the organization of life. Variation in the position and intensity of links w
ithin networks along environmental gradients may be driven by turnover in sp
ecies composition, by variation in species abundances and by abiotic influen
ces on species interactions. While investigating changes in species composit
ion has a long tradition, so far only a limited number of studies have exami
ned changes in species interactions between networks, often with differing a
pproaches. Here, we review studies investigating variation in network struct
ures along environmental gradients, highlighting how methodological decision
s about standardization can influence their conclusions. Due to their comple
xity, variation among ecological networks is frequently studied using proper
ties that summarize the distribution or topology of interactions such as num
ber of links, connectance, or modularity. These properties can either be com
pared directly or using a procedure of standardization. While measures of ne
twork structure can be directly related to changes along environmental gradi
ents, standardization is frequently used to facilitate interpretation of var
iation in network properties by controlling for some co-variables, or <em>vi
a</em> null models. Null models allow comparing the deviation of empirical n
etworks from random expectations and are expected to provide a more mechanis
tic understanding of the factors shaping ecological networks when they are c
oupled with functional traits. As an illustration, we compare approaches to
quantify the role of trait matching in driving the structure of plant–humm
ingbird mutualistic networks, i.e. a direct comparison, standardized by null
models and hypothesis-b...' (2373 chars) serialnumber => protected'1464-7931' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/brv.12366' (17 chars) uid => protected15358 (integer) _localizedUid => protected15358 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected15358 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 25 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=15864, pid=124) originalId => protected15864 (integer) authors => protected'Rudman, S. M.; Barbour, M. A.; Csilléry, K.; Giena
pp, P.; Guillaume, F.; Hairston Jr, N. G.; Hendry,
A. P.; Lasky, J. R.; Rafajlović, M.; Räsänen, K.
; Schmidt, P. S.; Seehausen, O.; Therkildsen, N. O.
; Turcotte, M. M.; Levine, J. M.' (356 chars) title => protected'What genomic data can reveal about eco-evolutionary dynamics' (60 chars) journal => protected'Nature Ecology & Evolution' (26 chars) year => protected2018 (integer) volume => protected2 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'9' (1 chars) otherpage => protected'15' (2 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Recognition that evolution operates on the same timescale as ecological proc
esses has motivated growing interest in eco-evolutionary dynamics. Nonethele
ss, generating sufficient data to test predictions about eco-evolutionary dy
namics has proved challenging, particularly in natural contexts. Here we arg
ue that genomic data can be integrated into the study of eco-evolutionary dy
namics in ways that deepen our understanding of the interplay between ecolog
y and evolution. Specifically, we outline five major questions in the study
of eco-evolutionary dynamics for which genomic data may provide answers. Alt
hough genomic data alone will not be sufficient to resolve these challenges,
integrating genomic data can provide a more mechanistic understanding of th
e causes of phenotypic change, help elucidate the mechanisms driving eco-evo
lutionary dynamics, and lead to more accurate evolutionary predictions of ec
o-evolutionary dynamics in nature.' (946 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'10.1038/s41559-017-0385-2' (25 chars) uid => protected15864 (integer) _localizedUid => protected15864 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected15864 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 26 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=10686, pid=124) originalId => protected10686 (integer) authors => protected'Pomati, F.; Matthews, B.; Seehausen, O.; Ibelings, B.&nb
sp;W.' (81 chars) title => protected'Eutrophication and climate warming alter spatial (depth) co-occurrence patte
rns of lake phytoplankton assemblages' (113 chars) journal => protected'Hydrobiologia' (13 chars) year => protected2017 (integer) volume => protected787 (integer) issue => protected'1' (1 chars) startpage => protected'375' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'385' (3 chars) categories => protected'phytoplankton; co-occurrence; variance ratio; eutrophication; climate change
; community assembly' (96 chars) description => protected'The composition and dynamics of plankton communities are critically affected
by human-induced environmental changes. We analysed 33 years of phytoplank
ton monthly data collected in Lake Zurich (Switzerland), assigning organisms
(genus level) to taxonomic groups (class, family), Reynolds associations an
d size categories. The aim was to understand how eutrophication and climate
change have influenced taxa co-occurrence patterns within and between groups
over the lake water column (14 depths, 0–135 m), using -models to test f
or non-random spatial (depth) assembly. We found that the whole community sh
owed high taxa co-occurrence levels, significantly deviating over time from
random assembly concurrently with lake warming and reduced nutrient loading.
This pattern was driven mostly by the depth structure of metalimnetic assem
blages during summer and autumn. The prevalence of non-random spatial patter
ns changed for different taxonomic and functional groups, with only few sign
ificant deviations from -model expectations. Within taxonomic and functional
groups (particularly Classes and size categories), the frequency of spatial
overdispersion of taxa decreased over time while the frequency of clusterin
g increased. Our data suggest that the relative importance of mechanisms det
ermining phytoplankton metacommunity dynamics have changed along with enviro
nmental gradients shaping water column structure.' (1417 chars) serialnumber => protected'0018-8158' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1007/s10750-016-2981-6' (25 chars) uid => protected10686 (integer) _localizedUid => protected10686 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected10686 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 27 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=14996, pid=124) originalId => protected14996 (integer) authors => protected'Schwarz, A.-M.; Cohen, P. J.; Boso, D.; Ramofafia,
C.; Alexander, T.; Bennet, G.; Andrew, N.' (132 chars) title => protected'Critical reflections from fostering adaptive community-based, co-management
in Solomon Islands’ small-scale fisheries' (119 chars) journal => protected'Traditional Marine Resource Management and Knowledge Information Bulletin' (73 chars) year => protected2017 (integer) volume => protected38 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'14' (2 chars) otherpage => protected'25' (2 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Adaptive co-management approaches have been at the core of attempts to apply
resilience principles to small-scale fisheries. Although recommendations of
what should be done to promote resilience are commonplace, insights from pr
actice are rare. The authors provide a critical analysis of WorldFish’s ef
fort to improve the resilience of small-scale fisheries, particularly experi
ences with facilitating, implementing and sustaining a collaborative form of
management referred to as community-based resource management (CBRM) in fiv
e regions in Solomon Islands over nine years. A participatory diagnosis and
adaptive management framework was applied to foster the emergence of CBRM in
intense community engagements. The authors reflect on the adoption of resil
ience principles in their practice through: 1) defining a fishery to fit loc
al governance contexts; 2) drawing on multiple knowledge sources to guide lo
cal rules to protect the ecological, social and other functions of small-sca
le fisheries; 3) fostering local ownership and participation, while also bro
kering external links for learning; 4) developing monitoring that is meaning
ful for communities; and 5) promoting inclusive forms of governance that are
responsive to change. Results were fair at best because adaptive new, negot
iated forms of management were sustained in only two regions. However, insig
hts led to changes in WorldFish’s practice, and demonstrate that embedding
resilience principles (such as encouraging learning, fostering adaptive sys
tems, and thinking and promoting links across scales of governance) requires
capacity among all participants to reflect, adapt and adjust.' (1658 chars) serialnumber => protected'1025-7497' (9 chars) doi => protected'' (0 chars) uid => protected14996 (integer) _localizedUid => protected14996 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected14996 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 28 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=15479, pid=124) originalId => protected15479 (integer) authors => protected'Schwarzer, J.; Shabani, N.; Esmaeili, H. R.; Mwaiko,&nbs
p;S.; Seehausen, O.' (100 chars) title => protected'Allopatric speciation in the desert: diversification of cichlids at their ge
ographical and ecological range limit in Iran' (121 chars) journal => protected'Hydrobiologia' (13 chars) year => protected2017 (integer) volume => protected791 (integer) issue => protected'1' (1 chars) startpage => protected'193' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'207' (3 chars) categories => protected'Iranian cichlids; Cichlidae; Iranocichla; vicariant speciation; last glacial
maximum' (84 chars) description => protected'Cichlids are textbook examples for rapid diversification and high species di
versity. While in South America, several hundred and in Africa, more than 15
00 species of cichlid fish have been described, only one single cichlid spec
ies, <em>Iranocichla hormuzensis</em> Coad 1982, was known from Iran, the ea
sternmost range margin of the species-rich African cichlids (Cichlidae: Pseu
docrenilabrinae). The aim of our paper was to assess the genetic and phenoty
pic diversity among populations of <em>Iranocichla</em> across most of its g
eographical range in Southern Iran. For this, we sequenced two mitochondrial
genes and collected color observation of male nuptial coloration in differe
nt habitats. Besides conspicuous differences in male nuptial coloration, we
found considerable genetic differentiation among <em>Iranocichla</em> popula
tions pointing to the existence of at least two allopatric species, with no
evidence of more than one species at one site. Diversification within <em>Ir
anocichla</em> started, based on our data, in the middle or late Pleistocene
and was followed by further population differentiation and bottlenecks duri
ng isolation events in the last glacial maximum. Population dispersal leadin
g to the population structure observed today most likely occurred in the cou
rse of the early Holocene sea-level rise.' (1333 chars) serialnumber => protected'0018-8158' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1007/s10750-016-2976-3' (25 chars) uid => protected15479 (integer) _localizedUid => protected15479 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected15479 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 29 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=15607, pid=124) originalId => protected15607 (integer) authors => protected'Stapley, J.; Feulner, P. G. D.; Johnston, S. E
.; Santure, A. W.; Smadja, C. M.' (128 chars) title => protected'Variation in recombination frequency and distribution across eukaryotes: pat
terns and processes' (95 chars) journal => protected'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences' (70 chars) year => protected2017 (integer) volume => protected372 (integer) issue => protected'1736' (4 chars) startpage => protected'20160455 (10 pp.)' (17 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'crossing over; meiosis; genetic linkage; evolution; adaptation; genomic arch
itecture' (84 chars) description => protected'Recombination, the exchange of DNA between maternal and paternal chromosomes
during meiosis, is an essential feature of sexual reproduction in nearly al
l multicellular organisms. While the role of recombination in the evolution
of sex has received theoretical and empirical attention, less is known about
how recombination rate <i>itself</i> evolves and what influence this has on
evolutionary processes within sexually reproducing organisms. Here, we expl
ore the patterns of, and processes governing recombination in eukaryotes. We
summarize patterns of variation, integrating current knowledge with an anal
ysis of linkage map data in 353 organisms. We then discuss proximate and ult
imate processes governing recombination rate variation and consider how thes
e influence evolutionary processes. Genome-wide recombination rates (cM/Mb)
can vary more than tenfold across eukaryotes, and there is large variation i
n the distribution of recombination events across closely related taxa, popu
lations and individuals. We discuss how variation in rate and distribution r
elates to genome architecture, genetic and epigenetic mechanisms, sex, envir
onmental perturbations and variable selective pressures. There has been grea
t progress in determining the molecular mechanisms governing recombination,
and with the continued development of new modelling and empirical approaches
, there is now also great opportunity to further our understanding of how an
d why recombination rate varies. <br/> This article is part of the themed is
sue 'Evolutionary causes and consequences of recombination rate variation in
sexual organisms'.' (1615 chars) serialnumber => protected'0962-8436' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1098/rstb.2016.0455' (22 chars) uid => protected15607 (integer) _localizedUid => protected15607 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected15607 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 30 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=15609, pid=124) originalId => protected15609 (integer) authors => protected'Stapley, J.; Feulner, P. G. D.; Johnston, S. E
.; Santure, A. W.; Smadja, C. M.' (128 chars) title => protected'Recombination: the good, the bad and the variable' (49 chars) journal => protected'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences' (70 chars) year => protected2017 (integer) volume => protected372 (integer) issue => protected'1736' (4 chars) startpage => protected'20170279 (5 pp.)' (16 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'crossing over; meiosis; genetic linkage; evolution; adaptation; genomics' (72 chars) description => protected'Recombination, the process by which DNA strands are broken and repaired, pro
ducing new combinations of alleles, occurs in nearly all multicellular organ
isms and has important implications for many evolutionary processes. The eff
ects of recombination can be <i>good</i>, as it can facilitate adaptation, b
ut also <i>bad</i> when it breaks apart beneficial combinations of alleles,
and recombination is highly <i>variable</i> between taxa, species, individua
ls and across the genome. Understanding how and why recombination rate varie
s is a major challenge in biology. Most theoretical and empirical work has b
een devoted to understanding the role of recombination in the evolution of s
ex—comparing between sexual and asexual species or populations. How recomb
ination rate evolves and what impact this has on evolutionary processes with
in sexually reproducing organisms has received much less attention. This The
me Issue focusses on how and why recombination rate varies in sexual species
, and aims to coalesce knowledge of the molecular mechanisms governing recom
bination with our understanding of the evolutionary processes driving variat
ion in recombination within and between species. By integrating these fields
, we can identify important knowledge gaps and areas for future research, an
d pave the way for a more comprehensive understanding of how and why recombi
nation rate varies.' (1387 chars) serialnumber => protected'0962-8436' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1098/rstb.2017.0279' (22 chars) uid => protected15609 (integer) _localizedUid => protected15609 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected15609 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 31 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=14151, pid=124) originalId => protected14151 (integer) authors => protected'Sullam, K. E.; Matthews, B.; Aebischer, T.; Seehausen,&n
bsp;O.; Bürgmann, H.' (102 chars) title => protected'The effect of top-predator presence and phenotype on aquatic microbial commu
nities' (82 chars) journal => protected'Ecology and Evolution' (21 chars) year => protected2017 (integer) volume => protected7 (integer) issue => protected'5' (1 chars) startpage => protected'1572' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'1582' (4 chars) categories => protected'bacterial community composition; ecosystem effects; Gasterosteus aculeatus;
mesocosms; stickleback' (98 chars) description => protected'The presence of predators can impact a variety of organisms within the ecosy
stem, including microorganisms. Because the effects of fish predators and th
eir phenotypic differences on microbial communities have not received much a
ttention, we tested how the presence/absence, genotype, and plasticity of th
e predatory three-spine stickleback (<I>Gasterosteus aculeatus</I>) influenc
e aquatic microbes in outdoor mesocosms. We reared lake and stream stickleba
ck genotypes on contrasting food resources to adulthood, and then added them
to aquatic mesocosm ecosystems to assess their impact on the planktonic bac
terial community. We also investigated whether the effects of fish persisted
following the removal of adults, and the subsequent addition of a homogenou
s juvenile fish population. The presence of adult stickleback increased the
number of bacterial OTUs and altered the size structure of the microbial com
munity, whereas their phenotype affected bacterial community composition. So
me of these effects were detectable after adult fish were removed from the m
esocosms, and after juvenile fish were placed in the tanks, most of these ef
fects disappeared. Our results suggest that fish can have strong short-term
effects on microbial communities that are partially mediated by phenotypic v
ariation of fish.' (1309 chars) serialnumber => protected'2045-7758' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1002/ece3.2784' (17 chars) uid => protected14151 (integer) _localizedUid => protected14151 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected14151 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 32 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=14239, pid=124) originalId => protected14239 (integer) authors => protected'Svensson, O.; Woodhouse, K.; van Oosterhout, C.; Smith,
A.; Turner, G. F.; Seehausen, O.' (123 chars) title => protected'The genetics of mate preferences in hybrids between two young and sympatric
Lake Victoria cichlid species' (105 chars) journal => protected'Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences' (55 chars) year => protected2017 (integer) volume => protected284 (integer) issue => protected'1849' (4 chars) startpage => protected'20162332 (9 pp.)' (16 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'assortative mating; hybridization; Pundamilia nyererei; Pundamilia pundamili
a; sensory drive; speciation-with-gene-flow' (119 chars) description => protected'The genetic architecture of mate preferences is likely to affect significant
evolutionary processes, including speciation and hybridization. Here, we in
vestigate laboratory hybrids between a pair of sympatric Lake Victoria cichl
id fish species that appear to have recently evolved from a hybrid populatio
n between similar predecessor species. The species demonstrate strong assort
ative mating in the laboratory, associated with divergent male breeding colo
ration (red dorsum versus blue). We show in a common garden experiment, usin
g DNA-based paternity testing, that the strong female mate preferences among
males of the two species are fully recovered in a large fraction of their F
2 hybrid generation. Individual hybrid females often demonstrated consistent
preferences in multiple mate choice trials (more than or equal to five) acr
oss a year or more. This result suggests that female mate preference is infl
uenced by relatively few major genes or genomic regions. These preferences w
ere not changed by experience of a successful spawning event with a male of
the non-preferred species in a no-choice single-male trial. We found no evid
ence for imprinting in the F2 hybrids, although the F1 hybrid females may ha
ve been imprinted on their mothers. We discuss this nearly Mendelian inherit
ance of consistent innate mate preferences in the context of speciation theo
ry.' (1371 chars) serialnumber => protected'0962-8452' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1098/rspb.2016.2332' (22 chars) uid => protected14239 (integer) _localizedUid => protected14239 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected14239 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 33 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=14512, pid=124) originalId => protected14512 (integer) authors => protected'Zupo, V.; Alexander, T. J.; Edgar, G. J.' (65 chars) title => protected'Relating trophic resources to community structure: a predictive index of foo
d availability' (90 chars) journal => protected'Royal Society Open Science' (26 chars) year => protected2017 (integer) volume => protected4 (integer) issue => protected'2' (1 chars) startpage => protected'160515 (18 pp.)' (15 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'The abundance and the distribution of trophic resources available for consum
ers influence the productivity and the diversity of natural communities. Nev
ertheless, assessment of the actual abundance of food items available for in
dividual trophic groups has been constrained by differences in methods and m
etrics used by various authors. Here we develop an index of food abundance,
the framework of which can be adapted for different ecosystems. The relative
available food index (RAFI) is computed by considering standard resource co
nditions of a habitat and the influence of various generalized anthropogenic
and natural factors. RAFI was developed using published literature on food
abundance and validated by comparison of predictions versus observed trophic
resources across various marine sites. RAFI tables here proposed can be app
lied to a range of marine ecosystems for predictions of the potential abunda
nce of food available for each trophic group, hence permitting exploration o
f ecological theories by focusing on the deviation from the observed to the
expected.' (1073 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'10.1098/rsos.160515' (19 chars) uid => protected14512 (integer) _localizedUid => protected14512 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected14512 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer)
Barriers to gene flow and ring species formation
Upward adaptive radiation cascades: predator diversification induced by prey diversification
Transgenerational selection driven by divergent ecological impacts of hybridizing lineages
Environmental stability increases relative individual specialisation across populations of an aquatic top predator
Habitat-dependent niche partitioning between colour morphs of the algal-dwelling shrimp Hippolyte obliquimanus
Abundance and local-scale processes contribute to multi-phyla gradients in global marine diversity
A predation cost to bold fish in the wild
Community assembly in Lake Tanganyika cichlid fish: quantifying the contributions of both niche-based and neutral processes
Hybridization can promote adaptive radiation by means of transgressive segregation
Ecomorphological divergence drives differential mercury bioaccumulation in polymorphic European whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus) populations of subarctic lakes
A new species of Pseudocrenilabrus (perciformes: Cichlidae) from lake Mweru in the upper Congo river system
The ecology and evolution of stoichiometric phenotypes
Trophic and stoichiometric consequences of nutrification for the intertidal tropical zoanthid Zoanthus sociatus
Stoichiometric traits of stickleback: effects of genetic background, rearing environment, and ontogeny
Gene flow and metacommunity arrangement affects coevolutionary dynamics at the mutualism–antagonism interface
Effects of interspecific gene flow on the phenotypic variance-covariance matrix in Lake Victoria Cichlids
The legacy of ecosystem effects caused by adaptive radiation
Thermal stress, thermal safety margins and acclimation capacity in tropical shallow waters—an experimental approach testing multiple end-points in two common fish
Results from biomarker analyses suggest that under increased temperature, both species displayed a typical response of physiological stress characterized by the activation of molecular chaperones and antioxidant protection. Both species presented a significant acclimation potential in the long term, as shown by increased critical thermal maxima values at higher temperature. However, these species may already be at risk during summer heat waves, as thermal safety margins for both species were low. Additionally, despite acclimation, some energetic tradeoffs may exist, since specimens from both species showed smaller body sizes at higher temperature (even though maintaining body condition). Finally, temperature treatments had a significant influence not only in the total amount of energy reserves (lipid contents) but also in their rate of deposition or depletion (total proteins and lipid contents). This is the first multi-end-point holistic approach to assess the impact of warming in shallow tropical water fish and it highlights the high risk that intertidal organisms are facing in both present and future sea surface temperature conditions.
Adaptation despite gene flow? Low recombination helps
Ancient hybridization fuels rapid cichlid fish adaptive radiations
Species integrity enhanced by a predation cost to hybrids in the wild
Integrating and extending ecological river assessment: concept and test with two restoration projects
We used multi-attribute value theory to re-formulate an existing river assessment protocol and extend it to a more comprehensive, integrated ecological assessment program. We considered habitat conditions, water quality regarding nutrients, micropollutants and heavy metals, and five instream and terrestrial organism groups (fish, benthic invertebrates, aquatic vegetation, ground beetles and riparian vegetation). The physical, chemical and biological states of the rivers were assessed separately and combined to value the overall ecological state.
The assessment procedure was then applied to restored and unrestored sites at two Swiss rivers to test its feasibility in quantifying the effect of river restoration. Uncertainty in observations was taken into account and propagated through the assessment framework to evaluate the significance of differences between the ecological states of restored and unrestored reaches. In the restored sites, we measured a higher width variability of the river, as well as a higher width of the riparian zone and a higher richness of organism groups. According to the ecological assessment, the river morphology and the biological states were significantly better at the restored sites, with the largest differences detected for ground beetles and fish communities, followed by benthic invertebrates and riparian vegetation. The state of the aquatic vegetation was slightly lower at the restored sites. According to our assessment, the presence of invasive plant species counteracted the potential ecological gain. Water quality could be a causal factor contributing to the absence of larger improvements.
Overall, we found significantly better biological and physical states, and integrated ecological states at the restored sites. Even in the absence of comprehensive before-after data, based on the similarity of the reaches before restoration and mechanistic biological knowledge, this can be safely interpreted as a causal consequence of restoration. An integrative perspective across aquatic and riparian organism groups was important to assess the biological effects, because organism groups responded differently to restoration. In addition, the potential deteriorating effect of water quality demonstrates the importance of integrated planning for the reduction of morphological, water quality and hydrological degradation.
The genetic and molecular architecture of phenotypic diversity in sticklebacks
Comparing species interaction networks along environmental gradients
What genomic data can reveal about eco-evolutionary dynamics
Eutrophication and climate warming alter spatial (depth) co-occurrence patterns of lake phytoplankton assemblages
Critical reflections from fostering adaptive community-based, co-management in Solomon Islands’ small-scale fisheries
Allopatric speciation in the desert: diversification of cichlids at their geographical and ecological range limit in Iran
Variation in recombination frequency and distribution across eukaryotes: patterns and processes
This article is part of the themed issue 'Evolutionary causes and consequences of recombination rate variation in sexual organisms'.
Recombination: the good, the bad and the variable
The effect of top-predator presence and phenotype on aquatic microbial communities
The genetics of mate preferences in hybrids between two young and sympatric Lake Victoria cichlid species
Relating trophic resources to community structure: a predictive index of food availability
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ce, taxonomic composition and spatial distribution of primary producers with
in an aquatic ecosystem. The changes in composition and location of resource
s alter the distribution and flow of energy and biomass throughout the foodw
eb. Changes in productivity also alter the physico-chemical environment, whi
ch has further effects on the biota. Such ecological changes influence the d
irection and strength of natural and sexual selection experienced by populat
ions. Besides altering selection, they can also erode the habitat gradients
and/or behavioural mechanisms that maintain ecological separation and reprod
uctive isolation among species. Consequently, eutrophication of lakes common
ly results in reduced ecological specialization as well as genetic and pheno
typic homogenization among lakes and among niches within lakes. We argue tha
t the associated loss in functional diversity and niche differentiation may
lead to decreased carrying capacity and lower resource-use efficiency by con
sumers. We show that in central European whitefish species radiations, the f
unctional diversity affected by eutrophication-induced speciation reversal c
orrelates with community-wide trophic transfer efficiency (fisheries yield p
er unit phosphorus). We take this as an example of how evolutionary dynamics
driven by anthropogenic environmental change can have lasting effects on bi
odiversity and ecosystem functioning.<BR/>This article is part of the themed
issue ‘Human influences on evolution, and the ecological and societal con
sequences’.' (1609 chars) serialnumber => protected'0962-8436' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1098/rstb.2016.0041' (22 chars) uid => protected14121 (integer) _localizedUid => protected14121 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected14121 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 1 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=14311, pid=124) originalId => protected14311 (integer) authors => protected'Anaya-Rojas, J. M.; Brunner, F. S.; Sommer, N.; See
hausen, O.; Eizaguirre, C.; Matthews, B.' (131 chars) title => protected'The association of feeding behaviour with the resistance and tolerance to pa
rasites in recently diverged sticklebacks' (117 chars) journal => protected'Journal of Evolutionary Biology' (31 chars) year => protected2016 (integer) volume => protected29 (integer) issue => protected'11' (2 chars) startpage => protected'2157' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'2167' (4 chars) categories => protected'adaptive divergence; aquatic ecosystems; diet; parasites; environmental chan
ge; eutrophication; metabolic condition; three-spined stickleback; trade-off
s; ' (155 chars) description => protected'Divergent natural selection regimes can contribute to adaptive population di
vergence, but can be sensitive to human-mediated environmental change. Nutri
ent loading of aquatic ecosystems, for example, might modify selection press
ures by altering the abundance and distribution of resources and the prevale
nce and infectivity of parasites. Here, we used a mesocosm experiment to tes
t for interactive effects of nutrient loading and parasitism on host conditi
on and feeding ecology. Specifically, we investigated whether the common fis
h parasite <I>Gyrodactylus</I> sp. differentially affected recently diverged
lake and stream ecotypes of three-spined stickleback (<I>Gasterosteus acule
atus</I>). We found that the stream ecotype had a higher resistance to <I>Gy
rodactylus</I> sp. infections than the lake ecotype, and that both ecotypes
experienced a cost of parasitism, indicated by negative relationships betwee
n parasite load and both stomach fullness and body condition. Overall, our r
esults suggest that in the early stages of adaptive population divergence of
hosts, parasites can affect host resistance, body condition and diet.' (1134 chars) serialnumber => protected'1010-061X' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/jeb.12934' (17 chars) uid => protected14311 (integer) _localizedUid => protected14311 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected14311 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 2 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=10665, pid=124) originalId => protected10665 (integer) authors => protected'Brose, U.; Blanchard, J. L.; Eklöf, A.; Galiana, N
.; Hartvig, M.; Hirt, M. R.; Kalinkat, G.; Nordström,&n
bsp;M. C.; O’Gorman, E. J.; Rall, B. C.; Schneide
r, F. D.; Thébault, E.; Jacob, U.' (282 chars) title => protected'Predicting the consequences of species loss using size-structured biodiversi
ty approaches' (89 chars) journal => protected'Biological Reviews' (18 chars) year => protected2016 (integer) volume => protected92 (integer) issue => protected'2' (1 chars) startpage => protected'684' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'697' (3 chars) categories => protected'biodiversity; extinctions; complexity; food webs; stability; ecosystem funct
ioning; global change; allometric scaling; size spectrum' (132 chars) description => protected'Understanding the consequences of species loss in complex ecological communi
ties is one of the great challenges in current biodiversity research. For a
long time, this topic has been addressed by traditional biodiversity experim
ents. Most of these approaches treat species as trait-free, taxonomic units
characterizing communities only by species number without accounting for spe
cies traits. However, extinctions do not occur at random as there is a clear
correlation between extinction risk and species traits. In this review, we
assume that large species will be most threatened by extinction and use nove
l allometric and size-spectrum concepts that include body mass as a primary
species trait at the levels of populations and individuals, respectively, to
re-assess three classic debates on the relationships between biodiversity a
nd (<em>i</em>) food-web structural complexity, (<em>ii</em>) community dyna
mic stability, and (<em>iii</em>) ecosystem functioning. Contrasting current
expectations, size-structured approaches suggest that the loss of large spe
cies, that typically exploit most resource species, may lead to future food
webs that are less interwoven and more structured by chains of interactions
and compartments. The disruption of natural body-mass distributions maintain
ing food-web stability may trigger avalanches of secondary extinctions and s
trong trophic cascades with expected knock-on effects on the functionality o
f the ecosystems. Therefore, we argue that it is crucial to take into accoun
t body size as a species trait when analysing the consequences of biodiversi
ty loss for natural ecosystems. Applying size-structured approaches provides
an integrative ecological concept that enables a better understanding of ea
ch species' unique role across communities and the causes and consequences o
f biodiversity loss.' (1844 chars) serialnumber => protected'1464-7931' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/brv.12250' (17 chars) uid => protected10665 (integer) _localizedUid => protected10665 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected10665 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 3 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=10678, pid=124) originalId => protected10678 (integer) authors => protected'Deininger, A.; Faithfull, C. L.; Lange, K.; Bayer,
T.; Vidussi, F.; Liess, A.' (112 chars) title => protected'Simulated terrestrial runoff triggered a phytoplankton succession and change
d seston stoichiometry in coastal lagoon mesocosms' (126 chars) journal => protected'Marine Environmental Research' (29 chars) year => protected2016 (integer) volume => protected119 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'40' (2 chars) otherpage => protected'50' (2 chars) categories => protected'community composition; climate change; diatoms; Mediterranean; mesocosm; phy
toplankton; soil; stoichiometry; Thau Lagoon' (120 chars) description => protected'Climate change scenarios predict intensified terrestrial storm runoff, provi
ding coastal ecosystems with large nutrient pulses and increased turbidity,
with unknown consequences for the phytoplankton community. We conducted a 12
-day mesocosm experiment in the Mediterranean Thau Lagoon (France), adding s
oil (simulated runoff) and fish (different food webs) in a 2 × 2 full fac
torial design and monitored phytoplankton composition, shade adaptation and
stoichiometry. Diatoms (<em>Chaetoceros</em>) increased four-fold immediatel
y after soil addition, prymnesiophytes and dinoflagellates peaked after six-
and 12 days, respectively. Soil induced no phytoplankton shade adaptation.
Fish reduced the positive soil effect on dinoflagellates (<em>Scripsiella</e
m>, <em>Glenodinium</em>), and diatom abundance in general. Phytoplankton co
mmunity composition drove seston stoichiometry. In conclusion, pulsed terres
trial runoff can cause rapid, low quality (high carbon: nutrient) diatom blo
oms. However, bloom duration may be short and reduced in magnitude by fish.
Thus, climate change may shift shallow coastal ecosystems towards famine or
feast dynamics.' (1155 chars) serialnumber => protected'0141-1136' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1016/j.marenvres.2016.05.001' (31 chars) uid => protected10678 (integer) _localizedUid => protected10678 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected10678 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 4 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=10495, pid=124) originalId => protected10495 (integer) authors => protected'De Laender, F.; Rohr, J. R.; Ashauer, R.; Baird, D.
J.; Berger, U.; Eisenhauer, N.; Grimm, V.; Hommen, 
;U.; Maltby, L.; Meliàn, C. J.; Pomati, F.; Roessink,&n
bsp;I.; Radchuk, V.; Van den Brink, P. J.' (284 chars) title => protected'Reintroducing environmental change drivers in biodiversity–ecosystem funct
ioning research' (91 chars) journal => protected'Trends in Ecology and Evolution' (31 chars) year => protected2016 (integer) volume => protected31 (integer) issue => protected'12' (2 chars) startpage => protected'905' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'915' (3 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'For the past 20 years, research on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning (B
-EF) has only implicitly considered the underlying role of environmental cha
nge. We illustrate that explicitly reintroducing environmental change driver
s in B-EF research is needed to predict the functioning of ecosystems facing
changes in biodiversity. Next we show how this reintroduction improves expe
rimental control over community composition and structure, which helps to pr
ovide mechanistic insight on how multiple aspects of biodiversity relate to
function and how biodiversity and function relate in food webs. We also high
light challenges for the proposed reintroduction and suggest analyses and ex
periments to better understand how random biodiversity changes, as studied b
y classic approaches in B-EF research, contribute to the shifts in function
that follow environmental change.' (869 chars) serialnumber => protected'0169-5347' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1016/j.tree.2016.09.007' (26 chars) uid => protected10495 (integer) _localizedUid => protected10495 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected10495 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 5 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=13982, pid=124) originalId => protected13982 (integer) authors => protected'Dijkstra, P. D.; Pierotti, M. E. R.; Seehausen,&nbs
p;O.; Metcalfe, N. B.' (107 chars) title => protected'Metabolism, oxidative stress and territorial behaviour in a female colour po
lymorphic cichlid fish' (98 chars) journal => protected'Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology' (35 chars) year => protected2016 (integer) volume => protected70 (integer) issue => protected'1' (1 chars) startpage => protected'99' (2 chars) otherpage => protected'109' (3 chars) categories => protected'metabolic costs; oxidative stress; female-female competition; sexual selecti
on; cichlid fish; Lake Victoria' (107 chars) description => protected'Intrasexual selection on body coloration is thought to play an important rol
e in the evolution of colour polymorphism, but its physiological underpinnin
gs have received limited attention. In the colour polymorphic cichlid <I>Neo
chromis omnicaeruleus</I>, three fully sympatric female colour morphs—a pl
ain morph (P) and two conspicuously coloured blotched morphs, black-and-whit
e blotched (WB) and orange blotched (OB)—differ in agonistic behaviour. We
compared routine metabolic rate (when females were housed in social isolati
on), short-term energetic costs of interacting with a same-colour rival hous
ed in an adjacent transparent chamber and oxidative stress between the three
female colour morphs. WB females had a lower routine metabolic rate compare
d with the other colour morphs. WB females also had a lower active metabolic
rate during inter-female interactions than OB females, while OB females use
d more oxygen per unit aggressive act than the other two colour morphs. Howe
ver, there were no consistent differences in oxidative stress between the th
ree morphs. Concerted divergence in colour, behaviour and metabolism might c
ontribute to the evolution of these polymorphisms in sympatry.' (1202 chars) serialnumber => protected'0340-5443' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1007/s00265-015-2028-4' (25 chars) uid => protected13982 (integer) _localizedUid => protected13982 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected13982 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 6 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=14123, pid=124) originalId => protected14123 (integer) authors => protected'Esmaeili, H. R.; Sayyadzadeh, G.; Seehausen, O.' (67 chars) title => protected'<I>Iranocichla persa</I>, a new cichlid species from southern Iran (Teleoste
i, Cichlidae)' (89 chars) journal => protected'ZooKeys' (7 chars) year => protected2016 (integer) volume => protected636 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'141' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'161' (3 chars) categories => protected'barcode region; inland fish; Middle East; Persian Gulf' (54 chars) description => protected'<I>Iranocichla persa</I> sp. n. is described from the Shur, Hasanlangi and M
inab River drainages flowing into the Persian Gulf at the Strait of Hormuz i
n southern Iran. It is distinguished from <I>I. hormuzensis</I>, from the Me
hran River drainage, by nuptial males having a bright orange breast and lowe
r part of the head (vs. black), a poorly developed or invisible (vs. distinc
tive) “<I>Tilapia</I>-mark” in the dorsal fin and very clear white spots
making almost wavy bars or stripes on the caudal fin (vs. without or with v
ery few white spots). Mitochondrial DNA sequence characters suggest that bot
h <I>Iranocichla</I> species are closely related but form two distinct clade
s, diagnosable by several fixed mutations in ND2, D-loop and partially by CO
I sequences. Populations from Kol River drainage, which is situated in-betwe
en the Mehran and the Shur River drainages, are more similar to <I>I. hormuz
ensis</I> in terms of their male nuptial coloration but to <I>I. persa</I> s
p. n. in their mitochondrial sequence characters. Their status requires furt
her investigation.' (1082 chars) serialnumber => protected'1313-2989' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.3897/zookeys.636.10571' (25 chars) uid => protected14123 (integer) _localizedUid => protected14123 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected14123 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 7 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=10459, pid=124) originalId => protected10459 (integer) authors => protected'Feller, A. F.; Seehausen, O.; Lucek, K.; Marques, D
. A.' (85 chars) title => protected'Habitat choice and female preference in a polymorphic stickleback population' (76 chars) journal => protected'Evolutionary Ecology Research' (29 chars) year => protected2016 (integer) volume => protected17 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'419' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'435' (3 chars) categories => protected'behavioural mate choice; colour polymorphism; Gasterosteus aculeatus; sympat
ric divergence; threespine stickleback' (114 chars) description => protected'Background: A small pond near Bern, Switzerland that is about 90 years old c
ontains a population of threespine stickleback (<em>Gasterosteus aculeatus</
em>) with two distinct male phenotypes. Males of one type are large and red,
and nest in the shallow littoral zone. Males of the other type are small an
d orange, and nest offshore at slightly greater depth. The females in this p
opulation are phenotypically highly variable but cannot easily be assigned t
o either male type.<br />Question: Is the existence of two sympatric male mo
rphs maintained by substrate-associated male nest-site choice and facilitate
d by female mate preferences?<br />Organisms: Male stickleback caught indivi
dually at their breeding sites. Female stickleback caught with minnow traps.
<br />Methods: In experimental tanks, we simulated the slope and substrate o
f the two nesting habitats. Males were placed individually in a tank and we
observed in which habitat they chose to build their nest. In a simultaneous
two-stimulus choice design, we gave females the choice between a large, red
male and a small, orange one. We measured female morphology and used linear
mixed-effect models to determine whether female preference correlated with f
emale morphology.<br />Results: Both red and orange males preferred nesting
in the habitat that simulated the slightly deeper offshore condition. This i
s the habitat occupied by the small, orange males in the pond. Females showe
d a broad and bimodal preference distribution, with one group of females cho
osing the small, orange male and the other females showing a weak tendency t
o prefer the large, red male. Several aspects of female phenotype correlated
with the male type that a female preferred.' (1716 chars) serialnumber => protected'1522-0613' (9 chars) doi => protected'' (0 chars) uid => protected10459 (integer) _localizedUid => protected10459 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected10459 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 8 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=11675, pid=124) originalId => protected11675 (integer) authors => protected'Hines, J.; van der Putten, W. H.; De Deyn, G. B.; W
agg, C.; Voigt, W.; Mulder, C.; Weisser, W. W.; Eng
el, J.; Melian, C.; Scheu, S.; Birkhofer, K.; Ebeling,&n
bsp;A.; Scherber, C.; Eisenhauer, N.' (274 chars) title => protected'Towards an integration of biodiversity–ecosystem functioning and food web
theory to evaluate relationships between multiple ecosystem services' (144 chars) journal => protected'In: Woodwar, G.; Bohan, D. A. (Eds.), Ecosystem Services Fro
m Biodiversity to Society, Part 1' (109 chars) year => protected2015 (integer) volume => protected0 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'161' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'199' (3 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Ecosystem responses to changes in species diversity are often studied indivi
dually. However, changes in species diversity can simultaneously influence m
ultiple interdependent ecosystem functions. Therefore, an important challeng
e is to determine when and how changes in species diversity that influence o
ne function will also drive changes in other functions. By providing the und
erlying structure of species interactions, ecological networks can quantify
connections between biodiversity and multiple ecosystem functions. Here, we
review parallels in the conceptual development of biodiversity–ecosystem f
unctioning (BEF) and food web theory (FWT) research. Subsequently, we evalua
te three common principles that unite these two research areas by explaining
the patterns, concentrations, and direction of the flux of nutrients and en
ergy through the species in diverse interaction webs. We give examples of co
mbined BEF–FWT approaches that can be used to identify vulnerable species
and habitats and to evaluate links that drive trade-offs between multiple ec
osystems functions. These combined approaches reflect promising trends towar
ds better management of biodiversity in landscapes that provide essential ec
osystem services supporting human well-being.' (1261 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'10.1016/bs.aecr.2015.09.001' (27 chars) uid => protected11675 (integer) _localizedUid => protected11675 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected11675 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 9 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=10420, pid=124) originalId => protected10420 (integer) authors => protected'Huang, Y.; Chain, F. J. J.; Panchal, M.; Eizaguirre
, C.; Kalbe, M.; Lenz, T. L.; Samonte, I. E.;
Stoll, M.; Bornberg-Bauer, E.; Reusch, T. B. H.; Mi
linski, M.; Feulner, P. G. D.' (277 chars) title => protected'Transcriptome profiling of immune tissues reveals habitat-specific gene expr
ession between lake and river sticklebacks' (118 chars) journal => protected'Molecular Ecology' (17 chars) year => protected2016 (integer) volume => protected25 (integer) issue => protected'4' (1 chars) startpage => protected'943' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'958' (3 chars) categories => protected'habitat-specific gene expression; immune genes; parasites; RNA-Seq; three-sp
ined strickleback; transcriptomics' (110 chars) description => protected'The observation of habitat-specific phenotypes suggests the action of natura
l selection. The three-spined stickleback (<I>Gasterosteus aculeatus</I>) ha
s repeatedly colonized and adapted to diverse freshwater habitats across the
northern hemisphere since the last glaciation, while giving rise to recurri
ng phenotypes associated with specific habitats. Parapatric lake and river p
opulations of sticklebacks harbour distinct parasite communities, a factor p
roposed to contribute to adaptive differentiation between these ecotypes. Ho
wever, little is known about the transcriptional response to the distinct pa
rasite pressure of those fish in a natural setting. Here, we sampled wild-ca
ught sticklebacks across four geographical locations from lake and river hab
itats differing in their parasite load. We compared gene expression profiles
between lake and river populations using 77 whole-transcriptome libraries f
rom two immune-relevant tissues, the head kidney and the spleen. Differentia
l expression analyses revealed 139 genes with habitat-specific expression pa
tterns across the sampled population pairs. Among the 139 differentially exp
ressed genes, eight are annotated with an immune function and 42 have been i
dentified as differentially expressed in previous experimental studies in wh
ich fish have been immune challenged. Together, these findings reinforce the
hypothesis that parasites contribute to adaptation of sticklebacks in lake
and river habitats.' (1463 chars) serialnumber => protected'0962-1083' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/mec.13520' (17 chars) uid => protected10420 (integer) _localizedUid => protected10420 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected10420 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 10 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=14120, pid=124) originalId => protected14120 (integer) authors => protected'Hudson, A. G.; Lundsgaard-Hansen, B.; Lucek, K.; Vonlant
hen, P.; Seehausen, O.' (108 chars) title => protected'Managing cryptic biodiversity: fine-scale intralacustrine speciation along a
benthic gradient in Alpine whitefish (<I>Coregonus</I> spp.)' (137 chars) journal => protected'Evolutionary Applications' (25 chars) year => protected2017 (integer) volume => protected10 (integer) issue => protected'3' (1 chars) startpage => protected'251' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'266' (3 chars) categories => protected'adaptive radiation; biodiversity assessment; clinal speciation; Coregonus; e
nvironmental gradients; fisheries management; speciation-with-gene-flow; sto
cking' (157 chars) description => protected'Whitefish (<I>Coregonus spp</I>.) are an important catch for many freshwater
fisheries, particularly in Switzerland. In support of this, supplemental st
ocking of whitefish species is carried out, despite lacking complete knowled
ge of the extent, distribution and origin of whitefish diversity in these la
kes, potentially threatening local endemics via artificial gene flow. Here,
we investigate phenotypic and genetic differentiation among coexisting white
fish species spawning along a depth gradient in a subalpine Swiss lake to be
tter delineate intralacustrine whitefish biodiversity. We find depth-related
clines in adaptive morphology and in neutral genetic markers. This individu
al variation is structured in three distinct clusters with spatial overlap.
Individual genetic distances correlate strongly with differences in growth r
ate and gill-raker number, consistent with predictions of isolation-by-adapt
ation and ecological speciation. Genetic differentiation between species sug
gests reproductive isolation, despite demographic admixture on spawning grou
nds. Our results are consistent with clinal speciation resulting in three sp
ecies coexisting in close ecological parapatry, one (<I>C</I>. sp. “benthi
c intermediate”) being previously unknown. A second unknown species spawni
ng in close proximity, was found to be of potential allochthonous origin. Th
is study highlights the importance of taxonomically unbiased sampling strate
gies to both understand evolutionary mechanisms structuring biodiversity and
to better inform conservation and fisheries management.' (1576 chars) serialnumber => protected'1752-4571' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/eva.12446' (17 chars) uid => protected14120 (integer) _localizedUid => protected14120 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected14120 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 11 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=13971, pid=124) originalId => protected13971 (integer) authors => protected'Hofmann, H.; Blasco-Costa, I.; Knudsen, R.; Matthaei, C.
D.; Valois, A.; Lange, K.' (117 chars) title => protected'Parasite prevalence in an intermediate snail host is subject to multiple ant
hropogenic stressors in a New Zealand river system' (126 chars) journal => protected'Ecological Indicators' (21 chars) year => protected2016 (integer) volume => protected60 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'845' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'852' (3 chars) categories => protected'multiple stressors; antagonism; farming intensity; water abstraction; Microp
hallus sp. ‘lively’; Potamopyrgus antipodarum' (125 chars) description => protected'Most ecosystems are exposed to multiple stressors acting in concert and thei
r combined effects on parasite prevalence in freshwater, marine and terrestr
ial habitats are largely unknown. We investigated the relationships between
farming intensity, water abstraction intensity and parasite prevalence in th
e mud snail <I>Potamopyrgus antipodarum</I> from 20 stream sites within the
Manuherikia River catchment (New Zealand) by using generalized linear models
and an information-theoretic model-selection approach. Three trematode taxa
that use water birds as definitive hosts were found in the snail host. The
average prevalence of all parasites infecting <I>Potamopyrgus</I> in the cat
chment was 5%. <I>Microphallus</I> sp. “lively”, the most common parasit
e, was most prevalent at high farming intensity and low water abstraction, b
esides showing an antagonistic interaction between the two agricultural stre
ssors. These findings highlight the importance of considering multiple stres
sors and their potential interactions when studying host–parasite systems.
Because snails often play key roles in aquatic communities, providing an im
portant link between primary producers and higher trophic levels, and are a
common intermediate host to a high diversity of trematode parasites, this ho
st–parasite model system may represent a promising bioassessment tool for
detecting anthropogenic disturbances in freshwater systems.' (1427 chars) serialnumber => protected'1470-160X' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.08.022' (29 chars) uid => protected13971 (integer) _localizedUid => protected13971 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected13971 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 12 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=10687, pid=124) originalId => protected10687 (integer) authors => protected'Kalinkat, G.; Cabral, J. S.; Darwall, W.; Ficetola, 
;G. F.; Fisher, J. L.; Giling, D. P.; Gosselin,&nbs
p;M.-P.; Grossart, H.-P.; Jähnig, S. C.; Jeschke, J.&nb
sp;M.; Knopf, K.; Larsen, S.; Onandia, G.; Pätzig, M.;
Saul, W.-C.; Singer, G.; Sperfeld, E.; Jarić, I.' (373 chars) title => protected'Flagship umbrella species needed for the conservation of overlooked aquatic
biodiversity' (88 chars) journal => protected'Conservation Biology' (20 chars) year => protected2016 (integer) volume => protected0 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'1' (1 chars) otherpage => protected'5' (1 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'' (0 chars) serialnumber => protected'0888-8892' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/cobi.12813' (18 chars) uid => protected10687 (integer) _localizedUid => protected10687 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected10687 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 13 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=10487, pid=124) originalId => protected10487 (integer) authors => protected'Kishe-Machumu, M. A.; van Rijssel, J. C.; Poste, A.
; Hecky, R. E.; Witte, F.' (116 chars) title => protected'Stable isotope evidence from formalin–ethanol-preserved specimens indicate
s dietary shifts and increasing diet overlap in Lake Victoria cichlids' (146 chars) journal => protected'Hydrobiologia' (13 chars) year => protected2017 (integer) volume => protected791 (integer) issue => protected'1' (1 chars) startpage => protected'155' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'173' (3 chars) categories => protected'detritivores; environmental changes; phytoplanktivores; stenotopic; trophic
guild; zooplanktivores' (98 chars) description => protected'Stable isotopes are increasingly being used to infer past and present trophi
c interactions in light of environmental changes. The Lake Victoria haplochr
omine cichlids have experienced severe environmental changes in the past dec
ades that, amongst others, resulted in a dietary shift towards larger prey.
We investigated how the changed environment and diet of the haplochromines i
nfluenced stable isotope values of formalin-then-ethanol-preserved cichlid s
pecimens, and then investigated how these values differed among species befo
re (1977–1982) and after substantial environmental changes (2005–2007).
We found a small preservation effect on both δ<sup>13</sup>C and δ<sup>15<
/sup>N values, and significant differences in isotope values among haplochro
mine species collected before the environmental changes. In contrast, there
was a remarkable similarity in δ<sup>13</sup>C and δ<sup>15</sup>N values
among species collected from the contemporary ecosystem and two out three sp
ecies showed significantly different stable isotope values compared to speci
es of the historic ecosystem. In addition, we found a putative isotopic grad
ient effect along our 5-km-long research transect indicating that the studie
d demersal species are more stenotopic than previously thought. The environm
ental changes have resulted in dietary change and overlap of the haplochromi
nes which provides insight into the trophic plasticity of these species, whi
ch are often considered trophic specialists.' (1488 chars) serialnumber => protected'0018-8158' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1007/s10750-016-2925-1' (25 chars) uid => protected10487 (integer) _localizedUid => protected10487 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected10487 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 14 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=10497, pid=124) originalId => protected10497 (integer) authors => protected'Lamanna, F.; Kirschbaum, F.; Ernst, A. R. R.; Feuln
er, P. G. D.; Mamonekene, V.; Paul, C.; Tiedemann,&
nbsp;R.' (159 chars) title => protected'Species delimitation and phylogenetic relationships in a genus of African we
akly-electric fishes (Osteoglossiformes, Mormyridae, <I>Campylomormyrus</I>)' (152 chars) journal => protected'Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution' (37 chars) year => protected2016 (integer) volume => protected101 (integer) issue => protected'August' (6 chars) startpage => protected'8' (1 chars) otherpage => protected'18' (2 chars) categories => protected'Mormyridae; multispecies-coalescent; Campylomormyrus; geometric morphometric
s; microsatellites; species-delimitation' (116 chars) description => protected'African weakly-electric fishes (Mormyridae) are able to communicate through
species-specific electric signals; this feature might have favoured the evol
utionary radiation observed in this family (over 200 species) by acting as a
n effective pre-zygotic isolation mechanism.<BR/> In the present study we us
ed mitochondrial (<I>cytb</I>) and nuclear (<I>rps7</I>, <I>scn4aa</I>) mark
ers in order to reconstruct a species-phylogeny and identify species boundar
ies for the genus <I>Campylomormyrus</I>, by applying inference methods base
d on the multispecies coalescent model. Additionally, we employed 16 microsa
tellite markers, landmark-based morphometric measurements, and electro-physi
ological analyses as independent lines of evidence to the results obtained f
rom the sequence data.<BR/> The results show that groups that are morphologi
cally different are also significantly divergent at the genetic level, where
as morphologically similar groups, displaying dissimilar electric signals, d
o not show enough genetic diversity to be considered separate species. Furth
ermore, the data confirm the presence of a yet undescribed species within th
e genus <I>Campylomormyrus</I>.' (1171 chars) serialnumber => protected'1055-7903' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1016/j.ympev.2016.04.035' (27 chars) uid => protected10497 (integer) _localizedUid => protected10497 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected10497 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 15 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=10628, pid=124) originalId => protected10628 (integer) authors => protected'Leal, M. C.; Cruz, I. C. S.; Mendes, C. R
.; Calado, R.; Kikuchi, R. K. P.; Rosa, R.; Soares,
A. M. V. M.; Serôdio, J.; Rocha, R. J.&
nbsp;M.' (235 chars) title => protected'Photobiology of the zoanthid <em>Zoanthus sociatus</em> in intertidal and su
btidal habitats' (91 chars) journal => protected'Marine and Freshwater Research' (30 chars) year => protected2016 (integer) volume => protected67 (integer) issue => protected'12' (2 chars) startpage => protected'1991' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'1997' (4 chars) categories => protected'aerial exposure; chlorophyll fluorescence; photosynthetic pigments; Symbiodi
nium; tidal pool' (92 chars) description => protected'Intertidal environments are boundaries between marine and terrestrial ecosys
tems that are subject to rapid fluctuations across tidal cycles. This study
investigates, for the first time, the photobiology of symbiotic zoanthids in
habiting different tidal environments: subtidal, intertidal pools and intert
idal areas exposed to air during low tide. More specifically, we assessed th
e photochemical efficiency, <em>Symbiodinium</em> density and photosynthetic
pigments profile of <em>Zoanthus sociatus</em> during low tide. Photochemic
al efficiency was lower and cell density higher in air exposed zoanthids. Th
e profile of photosynthetic pigments also varied significantly among tidal h
abitats, particularly photoprotective pigments such as dinoxanthin and diadi
noxanthin. Differences were also observed for the pigment content per cell,
but the proportion of particular pigments (peridinin/chlorophyll-<em>a</em>
and diatoxanthin+diadinoxanthin/chlorophyll-<em>a</em>) remained stable. Res
ults suggest that aerial exposure conditions induce reversible downregulatio
n of photochemical processes but no photophysiological impairment or bleachi
ng. These findings provide a baseline for future studies addressing the prev
alence of these overlooked cnidarians in environmentally dynamic reef flats.' (1292 chars) serialnumber => protected'1323-1650' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1071/MF15300' (15 chars) uid => protected10628 (integer) _localizedUid => protected10628 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected10628 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 16 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=10525, pid=124) originalId => protected10525 (integer) authors => protected'Leal, M. C.; Ferrier-Pagès, C.' (46 chars) title => protected'Molecular trophic markers in marine food webs and their potential use for co
ral ecology' (87 chars) journal => protected'Marine Genomics' (15 chars) year => protected2016 (integer) volume => protected29 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'1' (1 chars) otherpage => protected'7' (1 chars) categories => protected'food webs; PCR; barcoding; trophic ecology; corals' (50 chars) description => protected'Notable advances in ecological genomics have been driven by high-throughput
sequencing technology and taxonomically broad sequence repositories that all
ow us to accurately assess species interactions with great taxonomic resolut
ion. The use of DNA as a marker for ingested food is particularly relevant t
o address predator–prey interactions and disentangle complex marine food w
ebs. DNA-based methods benefit from reductionist molecular approaches to add
ress ecosystem scale processes, such as community structure and energy flow
across trophic levels, among others. Here we review how molecular trophic ma
rkers have been used to better understand trophic interactions in the marine
environment and their advantages and limitations. We focus on animal groups
where research has been focused, such as marine mammals, seabirds, fishes,
pelagic invertebrates and benthic invertebrates, and use case studies to ill
ustrate how DNA-based methods unraveled food-web interactions. The potential
of molecular trophic markers for disentangling the complex trophic ecology
of corals is also discussed.' (1092 chars) serialnumber => protected'1874-7787' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1016/j.margen.2016.02.003' (28 chars) uid => protected10525 (integer) _localizedUid => protected10525 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected10525 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 17 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=10399, pid=124) originalId => protected10399 (integer) authors => protected'Leal, M. C.; Hilário, A.; Munro, M. H. G.; Br
unt, J. W.; Calado, R.' (113 chars) title => protected'Natural products discovery needs improved taxonomic and geographic informati
on' (78 chars) journal => protected'Natural Product Reports' (23 chars) year => protected2016 (integer) volume => protected33 (integer) issue => protected'6' (1 chars) startpage => protected'747' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'750' (3 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Marine and terrestrial organisms yield a remarkable chemical diversity and a
re important sources for discovery of new chemical products. In order to max
imize the bioprospecting efficiency of natural products (NP), taxonomy, geog
raphy and biodiversity are starting to be used to draw conclusions on which
taxonomic groups and/or regions may be of interest for future research. Howe
ver, accurate taxonomic information and sampling location of source organism
s have often been overlooked. Although these issues were already reported a
few decades ago and improvements have been made, such outstanding problems a
re still recurrent in recent peer-reviewed literature. Here, we focus on the
importance of taxonomic and geographic identification of source material an
d illustrate how taxonomic and geographic data of source organisms continues
to be poorly handled. It is our opinion that this issue needs to be discuss
ed within the NP community with the ultimate goal of improving publication s
tandards and guaranteeing the scientific principle of research reproducibili
ty. Moreover, by doing so, it will be possible to take advantage of informat
ion available in the literature to develop cross-disciplinary meta-analyses
that may help to advance the state of the art of NP research and future biop
rospecting endeavours.' (1314 chars) serialnumber => protected'0265-0568' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1039/c5np00130g' (18 chars) uid => protected10399 (integer) _localizedUid => protected10399 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected10399 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 18 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=10651, pid=124) originalId => protected10651 (integer) authors => protected'Leal, M. C.; Rocha, R. J. M.; Rosa, R.; Calado
, R.' (85 chars) title => protected'Aquaculture of marine non-food organisms: what, why and how?' (60 chars) journal => protected'Reviews in Aquaculture' (22 chars) year => protected2018 (integer) volume => protected10 (integer) issue => protected'2' (1 chars) startpage => protected'400' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'423' (3 chars) categories => protected'biotechnology; cosmeceutical; live feeds; ornamental; pharmaceutical' (68 chars) description => protected'Aquaculture is among the fastest growing industries in the world and the fas
test in the food production sector. However, not all aquaculture organisms a
re produced for human consumption. Indeed, an important fraction of aquacult
ure products target a wide variety of applications, from pharmaceutical, cos
meceutical, ornamental and nutraceutical applications, as well as biofuel pr
oduction, conservation efforts and academic purposes, among others. Despite
the increasing importance of aquaculture for non-food purposes, a comprehens
ive review covering the state of the art of this topic, its latest developme
nts and future trends is missing. Here, we review what marine organisms are
produced for non-food purposes, as well as why and how they are produced. In
stead of providing a thorough methodological review, production protocols ar
e briefly summarized and an updated guide to the most relevant literature is
provided. We overview current developments driving the aquaculture of non-f
ood organisms, underpin their most significant applications and highlight fu
ture prospects for non-food aquaculture.' (1104 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/raq.12168' (17 chars) uid => protected10651 (integer) _localizedUid => protected10651 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected10651 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 19 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=10442, pid=124) originalId => protected10442 (integer) authors => protected'Leprieur, F.; Descombes, P.; Gaboriau, T.; Cowman, P.&nb
sp;F.; Parravicini, V.; Kulbicki, M.; Melián, C. J.; de
Santana, C. N.; Heine, C.; Mouillot, D.; Bellwood, 
;D. R.; Pelissier, L.' (259 chars) title => protected'Plate tectonics drive tropical reef biodiversity dynamics' (57 chars) journal => protected'Nature Communications' (21 chars) year => protected2016 (integer) volume => protected7 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'11461 (8 pp.)' (13 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'The Cretaceous breakup of Gondwana strongly modified the global distribution
of shallow tropical seas reshaping the geographic configuration of marine b
asins. However, the links between tropical reef availability, plate tectonic
processes and marine biodiversity distribution patterns are still unknown.
Here, we show that a spatial diversification model constrained by absolute p
late motions for the past 140 million years predicts the emergence and movem
ent of diversity hotspots on tropical reefs. The spatial dynamics of tropica
l reefs explains marine fauna diversification in the Tethyan Ocean during th
e Cretaceous and early Cenozoic, and identifies an eastward movement of ance
stral marine lineages towards the Indo-Australian Archipelago in the Miocene
. A mechanistic model based only on habitat-driven diversification and dispe
rsal yields realistic predictions of current biodiversity patterns for both
corals and fishes. As in terrestrial systems, we demonstrate that plate tect
onics played a major role in driving tropical marine shallow reef biodiversi
ty dynamics.' (1076 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'10.1038/ncomms11461' (19 chars) uid => protected10442 (integer) _localizedUid => protected10442 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected10442 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 20 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=10418, pid=124) originalId => protected10418 (integer) authors => protected'Lucek, K.' (14 chars) title => protected'Cryptic invasion drives phenotypic changes in central European threespine st
ickleback' (85 chars) journal => protected'Conservation Genetics' (21 chars) year => protected2016 (integer) volume => protected17 (integer) issue => protected'5' (1 chars) startpage => protected'993' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'999' (3 chars) categories => protected'Ectodysplasin; Gasterosteus aculeatus; introgression; River Rhine' (65 chars) description => protected'Cryptic invasions are commonly associated with genetic changes of the native
species or genetic lineage that the invaders replace. Phenotypic shifts res
ulting from cryptic invasions are less commonly reported given the relative
paucity of historical specimens that document such phenotypic changes. Here,
I study such a case in two populations of threespine stickleback from centr
al Europe, comparing contemporary patterns of gene flow with phenotypic chan
ges between historical and contemporary population samples. I find gene flow
from an invasive lineage to be associated with significant phenotypic chang
es, where the degree of phenotypic change corresponds with the level of gene
flow that a population receives. These findings underline the utility of co
mbining genetic approaches with phenotypic data to estimate the impact of ge
ne flow in systems where anthropogenic alterations have removed former geogr
aphic barriers promoting cryptic invasions.' (955 chars) serialnumber => protected'1566-0621' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1007/s10592-016-0837-2' (25 chars) uid => protected10418 (integer) _localizedUid => protected10418 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected10418 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 21 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=14126, pid=124) originalId => protected14126 (integer) authors => protected'Maan, M. E.; Seehausen, O.; Groothuis, T. G. G
.' (77 chars) title => protected'Differential survival between visual environments supports a role of diverge
nt sensory drive in cichlid fish speciation' (119 chars) journal => protected'American Naturalist' (19 chars) year => protected2017 (integer) volume => protected189 (integer) issue => protected'1' (1 chars) startpage => protected'78' (2 chars) otherpage => protected'85' (2 chars) categories => protected'mortality; visual adaptation; experiment; fitness; reciprocal transplant; La
ke Victoria; Pundamilia' (99 chars) description => protected'Identifying the selective forces that initiate ecological speciation is a ma
jor challenge in evolutionary biology. Sensory drive has been implicated in
speciation in various taxa, largely based on phenotype-environment correlati
ons and signatures of selection in sensory genes. Here, we present a recipro
cal transplant experiment revealing species differences in performance in al
ternative visual environments, consistent with speciation by divergent senso
ry drive. The closely related cichlids <I>Pundamilia pundamilia</I> and <I>P
undamilia nyererei</I> inhabit different visual environments in Lake Victori
a and show associated differences in visual system properties. Mimicking the
two light environments in the laboratory, we find a substantial reduction i
n survival of both species when reared in the other species’ visual enviro
nment. This implies that the observed differences in <I>Pundamilia</I> color
vision are indeed adaptive and substantiates the implicit assumption in sen
sory drive speciation models that divergent environmental selection is stron
g enough to drive divergence in sensory properties.' (1115 chars) serialnumber => protected'0003-0147' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1086/689605' (14 chars) uid => protected14126 (integer) _localizedUid => protected14126 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected14126 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 22 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=10455, pid=124) originalId => protected10455 (integer) authors => protected'Lucek, K.; Kristjánsson, B. K.; Skúlason, S.; Seehause
n, O.' (86 chars) title => protected'Ecosystem size matters: the dimensionality of intralacustrine diversificatio
n in Icelandic stickleback is predicted by lake size' (128 chars) journal => protected'Ecology and Evolution' (21 chars) year => protected2016 (integer) volume => protected6 (integer) issue => protected'15' (2 chars) startpage => protected'5256' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'5272' (4 chars) categories => protected'ecological speciation; Gasterosteus aculeatus; multivariate evolution; speci
ation continuum' (91 chars) description => protected'Cases of evolutionary diversification can be characterized along a continuum
from weak to strong genetic and phenotypic differentiation. Several factors
may facilitate or constrain the differentiation process. Comparative analys
es of replicates of the same taxon at different stages of differentiation ca
n be useful to identify these factors. We estimated the number of distinct p
henotypic groups in three-spine stickleback populations from nine lakes in I
celand and in one marine population. Using the inferred number of phenotypic
groups in each lake, genetic divergence from the marine population, and phy
sical lake and landscape variables, we tested whether ecosystem size, approx
imated by lake size and depth, or isolation from the ancestral marine gene p
ool predicts the occurrence and the extent of phenotypic and genetic diversi
fication within lakes. We find intralacustrine phenotypic diversification to
be the rule rather than the exception, occurring in all but the youngest la
ke population and being manifest in ecologically important phenotypic traits
. Neutral genetic data further indicate nonrandom mating in four of nine stu
died lakes, and restricted gene flow between sympatric phenotypic groups in
two. Although neither the phenotypic variation nor the number of intralacust
rine phenotypic groups was associated with any of our environmental variable
s, the number of phenotypic traits that were differentiated was significantl
y positively related to lake size, and evidence for restricted gene flow bet
ween sympatric phenotypic groups was only found in the largest lakes where t
rait specific phenotypic differentiation was highest.' (1649 chars) serialnumber => protected'2045-7758' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1002/ece3.2239' (17 chars) uid => protected10455 (integer) _localizedUid => protected10455 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected10455 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 23 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=10534, pid=124) originalId => protected10534 (integer) authors => protected'Maciel, E.; Leal, M. C.; Lillebø, A. I.; Domingues
, P.; Domingues, M. R.; Calado, R.' (130 chars) title => protected'Bioprospecting of marine macrophytes using MS-based lipidomics as a new appr
oach' (80 chars) journal => protected'Marine Drugs' (12 chars) year => protected2016 (integer) volume => protected14 (integer) issue => protected'49' (2 chars) startpage => protected'1' (1 chars) otherpage => protected'28' (2 chars) categories => protected'glycolipids; halophytes; LC-MS; lipidome; macroalgae; mass spectrometry; pho
spholipids; seagrasses' (98 chars) description => protected'The marine environment supports a remarkable diversity of organisms which ar
e a potential source of natural products with biological activities. These o
rganisms include a wide variety of marine plants (from micro- to macrophytes
), which have been used in the food and pharmaceutical industry. However, th
e biochemistry and biological activities of many of these macrophytes (namel
y macroalgae and halophytes, including seagrasses) are still far from being
fully explored. Most popular bioactive components include polysaccharides, p
eptides, phenolics and fatty acids (FAs). Polar lipids (glycolipids, phospho
lipids and betaine lipids) are emerging as novel value-added bioactive phyto
chemicals, rich in <I>n</I>-3 FA, with high nutritional value and health ben
eficial effects for the prevention of chronic diseases. Polar lipids account
various combinations of polar groups, fatty acyl chains and backbone struct
ures. The polar lipidome of macrophytes is remarkably diverse, and its scree
ning represents a significant analytical challenge. Modern research platform
s, particularly mass spectrometry (MS)-based lipidomic approaches, have been
recently used to address this challenge and are here reviewed. The applicat
ion of lipidomics to address lipid composition of marine macrophytes will co
ntribute to the stimulation of further research on this group and foster the
exploration of novel applications.' (1403 chars) serialnumber => protected'1660-3397' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.3390/md14030049' (18 chars) uid => protected10534 (integer) _localizedUid => protected10534 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected10534 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 24 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=10400, pid=124) originalId => protected10400 (integer) authors => protected'Marques, D. A.; Lucek, K.; Meier, J. I.; Mwaiko,&nb
sp;S.; Wagner, C. E.; Excoffier, L.; Seehausen, O.' (146 chars) title => protected'Genomics of rapid incipient speciation in sympatric threespine stickleback' (74 chars) journal => protected'PLoS Genetics' (13 chars) year => protected2016 (integer) volume => protected12 (integer) issue => protected'2' (1 chars) startpage => protected'1' (1 chars) otherpage => protected'34' (2 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Ecological speciation is the process by which reproductively isolated popula
tions emerge as a consequence of divergent natural or ecologically-mediated
sexual selection. Most genomic studies of ecological speciation have investi
gated allopatric populations, making it difficult to infer reproductive isol
ation. The few studies on sympatric ecotypes have focused on advanced stages
of the speciation process after thousands of generations of divergence. As
a consequence, we still do not know what genomic signatures of the early ons
et of ecological speciation look like. Here, we examined genomic differentia
tion among migratory lake and resident stream ecotypes of threespine stickle
back reproducing in sympatry in one stream, and in parapatry in another stre
am. Importantly, these ecotypes started diverging less than 150 years ago. W
e obtained 34,756 SNPs with restriction-site associated DNA sequencing and i
dentified genomic islands of differentiation using a Hidden Markov Model app
roach. Consistent with incipient ecological speciation, we found significant
genomic differentiation between ecotypes both in sympatry and parapatry. Of
19 islands of differentiation resisting gene flow in sympatry, all were als
o differentiated in parapatry and were thus likely driven by divergent selec
tion among habitats. These islands clustered in quantitative trait loci cont
rolling divergent traits among the ecotypes, many of them concentrated in on
e region with low to intermediate recombination. Our findings suggest that a
daptive genomic differentiation at many genetic loci can arise and persist i
n sympatry at the very early stage of ecotype divergence, and that the genom
ic architecture of adaptation may facilitate this.' (1722 chars) serialnumber => protected'1553-7390' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1371/journal.pgen.1005887' (28 chars) uid => protected10400 (integer) _localizedUid => protected10400 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected10400 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 25 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=10663, pid=124) originalId => protected10663 (integer) authors => protected'Marques, D. A.; Lucek, K.; Haesler, M. P.; Feller,&
nbsp;A. F.; Meier, J. I.; Wagner, C. E.; Excoffier,
L.; Seehausen, O.' (180 chars) title => protected'Genomic landscape of early ecological speciation initiated by selection on n
uptial colour' (89 chars) journal => protected'Molecular Ecology' (17 chars) year => protected2016 (integer) volume => protected0 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'1' (1 chars) otherpage => protected'18' (2 chars) categories => protected'ecological speciation; genomic islands; sexual selection; sympatric divergen
ce; threespine stickleback' (102 chars) description => protected'Ecological speciation is the evolution of reproductive isolation as a conseq
uence of direct divergent natural selection or ecologically mediated diverge
nt sexual selection. While the genomic signature of the former has been exte
nsively studied in recent years, only few examples exist for genomic differe
ntiation where environment-dependent sexual selection has played an importan
t role. Here, we describe a very young (~90 years old) population of threes
pine sticklebacks exhibiting phenotypic and genomic differentiation between
two habitats within the same pond. We show that differentiation among habita
ts is limited to male throat colour and nest type, traits known to be subjec
t to sexual selection. Divergence in these traits mirrors divergence in much
older benthic and limnetic stickleback species pairs from North American we
st coast lakes, which also occur in sympatry but are strongly reproductively
isolated from each other. We demonstrate that in our population, difference
s in throat colour and breeding have been stable over a decade, but in contr
ast to North American benthic and limnetic stickleback species, these mating
trait differences are not accompanied by divergence in morphology related t
o feeding, predator defence or swimming performance. Using genomewide SNP da
ta, we find multiple genomic islands with moderate differentiation spread ac
ross several chromosomes, whereas the rest of the genome is undifferentiated
. The islands contain potential candidate genes involved in visual perceptio
n of colour. Our results suggest that phenotypic and multichromosome genomic
divergence of these morphs was driven by environment-dependent sexual selec
tion, demonstrating incipient speciation after only a few decades of diverge
nce in sympatry.' (1764 chars) serialnumber => protected'0962-1083' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/mec.13774' (17 chars) uid => protected10663 (integer) _localizedUid => protected10663 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected10663 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 26 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=10518, pid=124) originalId => protected10518 (integer) authors => protected'Matthews, B.; Aebischer, T.; Sullam, K. E.; Lundsgaard-H
ansen, B.; Seehausen, O.' (110 chars) title => protected'Experimental evidence of an eco-evolutionary feedback during adaptive diverg
ence' (80 chars) journal => protected'Current Biology' (15 chars) year => protected2016 (integer) volume => protected26 (integer) issue => protected'4' (1 chars) startpage => protected'483' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'489' (3 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Summary Differences in how organisms modify their environment can evolve rap
idly and might influence adaptive population divergence [1, 2]. In a common
garden experiment in aquatic mesocosms, we found that adult stickleback from
a recently diverged pair of lake and stream populations had contrasting eff
ects on ecosystem metrics. These modifications were caused by both genetic a
nd plastic differences between populations and were sometimes comparable in
magnitude to those caused by the presence/absence of stickleback. Lake and s
tream fish differentially affected the biomass of zooplankton and phytoplank
ton, the concentration of phosphorus, and the abundance of several prey (e.g
., copepods) and non-prey (e.g., cyanobacteria) species. The adult-mediated
effects on mesocosm ecosystems influenced the survival and growth of a subse
quent generation of juvenile stickleback reared in the same mesocosms. The p
rior presence of adults decreased the overall growth rate of juveniles, and
the prior presence of stream adults lowered overall juvenile survival. Among
the survivors, lake juveniles grew faster than co-occurring stream juvenile
s, except in mesocosm ecosystems previously modified by adult lake fish that
were reared on plankton. Overall, our results provide evidence for reciproc
al interactions between ecosystem dynamics and evolutionary change (i.e., e
co-evolutionary feedbacks) in the early stages of adaptive population diverg
ence.' (1449 chars) serialnumber => protected'0960-9822' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1016/j.cub.2015.11.070' (25 chars) uid => protected10518 (integer) _localizedUid => protected10518 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected10518 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 27 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=10661, pid=124) originalId => protected10661 (integer) authors => protected'Meier, J. I.; Sousa, V. C.; Marques, D. A.; Se
lz, O. M.; Wagner, C. E.; Excoffier, L.; Seehausen,
O.' (160 chars) title => protected'Demographic modelling with whole-genome data reveals parallel origin of simi
lar <I>Pundamilia</I> cichlid species after hybridization' (133 chars) journal => protected'Molecular Ecology' (17 chars) year => protected2016 (integer) volume => protected0 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'1' (1 chars) otherpage => protected'19' (2 chars) categories => protected'adaptive radiation; cichlid fish; demographic modelling; ecological speciati
on; hybrid speciation' (97 chars) description => protected'Modes and mechanisms of speciation are best studied in young species pairs.
In older taxa it is increasingly difficult to distinguish what happened duri
ng speciation from what happened after speciation. Lake Victoria cichlids in
the genus <I>Pundamilia</I> encompass a complex of young species and polymo
rphic populations. One <I>Pundamilia</I> species pair, <I>P. pundamilia</I>
and <I>P. nyererei</I>, is particularly well-suited to study speciation beca
use sympatric population pairs occur with different levels of phenotypic dif
ferentiation and reproductive isolation at different rocky islands within th
e lake. Genetic distances between allopatric island populations of the same
nominal species often exceed those between the sympatric species. It thus re
mained unresolved whether speciation into <I>P. nyererei</I> and <I>P. punda
milia</I> occurred once, followed by geographical range expansion and inters
pecific gene flow in local sympatry, or if the species pair arose repeatedly
by parallel speciation. Here we use genomic data and demographic modeling t
o test these alternative evolutionary scenarios. We demonstrate that gene fl
ow plays a strong role in shaping the observed patterns of genetic similarit
y, including both gene flow between sympatric species and gene flow between
allopatric populations, as well as recent and early gene flow. The best supp
orted model for the origin of <I>P. pundamilia</I> and <I>P. nyererei</I> po
pulation pairs at two different islands is one where speciation happened twi
ce, whereby the second speciation event follows shortly after introgression
from an allopatric <I>P. nyererei</I> population that arose earlier. Our fin
dings support the hypothesis that very similar species may arise repeatedly,
potentially facilitated by introgressed genetic variation.' (1807 chars) serialnumber => protected'0962-1083' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/mec.13838' (17 chars) uid => protected10661 (integer) _localizedUid => protected10661 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected10661 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 28 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=10684, pid=124) originalId => protected10684 (integer) authors => protected'Milardi, M.; Thomas, S. M.; Kahilainen, K. K.' (70 chars) title => protected'Reliance of brown trout on terrestrial prey varies with season but not fish
density' (83 chars) journal => protected'Freshwater Biology' (18 chars) year => protected2016 (integer) volume => protected61 (integer) issue => protected'7' (1 chars) startpage => protected'1143' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'1156' (4 chars) categories => protected'diet; Salmo trutta; stable isotopes; subarctic lake; trophic niche' (66 chars) description => protected'1. The importance of terrestrial carbon in aquatic ecosystems is widely reco
gnised, but patterns of terrestrial reliance can be variable. Fish often act
as important links between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, but little i
s known about how resource seasonality and fish density influence fish relia
nce on terrestrial energy in lakes.<br />2. We sampled a high-latitude subar
ctic lake in Finnish Lapland during the open-water season over three consecu
tive years to assess both patterns of terrestrial reliance and trophic niche
structure of introduced brown trout (<em>Salmo trutta</em>), the only resid
ent fish species. The small size of the study lake made it possible to sampl
e the whole population by conducting a complete fish removal, allowing for a
direct assessment of size structure and changes in brown trout density over
time.<br />3. We hypothesised that annual and seasonal shifts in the dietar
y niches of brown trout would directly track the availability of pulsed reso
urces such as aquatic and terrestrial insects as well as rodents. We further
expected that dietary niche shifts would be correlated with population dens
ity, leading to a smaller trophic niche size at lower densities. We therefor
e investigated the annual and seasonal patterns of resource use using measur
es of dietary niche and in particular of terrestrial reliance, derived from
stomach content analysis and stable-isotope analyses (SIA) of liver and musc
le, along a temporal gradient of declining fish density.<br />4. According t
o stomach content, terrestrial reliance in brown trout was the highest in ea
ch year at mid-to-late summer, evidently following the peak abundance of ter
restrial invertebrates and rodents. Surprisingly, we could not detect annual
or seasonal shifts in terrestrial reliance from estimates provided by isoto
pe ratios in muscle or liver. Furthermore, fish density did not appear to in
fluence either terrestrial reliance or trophic niche size. However, trophic
position derived from SI...' (2508 chars) serialnumber => protected'0046-5070' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/fwb.12775' (17 chars) uid => protected10684 (integer) _localizedUid => protected10684 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected10684 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 29 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=10643, pid=124) originalId => protected10643 (integer) authors => protected'Paillex, A.; Schuwirth, N.; Lorenz, A. W.; Januschke,&nb
sp;K.; Peter, A.; Reichert, P.' (116 chars) title => protected'Integrating and extending ecological river assessment: concept and test with
two restoration projects' (101 chars) journal => protected'Ecological Indicators' (21 chars) year => protected2017 (integer) volume => protected72 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'131' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'141' (3 chars) categories => protected'aquatic macroinvertebrates; aquatic vegetation; ecological state; fish; grou
nd beetles; multi-criteria decision analysis; multi-attribute value theory;
Thur and Töss rivers; riparian vegetation; river restoration; uncertainty' (226 chars) description => protected'While the number of river restoration projects is increasing, studies on the
ir success or failure relative to expectations are still rare. Only a few de
cision support methodologies and integrative methods for evaluating the ecol
ogical status of rivers are used in river restoration projects, thereby limi
ting informed management decisions in restoration planning as well as succes
s control. Moreover, studies quantifying river restoration effects are often
based on the assessment of a single organism group, and the effects on terr
estrial communities are often neglected. In addition, potential effects of w
ater quality or hydrological degradation are often not considered for the ev
aluation of restoration projects.<br />We used multi-attribute value theory
to re-formulate an existing river assessment protocol and extend it to a mor
e comprehensive, integrated ecological assessment program. We considered hab
itat conditions, water quality regarding nutrients, micropollutants and heav
y metals, and five instream and terrestrial organism groups (fish, benthic i
nvertebrates, aquatic vegetation, ground beetles and riparian vegetation). T
he physical, chemical and biological states of the rivers were assessed sepa
rately and combined to value the overall ecological state.<br />The assessme
nt procedure was then applied to restored and unrestored sites at two Swiss
rivers to test its feasibility in quantifying the effect of river restoratio
n. Uncertainty in observations was taken into account and propagated through
the assessment framework to evaluate the significance of differences betwee
n the ecological states of restored and unrestored reaches. In the restored
sites, we measured a higher width variability of the river, as well as a hig
her width of the riparian zone and a higher richness of organism groups. Acc
ording to the ecological assessment, the river morphology and the biological
states were significantly better at the restored sites, with the largest di
fferences detected for g...' (3107 chars) serialnumber => protected'1470-160X' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.07.048' (29 chars) uid => protected10643 (integer) _localizedUid => protected10643 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected10643 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 30 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=10686, pid=124) originalId => protected10686 (integer) authors => protected'Pomati, F.; Matthews, B.; Seehausen, O.; Ibelings, B.&nb
sp;W.' (81 chars) title => protected'Eutrophication and climate warming alter spatial (depth) co-occurrence patte
rns of lake phytoplankton assemblages' (113 chars) journal => protected'Hydrobiologia' (13 chars) year => protected2017 (integer) volume => protected787 (integer) issue => protected'1' (1 chars) startpage => protected'375' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'385' (3 chars) categories => protected'phytoplankton; co-occurrence; variance ratio; eutrophication; climate change
; community assembly' (96 chars) description => protected'The composition and dynamics of plankton communities are critically affected
by human-induced environmental changes. We analysed 33 years of phytoplank
ton monthly data collected in Lake Zurich (Switzerland), assigning organisms
(genus level) to taxonomic groups (class, family), Reynolds associations an
d size categories. The aim was to understand how eutrophication and climate
change have influenced taxa co-occurrence patterns within and between groups
over the lake water column (14 depths, 0–135 m), using -models to test f
or non-random spatial (depth) assembly. We found that the whole community sh
owed high taxa co-occurrence levels, significantly deviating over time from
random assembly concurrently with lake warming and reduced nutrient loading.
This pattern was driven mostly by the depth structure of metalimnetic assem
blages during summer and autumn. The prevalence of non-random spatial patter
ns changed for different taxonomic and functional groups, with only few sign
ificant deviations from -model expectations. Within taxonomic and functional
groups (particularly Classes and size categories), the frequency of spatial
overdispersion of taxa decreased over time while the frequency of clusterin
g increased. Our data suggest that the relative importance of mechanisms det
ermining phytoplankton metacommunity dynamics have changed along with enviro
nmental gradients shaping water column structure.' (1417 chars) serialnumber => protected'0018-8158' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1007/s10750-016-2981-6' (25 chars) uid => protected10686 (integer) _localizedUid => protected10686 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected10686 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 31 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=10441, pid=124) originalId => protected10441 (integer) authors => protected'Selz, O. M.; Thommen, R.; Pierotti, M. E. R.;
Anaya-Rojas, J. M.; Seehausen, O.' (124 chars) title => protected'Differences in male coloration are predicted by divergent sexual selection b
etween populations of a cichlid fish' (112 chars) journal => protected'Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences' (55 chars) year => protected2016 (integer) volume => protected283 (integer) issue => protected'1830' (4 chars) startpage => protected'20160172 (9 pp.)' (16 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'mate choice; assortative mating; sexual selection; reproductive isolation; s
ensory drive; cichlid' (97 chars) description => protected'Female mating preferences can influence both intraspecific sexual selection
and interspecific reproductive isolation, and have therefore been proposed t
o play a central role in speciation. Here, we investigate experimentally in
the African cichlid fish <em>Pundamilia nyererei</em> if differences in male
coloration between three para-allopatric populations (i.e. island populatio
ns with gene flow) of <em>P. nyererei</em> are predicted by differences in s
exual selection by female mate choice between populations<em>.</em> Second,
we investigate if female mating preferences are based on the same components
of male coloration and go in the same direction when females choose among m
ales of their own population, their own and other conspecific populations an
d a closely related para-allopatric sister-species, <em>P. igneopinnis</em>.
Mate-choice experiments revealed that females of the three populations mate
d species-assortatively, that populations varied in their extent of populati
on-assortative mating and that females chose among males of their own popula
tion based on different male colours. Females of different populations exert
ed directional intrapopulation sexual selection on different male colours, a
nd these differences corresponded in two of the populations to the observed
differences in male coloration between the populations. Our results suggest
that differences in male coloration between populations of <em>P. nyererei</
em> can be explained by divergent sexual selection and that population-assor
tative mating may directly result from intrapopulation sexual selection.' (1592 chars) serialnumber => protected'0962-8452' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1098/rspb.2016.0172' (22 chars) uid => protected10441 (integer) _localizedUid => protected10441 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected10441 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 32 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=10660, pid=124) originalId => protected10660 (integer) authors => protected'Spinks, R. K.; Muschick, M.; Salzburger, W.; Gante, 
;H. F.' (87 chars) title => protected'Singing above the chorus: cooperative Princess cichlid fish (<em>Neolamprolo
gus pulcher</em>) has high pitch' (108 chars) journal => protected'Hydrobiologia' (13 chars) year => protected2017 (integer) volume => protected791 (integer) issue => protected'1' (1 chars) startpage => protected'115' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'125' (3 chars) categories => protected'acoustic signals; sound production; high-frequency sound; low-frequency sile
ncing; Neolamprologus pulcher; Lake Tanganyika' (122 chars) description => protected'Teleost fishes not only communicate with well-known visual cues, but also ol
factory and acoustic signals. Communicating with sound has advantages, as ac
oustic signals propagate fast, omnidirectionally, around obstacles and over
long distances. Heterogeneous environments might favour multimodal communica
tion, especially in socially complex species, as the combination of modaliti
es' strengths helps overcome their individual limitations. Fishes of the eco
logically and morphologically diverse family Cichlidae are known to be vocal
. Here we investigated sound production in the socially complex Princess cic
hlid <em>Neolamprologus pulcher</em> from Lake Tanganyika in East Africa. We
show that wild and captive <em>N. pulcher</em> produce only short-duration,
broadband high-frequency sounds (mean: 12 kHz), when stimulated by mirror
images. The evolutionary reasons for this "low frequency silencing" are stil
l unclear. In laboratory experiments, <em>N. pulcher</em> produced distinct
two-pulsed calls mostly, but not exclusively, associated with agonistic disp
lays. Princess cichlids produce these high-frequency sounds both in combinat
ion with and independent from visual displays, suggesting that sounds are no
t a by-product of behavioural displays. Further studies on the hearing abili
ties of <em>N. pulcher</em> are needed to clarify whether the high-frequency
sounds are used in intra- or inter-specific communication.' (1427 chars) serialnumber => protected'0018-8158' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1007/s10750-016-2921-5' (25 chars) uid => protected10660 (integer) _localizedUid => protected10660 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected10660 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 33 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=10559, pid=124) originalId => protected10559 (integer) authors => protected'Thomas, S. M.; Kiljunen, M.; Malinen, T.; Eloranta, 
;A. P.; Amundsen, P.-A.; Lodenius, M.; Kahilainen, K.&nb
sp;K.' (157 chars) title => protected'Food-web structure and mercury dynamics in a large subarctic lake following
multiple species introductions' (106 chars) journal => protected'Freshwater Biology' (18 chars) year => protected2016 (integer) volume => protected61 (integer) issue => protected'4' (1 chars) startpage => protected'500' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'517' (3 chars) categories => protected'invasive species; stable isotopes; stomach content analysis; total mercury;
trophic interactions' (96 chars) description => protected'1. The rate of non-native fish introductions into freshwater ecosystems has
more than doubled during the past three decades, posing a serious threat to
native biodiversity. Despite potential benefits for fisheries, little is kno
wn about how introduced species interact with native communities at the food
-web level, or impact energy transfer dynamics and accumulation of contamina
nts in lake ecosystems.<br />2. Here, we explored the trophic structure of a
large, oligotrophic subarctic lake and assessed the trophic niche use and p
otential ecosystem-wide consequences of two introduced salmonid species: pis
civorous lake trout (<em>Salvelinus namaycush</em>) and zooplanktivorous ven
dace (<em>Coregonus albula</em>). We used a combination of diet, stable isot
ope and total mercury concentration data to test the hypotheses that the int
roduced fishes: (i) show partial niche overlap with the native fish communit
y; (ii) increase total isotopic food-web size and dietary linkages by increa
sing the diversity of niches present within the system, in comparison to ana
lyses where only the native species were considered; and (iii) have differin
g mercury bioaccumulation rates from native species due to differences in tr
ophic ecology and habitat preferences, being higher in pelagic than in litt
oral species.<br />3. Trophic interactions between the introduced and native
species were extensive, with evidence of reciprocal predation, resource com
petition and possible competitive exclusion apparent. Despite partial niche
overlap with native species, the inclusion of introduced species in our anal
ysis increased both total isotopic niche space and the number of dietary lin
kages present in the food web. On the basis of these findings, we suggest th
at introduced vendace may have led to a shift in system-wide reliance on pel
agically derived energy, whereas generalist foraging by piscivorous lake tro
ut may have further integrated littoral and pelagic food-web compartments. M
ercury bioaccumulation r...' (2536 chars) serialnumber => protected'0046-5070' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/fwb.12723' (17 chars) uid => protected10559 (integer) _localizedUid => protected10559 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected10559 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 34 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=10685, pid=124) originalId => protected10685 (integer) authors => protected'Thomas, S. M.; Griffiths, S. W.; Ormerod, S. J
.' (77 chars) title => protected'Beyond cool: adapting upland streams for climate change using riparian woodl
ands' (80 chars) journal => protected'Global Change Biology' (21 chars) year => protected2016 (integer) volume => protected22 (integer) issue => protected'1' (1 chars) startpage => protected'310' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'324' (3 chars) categories => protected'adaptation; buffer strip; coarse particulate organic matter; isotope; macroi
nvertebrate; river; subsidy' (103 chars) description => protected'Managed adaptation could reduce the risks of climate change to the world's e
cosystems, but there have been surprisingly few practical evaluations of the
options available. For example, riparian woodland is advocated widely as sh
ade to reduce warming in temperate streams, but few studies have considered
collateral effects on species composition or ecosystem functions. Here, we u
se cross-sectional analyses at two scales (region and within streams) to inv
estigate whether four types of riparian management, including those proposed
to reduce potential climate change impacts, might also affect the compositi
on, functional character, dynamics and energetic resourcing of macroinverteb
rates in upland Welsh streams (UK). Riparian land use across the region had
only small effects on invertebrate taxonomic composition, while stable isoto
pe data showed how energetic resources assimilated by macroinvertebrates in
all functional guilds were split roughly 50:50 between terrestrial and aquat
ic origins irrespective of riparian management. Nevertheless, streams draini
ng the most extensive deciduous woodland had the greatest stocks of coarse p
articulate matter (CPOM) and greater numbers of ‘shredding’ detritivores
. Stream-scale investigations showed that macroinvertebrate biomass in decid
uous woodland streams was around twice that in moorland streams, and lowest
of all in streams draining non-native conifers. The unexpected absence of co
ntrasting terrestrial signals in the isotopic data implies that factors othe
r than local land use affect the relative incorporation of allochthonous sub
sidies into riverine food webs. Nevertheless, our results reveal how plantin
g deciduous riparian trees along temperate headwaters as an adaptation to cl
imate change can modify macroinvertebrate function, increase biomass and pot
entially enhance resilience by increasing basal resources where cover is ext
ensive (>60 m riparian width). We advocate greater urgency in efforts to
understand the ecosyste...' (2068 chars) serialnumber => protected'1354-1013' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/gcb.13103' (17 chars) uid => protected10685 (integer) _localizedUid => protected10685 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected10685 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 35 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=10436, pid=124) originalId => protected10436 (integer) authors => protected'van Rijssel, J. C.; Hecky, R. E.; Kishe-Machumu, M.
A.; Witte, F.' (100 chars) title => protected'Changing ecology of Lake Victoria cichlids and their environment: evidence f
rom C<sup>13</sup> and N<sup>15</sup> analyses' (122 chars) journal => protected'Hydrobiologia' (13 chars) year => protected2017 (integer) volume => protected791 (integer) issue => protected'1' (1 chars) startpage => protected'175' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'191' (3 chars) categories => protected'diet shift; eutrophication; museum specimens; primary production; stable iso
topes; stenotopic' (93 chars) description => protected'Eutrophication is an increasing global threat to freshwater ecosystems. East
Africa's Lake Victoria has suffered from severe eutrophication in the past
decades which is partly responsible for the dramatic decline in haplochromin
e cichlid species diversity. However, some zooplanktivorous and detritivorou
s haplochromine species recovered and shifted their diet towards macro inver
tebrates and fish. We used four formalin preserved cichlid species caught ov
er the past 35 years to investigate whether stable isotopes of these fish a
re reflecting the dietary changes, habitat differences and if these isotopes
can be used as indicators of eutrophication. We found that δ<sup>15</sup>N
signatures mainly reflected dietary shifts to larger prey in all four haplo
chromine species. Shifts in δ<sup>13</sup>C signatures likely represented h
abitat differences and dietary changes. In addition, a shift to remarkably h
eavy δ<sup>13</sup>C signatures in 2011 was found for all four species whic
h might infer increased primary production and thus eutrophication although
more research is needed to confirm this hypothesis. The observed temporal ch
anges confirm previous findings that preserved specimens can be used to trac
e historical changes in fish ecology and the aquatic environment. This highl
ights the need for continued sampling as this information could be of essenc
e for reconstructing and predicting the effects of environmental changes.' (1441 chars) serialnumber => protected'0018-8158' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1007/s10750-016-2790-y' (25 chars) uid => protected10436 (integer) _localizedUid => protected10436 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected10436 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 36 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=10699, pid=124) originalId => protected10699 (integer) authors => protected'van Rijssel, J. C.; Hecky, R. E.; Kishe-Machumu, M.
A.; Meijer, S. E.; Pols, J.; van Tienderen, K.&nbs
p;M.; Ververs, J. D.; Wanink, J. H.; Witte, F.' (223 chars) title => protected'Climatic variability in combination with eutrophication drives adaptive resp
onses in the gills of Lake Victoria cichlids' (120 chars) journal => protected'Oecologia' (9 chars) year => protected2016 (integer) volume => protected182 (integer) issue => protected'4' (1 chars) startpage => protected'1187' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'1201' (4 chars) categories => protected'climate change; cultural eutrophication; hypoxia; morphological adaptation;
wind stress' (87 chars) description => protected'Textbook examples of adaptive radiation often show rapid morphological chang
es in response to environmental perturbations. East Africa's Lake Victoria,
famous for its stunning adaptive radiation of cichlids, has suffered from hu
man-induced eutrophication over the past decades. This cultural eutrophicati
on is thought to be partly responsible for the dramatically reduced cichlid
biodiversity, but climatic variability in itself might also have contributed
to the eutrophication which resulted in low oxygen levels and decreased wat
er transparency. To determine how recent environmental changes have influenc
ed the lake and its cichlids over the past 50 years, we gathered environmen
tal and meteorological variables and compared these with gill surface area o
f four cichlid species. We found that during the period of severe eutrophica
tion and temperature increase (1980s), reduced wind speeds coincided with a
reduction in oxygen levels and a decrease in both water temperature and tran
sparency. The gill surface area in three out of the four cichlid species inc
reased during this period which is consistent with adaptive change in respon
se to increased hypoxia. During the 2000s, wind speeds, oxygen levels, water
transparency and water temperature increased again, while cichlid gill surf
ace area decreased. Our results imply that climatic changes and especially w
ind speed and direction might play a crucial role in tropical lake dynamics.
The changes in Lake Victoria's water quality coincide with fluctuations in
cichlid gill surface area, suggesting that these fish can respond rapidly to
environmental perturbations, but also that climatic variability, together w
ith continued eutrophication, might be detrimental to the lake's cichlid bio
diversity.' (1758 chars) serialnumber => protected'0029-8549' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1007/s00442-016-3721-3' (25 chars) uid => protected10699 (integer) _localizedUid => protected10699 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected10699 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 37 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=10576, pid=124) originalId => protected10576 (integer) authors => protected'van Zwieten, P. A. M.; Kolding, J.; Plank, M.
J.; Hecky, R. E.; Bridgeman, T. B.; Macintyre, S.;
Seehausen, O.; Silsbe, G. M.' (195 chars) title => protected'The Nile perch invasion in lake Victoria: cause or consequence of the haploc
hromine decline?' (92 chars) journal => protected'Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences' (50 chars) year => protected2016 (integer) volume => protected73 (integer) issue => protected'4' (1 chars) startpage => protected'622' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'643' (3 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'We review alternative hypotheses and associated mechanisms to explain Lake V
ictoria’s Nile perch (<em>Lates niloticus</em>) takeover and concurrent re
duction in haplochromines through a (re)analysis of long-term climate, limno
logical, and stock observations in comparison with size-spectrum model predi
ctions of co-existence, extinction, and demographic change. The empirical ob
servations are in agreement with the outcomes of the model containing two in
teracting species with life histories matching Nile perch and a generalized
haplochromine. The dynamic interactions may have depended on size-related di
fferences in early juvenile mortality: mouth-brooding haplochromines escape
predation mortality in early life stages, unlike Nile perch, which have mini
scule planktonic eggs and larvae. In our model, predation on the latter by p
lanktivorous haplochromine fry acts as a stabilizing factor for co-existence
, but external mortality on the haplochromines would disrupt this balance in
favor of Nile perch. To explain the observed switch, mortality on haplochro
mines would need to be much higher than the fishing mortality that can be re
alistically reconstructed from observations. Abrupt concomitant changes in a
lgal and zooplankton composition, decreased water column transparency, and w
idespread hypoxia from increased eutrophication most likely caused haplochro
mine biomass decline. We hypothesize that the shift to Nile perch was a cons
equence of an externally caused, climate-triggered decrease in haplochromine
biomass and associated recruitment failure rather than a direct cause of th
e introduction.' (1611 chars) serialnumber => protected'0706-652X' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1139/cjfas-2015-0130' (23 chars) uid => protected10576 (integer) _localizedUid => protected10576 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected10576 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 38 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=10563, pid=124) originalId => protected10563 (integer) authors => protected'Winkworth-Lawrence, C.; Lange, K.' (43 chars) title => protected'Antibiotic resistance genes in freshwater biofilms may reflect influences fr
om high-intensity agriculture' (105 chars) journal => protected'Microbial Ecology' (17 chars) year => protected2016 (integer) volume => protected72 (integer) issue => protected'4' (1 chars) startpage => protected'763' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'772' (3 chars) categories => protected'antibiotic resistance genes; land use; freshwater; total nitrogen' (65 chars) description => protected'Antibiotic resistance is a major public health concern with growing evidence
of environmental gene reservoirs, especially in freshwater. However, the pr
esence of antibiotic resistance genes in freshwater, in addition to the wide
spectrum of land use contaminants like nitrogen and phosphate, that waterwa
ys are subjected to is inconclusive. Using molecular analyses, freshwater be
nthic rock biofilms were screened for genes conferring resistance to antibio
tics used in both humans and farmed animals (<em>aacA</em>-<em>aphD</em> to
aminoglycosides; <em>mecA</em> to ß-lactams; <em>ermA</em> and <em>ermB</em
> to macrolides; <em>tetA</em>, <em>tetB</em>, <em>tetK</em>, and <em>tetM</
em> to tetracyclines; <em>vanA</em> and <em>vanB</em> to glycopeptides). We
detected widespread low levels of antibiotic resistance genes from 20 waterw
ays across southern New Zealand throughout the year (1.3 % overall detectio
n rate; 480 samples from three rocks per site, 20 sites, eight occasions; Ju
ly 2010–May 2011). Three of the ten genes, <em>ermB</em>, <em>tetK</em>, a
nd <em>tetM</em>, were detected in 62 of the 4800 individual screens; repres
entatives confirmed using Sanger sequencing. No distinction could be made be
tween human and agricultural land use contamination sources based on gene pr
esence distribution alone. However, land use pressures are suggested by mode
rate correlations between antibiotic resistance genes and high-intensity far
ming in winter. The detection of antibiotic resistance genes at several site
s not subject to known agricultural pressures suggests human sources of resi
stance, like waterway contamination resulting from unsatisfactory toilet fac
ilities at recreational sites.' (1702 chars) serialnumber => protected'0095-3628' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1007/s00248-016-0740-x' (25 chars) uid => protected10563 (integer) _localizedUid => protected10563 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected10563 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 39 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=14063, pid=124) originalId => protected14063 (integer) authors => protected'Wright, D. S.; Demandt, N.; Alkema, J. T.; Seehause
n, O.; Groothuis, T. G. G.; Maan, M. E.' (145 chars) title => protected'Developmental effects of visual environment on species assortative mating pr
eferences in Lake Victoria cichlid fish' (115 chars) journal => protected'Journal of Evolutionary Biology' (31 chars) year => protected2017 (integer) volume => protected30 (integer) issue => protected'2' (1 chars) startpage => protected'289' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'299' (3 chars) categories => protected'colour; plasticity; Pundamilia; sensory drive; speciation' (57 chars) description => protected'Local adaptation can be a potent force in speciation, with environmental het
erogeneity leading to niche specialization and population divergence. Howeve
r, local adaption often requires nonrandom mating to generate reproductive i
solation. Population divergence in sensory properties can be particularly co
nsequential in speciation, affecting both ecological adaptation and sexual c
ommunication. <I>Pundamilia pundamila</I> and <I>Pundamilia nyererei</I> are
two closely related African cichlid species that differ in male coloration,
blue vs. red. They co-occur at rocky islands in southern Lake Victoria, but
inhabit different depth ranges with different light environments. The speci
es differ in colour vision properties, and females exert species-specific pr
eferences for blue vs. red males. Here, we investigated the mechanistic link
between colour vision and preference, which could provide a rapid route to
reproductive isolation. We tested the behavioural components of this link by
experimentally manipulating colour perception – we raised both species an
. We found that rearing light significantly affected female preference: shal
low-reared females responded more strongly to <I>P. pundamilia</I> males and
deep-reared females favoured <I>P. nyererei</I> males – implying that vis
ual development causally affects mate choice. These results are consistent w
ith sensory drive predictions, suggesting that the visual environment is key
to behavioural isolation of these species. However, the observed plasticity
could also make the species barrier vulnerable to environmental change: spe
cies-assortative preferences were weaker in females that were reared in the
other species’ light condition.' (1857 chars) serialnumber => protected'1010-061X' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/jeb.13001' (17 chars) uid => protected14063 (integer) _localizedUid => protected14063 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected14063 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer)
Does eutrophication-driven evolution change aquatic ecosystems?
This article is part of the themed issue ‘Human influences on evolution, and the ecological and societal consequences’.
The association of feeding behaviour with the resistance and tolerance to parasites in recently diverged sticklebacks
Predicting the consequences of species loss using size-structured biodiversity approaches
Simulated terrestrial runoff triggered a phytoplankton succession and changed seston stoichiometry in coastal lagoon mesocosms
Reintroducing environmental change drivers in biodiversity–ecosystem functioning research
Metabolism, oxidative stress and territorial behaviour in a female colour polymorphic cichlid fish
Iranocichla persa, a new cichlid species from southern Iran (Teleostei, Cichlidae)
Habitat choice and female preference in a polymorphic stickleback population
Question: Is the existence of two sympatric male morphs maintained by substrate-associated male nest-site choice and facilitated by female mate preferences?
Organisms: Male stickleback caught individually at their breeding sites. Female stickleback caught with minnow traps.
Methods: In experimental tanks, we simulated the slope and substrate of the two nesting habitats. Males were placed individually in a tank and we observed in which habitat they chose to build their nest. In a simultaneous two-stimulus choice design, we gave females the choice between a large, red male and a small, orange one. We measured female morphology and used linear mixed-effect models to determine whether female preference correlated with female morphology.
Results: Both red and orange males preferred nesting in the habitat that simulated the slightly deeper offshore condition. This is the habitat occupied by the small, orange males in the pond. Females showed a broad and bimodal preference distribution, with one group of females choosing the small, orange male and the other females showing a weak tendency to prefer the large, red male. Several aspects of female phenotype correlated with the male type that a female preferred.
Towards an integration of biodiversity–ecosystem functioning and food web theory to evaluate relationships between multiple ecosystem services
Transcriptome profiling of immune tissues reveals habitat-specific gene expression between lake and river sticklebacks
Managing cryptic biodiversity: fine-scale intralacustrine speciation along a benthic gradient in Alpine whitefish (Coregonus spp.)
Parasite prevalence in an intermediate snail host is subject to multiple anthropogenic stressors in a New Zealand river system
Stable isotope evidence from formalin–ethanol-preserved specimens indicates dietary shifts and increasing diet overlap in Lake Victoria cichlids
Species delimitation and phylogenetic relationships in a genus of African weakly-electric fishes (Osteoglossiformes, Mormyridae, Campylomormyrus)
In the present study we used mitochondrial (cytb) and nuclear (rps7, scn4aa) markers in order to reconstruct a species-phylogeny and identify species boundaries for the genus Campylomormyrus, by applying inference methods based on the multispecies coalescent model. Additionally, we employed 16 microsatellite markers, landmark-based morphometric measurements, and electro-physiological analyses as independent lines of evidence to the results obtained from the sequence data.
The results show that groups that are morphologically different are also significantly divergent at the genetic level, whereas morphologically similar groups, displaying dissimilar electric signals, do not show enough genetic diversity to be considered separate species. Furthermore, the data confirm the presence of a yet undescribed species within the genus Campylomormyrus.
Photobiology of the zoanthid Zoanthus sociatus in intertidal and subtidal habitats
Molecular trophic markers in marine food webs and their potential use for coral ecology
Natural products discovery needs improved taxonomic and geographic information
Aquaculture of marine non-food organisms: what, why and how?
Plate tectonics drive tropical reef biodiversity dynamics
Cryptic invasion drives phenotypic changes in central European threespine stickleback
Differential survival between visual environments supports a role of divergent sensory drive in cichlid fish speciation
Ecosystem size matters: the dimensionality of intralacustrine diversification in Icelandic stickleback is predicted by lake size
Bioprospecting of marine macrophytes using MS-based lipidomics as a new approach
Genomics of rapid incipient speciation in sympatric threespine stickleback
Genomic landscape of early ecological speciation initiated by selection on nuptial colour
Experimental evidence of an eco-evolutionary feedback during adaptive divergence
Demographic modelling with whole-genome data reveals parallel origin of similar Pundamilia cichlid species after hybridization
Reliance of brown trout on terrestrial prey varies with season but not fish density
2. We sampled a high-latitude subarctic lake in Finnish Lapland during the open-water season over three consecutive years to assess both patterns of terrestrial reliance and trophic niche structure of introduced brown trout (Salmo trutta), the only resident fish species. The small size of the study lake made it possible to sample the whole population by conducting a complete fish removal, allowing for a direct assessment of size structure and changes in brown trout density over time.
3. We hypothesised that annual and seasonal shifts in the dietary niches of brown trout would directly track the availability of pulsed resources such as aquatic and terrestrial insects as well as rodents. We further expected that dietary niche shifts would be correlated with population density, leading to a smaller trophic niche size at lower densities. We therefore investigated the annual and seasonal patterns of resource use using measures of dietary niche and in particular of terrestrial reliance, derived from stomach content analysis and stable-isotope analyses (SIA) of liver and muscle, along a temporal gradient of declining fish density.
4. According to stomach content, terrestrial reliance in brown trout was the highest in each year at mid-to-late summer, evidently following the peak abundance of terrestrial invertebrates and rodents. Surprisingly, we could not detect annual or seasonal shifts in terrestrial reliance from estimates provided by isotope ratios in muscle or liver. Furthermore, fish density did not appear to influence either terrestrial reliance or trophic niche size. However, trophic position derived from SIA of liver tissue decreased with decreasing densities, while fish condition increased.
5. Large, consistent pulses of terrestrial invertebrates in mid-summer (or rodents during their peak years) are likely important for brown trout in the long term and could explain the lack of density-dependent correlation in terrestrial reliance. However, further studies are needed to link the abundance of pulsed resources to resource use by fish across wider gradients of lake size, productivity and fish density.
Integrating and extending ecological river assessment: concept and test with two restoration projects
We used multi-attribute value theory to re-formulate an existing river assessment protocol and extend it to a more comprehensive, integrated ecological assessment program. We considered habitat conditions, water quality regarding nutrients, micropollutants and heavy metals, and five instream and terrestrial organism groups (fish, benthic invertebrates, aquatic vegetation, ground beetles and riparian vegetation). The physical, chemical and biological states of the rivers were assessed separately and combined to value the overall ecological state.
The assessment procedure was then applied to restored and unrestored sites at two Swiss rivers to test its feasibility in quantifying the effect of river restoration. Uncertainty in observations was taken into account and propagated through the assessment framework to evaluate the significance of differences between the ecological states of restored and unrestored reaches. In the restored sites, we measured a higher width variability of the river, as well as a higher width of the riparian zone and a higher richness of organism groups. According to the ecological assessment, the river morphology and the biological states were significantly better at the restored sites, with the largest differences detected for ground beetles and fish communities, followed by benthic invertebrates and riparian vegetation. The state of the aquatic vegetation was slightly lower at the restored sites. According to our assessment, the presence of invasive plant species counteracted the potential ecological gain. Water quality could be a causal factor contributing to the absence of larger improvements.
Overall, we found significantly better biological and physical states, and integrated ecological states at the restored sites. Even in the absence of comprehensive before-after data, based on the similarity of the reaches before restoration and mechanistic biological knowledge, this can be safely interpreted as a causal consequence of restoration. An integrative perspective across aquatic and riparian organism groups was important to assess the biological effects, because organism groups responded differently to restoration. In addition, the potential deteriorating effect of water quality demonstrates the importance of integrated planning for the reduction of morphological, water quality and hydrological degradation.
Eutrophication and climate warming alter spatial (depth) co-occurrence patterns of lake phytoplankton assemblages
Differences in male coloration are predicted by divergent sexual selection between populations of a cichlid fish
Singing above the chorus: cooperative Princess cichlid fish (Neolamprologus pulcher) has high pitch
Food-web structure and mercury dynamics in a large subarctic lake following multiple species introductions
2. Here, we explored the trophic structure of a large, oligotrophic subarctic lake and assessed the trophic niche use and potential ecosystem-wide consequences of two introduced salmonid species: piscivorous lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) and zooplanktivorous vendace (Coregonus albula). We used a combination of diet, stable isotope and total mercury concentration data to test the hypotheses that the introduced fishes: (i) show partial niche overlap with the native fish community; (ii) increase total isotopic food-web size and dietary linkages by increasing the diversity of niches present within the system, in comparison to analyses where only the native species were considered; and (iii) have differing mercury bioaccumulation rates from native species due to differences in trophic ecology and habitat preferences, being higher in pelagic than in littoral species.
3. Trophic interactions between the introduced and native species were extensive, with evidence of reciprocal predation, resource competition and possible competitive exclusion apparent. Despite partial niche overlap with native species, the inclusion of introduced species in our analysis increased both total isotopic niche space and the number of dietary linkages present in the food web. On the basis of these findings, we suggest that introduced vendace may have led to a shift in system-wide reliance on pelagically derived energy, whereas generalist foraging by piscivorous lake trout may have further integrated littoral and pelagic food-web compartments. Mercury bioaccumulation rates were highly species-specific and varied among habitats, but were generally higher in the pelagic food-web compartment. However, contrary to expectations, vendace had lower mercury levels than native pelagic species, potentially reducing the extent of biomagnification within the lake.
4. Our study demonstrates how introduced fishes may elicit complex and unpredictable responses in food-web structure and ecosystem function, and thus complicate contaminant bioaccumulation and transfer processes within freshwater ecosystems.
Beyond cool: adapting upland streams for climate change using riparian woodlands
Changing ecology of Lake Victoria cichlids and their environment: evidence from C13 and N15 analyses
Climatic variability in combination with eutrophication drives adaptive responses in the gills of Lake Victoria cichlids
The Nile perch invasion in lake Victoria: cause or consequence of the haplochromine decline?
Antibiotic resistance genes in freshwater biofilms may reflect influences from high-intensity agriculture
Developmental effects of visual environment on species assortative mating preferences in Lake Victoria cichlid fish
Publikationen 2015
peer reviewed journals
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F.; Raymond, J. C.; Seehausen, O.' (130 chars) title => protected'Estimating whole-lake fish catch per unit effort' (48 chars) journal => protected'Fisheries Research' (18 chars) year => protected2015 (integer) volume => protected172 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'287' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'303' (3 chars) categories => protected'lake fish; multimesh gillnet; volume-weighting; whole-lake CPUE; CEN standar
d; vertical gill net; perch; coregonus; roach' (121 chars) description => protected'The European standard for gillnet sampling to characterize lake fish communi
ties stratifies sampling effort (<I>i.e.</I>, number of nets) within depth s
trata. Nets to sample benthic habitats are randomly distributed throughout t
he lake within each depth strata. Pelagic nets are also stratified by depth,
but are set only at the deepest point of the lake. Multiple authors have su
ggested that this design under-represents pelagic habitats, resulting in est
imates of whole-lake CPUE and community composition which are disproportiona
tely influenced by ecological conditions of littoral and benthic habitats. T
o address this issue, researchers have proposed estimating whole-lake CPUE b
y weighting the catch rate in each depth-compartment by the proportion of th
e volume of the lake contributed by the compartment. Our study aimed to asse
ss the effectiveness of volume-weighting by applying it to fish communities
sampled according to the European standard (CEN), and by a second whole-lake
gillnetting protocol (VERT), which prescribes additional fishing effort in
pelagic habitats. We assume that convergence between the protocols indicates
that volume-weighting provides a more accurate estimate of whole-lake catch
rate and community composition. Our results indicate that volume-weighting
improves agreement between the protocols for whole-lake total CPUE, estimate
d proportion of perch and roach and the overall fish community composition.
Discrepancies between the protocols remaining after volume-weighting may be
because sampling under the CEN protocol overlooks horizontal variation in pe
lagic fish communities. Analyses based on multiple pelagic-set VERT nets ide
ntified gradients in the density and biomass of pelagic fish communities in
almost half the lakes that corresponded with the depth of water at net-setti
ng location and distance along the length of a lake. Additional CEN pelagic
sampling effort allocated across water depths and distributed throughout the
lake would therefore he...' (2170 chars) serialnumber => protected'0165-7836' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1016/j.fishres.2015.07.024' (29 chars) uid => protected13969 (integer) _localizedUid => protected13969 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected13969 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 1 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=8420, pid=124) originalId => protected8420 (integer) authors => protected'Brennan, A. C.; Woodward, G.; Seehausen, O.; Muñoz-Fuen
tes, V.; Moritz, C.; Guelmami, A.; Abbott, R. J.; E
delaar, P.' (167 chars) title => protected'Hybridization due to changing species distributions: adding problems or solu
tions to conservation of biodiversity during global change?' (135 chars) journal => protected'Evolutionary Ecology Research' (29 chars) year => protected2014 (integer) volume => protected16 (integer) issue => protected'6' (1 chars) startpage => protected'475' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'491' (3 chars) categories => protected'adaptive potential; biodiversity loss; conservation management; ecological n
etwork; global change; hybridization' (112 chars) description => protected'Background: Due to increasing global change, the rate of hybridization seems
to be increasing.<br />Question: Is hybridization adding problems or soluti
ons to the effects of global change on biodiversity?<br />Methods: We divide
d ourselves into two independent groups. Each group listed topics it thought
appropriate. We then compared and combined the lists, extracting a natural
structure of the topics. We next divided ourselves into three specialized su
bgroups and discussed the topics in more depth. In a final plenary meeting,
we brought ideas together, discussed open topics, identified consensus or di
fferences of opinion, and prepared a preliminary report.<br />Results: Our l
ists of topics were highly similar, suggesting that we missed only a few top
ics. We agreed that it is important to consider hybridization in both its ge
netic and ecological contexts and with explicit attention paid to phylogenet
ic and biogeographic history. It is also necessary to distinguish between un
derlying processes and resulting consequences. Knowledge of the consequences
of hybridization is more developed in genetics than in ecology. We suggest
that hybridization adds problems (loss of biodiversity, ecosystem degradatio
n) as well as solutions (new adaptive variation, ecosystem robustness) to gl
obal change challenges. Which of these applies in a given case depends on it
s evolutionary and environmental context, and on the objectives of conservat
ion management. We provide five groups of questions to stimulate further res
earch.' (1526 chars) serialnumber => protected'1522-0613' (9 chars) doi => protected'' (0 chars) uid => protected8420 (integer) _localizedUid => protected8420 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected8420 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 2 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=8259, pid=124) originalId => protected8259 (integer) authors => protected'Brodersen, J.; Howeth, J. G.; Post, D. M.' (66 chars) title => protected'Emergence of a novel prey life history promotes contemporary sympatric diver
sification in a top predator' (104 chars) journal => protected'Nature Communications' (21 chars) year => protected2015 (integer) volume => protected6 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'8115 (9 pp.)' (12 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Intraspecific phenotypic variation can strongly impact community and ecosyst
em dynamics. Effects of intraspecific variation in keystone species have bee
n shown to propagate down through the food web by altering the adaptive land
scape for other species and creating a cascade of ecological and evolutionar
y change. However, similar bottom-up eco-evolutionary effects are poorly des
cribed. Here we show that life history diversification in a keystone prey sp
ecies, the alewife (<em>Alosa pseudoharengus</em>), propagates up through th
e food web to promote phenotypic diversification in its native top predator,
the chain pickerel (<em>Esox niger</em>), on contemporary timescales. The l
andlocking of alewife by human dam construction has repeatedly created a sta
ble open water prey resource, novel to coastal lakes, that has promoted the
parallel emergence of a habitat polymorphism in chain pickerel. Understandin
g how strong interactions propagate through food webs to influence diversifi
cation across multiple trophic levels is critical to understand eco-evolutio
nary interactions in complex natural ecosystems.' (1112 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'10.1038/ncomms9115' (18 chars) uid => protected8259 (integer) _localizedUid => protected8259 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected8259 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 3 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=9218, pid=124) originalId => protected9218 (integer) authors => protected'Chapman, B. B.; Hulthén, K.; Brönmark, C.; Nilsson,&nb
sp;P. A.; Skov, C.; Hansson, L.-A.; Brodersen, J.' (145 chars) title => protected'Shape up or ship out: migratory behaviour predicts morphology across spatial
scale in a freshwater fish' (103 chars) journal => protected'Journal of Animal Ecology' (25 chars) year => protected2015 (integer) volume => protected84 (integer) issue => protected'5' (1 chars) startpage => protected'1187' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'1193' (4 chars) categories => protected'animal migration; ecomorphology; fish; geometric morphometrics; partial migr
ation' (81 chars) description => protected'1. Migration is a widespread phenomenon, with powerful ecological and evolut
ionary consequences. Morphological adaptations to reduce the energetic costs
associated with migratory transport are commonly documented for migratory s
pecies. However, few studies have investigated whether variation in body mor
phology can be explained by variation in migratory strategy within a species
.<BR/>2. We address this question in roach <I>Rutilus rutilus</I>, a partial
ly migratory freshwater fish that migrates from lakes into streams during wi
nter. We both compare body shape between populations that differ in migrator
y opportunity (open vs. closed lakes), and between individuals from a single
population that vary in migratory propensity (migrants and residents from a
partially migratory population). Following hydrodynamic theory, we posit th
at migrants should have a more shallow body depth, to reduce the costs assoc
iated with migrating into streams with higher flow conditions than the lakes
the residents occupy all year round.<BR/>3. We find evidence both across an
d within populations to support our prediction, with individuals from open l
akes and migrants from the partially migratory population having a more slen
der, shallow-bodied morphology than fish from closed lakes and all-year resi
dents.<BR/>4. Our data suggest that a shallow body morphology is beneficial
to migratory individuals and our study is one of the first to link migratory
strategy and intraspecific variation in body shape.' (1496 chars) serialnumber => protected'0021-8790' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/1365-2656.12374' (23 chars) uid => protected9218 (integer) _localizedUid => protected9218 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected9218 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 4 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=8238, pid=124) originalId => protected8238 (integer) authors => protected'Calado, R.; Leal, M. C.' (38 chars) title => protected'Trophic ecology of benthic marine invertebrates with bi-phasic life cycles:
What are we still missing?' (102 chars) journal => protected'' (0 chars) year => protected2015 (integer) volume => protected0 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'1' (1 chars) otherpage => protected'70' (2 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'The study of trophic ecology of benthic marine invertebrates with bi-phasic
life cycles is critical to understand the mechanisms shaping population dyna
mics. Moreover, global climate change is impacting the marine environment at
an unprecedented level, which promotes trophic mismatches that affect the p
henology of these species and, ultimately, act as drivers of ecological and
evolutionary change. Assessing the trophic ecology of marine invertebrates i
s critical to understanding maternal investment, larval survival to metamorp
hosis, post-metamorphic performance, resource partitioning and trophic casca
des. Tools already available to assess the trophic ecology of marine inverte
brates, including visual observation, gut content analysis, food concentrati
on, trophic markers, stable isotopes and molecular genetics, are reviewed an
d their main advantages and disadvantages for qualitative and quantitative a
pproaches are discussed. The challenges to perform the partitioning of inges
tion, digestion and assimilation are discussed together with different appro
aches to address each of these processes for short- and long-term fingerprin
ting. Future directions for research on the trophic ecology of benthic marin
e invertebrates with bi-phasic life cycles are discussed with emphasis on fi
ve guidelines that will allow for systematic study and comparative meta-anal
ysis to address important unresolved questions.' (1415 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'10.1016/bs.amb.2015.07.001' (26 chars) uid => protected8238 (integer) _localizedUid => protected8238 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected8238 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 5 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=8223, pid=124) originalId => protected8223 (integer) authors => protected'Cho, S.-W.; van Rijssel, J. C.; Witte, F.; de Bakker,&nb
sp;M. A. G.; Richardson, M. K.' (126 chars) title => protected'The sonic hedgehog signaling pathway and the development of pharyngeal arch
derivatives in <I>Haplochromis piceatus</I>, a Lake Victoria cichlid' (144 chars) journal => protected'Journal of Oral Biosciences' (27 chars) year => protected2015 (integer) volume => protected57 (integer) issue => protected'3' (1 chars) startpage => protected'148' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'156' (3 chars) categories => protected'shh; development; pharyngeal arch; cichlid; Haplochromis piceatus' (65 chars) description => protected'<I>Objectives:</I> Pharyngeal arches develop in the head and neck regions, a
nd give rise to teeth, oral jaws, the hyoid bone, operculum, gills, and phar
yngeal jaws in teleosts. In this study, the expression patterns of genes in
the sonic hedgehog (shh), wnt, ectodysplasin A (eda), and bone morphogenetic
protein (bmp) pathways were investigated in the pharyngeal arches of <I>Hap
lochromis piceatus,</I> one of the Lake Victoria cichlids. Furthermore, the
role of the shh pathway in pharyngeal arch development in <I>H. piceatus</I>
larvae was investigated.<BR/> <I>Methods:</I> The expression patterns of ly
mphocyte enhancer binding factor 1 (<I>lef1</I>)<I>,</I> ectodysplasin A rec
eptor (<I>edar</I>), <I>shh</I>, patched 1 (<I>ptch1</I>)<I>, bmp4,</I> sp5
transcription factor (<I>sp5</I>), sclerostin domain containing 1a (<I>sostd
c1a</I>), and dickkopf 1 (<I>dkk1</I>) were investigated in <I>H. piceatus</
I> larvae by <I>in situ</I> hybridization. The role of the shh pathway was i
nvestigated through morphological phenotypic characterization after its inhi
bition.<BR/> <I>Results:</I> We found that <I>lef1</I>, <I>edar, shh, ptch1,
bmp4</I>, <I>dkk1</I>, <I>sostdc1a</I>, and <I>sp5</I> were expressed not o
nly in the teeth, but also in the operculum and gill filaments of <I>H picea
tus</I> larvae. After blocking the shh pathway using cyclopamine, we observe
d ectopic <I>shh</I> expression and the disappearance of <I>ptch1</I> expres
sion. After six weeks of cyclopamine treatment, an absence of teeth in the o
ral upper jaws and a poor outgrowth of premaxilla, operculum, and gill filam
ents in juvenile <I>H. piceatus</I> were observed.<BR/> <I>Conclusions:</I>
These results suggest that the shh pathway is important for the development
of pharyngeal arch derivatives such as teeth, premaxilla, operculum, and gil
l filaments in <I>H. piceatus</I>.' (1858 chars) serialnumber => protected'1349-0079' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1016/j.job.2015.04.001' (25 chars) uid => protected8223 (integer) _localizedUid => protected8223 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected8223 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 6 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=13982, pid=124) originalId => protected13982 (integer) authors => protected'Dijkstra, P. D.; Pierotti, M. E. R.; Seehausen,&nbs
p;O.; Metcalfe, N. B.' (107 chars) title => protected'Metabolism, oxidative stress and territorial behaviour in a female colour po
lymorphic cichlid fish' (98 chars) journal => protected'Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology' (35 chars) year => protected2016 (integer) volume => protected70 (integer) issue => protected'1' (1 chars) startpage => protected'99' (2 chars) otherpage => protected'109' (3 chars) categories => protected'metabolic costs; oxidative stress; female-female competition; sexual selecti
on; cichlid fish; Lake Victoria' (107 chars) description => protected'Intrasexual selection on body coloration is thought to play an important rol
e in the evolution of colour polymorphism, but its physiological underpinnin
gs have received limited attention. In the colour polymorphic cichlid <I>Neo
chromis omnicaeruleus</I>, three fully sympatric female colour morphs—a pl
ain morph (P) and two conspicuously coloured blotched morphs, black-and-whit
e blotched (WB) and orange blotched (OB)—differ in agonistic behaviour. We
compared routine metabolic rate (when females were housed in social isolati
on), short-term energetic costs of interacting with a same-colour rival hous
ed in an adjacent transparent chamber and oxidative stress between the three
female colour morphs. WB females had a lower routine metabolic rate compare
d with the other colour morphs. WB females also had a lower active metabolic
rate during inter-female interactions than OB females, while OB females use
d more oxygen per unit aggressive act than the other two colour morphs. Howe
ver, there were no consistent differences in oxidative stress between the th
ree morphs. Concerted divergence in colour, behaviour and metabolism might c
ontribute to the evolution of these polymorphisms in sympatry.' (1202 chars) serialnumber => protected'0340-5443' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1007/s00265-015-2028-4' (25 chars) uid => protected13982 (integer) _localizedUid => protected13982 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected13982 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 7 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=9158, pid=124) originalId => protected9158 (integer) authors => protected'Feulner, P. G. D.; Chain, F. J. J.; Panchal,&n
bsp;M.; Huang, Y.; Eizaguirre, C.; Kalbe, M.; Lenz, T.&n
bsp;L.; Samonte, I. E.; Stoll, M.; Bornberg-Bauer, E.; R
eusch, T. B. H.; Milinski, M.' (277 chars) title => protected'Genomics of divergence along a continuum of parapatric population differenti
ation' (81 chars) journal => protected'PLoS Genetics' (13 chars) year => protected2015 (integer) volume => protected11 (integer) issue => protected'2' (1 chars) startpage => protected'1' (1 chars) otherpage => protected'18' (2 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'The patterns of genomic divergence during ecological speciation are shaped b
y a combination of evolutionary forces. Processes such as genetic drift, loc
al reduction of gene flow around genes causing reproductive isolation, hitch
hiking around selected variants, variation in recombination and mutation rat
es are all factors that can contribute to the heterogeneity of genomic diver
gence. On the basis of 60 fully sequenced three-spined stickleback genomes,
we explore these different mechanisms explaining the heterogeneity of genomi
c divergence across five parapatric lake and river population pairs varying
in their degree of genetic differentiation. We find that divergent regions o
f the genome are mostly specific for each population pair, while their size
and abundance are not correlated with the extent of genome-wide population d
ifferentiation. In each pair-wise comparison, an analysis of allele frequenc
y spectra reveals that 25–55% of the divergent regions are consistent with
a local restriction of gene flow. Another large proportion of divergent reg
ions (38–75%) appears to be mainly shaped by hitchhiking effects around po
sitively selected variants. We provide empirical evidence that alternative m
echanisms determining the evolution of genomic patterns of divergence are no
t mutually exclusive, but rather act in concert to shape the genome during p
opulation differentiation, a first necessary step towards ecological speciat
ion.' (1448 chars) serialnumber => protected'1553-7390' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1371/journal.pgen.1004966' (28 chars) uid => protected9158 (integer) _localizedUid => protected9158 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected9158 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 8 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=9208, pid=124) originalId => protected9208 (integer) authors => protected'Fronhofer, E. A.; Klecka, J.; Melián, C. J.; Alter
matt, F.' (89 chars) title => protected'Condition-dependent movement and dispersal in experimental metacommunities' (74 chars) journal => protected'Ecology Letters' (15 chars) year => protected2015 (integer) volume => protected18 (integer) issue => protected'9' (1 chars) startpage => protected'954' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'963' (3 chars) categories => protected'Allee effect; density-dependent dispersal; density-dependent movement; inter
specific competition; microcosms; plasticity; protists; reaction norm' (145 chars) description => protected'Dispersal and the underlying movement behaviour are processes of pivotal imp
ortance for understanding and predicting metapopulation and metacommunity dy
namics. Generally, dispersal decisions are condition-dependent and rely on i
nformation in the broad sense, like the presence of conspecifics. However, s
tudies on metacommunities that include interspecific interactions generally
disregard condition-dependence. Therefore, it remains unclear whether and ho
w dispersal in metacommunities is condition-dependent and whether rules deri
ved from single-species contexts can be scaled up to (meta)communities. Usin
g experimental protist metacommunities, we show how dispersal and movement d
epend on and are adjusted by the strength of interspecific interactions. We
found that the predicting movement and dispersal in metacommunities requires
knowledge on behavioural responses to intra- and interspecific interaction
strengths. Consequently, metacommunity dynamics inferred directly from singl
e-species metapopulations without taking interspecific interactions into acc
ount are likely flawed. Our work identifies the significance of condition-de
pendence for understanding metacommunity dynamics, stability and the coexist
ence and distribution of species.' (1249 chars) serialnumber => protected'1461-023X' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/ele.12475' (17 chars) uid => protected9208 (integer) _localizedUid => protected9208 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected9208 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 9 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=13971, pid=124) originalId => protected13971 (integer) authors => protected'Hofmann, H.; Blasco-Costa, I.; Knudsen, R.; Matthaei, C.
D.; Valois, A.; Lange, K.' (117 chars) title => protected'Parasite prevalence in an intermediate snail host is subject to multiple ant
hropogenic stressors in a New Zealand river system' (126 chars) journal => protected'Ecological Indicators' (21 chars) year => protected2016 (integer) volume => protected60 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'845' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'852' (3 chars) categories => protected'multiple stressors; antagonism; farming intensity; water abstraction; Microp
hallus sp. ‘lively’; Potamopyrgus antipodarum' (125 chars) description => protected'Most ecosystems are exposed to multiple stressors acting in concert and thei
r combined effects on parasite prevalence in freshwater, marine and terrestr
ial habitats are largely unknown. We investigated the relationships between
farming intensity, water abstraction intensity and parasite prevalence in th
e mud snail <I>Potamopyrgus antipodarum</I> from 20 stream sites within the
Manuherikia River catchment (New Zealand) by using generalized linear models
and an information-theoretic model-selection approach. Three trematode taxa
that use water birds as definitive hosts were found in the snail host. The
average prevalence of all parasites infecting <I>Potamopyrgus</I> in the cat
chment was 5%. <I>Microphallus</I> sp. “lively”, the most common parasit
e, was most prevalent at high farming intensity and low water abstraction, b
esides showing an antagonistic interaction between the two agricultural stre
ssors. These findings highlight the importance of considering multiple stres
sors and their potential interactions when studying host–parasite systems.
Because snails often play key roles in aquatic communities, providing an im
portant link between primary producers and higher trophic levels, and are a
common intermediate host to a high diversity of trematode parasites, this ho
st–parasite model system may represent a promising bioassessment tool for
detecting anthropogenic disturbances in freshwater systems.' (1427 chars) serialnumber => protected'1470-160X' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.08.022' (29 chars) uid => protected13971 (integer) _localizedUid => protected13971 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected13971 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 10 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=9221, pid=124) originalId => protected9221 (integer) authors => protected'Hulthén, K.; Chapman, B. B.; Nilsson, P. A.; Vinte
rstare, J.; Hansson, L.-A.; Skov, C.; Brodersen, J.; Bak
toft, H.; Brönmark, C.' (185 chars) title => protected'Escaping peril: perceived predation risk affects migratory propensity' (69 chars) journal => protected'Biology Letters' (15 chars) year => protected2015 (integer) volume => protected11 (integer) issue => protected'8' (1 chars) startpage => protected'20150466 (4 pp.)' (16 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'predation; animal migration; facultative migration; environmentally induced;
mortality risk' (91 chars) description => protected'Although migratory plasticity is increasingly documented, the ecological dri
vers of plasticity are not well understood. Predation risk can influence mig
ratory dynamics, but whether seasonal migrants can adjust their migratory be
haviour according to perceived risk is unknown. We used electronic tags to r
ecord the migration of individual roach (<I>Rutilus rutilus</I>), a partiall
y migratory fish, in the wild following exposure to manipulation of direct (
predator presence/absence) and indirect (high/low roach density) perceived p
redation risk in experimental mesocosms. Following exposure, we released fis
h in their lake summer habitat and monitored individual migration to connect
ed streams over an entire season. Individuals exposed to increased perceived
direct predation risk (i.e. a live predator) showed a higher migratory prop
ensity but no change in migratory timing, while indirect risk (i.e. roach de
nsity) affected timing but not propensity showing that elevated risk carried
over to alter migratory behaviour in the wild. Our key finding demonstrates
predator-driven migratory plasticity, highlighting the powerful role of pre
dation risk for migratory decision-making and dynamics.' (1195 chars) serialnumber => protected'1744-9561' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1098/rsbl.2015.0466' (22 chars) uid => protected9221 (integer) _localizedUid => protected9221 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected9221 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 11 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=8182, pid=124) originalId => protected8182 (integer) authors => protected'Kalinkat, G.; Jochum, M.; Brose, U.; Dell, A. I.' (73 chars) title => protected'Body size and the behavioral ecology of insects: linking individuals to ecol
ogical communities' (94 chars) journal => protected'Current Opinion in Insect Science' (33 chars) year => protected2015 (integer) volume => protected9 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'24' (2 chars) otherpage => protected'30' (2 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'The role of body size as a key feature determining the biology and ecology o
f individual animals, and thus the structure and dynamics of populations, co
mmunities, and ecosystems, has long been acknowledged. Body size provides a
functional link between individual-level processes such as physiology and be
havior, with higher-level ecological processes such as the strength and outc
ome of trophic interactions, which regulate the flow of energy and nutrients
within and across ecosystems. Early ecological work on size in animals focu
sed on vertebrates, and especially mammals. More recent focus on invertebrat
es, and insects in particular, that spans levels of organization from indivi
dual physiology to communities, has greatly expanded and improved our unders
tanding of the role of body size in ecology. Progress has come from theoreti
cal advances, from the production of new, high-resolution empirical data set
s, and from enhanced computation and analytical techniques. Recent findings
suggest that many of the allometric concepts and principles developed over t
he last century also apply to insects. But these recent studies also emphasi
ze that while body size plays a crucial role in insect ecology, it is not th
e entire story, and a fuller understanding must come from an approach that i
ntegrates both size and non-size effects. In this review we discuss the core
principles of a size-based (allometric) approach in insect ecology, togethe
r with the potential of such an approach to connect biological processes and
mechanisms across levels of organization from individuals to ecosystems. We
identify knowledge gaps, particularly related to size constraints on insect
movement and behavior, which can impact the strength and outcome of species
interactions (and especially trophic interactions) and thus link individual
organisms to communities and ecosystems. Addressing these gaps should facil
itate a fuller understanding of insect ecology, with important basic and app
lied benefits.' (1990 chars) serialnumber => protected'2214-5745' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1016/j.cois.2015.04.017' (26 chars) uid => protected8182 (integer) _localizedUid => protected8182 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected8182 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 12 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=9191, pid=124) originalId => protected9191 (integer) authors => protected'Karvonen, A.; Lucek, K.; Marques, D. A.; Seehausen, 
;O.' (79 chars) title => protected'Divergent macroparasite infections in parapatric Swiss lake-stream pairs of
threespine stickleback (<I>Gasterosteus aculeatus</I>)' (130 chars) journal => protected'PLoS One' (8 chars) year => protected2015 (integer) volume => protected10 (integer) issue => protected'6' (1 chars) startpage => protected'e0130579 (16 pp.)' (17 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Spatial heterogeneity in diversity and intensity of parasitism is a typical
feature of most host-parasite interactions, but understanding of the evoluti
onary implications of such variation is limited. One possible outcome of inf
ection heterogeneities is parasite-mediated divergent selection between host
populations, ecotypes or species which may facilitate the process of ecolog
ical speciation. However, very few studies have described infections in popu
lation-pairs along the speciation continuum from low to moderate or high deg
ree of genetic differentiation that would address the possibility of parasit
e-mediated divergent selection in the early stages of the speciation process
. Here we provide an example of divergent parasitism in freshwater fish ecot
ypes by examining macroparasite infections in threespine stickleback (<I>Gas
terosteus aculeatus</I>) of four Swiss lake systems each harbouring parapatr
ic lake-stream ecotype pairs. We demonstrate significant differences in infe
ctions within and between the pairs that are driven particularly by the para
site taxa transmitted to fish from benthic invertebrates. The magnitude of t
he differences tended to correlate positively with the extent of neutral gen
etic differentiation between the parapatric lake and stream populations of s
tickleback, whereas no such correlation was found among allopatric populatio
ns from similar or contrasting habitats. This suggests that genetic differen
tiation is unrelated to the magnitude of parasite infection contrasts when g
ene flow is constrained by geographical barriers while in the absence of phy
sical barriers, genetic differentiation and the magnitude of differences in
infections tend to be positively correlated.' (1716 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'10.1371/journal.pone.0130579' (28 chars) uid => protected9191 (integer) _localizedUid => protected9191 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected9191 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 13 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=8221, pid=124) originalId => protected8221 (integer) authors => protected'Kishe-Machumu, M. A.; van Rijssel, J. C.; Wanink, J
. H.; Witte, F.' (101 chars) title => protected'Differential recovery and spatial distribution pattern of haplochromine cich
lids in the Mwanza Gulf of Lake Victoria' (116 chars) journal => protected'Journal of Great Lakes Research' (31 chars) year => protected2015 (integer) volume => protected41 (integer) issue => protected'2' (1 chars) startpage => protected'454' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'462' (3 chars) categories => protected'detritivores; zooplanktivorous; oral mollusk shellers; Nile perch predation;
habitat extension; eco-morphological responses' (123 chars) description => protected'Lake Victoria had a fish fauna dominated by 500+ species of haplochromines.
In the 1980s, the haplochromines from sub-littoral areas of the Mwanza Gulf
vanished almost completely. In the 1990s, a recovery of some haplochromine s
pecies was observed. To establish the status of the recovery, we studied the
ir relative abundance and distribution pattern in the northern part of Mwanz
a Gulf in the years 2006 (monthly trawl hauls at 6 stations) and 2008 (bi-mo
nthly trawl hauls at the same stations); the period after environmental chan
ges. The data were compared with those of 1979/80 collected at the same stat
ions before the period of environmental changes. The number of trophic guild
s decreased from 12 in 1979/80 to nine in 2006 and 2008 with detritivores, z
ooplanktivores and oral mollusk shellers being the most abundant guilds. Det
ritivores were the dominant guild in 1979/80 (average 602 fish/haul) and 200
8 (422 f/h) and the second most abundant guild in 2006 (175 f/h). Zooplankti
vores were the dominant guild in 2006 (594 f/h) and the second most abundant
guild in 1979/80 (159 f/h) and 2008 (270 f/h). Both in 2006 and 2008, oral
mollusk shellers were the third dominant guild (27 f/h and 49 f/h respective
ly). Moreover, the study revealed that the resurgent trophic guilds were mor
e widely distributed in the 2000s than in the 1970s. Possible causes for the
recovery of the haplochromines including a decline in the Nile perch popula
tion, eco-morphological adaptations of the haplochromines and habitat extens
ion are discussed.' (1538 chars) serialnumber => protected'0380-1330' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1016/j.jglr.2015.03.005' (26 chars) uid => protected8221 (integer) _localizedUid => protected8221 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected8221 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 14 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=14009, pid=124) originalId => protected14009 (integer) authors => protected'Lange, K.; Townsend, C. R.; Matthaei, C. D.' (68 chars) title => protected'A trait-based framework for stream algal communities' (52 chars) journal => protected'Ecology and Evolution' (21 chars) year => protected2016 (integer) volume => protected6 (integer) issue => protected'1' (1 chars) startpage => protected'23' (2 chars) otherpage => protected'36' (2 chars) categories => protected'agricultural land use; benthic stream algae; conceptual model; multiple stre
ssors; periphyton' (93 chars) description => protected'The use of trait-based approaches to detect effects of land use and climate
change on terrestrial plant and aquatic phytoplankton communities is increas
ing, but such a framework is still needed for benthic stream algae. Here we
present a conceptual framework of morphological, physiological, behavioural
and life-history traits relating to resource acquisition and resistance to d
isturbance. We tested this approach by assessing the relationships between m
ultiple anthropogenic stressors and algal traits at 43 stream sites. Our "na
tural experiment" was conducted along gradients of agricultural land-use int
ensity (0--95% of the catchment in high-producing pasture) and hydrological
alteration (0--92% streamflow reduction resulting from water abstraction for
irrigation) as well as related physicochemical variables (total nitrogen co
ncentration and deposited fine sediment). Strategic choice of study sites me
ant that agricultural intensity and hydrological alteration were uncorrelate
d. We studied the relationships of seven traits (with 23 trait categories) t
o our environmental predictor variables using general linear models and an i
nformation-theoretic model-selection approach. Life form, nitrogen fixation
and spore formation were key traits that showed the strongest relationships
with environmental stressors. Overall, FI (farming intensity) exerted strong
er effects on algal communities than hydrological alteration. The large-bodi
ed, non-attached, filamentous algae that dominated under high fanning intens
ities have limited dispersal abilities but may cope with unfavourable condit
ions through the formation of spores. Antagonistic interactions between FI a
nd flow reduction were observed for some trait variables, whereas no interac
tions occurred for nitrogen concentration and fine sediment. Our conceptual
framework was well supported by tests of ten specific hypotheses predicting
effects of resource supply and disturbance on algal traits. Our study also s
hows that investigating ...' (2337 chars) serialnumber => protected'2045-7758' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1002/ece3.1822' (17 chars) uid => protected14009 (integer) _localizedUid => protected14009 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected14009 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 15 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=13983, pid=124) originalId => protected13983 (integer) authors => protected'Liess, A.; Rowe, O.; Francoeur, S. N.; Guo, J.; Lan
ge, K.; Schröder, A.; Reichstein, B.; Lefèbure, R.; De
ininger, A.; Mathisen, P.; Faithfull, C. L.' (215 chars) title => protected'Terrestrial runoff boosts phytoplankton in a Mediterranean coastal lagoon, b
ut these effects do not propagate to higher trophic levels' (134 chars) journal => protected'Hydrobiologia' (13 chars) year => protected2016 (integer) volume => protected766 (integer) issue => protected'1' (1 chars) startpage => protected'275' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'291' (3 chars) categories => protected'bacteria; dissolved organic carbon (DOC); mesocosm experiment; phytoplankton
; nutrient subsidy; terrestrial subsidy' (115 chars) description => protected'Heavy rainfall events causing significant terrestrial runoff into coastal ma
rine ecosystems are predicted to become more frequent with climate change in
the Mediterranean. To simulate the effects of soil runoff on the pelagic fo
od web of an oligotrophic Mediterranean coastal lagoon, we crossed soil extr
act addition (increasing nutrient availability and turbidity) and fish prese
nce in a full factorial design to coastal mesocosms containing a natural pel
agic community. Soil extract addition increased both bacteria and phytoplank
ton biomass. Diatoms however profited most from soil extract addition, espec
ially in the absence of fish. In contrast zooplankton and fish did not profi
t from soil extract addition. Furthermore, our data indicate that nutrients
(instead of light or carbon) limited basal production. Presumed changes in c
arbon availability are relatively unimportant to primary and secondary produ
ction in strongly nutrient limited systems like the Thau Lagoon. We conclude
that in shallow Mediterranean coastal ecosystems, heavy rainfall events cau
sing soil runoff will (1) increase the relative abundance of phytoplankton i
n relation to bacteria and zooplankton, especially in the absence of fish (2
) not lead to higher biomass of zooplankton and fish, possibly due to the br
evity of the phytoplankton bloom and the slow biomass response of higher tro
phic levels.' (1380 chars) serialnumber => protected'0018-8158' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1007/s10750-015-2461-4' (25 chars) uid => protected13983 (integer) _localizedUid => protected13983 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected13983 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 16 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=8172, pid=124) originalId => protected8172 (integer) authors => protected'Lucek, K.; Seehausen, O.' (34 chars) title => protected'Distinctive insular forms of threespine stickleback (<em>Gasterosteus aculea
tus</em> ) from western Mediterranean islands' (121 chars) journal => protected'Conservation Genetics' (21 chars) year => protected2015 (integer) volume => protected16 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'1319' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'1333' (4 chars) categories => protected'island rule; Gasterosteus aculeatus; glacial refugium; Mediterranean biota' (74 chars) description => protected'Neutral and adaptive variation among populations within a species is a major
component of biological diversity and may be pronounced among insular popul
ations due to geographical isolation and island specific evolutionary forces
at work. Detecting and preserving potential evolutionary significant units
below the species rank has become a crucial task for conservation biology. C
ombining genetic, phenotypic and ecological data, we investigated evolutiona
ry patterns among the enigmatic threespine stickleback populations from west
ern Mediterranean islands, all of which are threatened by habitat deteriorat
ion and climate change. We find indications that these populations derive fr
om different genetic lineages, being genetically highly distinct from the st
ickleback of mainland Europe and the northern Atlantic as well as from each
other. Mediterranean island stickleback populations are also phenotypically
distinct from mainland populations but interestingly stickleback from Icelan
d have converged on a similar phenotype. This distinctive island stickleback
phenotype seems to be driven by distinct selective regimes on islands versu
s continents. Overall, our results reveal the status of western Mediterranea
n island stickleback as evolutionarily distinct units, important for conserv
ation of biodiversity.' (1314 chars) serialnumber => protected'1566-0621' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1007/s10592-015-0742-0' (25 chars) uid => protected8172 (integer) _localizedUid => protected8172 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected8172 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 17 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=11660, pid=124) originalId => protected11660 (integer) authors => protected'Matthaei, C. D.; Lange, K.' (41 chars) title => protected'Multiple-stressor effects on freshwater fish: a review and meta-analysis' (72 chars) journal => protected'In: Closs, G. P.; Krkosek, M.; Olden, J. D. (Eds.),
Conservation of freshwater fishes' (110 chars) year => protected2016 (integer) volume => protected0 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'178' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'214' (3 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'A stressor can be defined as a variable that, as a result of human activity,
exceeds its normal range of variation and affects individual species or com
munities (modified after Townsend <em>et al.</em>, 2008). Most present-day e
cosystems are exposed to multiple stressors acting simultaneously (Vinebrook
e <em>et al.</em>, 2004; Crain <em>et al.</em>, 2008; Dudgeon, 2010) or sequ
entially (Christensen <em>et al.</em>, 2006). Therefore, multiple stressors
research is highly relevant for both fundamental and applied science, and wh
en trying to deal with complex global problems. For example, multiple-stress
or effects are believed to be responsible for the ongoing global declines of
honeybees (reviews by Potts <em>et al.</em>, 2010; Aebi & Neumann, 2011
), amphibians (reviews by Sodhi <em>et al.</em>, 2008; Mann <em>et al.</em>,
2009; Hof <em>et al.</em>, 2011), coral reefs (reviews by Harvey <em>et al.
</em>, 2013; McLeod <em>et al.</em>, 2013) and freshwater biodiversity (revi
ews by Allan, 2004; Dudgeon, 2010; Ormerod <em>et al.</em>, 2010; Vörösmar
ty <em>et al.</em>, 2010; Woodward <em>et al.</em>, 2010). Multiple-stressor
s effects are also a central concern when trying to understand and predict t
he all-pervasive impacts of global climate change (reviews by Lindenmayer <e
m>et al.</em>, 2010; Woodward <em>et al.</em>, 2010; Chmura <em>et al.</em>,
2011; Hof <em>et al.</em>, 2011; Harvey <em>et al.</em>, 2013; McLeod <em>e
t al.</em>, 2013). [...]' (1468 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'' (0 chars) uid => protected11660 (integer) _localizedUid => protected11660 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected11660 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 18 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=8417, pid=124) originalId => protected8417 (integer) authors => protected'McGee, M. D.; Borstein, S. R.; Neches, R. Y.;
Buescher, H. H.; Seehausen, O.; Wainwright, P. C.' (150 chars) title => protected'A pharyngeal jaw evolutionary innovation facilitated extinction in Lake Vict
oria cichlids' (89 chars) journal => protected'Science' (7 chars) year => protected2015 (integer) volume => protected350 (integer) issue => protected'6264' (4 chars) startpage => protected'1077' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'1079' (4 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Evolutionary innovations, traits that give species access to previously unoc
cupied niches, may promote speciation and adaptive radiation. Here, we show
that such innovations can also result in competitive inferiority and extinct
ion. We present evidence that the modified pharyngeal jaws of cichlid fishes
and several marine fish lineages, a classic example of evolutionary innovat
ion, are not universally beneficial. A large-scale analysis of dietary evolu
tion across marine fish lineages reveals that the innovation compromises acc
ess to energy-rich predator niches. We show that this competitive inferiorit
y shaped the adaptive radiation of cichlids in Lake Tanganyika and played a
pivotal and previously unrecognized role in the mass extinction of cichlid f
ishes in Lake Victoria after Nile perch invasion.' (809 chars) serialnumber => protected'0036-8075' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1126/science.aab0800' (23 chars) uid => protected8417 (integer) _localizedUid => protected8417 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected8417 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 19 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=13986, pid=124) originalId => protected13986 (integer) authors => protected'McGee, M. D.; Neches, R. Y.; Seehausen, O.' (67 chars) title => protected'Evaluating genomic divergence and parallelism in replicate ecomorphs from yo
ung and old cichlid adaptive radiations' (115 chars) journal => protected'Molecular Ecology' (17 chars) year => protected2016 (integer) volume => protected25 (integer) issue => protected'1' (1 chars) startpage => protected'260' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'268' (3 chars) categories => protected'speciation; adaptation; adaptive radiation; population genomics' (63 chars) description => protected'Comparative genomic studies of closely related species typically focus on si
ngle species pairs at one given stage of divergence. That makes it difficult
to infer the continuum of evolutionary process during speciation and beyond
. Here, we use whole-genome resequencing to examine genomic patterns of dive
rgence in three sympatric cichlid species pairs with very similar functional
and ecological differentiation, but different ages. We find a strong signat
ure of increasing genomic divergence with time in both the mitochondrial gen
ome and the nuclear genome. In contrast to many other systems, we find that
in these cichlids regions of elevated relative differentiation also exhibit
increased absolute differentiation. We detect a signature of convergent evol
ution in a comparison of outlier regions across all three species pair compa
risons but the extent of it is modest, and regions that are strongly diverge
nt in any one pair tend to be only slightly elevated in the other pairs, con
sistent with a repeatable but polygenic basis of traits that characterize th
e ecomorphs. Our results suggest that strong functional phenotypic different
iation, as seen in all three species pairs, is generally associated with a c
lear signature of genomic divergence, even in the youngest species pair.' (1288 chars) serialnumber => protected'0962-1083' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/mec.13463' (17 chars) uid => protected13986 (integer) _localizedUid => protected13986 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected13986 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 20 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=8042, pid=124) originalId => protected8042 (integer) authors => protected'Melián, C. J.; Křivan, V.; Altermatt, F.; Starý, 
;P.; Pellissier, L.; De Laender, F.' (121 chars) title => protected'Dispersal dynamics in food webs' (31 chars) journal => protected'American Naturalist' (19 chars) year => protected2015 (integer) volume => protected185 (integer) issue => protected'2' (1 chars) startpage => protected'157' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'168' (3 chars) categories => protected'a,ß and γ tritrophic richness; distance-decay relationship; metacommunity
dynamics; spatial food webs; heterogeneous landscape' (128 chars) description => protected'Studies of food webs suggest that limited nonrandom dispersal can play an im
portant role in structuring food webs. It is not clear, however, whether den
sity-dependent dispersal fits empirical patterns of food webs better than de
nsity-independent dispersal. Here, we study a spatially distributed food web
, using a series of population-dispersal models that contrast density-indepe
ndent and density-dependent dispersal in landscapes where sampled sites are
either homogeneously or heterogeneously distributed. These models are fitted
to empirical data, allowing us to infer mechanisms that are consistent with
the data. Our results show that models with density-dependent dispersal fit
the α, β, and γ tritrophic richness observed in empirical data best. Our
results also show that density-dependent dispersal leads to a critical dist
ance threshold beyond which site similarity (i.e., β tritrophic richness) s
tarts to decrease much faster. Such a threshold can also be detected in the
empirical data. In contrast, models with density-independent dispersal do no
t predict such a threshold. Moreover, preferential dispersal from more centr
ally located sites to peripheral sites does not provide a better fit to empi
rical data when compared with symmetric dispersal between sites. Our results
suggest that nonrandom dispersal in heterogeneous landscapes is an importan
t driver that shapes local and regional richness (i.e., α and γ tritrophic
' (1556 chars) serialnumber => protected'0003-0147' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1086/679505' (14 chars) uid => protected8042 (integer) _localizedUid => protected8042 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected8042 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 21 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=9200, pid=124) originalId => protected9200 (integer) authors => protected'Melián, C. J.; Seehausen, O.; Eguíluz, V. M.; For
tuna, M. A.; Deiner, K.' (114 chars) title => protected'Diversification and biodiversity dynamics of hot and cold spots' (63 chars) journal => protected'Ecography' (9 chars) year => protected2015 (integer) volume => protected38 (integer) issue => protected'4' (1 chars) startpage => protected'393' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'401' (3 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'The determinants that shape the distribution of diversity of life on Earth h
ave been long discussed and many mechanisms underlying its formation have be
en proposed. Yet connecting the biogeography of hot and cold spots of divers
ification and current biodiversity patterns to the microevolutionary proces
ses remains largely unexplored. Here, we combine a landscape genetics model
based on demographic stochasticity with a speciation model that can be inter
preted as a model of the evolution of premating incompatibility or assortati
ve mating to map diversification rates in a spatial context. We show that l
andscape structure and the intensity and directionality of gene flow strong
ly influence the formation of hot and cold spots and its connection to patt
erns in species richness. Specifically, hot and cold spots form in landscap
es in which gene flow is sufficiently strongly structured that the metacomm
unity nearly breaks up into several disconnected metacommunities. In such a
landscape structure, speciation hot spots originate in the center or in the
periphery of the landscape depending on whether the direction of gene flow
is from the periphery to the center or viceversa, respectively. However, for
any given level of gene flow intensity, diversification rates are approxi
mately twice higher in the center than in the periphery of the landscape. Th
ese results suggest that sinks may form diversification hot spots with high
er probability than sources, in particular, those sinks surrounded by highly
diversified sources in different locations of the landscape. Joining mecha
nistically microevolutionary and macroevolutionary processes on landscapes p
resent many fascinating challenges and opportunities to connect the biogeogr
aphy of diversification with biodiversity dynamics.' (1800 chars) serialnumber => protected'0906-7590' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/ecog.01162' (18 chars) uid => protected9200 (integer) _localizedUid => protected9200 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected9200 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 22 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=8098, pid=124) originalId => protected8098 (integer) authors => protected'Mineta, K.; Matsumoto, T.; Osada, N.; Araki, H.' (67 chars) title => protected'Population genetics of non-genetic traits: evolutionary roles of stochastici
ty in gene expression' (97 chars) journal => protected'Gene' (4 chars) year => protected2015 (integer) volume => protected562 (integer) issue => protected'1' (1 chars) startpage => protected'16' (2 chars) otherpage => protected'21' (2 chars) categories => protected'stochasticity; gene expression; fitness; effective population size; selectio
n' (77 chars) description => protected'The role of stochasticity in evolutionary genetics has long been debated. To
date, however, the potential roles of non-genetic traits in evolutionary pr
ocesses have been largely neglected. In molecular biology, growing evidence
suggests that stochasticity in gene expression (SGE) is common and that SGE
has major impacts on phenotypes and fitness. Here, we provide a general over
view of the potential effects of SGE on population genetic parameters, argui
ng that SGE can indeed have a profound effect on evolutionary processes. Our
analyses suggest that SGE potentially alters the fate of mutations by influ
encing effective population size and fixation probability. In addition, a ge
netic control of SGE magnitude could evolve under certain conditions, if the
fitness of the less-fit individual increases due to SGE and environmental f
luctuation. Although empirical evidence for our arguments is yet to come, me
thodological developments for precisely measuring SGE in living organisms wi
ll further advance our understanding of SGE-driven evolution.' (1049 chars) serialnumber => protected'0378-1119' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1016/j.gene.2015.03.011' (26 chars) uid => protected8098 (integer) _localizedUid => protected8098 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected8098 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 23 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=8092, pid=124) originalId => protected8092 (integer) authors => protected'Paul, C.; Mamonekene, V.; Vater, M.; Feulner, P. G.
D.; Engelmann, J.; Tiedemann, R.; Kirschbaum, F.' (145 chars) title => protected'Comparative histology of the adult electric organ among four species of the
genus <I>Campylomormyrus</I> (Teleostei: Mormyridae)' (128 chars) journal => protected'Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Beh
avioral Physiology' (94 chars) year => protected2015 (integer) volume => protected201 (integer) issue => protected'4' (1 chars) startpage => protected'357' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'374' (3 chars) categories => protected'Mormyridae; Campylomormyrus; electric organ discharge; electrocyte geometry;
electric organ ontogeny' (100 chars) description => protected'The electric organ (EO) of weakly electric mormyrids consists of flat, disk-
shaped electrocytes with distinct anterior and posterior faces. There are mu
ltiple species-characteristic patterns in the geometry of the electrocytes a
nd their innervation. To further correlate electric organ discharge (EOD) wi
th EO anatomy, we examined four species of the mormyrid genus <I>Campylomorm
yrus</I> possessing clearly distinct EODs. In <I>C. compressirostris</I>, <I
>C. numenius</I>, and <I>C. tshokwe</I>, all of which display biphasic EODs,
the posterior face of the electrocytes forms evaginations merging to a stal
k system receiving the innervation. In <I>C. tamandua</I> that emits a triph
asic EOD, the small stalks of the electrocyte penetrate the electrocyte ante
riorly before merging on the anterior side to receive the innervation. Addit
ional differences in electrocyte anatomy among the former three species with
the same EO geometry could be associated with further characteristics of th
eir EODs. Furthermore, in <I>C. numenius</I>, ontogenetic changes in EO anat
omy correlate with profound changes in the EOD. In the juvenile the anterior
face of the electrocyte is smooth, whereas in the adult it exhibits pronoun
ced surface foldings. This anatomical difference, together with disparities
in the degree of stalk furcation, probably contributes to the about 12 times
longer EOD in the adult.' (1393 chars) serialnumber => protected'0340-7594' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1007/s00359-015-0995-6' (25 chars) uid => protected8092 (integer) _localizedUid => protected8092 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected8092 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 24 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=8272, pid=124) originalId => protected8272 (integer) authors => protected'Roy, D.; Lucek, K.; Walter, R. P.; Seehausen, O.' (73 chars) title => protected'Hybrid ’superswarm’ leads to rapid divergence and establishment of popul
ations during a biological invasion' (111 chars) journal => protected'Molecular Ecology' (17 chars) year => protected2015 (integer) volume => protected24 (integer) issue => protected'21' (2 chars) startpage => protected'5394' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'5411' (4 chars) categories => protected'colonization; hybridization; rapid divergence; stickleback; Switzerland' (71 chars) description => protected'Understanding the genetic background of invading species can be crucial info
rmation clarifying why they become invasive. Intraspecific genetic admixture
among lineages separated in the native ranges may promote the rate and exte
nt of an invasion by substantially increasing standing genetic variation. He
re we examine the genetic relationships among threespine stickleback that re
cently colonized Switzerland. This invasion results from several distinct ge
netic lineages that colonized multiple locations and have since undergone ra
nge expansions, where they coexist and admix in parts of their range. Using
17 microsatellites genotyped for 634 individuals collected from 17 Swiss and
two non-Swiss European sites, we reconstruct the invasion of stickleback an
d investigate the potential and extent of admixture and hybridization among
the colonizing lineages from a population genetic perspective. Specifically
we test for an increase in standing genetic variation in populations where m
ultiple lineages coexist. We find strong evidence of massive hybridization e
arly on, followed by what appears to be recent increased genetic isolation a
nd the formation of several new genetically distinguishable populations, con
sistent with a hybrid ‘superswarm’. This massive hybridization and popul
ation formation event(s) occurred over approximately 140 years and likely fu
elled the successful invasion of a diverse range of habitats. The implicatio
ns are that multiple colonizations coupled with hybridization can lead to th
e formation of new stable genetic populations potentially kick-starting spec
iation and adaptive radiation over a very short timescale.' (1654 chars) serialnumber => protected'0962-1083' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/mec.13405' (17 chars) uid => protected8272 (integer) _localizedUid => protected8272 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected8272 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 25 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=8167, pid=124) originalId => protected8167 (integer) authors => protected'Sanz-Aguilar, A.; Jovani, R.; Melián, C. J.; Pradel,&nb
sp;R.; Tella, J. L.' (105 chars) title => protected'Multi-event capture–recapture analysis reveals individual foraging special
ization in a generalist species' (107 chars) journal => protected'Ecology' (7 chars) year => protected2015 (integer) volume => protected96 (integer) issue => protected'6' (1 chars) startpage => protected'1650' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'1660' (4 chars) categories => protected'anthropogenic food subsidies; capture–recapture modeling; Ciconia ciconia;
Doñana; southwestern Spain; ecological processes; foraging behavior; multi
-event analysis; niche specialization; refuse dumps; ricefields; White Stork' (228 chars) description => protected'Populations of species typically considered trophic generalists may include
specialized individuals consistently feeding on certain resources. Optimal f
oraging theory states that individuals should feed on those resources most v
aluable to them. This, however, may vary according to individual differences
in detecting or processing resources, different optimization criteria, and
competitive abilities. White Storks (<I>Ciconia ciconia</I>) are trophic gen
eralists at the population level. Their European population recovery has bee
n attributed to increased wintering in southern Europe (rather than Africa)
where they feed upon new anthropogenic food subsidies: predictable dumps and
less predictable and more difficult to detect, but abundant, invasive <I>Pr
ocambarus clarkii</I> crayfishes in ricefields. We studied the foraging stra
tegies of resident and wintering storks in southwestern Spain in ricefields
and dumps, predicting that more experience in the study area (residents vs.
immigrants, old vs. young) would increase ricefield specialization. We devel
oped the first multi-event capture–recapture model to evaluate behavioral
consistency, analyzing 3042 observations of 1684 banded storks. There were m
ore specialists among residents (72%) than immigrants (40%). All resident sp
ecialists foraged in ricefields, and ricefield use increased with individual
age. In contrast, some immigrants specialized on either dumps (24%) or rice
fields (16%), but the majority were generalists (60%). Our results provide e
mpirical evidence of high individual foraging consistency within a generalis
t species and a differential resource selection by individuals of different
ages and origins, probably related to their previous experience in the forag
ing area. Thus, future changes in food resource availability at either of th
e two anthropogenic subsidies (ricefields or dumps) may differentially impac
t individuals of different ages and origins making up the wintering populati
on. The use of multi-eve...' (2103 chars) serialnumber => protected'0012-9658' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1890/14-0437.1' (17 chars) uid => protected8167 (integer) _localizedUid => protected8167 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected8167 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 26 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=8123, pid=124) originalId => protected8123 (integer) authors => protected'Schwarzer, J.; Lamboj, A.; Langen, K.; Misof, B.; Schlie
wen, U. K.' (96 chars) title => protected'Phylogeny and age of chromidotilapiine cichlids (Teleostei: Cichlidae)' (70 chars) journal => protected'Hydrobiologia' (13 chars) year => protected2015 (integer) volume => protected748 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'185' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'199' (3 chars) categories => protected'Cichlidae; phylogeny; paleogeography; Congo basin; molecular clock' (66 chars) description => protected'Chromidotilapiine cichlid fishes (Teleostei: Cichlidae) of West and Central
Africa represent the most species rich ancient African cichlid lineage. In c
ontrast to the mega-diverse haplotilapiine cichlids from the African rift va
lley and crater lakes, very little is known about their phylogenetic history
. Based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences and a representative taxo
n sampling, we present a first molecular phylogenetic hypothesis and propose
age estimates for their origin and diversification. Our data support the mo
nophyly and an Oligocene/Eocene origin of chromidotilapiines. Within chromid
otilapiines, two large, reciprocally monophyletic clades are present and the
enigmatic genus <I>Teleogramma</I> could be phylogenetically placed for the
first time. The two distantly distributed species <I>Limbochromis</I> <I>ro
bertsi</I> and <I>Chromidotilapia</I> <I>schoutedeni</I> were identified as
sister group to the Congolian species complexes of <I>Nanochromis</I> and <I
>Congochromis</I>. This unexpected phylogenetic link between a region in Wes
t Africa and the Congo basin suggests an ancient hydrogeographic corridor sp
anning almost half of the African continent. The nearly complete taxon sampl
ing, good knowledge on species distribution patterns and well resolved phylo
genies allow the presumption that paleogeographic patterns rather than ecolo
gical factors shaped the ancient divergence within chromidotilapiines, which
predates the origin of the mega-diverse austrotilapiine lineage, comprising
the majority of African cichlid species.' (1561 chars) serialnumber => protected'0018-8158' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1007/s10750-014-1918-1' (25 chars) uid => protected8123 (integer) _localizedUid => protected8123 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected8123 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 27 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=9183, pid=124) originalId => protected9183 (integer) authors => protected'Seehausen, O.' (18 chars) title => protected'Process and pattern in cichlid radiations – inferences for understanding u
nusually high rates of evolutionary diversification' (127 chars) journal => protected'New Phytologist' (15 chars) year => protected2015 (integer) volume => protected207 (integer) issue => protected'2' (1 chars) startpage => protected'304' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'312' (3 chars) categories => protected'adaptive radiation; biodiversity; cichlid fish; diversification; evolutionar
y ecology; phylogenetic lineage; speciation' (119 chars) description => protected'The cichlid fish radiations in the African Great Lakes differ from all other
known cases of rapid speciation in vertebrates by their spectacular trophic
diversity and richness of sympatric species, comparable to the most rapid a
ngiosperm radiations. I review factors that may have facilitated these radia
tions and compare these with insights from recent work on plant radiations.
Work to date suggests that it was a coincidence of ecological opportunity, i
ntrinsic ecological versatility and genomic flexibility, rapidly evolving be
havioral mate choice and large amounts of standing genetic variation that pe
rmitted these spectacular fish radiations. I propose that spatially orthogon
al gradients in the fit of phenotypes to the environment facilitate speciati
on because they allow colonization of alternative fitness peaks during clina
l speciation despite local disruptive selection. Such gradients are manifold
in lakes because of the interaction of water depth as an omnipresent third
spatial dimension with other fitness-relevant variables. I introduce a conce
ptual model of adaptive radiation that integrates these elements and discuss
its applicability to, and predictions for, plant radiations.' (1201 chars) serialnumber => protected'0028-646X' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/nph.13450' (17 chars) uid => protected9183 (integer) _localizedUid => protected9183 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected9183 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 28 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=8140, pid=124) originalId => protected8140 (integer) authors => protected'Seehausen, O.' (18 chars) title => protected'Beauty varies with the light' (28 chars) journal => protected'Nature' (6 chars) year => protected2015 (integer) volume => protected521 (integer) issue => protected'7550' (4 chars) startpage => protected'34' (2 chars) otherpage => protected'35' (2 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Experimental work on guppies suggests that variation in light between microh
abitats is what makes females prefer different male signal combinations, thu
s explaining the evolution and persistence of colour variation in males.' (224 chars) serialnumber => protected'0028-0836' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1038/521034a' (15 chars) uid => protected8140 (integer) _localizedUid => protected8140 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected8140 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 29 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=9185, pid=124) originalId => protected9185 (integer) authors => protected'Stelkens, R. B.; Schmid, C.; Seehausen, O.' (62 chars) title => protected'Hybrid breakdown in cichlid fish' (32 chars) journal => protected'PLoS One' (8 chars) year => protected2015 (integer) volume => protected10 (integer) issue => protected'5' (1 chars) startpage => protected'e0127207 (11 pp.)' (17 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Studies from a wide diversity of taxa have shown a negative relationship bet
ween genetic compatibility and the divergence time of hybridizing genomes. T
heory predicts the main breakdown of fitness to happen after the F1 hybrid g
eneration, when heterosis subsides and recessive allelic (Dobzhansky-Muller)
incompatibilities are increasingly unmasked. We measured the fitness of F2
hybrids of African haplochromine cichlid fish bred from species pairs spanni
ng several thousand to several million years divergence time. F2 hybrids con
sistently showed the lowest viability compared to F1 hybrids and non-hybrid
crosses (crosses within the grandparental species), in agreement with hybrid
breakdown. Especially the short- and long-term survival (2 weeks to 6 month
s) of F2 hybrids was significantly reduced. Overall, F2 hybrids showed a fit
ness reduction of 21% compared to F1 hybrids, and a reduction of 43% compare
d to the grandparental, non-hybrid crosses. We further observed a decrease o
f F2 hybrid viability with the genetic distance between grandparental lineag
es, suggesting an important role for negative epistatic interactions in cich
lid fish postzygotic isolation. The estimated time window for successful pro
duction of F2 hybrids resulting from our data is consistent with the estimat
ed divergence time between the multiple ancestral lineages that presumably h
ybridized in three major adaptive radiations of African cichlids.' (1433 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'10.1371/journal.pone.0127207' (28 chars) uid => protected9185 (integer) _localizedUid => protected9185 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected9185 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 30 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=9227, pid=124) originalId => protected9227 (integer) authors => protected'Soler, G. A.; Edgar, G. J.; Thomson, R. J.; Ki
ninmonth, S.; Campbell, S. C.; Dawson, T. P.; Barre
tt, N. S.; Bernard, A. T. F.; Galván, D. 
;E.; Willis, T. J.; Alexander, T. J.; Stuart-Smith, 
;R. D.' (315 chars) title => protected'Reef fishes at all trophic levels respond positively to effective marine pro
tected areas' (88 chars) journal => protected'PLoS One' (8 chars) year => protected2015 (integer) volume => protected10 (integer) issue => protected'10' (2 chars) startpage => protected'e0140270 (12 pp.)' (17 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) offer a unique opportunity to test the assumpt
ion that fishing pressure affects some trophic groups more than others. Remo
val of larger predators through fishing is often suggested to have positive
flow-on effects for some lower trophic groups, in which case protection from
fishing should result in suppression of lower trophic groups as predator po
pulations recover. We tested this by assessing differences in the trophic st
ructure of reef fish communities associated with 79 MPAs and open-access sit
es worldwide, using a standardised quantitative dataset on reef fish communi
ty structure. The biomass of all major trophic groups (higher carnivores, be
nthic carnivores, planktivores and herbivores) was significantly greater (by
40% – 200%) in effective no-take MPAs relative to fished open-access area
s. This effect was most pronounced for individuals in large size classes, bu
t with no size class of any trophic group showing signs of depressed biomass
in MPAs, as predicted from higher predator abundance. Thus, greater biomass
in effective MPAs implies that exploitation on shallow rocky and coral reef
s negatively affects biomass of all fish trophic groups and size classes. Th
ese direct effects of fishing on trophic structure appear stronger than any
top down effects on lower trophic levels that would be imposed by intact pre
dator populations. We propose that exploitation affects fish assemblages at
all trophic levels, and that local ecosystem function is generally modified
by fishing.' (1531 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'10.1371/journal.pone.0140270' (28 chars) uid => protected9227 (integer) _localizedUid => protected9227 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected9227 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 31 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=9160, pid=124) originalId => protected9160 (integer) authors => protected'van Rijssel, J. C.; Hoogwater, E. S.; Kishe-Machumu,&nbs
p;M. A.; van Reenen, E.; Spits, K. V.; van der Stelt,&nb
sp;R. C.; Wanink, J. H.; Witte, F.' (206 chars) title => protected'Fast adaptive responses in the oral jaw of Lake Victoria cichlids' (65 chars) journal => protected'Evolution, International Journal of Organic Evolution' (53 chars) year => protected2015 (integer) volume => protected69 (integer) issue => protected'1' (1 chars) startpage => protected'179' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'189' (3 chars) categories => protected'diet change; microevolution; morphological response; phenotypic plasticity;
premaxilla; selection' (97 chars) description => protected'Rapid morphological changes in response to fluctuating natural environments
are a common phenomenon in species that undergo adaptive radiation. The dram
atic ecological changes in Lake Victoria provide a unique opportunity to stu
dy environmental effects on cichlid morphology. This study shows how four ha
plochromine cichlids adapted their premaxilla to a changed diet over the pas
t 30 years. Directly after the diet change toward larger and faster prey in
the late 1980s, the premaxilla (upper jaw) changed in a way that is in agree
ment with a more food manipulating feeding style. During the 2000s, two zoop
lanktivorous species showed a reversal of morphological changes after return
ing to their original diet, whereas two other species showed no reversal of
diet and morphology. These rapid changes indicate a potential for extremely
fast adaptive responses to environmental fluctuations, which are likely infl
icted by competition release and increase, and might have a bearing on the a
bility of haplochromines to cope with environmental changes. These responses
could be due to rapid genetic change or phenotypic plasticity, for which th
ere is ample evidence in cichlid fish structures associated with food captur
e and processing. These versatile adaptive responses are likely to have cont
ributed to the fast adaptive radiation of haplochromines.' (1349 chars) serialnumber => protected'0014-3820' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/evo.12561' (17 chars) uid => protected9160 (integer) _localizedUid => protected9160 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected9160 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer)
Estimating whole-lake fish catch per unit effort
Hybridization due to changing species distributions: adding problems or solutions to conservation of biodiversity during global change?
Question: Is hybridization adding problems or solutions to the effects of global change on biodiversity?
Methods: We divided ourselves into two independent groups. Each group listed topics it thought appropriate. We then compared and combined the lists, extracting a natural structure of the topics. We next divided ourselves into three specialized subgroups and discussed the topics in more depth. In a final plenary meeting, we brought ideas together, discussed open topics, identified consensus or differences of opinion, and prepared a preliminary report.
Results: Our lists of topics were highly similar, suggesting that we missed only a few topics. We agreed that it is important to consider hybridization in both its genetic and ecological contexts and with explicit attention paid to phylogenetic and biogeographic history. It is also necessary to distinguish between underlying processes and resulting consequences. Knowledge of the consequences of hybridization is more developed in genetics than in ecology. We suggest that hybridization adds problems (loss of biodiversity, ecosystem degradation) as well as solutions (new adaptive variation, ecosystem robustness) to global change challenges. Which of these applies in a given case depends on its evolutionary and environmental context, and on the objectives of conservation management. We provide five groups of questions to stimulate further research.
Emergence of a novel prey life history promotes contemporary sympatric diversification in a top predator
Shape up or ship out: migratory behaviour predicts morphology across spatial scale in a freshwater fish
2. We address this question in roach Rutilus rutilus, a partially migratory freshwater fish that migrates from lakes into streams during winter. We both compare body shape between populations that differ in migratory opportunity (open vs. closed lakes), and between individuals from a single population that vary in migratory propensity (migrants and residents from a partially migratory population). Following hydrodynamic theory, we posit that migrants should have a more shallow body depth, to reduce the costs associated with migrating into streams with higher flow conditions than the lakes the residents occupy all year round.
3. We find evidence both across and within populations to support our prediction, with individuals from open lakes and migrants from the partially migratory population having a more slender, shallow-bodied morphology than fish from closed lakes and all-year residents.
4. Our data suggest that a shallow body morphology is beneficial to migratory individuals and our study is one of the first to link migratory strategy and intraspecific variation in body shape.
Trophic ecology of benthic marine invertebrates with bi-phasic life cycles: What are we still missing?
The sonic hedgehog signaling pathway and the development of pharyngeal arch derivatives in Haplochromis piceatus, a Lake Victoria cichlid
Methods: The expression patterns of lymphocyte enhancer binding factor 1 (lef1), ectodysplasin A receptor (edar), shh, patched 1 (ptch1), bmp4, sp5 transcription factor (sp5), sclerostin domain containing 1a (sostdc1a), and dickkopf 1 (dkk1) were investigated in H. piceatus larvae by in situ hybridization. The role of the shh pathway was investigated through morphological phenotypic characterization after its inhibition.
Results: We found that lef1, edar, shh, ptch1, bmp4, dkk1, sostdc1a, and sp5 were expressed not only in the teeth, but also in the operculum and gill filaments of H piceatus larvae. After blocking the shh pathway using cyclopamine, we observed ectopic shh expression and the disappearance of ptch1 expression. After six weeks of cyclopamine treatment, an absence of teeth in the oral upper jaws and a poor outgrowth of premaxilla, operculum, and gill filaments in juvenile H. piceatus were observed.
Conclusions: These results suggest that the shh pathway is important for the development of pharyngeal arch derivatives such as teeth, premaxilla, operculum, and gill filaments in H. piceatus.
Metabolism, oxidative stress and territorial behaviour in a female colour polymorphic cichlid fish
Genomics of divergence along a continuum of parapatric population differentiation
Condition-dependent movement and dispersal in experimental metacommunities
Parasite prevalence in an intermediate snail host is subject to multiple anthropogenic stressors in a New Zealand river system
Escaping peril: perceived predation risk affects migratory propensity
Body size and the behavioral ecology of insects: linking individuals to ecological communities
Divergent macroparasite infections in parapatric Swiss lake-stream pairs of threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)
Differential recovery and spatial distribution pattern of haplochromine cichlids in the Mwanza Gulf of Lake Victoria
A trait-based framework for stream algal communities
Terrestrial runoff boosts phytoplankton in a Mediterranean coastal lagoon, but these effects do not propagate to higher trophic levels
Distinctive insular forms of threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus ) from western Mediterranean islands
Multiple-stressor effects on freshwater fish: a review and meta-analysis
A pharyngeal jaw evolutionary innovation facilitated extinction in Lake Victoria cichlids
Evaluating genomic divergence and parallelism in replicate ecomorphs from young and old cichlid adaptive radiations
Dispersal dynamics in food webs
Diversification and biodiversity dynamics of hot and cold spots
Population genetics of non-genetic traits: evolutionary roles of stochasticity in gene expression
Comparative histology of the adult electric organ among four species of the genus Campylomormyrus (Teleostei: Mormyridae)
Hybrid ’superswarm’ leads to rapid divergence and establishment of populations during a biological invasion
Multi-event capture–recapture analysis reveals individual foraging specialization in a generalist species
Phylogeny and age of chromidotilapiine cichlids (Teleostei: Cichlidae)
Process and pattern in cichlid radiations – inferences for understanding unusually high rates of evolutionary diversification
Beauty varies with the light
Hybrid breakdown in cichlid fish
Reef fishes at all trophic levels respond positively to effective marine protected areas
Fast adaptive responses in the oral jaw of Lake Victoria cichlids
Publikationen 2014
peer reviewed journals
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d mammals' (85 chars) journal => protected'Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences' (55 chars) year => protected2014 (integer) volume => protected281 (integer) issue => protected'1791' (4 chars) startpage => protected'20141470 (10 pp.)' (17 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'Coleoptera; Scarabaeoidea; species diversity; time tree; phytophagy; coproph
agy' (79 chars) description => protected'Extant terrestrial biodiversity arguably is driven by the evolutionary succe
ss of angiosperm plants, but the evolutionary mechanisms and timescales of a
ngiosperm-dependent radiations remain poorly understood. The Scarabaeoidea i
s a diverse lineage of predominantly plant- and dung-feeding beetles. Here,
we present a phylogenetic analysis of Scarabaeoidea based on four DNA marker
s for a taxonomically comprehensive set of specimens and link it to recently
described fossil evidence. The phylogeny strongly supports multiple origins
of coprophagy, phytophagy and anthophagy. The ingroup-based fossil calibrat
ion of the tree widely confirmed a Jurassic origin of the Scarabaeoidea crow
n group. The crown groups of phytophagous lineages began to radiate first (P
leurostict scarabs: 108 Ma; Glaphyridae between 101 Ma), followed by the lat
er diversification of coprophagous lineages (crown-group age Scarabaeinae: 7
6 Ma; Aphodiinae: 50 Ma). Pollen feeding arose even later, at maximally 62 M
a in the oldest anthophagous lineage. The clear time lag between the origins
of herbivores and coprophages suggests an evolutionary path driven by the a
ngiosperms that first favoured the herbivore fauna (mammals and insects) fol
lowed by the secondary radiation of the dung feeders. This finding makes it
less likely that extant dung beetle lineages initially fed on dinosaur excre
ments, as often hypothesized.' (1397 chars) serialnumber => protected'0962-8452' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1098/rspb.2014.1470' (22 chars) uid => protected9089 (integer) _localizedUid => protected9089 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected9089 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 1 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=7745, pid=124) originalId => protected7745 (integer) authors => protected'Alexander, T. J.; Johnson, C. R.; Haddon, M.; Barre
tt, N. S.; Edgar, G. J.' (119 chars) title => protected'Long-term trends in invertebrate-habitat relationships under protected and f
ished conditions' (92 chars) journal => protected'Marine Biology' (14 chars) year => protected2014 (integer) volume => protected161 (integer) issue => protected'8' (1 chars) startpage => protected'1799' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'1808' (4 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Few studies examine the long-term effects of changing predator size and abun
dance on the habitat associations of resident organisms despite that this kn
owledge is critical to understand the ecosystem effects of fishing. Marine r
eserves offer the opportunity to determine ecosystem-level effects of manipu
lated predator densities, while parallel monitoring of adjacent fished areas
allows separating these effects from regional-scale change. Relationships b
etween two measures of benthic habitat structure (reef architecture and topo
graphic complexity) and key invertebrate species were followed over 17 year
s at fished and protected subtidal rocky reefs associated with two southern
Australian marine reserves. Two commercially harvested species, the southern
rock lobster (<em>Jasus edwardsii</em>) and blacklip abalone (<em>Haliotis
rubra</em>) were initially weakly associated with habitat structure across a
ll fished and protected sites. The strength of association with habitat for
both species increased markedly at protected sites 2 years after marine res
erve declaration, and then gradually weakened over subsequent years. The inc
reasing size of rock lobster within reserves apparently reduced their depend
ency on reef shelters as refuges from predation. Rising predation by fish an
d rock lobster in the reserves corresponded with weakening invertebrate–ha
bitat relationships for <em>H. rubra</em> and sea urchins (<em>Heliocidaris
erythrogramma</em>). These results emphasise that animal–habitat relations
hips are not necessarily stable through time and highlight the value of mari
ne reserves as reference sites. Our work shows that fishery closures to enha
nce populations of commercially important and keystone species should be in
areas with a range of habitat features to accommodate shifting ecological re
quirements with ontogenesis.' (1852 chars) serialnumber => protected'0025-3162' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1007/s00227-014-2462-2' (25 chars) uid => protected7745 (integer) _localizedUid => protected7745 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected7745 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 2 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=13954, pid=124) originalId => protected13954 (integer) authors => protected'Alexander, T. J.; Vonlanthen, P.; Périat, G.; Degiorgi,
F.; Raymond, J.-C.; Seehausen, O.' (125 chars) title => protected'Evaluating gillnetting protocols to characterize lacustrine fish communities' (76 chars) journal => protected'Fisheries Research' (18 chars) year => protected2015 (integer) volume => protected161 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'320' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'329' (3 chars) categories => protected'multimesh gillnets; CEN standard; vertical net protocol; perch; coregonus' (73 chars) description => protected'Ecological research and monitoring of lacustrine ecosystems often requires a
whole-lake assessment of fish communities. Gillnet sampling offers an effic
ient means of estimating abundance, biomass and fish community composition.
However the choice of gillnet sampling protocol may influence lake character
ization via physical properties of the nets and allocation of sampling effor
t between littoral, benthic and pelagic habitats. This paper compares two co
mmonly used, whole-lake sampling protocols applied across 17 prealpine, suba
lpine and alpine European lakes ranging widely in size, depth and altitude t
o determine their relative strength for research and management applications
. Effort-corrected estimates of abundance, biomass and species richness were
correlated between the protocols and both distinguished the trout-dominated
alpine communities from subalpine and prealpine lakes dominated by whitefis
h and perch. A considerable amount of variance remained unexplained between
the two protocols however, which seemed to correspond with differences in th
e proportion of effort among benthic and pelagic habitats. We suggest that b
oth the European standard (CEN) and vertical (VERT) netting protocols are su
itable for assessing ecological status and monitoring changes in lake fish c
ommunities through time. However the details of each protocol should be kept
in mind when comparing fish communities between lakes. Mesh sizes used in C
EN nets produce a more even size frequency distribution, suggesting that thi
s protocol is most appropriate for assessing size structure of fish assembla
ges. The high proportion of netting effort in benthic habitats shallower tha
n 70 m depth under the CEN protocol means that, particularly in larger lakes
, outcomes will be disproportionately influenced by the ecological condition
of this habitat. The VERT protocol presumably provides a more accurate esti
mate of whole-lake CPUE and community composition because effort, in terms o
f net area, is more even...' (2175 chars) serialnumber => protected'0165-7836' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1016/j.fishres.2014.08.009' (29 chars) uid => protected13954 (integer) _localizedUid => protected13954 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected13954 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 3 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=9093, pid=124) originalId => protected9093 (integer) authors => protected'Brawand, D.; Wagner, C. E.; Li, Y. I.; Malinsky,&nb
sp;M.; Keller, I.; Fan, S.; Simakov, O.; Ng, A. Y.;
Lim, Z. W.; Bezault, E.; Greuter, L.; Mwaiko, S.;
Seehausen, O.; Di Palma, F.' (265 chars) title => protected'The genomic substrate for adaptive radiation in African cichlid fish' (68 chars) journal => protected'Nature' (6 chars) year => protected2014 (integer) volume => protected513 (integer) issue => protected'7518' (4 chars) startpage => protected'375' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'381' (3 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Cichlid fishes are famous for large, diverse and replicated adaptive radiati
ons in the Great Lakes of East Africa. To understand the molecular mechanism
s underlying cichlid phenotypic diversity, we sequenced the genomes and tran
scriptomes of five lineages of African cichlids: the Nile tilapia (<I>Oreoch
romis niloticus</I>), an ancestral lineage with low diversity; and four memb
ers of the East African lineage: <I>Neolamprologus brichardi/pulcher</I> (ol
der radiation, Lake Tanganyika), <I>Metriaclima zebra</I> (recent radiation,
Lake Malawi), <I>Pundamilia nyererei</I> (very recent radiation, Lake Victo
ria), and <I>Astatotilapia burtoni</I> (riverine species around Lake Tangany
ika). We found an excess of gene duplications in the East African lineage co
mpared to tilapia and other teleosts, an abundance of non-coding element div
ergence, accelerated coding sequence evolution, expression divergence associ
ated with transposable element insertions, and regulation by novel microRNAs
. In addition, we analysed sequence data from sixty individuals representing
six closely related species from Lake Victoria, and show genome-wide divers
ifying selection on coding and regulatory variants, some of which were recru
ited from ancient polymorphisms. We conclude that a number of molecular mech
anisms shaped East African cichlid genomes, and that amassing of standing va
riation during periods of relaxed purifying selection may have been importan
t in facilitating subsequent evolutionary diversification.' (1502 chars) serialnumber => protected'0028-0836' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1038/nature13726' (19 chars) uid => protected9093 (integer) _localizedUid => protected9093 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected9093 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 4 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=9111, pid=124) originalId => protected9111 (integer) authors => protected'Brodersen, J.; Seehausen, O.' (38 chars) title => protected'Why evolutionary biologists should get seriously involved in ecological moni
toring and applied biodiversity assessment programs' (127 chars) journal => protected'Evolutionary Applications' (25 chars) year => protected2014 (integer) volume => protected7 (integer) issue => protected'9' (1 chars) startpage => protected'968' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'983' (3 chars) categories => protected'conservation; ecosystem monitoring; evolutionary biology; genotypes; managem
ent; phenotypes' (91 chars) description => protected'While ecological monitoring and biodiversity assessment programs are widely
implemented and relatively well developed to survey and monitor the structur
e and dynamics of populations and communities in many ecosystems, quantitati
ve assessment and monitoring of genetic and phenotypic diversity that is imp
ortant to understand evolutionary dynamics is only rarely integrated. As a c
onsequence, monitoring programs often fail to detect changes in these key co
mponents of biodiversity until after major loss of diversity has occurred. T
he extensive efforts in ecological monitoring have generated large data sets
of unique value to macro-scale and long-term ecological research, but the i
nsights gained from such data sets could be multiplied by the inclusion of e
volutionary biological approaches. We argue that the lack of process-based e
volutionary thinking in ecological monitoring means a significant loss of op
portunity for research and conservation. Assessment of genetic and phenotypi
c variation within and between species needs to be fully integrated to safeg
uard biodiversity and the ecological and evolutionary dynamics in natural ec
osystems. We illustrate our case with examples from fishes and conclude with
examples of ongoing monitoring programs and provide suggestions on how to i
mprove future quantitative diversity surveys.' (1337 chars) serialnumber => protected'1752-4571' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/eva.12215' (17 chars) uid => protected9111 (integer) _localizedUid => protected9111 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected9111 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 5 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=9051, pid=124) originalId => protected9051 (integer) authors => protected'Brodersen, J.; Chapman, B. B.; Nilsson, P. A.; Skov
, C.; Hansson, L.-A.; Brönmark, C.' (126 chars) title => protected'Fixed and flexible: coexistence of obligate and facultative migratory strate
gies in a freshwater fish' (101 chars) journal => protected'PLoS One' (8 chars) year => protected2014 (integer) volume => protected9 (integer) issue => protected'3' (1 chars) startpage => protected'e90294 (7 pp.)' (14 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Migration is an important event in many animal life histories, but the degre
e to which individual animals participate in seasonal migrations often varie
s within populations. The powerful ecological and evolutionary consequences
of such partial migration are now well documented, but the underlying mechan
isms are still heavily debated. One potential mechanism of partial migration
is between-individual variation in body condition, where animals in poor co
ndition cannot pay the costs of migration and hence adopt a resident strateg
y. However, underlying intrinsic traits may overrule such environmental infl
uence, dictating individual consistency in migratory patterns. Unfortunately
, field tests of individual consistency compared to the importance of indivi
dual condition on migratory propensity are rare. Here we analyse 6 years of
field data on roach migration, gathered by tagging almost 3000 individual fi
sh and monitoring their seasonal migrations over extended periods of time. O
ur aims were to provide a field test of the role of condition in wild fish f
or migratory decisions, and also to assess individual consistency in migrato
ry tendency. Our analyses reveal that (1) migratory strategy, in terms of mi
gration/residency, is highly consistent within individuals over time and (2)
there is a positive relationship between condition and the probability of m
igration, but only in individuals that adopt a migratory strategy at some po
int during their lives. However, life-long residents do not differ in condit
ion to migrants, hence body condition is only a good predictor of migratory
tendency in fish with migratory phenotypes and not a more general determinan
t of migratory tendency for the population. As resident individuals can achi
eve very high body condition and still remain resident, we suggest that our
data provides some of the first field evidence to show that both facultative
and obligate strategies can co-exist within populations of migratory animal
s.' (1978 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'10.1371/journal.pone.0090294' (28 chars) uid => protected9051 (integer) _localizedUid => protected9051 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected9051 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 6 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=7833, pid=124) originalId => protected7833 (integer) authors => protected'Brönmark, C.; Hulthén, K.; Nilsson, P. A.; Skov,
C.; Hansson, L. A.; Brodersen, J.; Chapman, B. B.' (150 chars) title => protected'There and back again: migration in freshwater fishes' (52 chars) journal => protected'Canadian Journal of Zoology' (27 chars) year => protected2014 (integer) volume => protected92 (integer) issue => protected'6' (1 chars) startpage => protected'467' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'479' (3 chars) categories => protected'fish migration; seasonal; evolution; consequences; cyprinids' (60 chars) description => protected'Animal migration is an amazing phenomenon that has fascinated humans for lon
g. Many freshwater fishes also show remarkable migrations, whereof the spect
acular mass migrations of salmonids from the spawning streams are the most w
ell known and well studied. However, recent studies have shown that migratio
n occurs in a range of freshwater fish taxa from many different habitats. In
this review we focus on the causes and consequences of migration in freshwa
ter fishes. We start with an introduction of concepts and categories of migr
ation, and then address the evolutionary causes that drive individuals to ma
ke these migratory journeys. The basis for the decision of an individual fis
h to migrate or stay resident is an evaluation of the costs and benefits of
different strategies to maximize its lifetime reproductive effort. We provid
e examples by discussing our own work on the causes behind seasonal migratio
n in a cyprinid fish, roach (<em>Rutilus rutilus</em> (L., 1758)), within th
is framework. We then highlight different adaptations that allow fish to mig
rate over sometimes vast journeys across space, including capacity for orien
tation, osmoregulation, and efficient energy expenditure. Following this we
consider the consequences of migration in freshwater fish from ecological, e
volutionary, and conservation perspectives, and finally, we detail some of t
he recent developments in the methodologies used to collect data on fish mig
ration and how these could be used in future research.' (1498 chars) serialnumber => protected'0008-4301' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1139/cjz-2012-0277' (21 chars) uid => protected7833 (integer) _localizedUid => protected7833 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected7833 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 7 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=9142, pid=124) originalId => protected9142 (integer) authors => protected'Chain, F. J. J.; Feulner, P. G. D.; Panchal,&n
bsp;M.; Eizaguirre, C.; Samonte, I. E.; Kalbe, M.; Lenz,
T. L.; Stoll, M.; Bornberg-Bauer, E.; Milinski, M.
; Reusch, T. B. H.' (261 chars) title => protected'Extensive copy-number variation of young genes across stickleback population
s' (77 chars) journal => protected'PLoS Genetics' (13 chars) year => protected2014 (integer) volume => protected10 (integer) issue => protected'12' (2 chars) startpage => protected'1' (1 chars) otherpage => protected'18' (2 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Duplicate genes emerge as copy-number variations (CNVs) at the population le
vel, and remain copy-number polymorphic until they are fixed or lost. The su
ccessful establishment of such structural polymorphisms in the genome plays
an important role in evolution by promoting genetic diversity, complexity an
d innovation. To characterize the early evolutionary stages of duplicate gen
es and their potential adaptive benefits, we combine comparative genomics wi
th population genomics analyses to evaluate the distribution and impact of C
NVs across natural populations of an eco-genomic model, the three-spined sti
ckleback. With whole genome sequences of 66 individuals from populations inh
abiting three distinct habitats, we find that CNVs generally occur at low fr
equencies and are often only found in one of the 11 populations surveyed. A
subset of CNVs, however, displays copy-number differentiation between popula
tions, showing elevated within-population frequencies consistent with local
adaptation. By comparing teleost genomes to identify lineage-specific genes
and duplications in sticklebacks, we highlight rampant gene content differen
ces among individuals in which over 30% of young duplicate genes are CNVs. T
hese CNV genes are evolving rapidly at the molecular level and are enriched
with functional categories associated with environmental interactions, depic
ting the dynamic early copy-number polymorphic stage of genes during populat
ion differentiation.' (1464 chars) serialnumber => protected'1553-7390' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1371/journal.pgen.1004830' (28 chars) uid => protected9142 (integer) _localizedUid => protected9142 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected9142 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 8 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=9098, pid=124) originalId => protected9098 (integer) authors => protected'Chain, F. J. J.; Feulner, P. G. D.' (64 chars) title => protected'Ecological and evolutionary implications of genomic structural variations' (73 chars) journal => protected'Frontiers in Genetics' (21 chars) year => protected2014 (integer) volume => protected5 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'326 (2 pp.)' (11 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'structural variation; SV; copy number variation; CNV; inversions; ecological
genetics; evolutionary genomics; genome evolution' (126 chars) description => protected'' (0 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'10.3389/fgene.2014.00326' (24 chars) uid => protected9098 (integer) _localizedUid => protected9098 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected9098 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 9 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=7784, pid=124) originalId => protected7784 (integer) authors => protected'Cohen, P.; Tapala, S.; Rikio, A.; Kukiti, E.; Sori, 
;F.; Hilly, Z.; Alexander, T. J.; Foale, S.' (139 chars) title => protected'Developing a common understanding of taxonomy for fisheries management in no
rth Vella Lavella, Solomon Islands' (110 chars) journal => protected'Traditional Marine Resource Management and Knowledge Information Bulletin' (73 chars) year => protected2014 (integer) volume => protected33 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'3' (1 chars) otherpage => protected'12' (2 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'' (0 chars) serialnumber => protected'1025-7497' (9 chars) doi => protected'' (0 chars) uid => protected7784 (integer) _localizedUid => protected7784 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected7784 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 10 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=9134, pid=124) originalId => protected9134 (integer) authors => protected'Downing, A. S.; van Nes, E. H.; Balirwa, J. S.
; Beuving, J.; Bwathondi, P. O. J.; Chapman, L.&nbs
p;J.; Cornelissen, I. J. M.; Cowx, I. G.; Goudswaar
d, K. P. C.; Hecky, R. E.; Janse, J. H.;
Janssen, A. B. G.; Kaufman, L.; Kishe-Machumu, M.&n
bsp;A.; Kolding, J.; Ligtvoet, W.; Mbabazi, D.; Medard,
M.; Mkumbo, O. C.; Mlaponi, E.; Munyaho, A. T.; Nag
elkerke, L. A. J.; Ogutu-Ohwayo, R.; Ojwang, W.&nbs
p;O.; Peter, H. K.; Schindler, D. E.; Seehausen, O.
; Sharpe, D.; Silsbe, G. M.; Sitoki, L.; Tumwebaze, 
;R.; Tweddle, D.; van de Wolfshaar, K. E.; van Dijk, H.;
van Donk, E.; van Rijssel, J. C.; van Zwieten, P.
A. M.; Wanink, J.; Witte, F.; Mooij, W. M.' (979 chars) title => protected'Coupled human and natural system dynamics as key to the sustainability of La
ke Victoria’s ecosystem services' (110 chars) journal => protected'Ecology and Society' (19 chars) year => protected2014 (integer) volume => protected19 (integer) issue => protected'4' (1 chars) startpage => protected'31 (18 pp.)' (11 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'eutrophication; feedbacks; fisheries; Lake Victoria; model; multidisciplinar
y; social-ecological system; sustainability' (119 chars) description => protected'East Africa’s Lake Victoria provides resources and services to millions of
people on the lake’s shores and abroad. In particular, the lake’s fishe
ries are an important source of protein, employment, and international econo
mic connections for the whole region. Nonetheless, stock dynamics are poorly
understood and currently unpredictable. Furthermore, fishery dynamics are i
ntricately connected to other supporting services of the lake as well as to
lakeshore societies and economies. Much research has been carried out piecem
eal on different aspects of Lake Victoria’s system; e.g., societies, biodi
versity, fisheries, and eutrophication. However, to disentangle drivers and
dynamics of change in this complex system, we need to put these pieces toget
her and analyze the system as a whole. We did so by first building a qualita
tive model of the lake’s social-ecological system. We then investigated th
e model system through a qualitative loop analysis, and finally examined eff
ects of changes on the system state and structure. The model and its context
ual analysis allowed us to investigate system-wide chain reactions resulting
from disturbances. Importantly, we built a tool that can be used to analyze
the cascading effects of management options and establish the requirements
for their success. We found that high connectedness of the system at the exp
loitation level, through fisheries having multiple target stocks, can increa
se the stocks’ vulnerability to exploitation but reduce society’s vulner
ability to variability in individual stocks. We describe how there are multi
ple pathways to any change in the system, which makes it difficult to identi
fy the root cause of changes but also broadens the management toolkit. Also,
we illustrate how nutrient enrichment is not a self-regulating process, and
that explicit management is necessary to halt or reverse eutrophication. Th
is model is simple and usable to assess system-wide effects of management po
licies, and can serve as...' (2084 chars) serialnumber => protected'1708-3087' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.5751/ES-06965-190431' (23 chars) uid => protected9134 (integer) _localizedUid => protected9134 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected9134 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 11 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=7625, pid=124) originalId => protected7625 (integer) authors => protected'Hudson, A. G.; Vonlanthen, P.; Seehausen, O.' (64 chars) title => protected'Population structure, inbreeding and local adaptation within an endangered r
iverine specialist: the nase (<em>Chondrostoma nasus</em>)' (134 chars) journal => protected'Conservation Genetics' (21 chars) year => protected2014 (integer) volume => protected15 (integer) issue => protected'4' (1 chars) startpage => protected'933' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'951' (3 chars) categories => protected'Chondrostoma nasus; conservation genomics; local adaptation; population geno
mics; outlier scans; adaptive potential; conservation units (CUs)' (141 chars) description => protected'<em>Chondrostoma nasus</em> is a cyprinid fish with highly specialized, ecol
ogically and geographically distinct, ontogenetic trophic niches. Nase popul
ation numbers across their Swiss range have shown massive declines and many
localized extinctions. In this study, we integrate genetic data (AFLP, micro
satellite, mtDNA sequence) with phenotypic and demographic analyses to surve
y patterns of neutral and adaptive genetic diversity in all extant (and one
extinct) Swiss nase populations, with the aim to delineate intraspecific con
servation units (CUs) and to inform future population management strategies.
We discovered two major genetically and geographically distinct population
groupings. The first population grouping comprises nase inhabiting rivers fl
owing into Lake Constance; the second comprises nase populations from Rhine
drainages below Lake Constance. Within these clusters there is generally lim
ited genetic differentiation among populations. Genomic outlier scans based
on 256 to 377 polymorphic AFLP loci revealed little evidence of local adapta
tion both within and among population clusters, with the exception of one ca
ndidate locus identified in scans involving the low genetic diversity Schanz
engraben population. However, significant phenotypic differentiation in body
shape between certain populations suggests a need for more intensive future
studies of local adaptation. Our data strongly suggests that the two major
population groups should be treated as distinct CUs, with any supplemental s
tocking and reintroductions sourced only from within the range of the CU con
cerned.' (1603 chars) serialnumber => protected'1566-0621' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1007/s10592-014-0590-3' (25 chars) uid => protected7625 (integer) _localizedUid => protected7625 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected7625 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 12 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=7585, pid=124) originalId => protected7585 (integer) authors => protected'Hulthén, K.; Chapman, B. B.; Nilsson, P. A.; Hanss
on, L. A.; Skov, C.; Baktoft, H.; Brodersen, J.; Br
önmark, C.' (168 chars) title => protected'Sex identification and PIT-tagging: tools and prospects for studying interse
xual differences in freshwater fishes' (113 chars) journal => protected'Journal of Fish Biology' (23 chars) year => protected2014 (integer) volume => protected84 (integer) issue => protected'2' (1 chars) startpage => protected'503' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'512' (3 chars) categories => protected'females; males; sex; sex determination; telemetry' (49 chars) description => protected'This study evaluated a technique to allow the long-term monitoring of indivi
dual fishes of known sex in the wild using sex confirmation in close proximi
ty to the reproductive period combined with individual tagging. Hundreds of
partially migratory roach <I>Rutilus rutilus</I> were tagged with passive in
tegrated transponders (PIT) following sex determination in spring and variou
s performance measures were compared with fish tagged outside the reproducti
ve period in autumn. Short-term survival was >95% for <I>R. rutilus</I> sexe
d and tagged under natural field conditions. Total length (<I>L</I><SUB>T</S
UB>) did not affect the probability of survival within the size range tagged
(119–280 mm), nor were there differences in timing of migration the follo
wing season between individuals sexed and tagged in spring and individuals t
agged in autumn (<I>i.e</I>. outside the reproductive period). Also, a simil
ar per cent of <I>R. rutilus</I> sexed and tagged in spring and tagged in au
tumn migrated the following season (34·5 and 34·7%). Moreover, long-term r
ecapture data revealed no significant differences in body condition between
<I>R. rutilus</I> individuals sexed and tagged in spring, individuals tagged
in autumn and unmanipulated individuals. The observed sex ratio of recaptur
ed fish did not differ from the expected values of equal recapture rates bet
ween males and females. Hence, there is no observable evidence for an advers
e effect of tagging close to the reproductive period and therefore this meth
od is suitable for studying intersexual differences and other phenotypic tra
its temporarily expressed during reproduction at the individual level in fis
hes.' (1676 chars) serialnumber => protected'0022-1112' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/jfb.12300' (17 chars) uid => protected7585 (integer) _localizedUid => protected7585 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected7585 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 13 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=7801, pid=124) originalId => protected7801 (integer) authors => protected'Junker, J.; Heimann, F. U. M.; Hauer, C.; Turowski,
J. M.; Rickenmann, D.; Zappa, M.; Peter, A.' (145 chars) title => protected'Assessing the impact of climate change on brown trout (<em>Salmo trutta fari
o</em>) recruitment' (95 chars) journal => protected'Hydrobiologia' (13 chars) year => protected2015 (integer) volume => protected751 (integer) issue => protected'1' (1 chars) startpage => protected'1' (1 chars) otherpage => protected'21' (2 chars) categories => protected'sedFlow; Salmo trutta fario; bedload transport; scouring; mesohabitat; spawn
ing' (79 chars) description => protected'Climate change influences air temperature and precipitation, and as a direct
consequence, the annual discharge pattern in rivers will change as climate
warming continues. This has an impact on bedload transport and consequently
on aquatic life, because coarse sediments in streams provide important habit
at for many species. Salmonids, for example, spawn in gravel, and during the
ir early life stages live in or on top of the substrate. We used a multiple
model approach to assess how predicted discharge changes affect bedload tran
sport and the vulnerable early life stages of brown trout (<em>Salmo trutta
fario</em>) in a prealpine catchment in Switzerland. In the study area, futu
re discharge scenarios predict an increased frequency of flood occurrence in
winter and long-lasting low-flow periods in summer. As a result, bed erosio
n will become more frequent during winter, leading to less stable spawning g
rounds and deeper scouring, but during summer, an improvement in habitat div
ersity can be expected, which is advantageous for young-of-the-year fish. To
face the future challenges of climate change, we recommend widening of rive
rbeds and improvements in longitudinal connectivity.' (1192 chars) serialnumber => protected'0018-8158' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1007/s10750-014-2073-4' (25 chars) uid => protected7801 (integer) _localizedUid => protected7801 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected7801 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 14 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=9096, pid=124) originalId => protected9096 (integer) authors => protected'Klecka, J.' (15 chars) title => protected'Modelling size structured food webs using a modified niche model with two pr
edator traits' (89 chars) journal => protected'PLoS One' (8 chars) year => protected2014 (integer) volume => protected9 (integer) issue => protected'8' (1 chars) startpage => protected'e99355 (11 pp.)' (15 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'The structure of food webs is frequently described using phenomenological st
ochastic models. A prominent example, the niche model, was found to produce
artificial food webs resembling real food webs according to a range of summa
ry statistics. However, the size structure of food webs generated by the nic
he model and real food webs has not yet been rigorously compared. To fill th
is void, I use a body mass based version of the niche model and compare prey
-predator body mass allometry and predator-prey body mass ratios predicted b
y the model to empirical data. The results show that the model predicts weak
er size structure than observed in many real food webs. I introduce a modifi
ed version of the niche model which allows to control the strength of size-d
ependence of predator-prey links. In this model, optimal prey body mass depe
nds allometrically on predator body mass and on a second trait, such as fora
ging mode. These empirically motivated extensions of the model allow to repr
esent size structure of real food webs realistically and can be used to gene
rate artificial food webs varying in several aspects of size structure in a
controlled way. Hence, by explicitly including the role of species traits, t
his model provides new opportunities for simulating the consequences of size
structure for food web dynamics and stability.' (1339 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'10.1371/journal.pone.0099355' (28 chars) uid => protected9096 (integer) _localizedUid => protected9096 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected9096 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 15 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=7728, pid=124) originalId => protected7728 (integer) authors => protected'Klecka, J.; Boukal, D. S.' (40 chars) title => protected'The effect of habitat structure on prey mortality depends on predator and pr
ey microhabitat use' (95 chars) journal => protected'Oecologia' (9 chars) year => protected2014 (integer) volume => protected176 (integer) issue => protected'1' (1 chars) startpage => protected'183' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'191' (3 chars) categories => protected'Predation; predator–prey interactions; habitat complexity; aquatic insects' (76 chars) description => protected'Structurally complex habitats provide cover and may hinder the movement of a
nimals. In predator–prey relationships, habitat structure can decrease pre
dation risk when it provides refuges for prey or hinders foraging activity o
f predators. However, it may also provide shelter, supporting structures and
perches for sit-and-wait predators and hence increase their predation rates
. We tested the effect of habitat structure on prey mortality in aquatic inv
ertebrates in short-term laboratory predation trials that differed in the pr
esence or absence of artificial vegetation. The effect of habitat structure
on prey mortality was context dependent as it changed with predator and prey
microhabitat use. Specifically, we observed an 'anti-refuge' effect of adde
d vegetation: phytophilous predators that perched on the plants imposed high
er predation pressure on planktonic prey, while mortality of benthic prey de
creased. Predation by benthic and planktonic predators on either type of pre
y remained unaffected by the presence of vegetation. Our results show that t
he effects of habitat structure on predator–prey interactions are more com
plex than simply providing prey refuges or cover for predators. Such context
-specific effects of habitat complexity may alter the coupling of different
parts of the ecosystem, such as pelagic and benthic habitats, and ultimately
affect food web stability through cascading effects on individual life hist
ories and trophic link strengths.' (1477 chars) serialnumber => protected'0029-8549' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1007/s00442-014-3007-6' (25 chars) uid => protected7728 (integer) _localizedUid => protected7728 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected7728 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 16 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=9095, pid=124) originalId => protected9095 (integer) authors => protected'Klecka, J.' (15 chars) title => protected'The role of a water bug, <I>Sigara striata</I>, in freshwater food webs' (71 chars) journal => protected'PeerJ' (5 chars) year => protected2014 (integer) volume => protected2 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'e389 (16 pp.)' (13 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'predation; predator–prey interactions; food webs; foraging; heteroptera; c
orixidae' (84 chars) description => protected'Freshwater food webs are dominated by aquatic invertebrates whose trophic re
lationships are often poorly known. Here, I used laboratory experiments to s
tudy the role of a water bug, <I>Sigara striata</I>, as a potential predator
and prey in food webs of stagnant waters. Multiple-choice predation experim
ent revealed that <I>Sigara</I>, which had been considered mostly herbivorou
s, also consumed larvae of <I>Chironomus</I> midges. Because they often occu
r in high densities and are among the most ubiquitous aquatic insects, <I>Si
gara</I> water bugs may be important predators in fresh waters. A second exp
eriment tested the role of <I>Sigara</I> as a potential prey for 13 common i
nvertebrate predators. Mortality of <I>Sigara</I> inflicted by different pre
dators varied widely, especially depending on body mass, foraging mode (ambu
sh/searching) and feeding mode (chewing/suctorial) of the predators. <I>Siga
ra</I> was highly vulnerable to ambush predators, while searching predators
caused on average 8.1 times lower mortality of <I>Sigara</I>. Additionally,
suctorial predators consumed on average 6.6 times more <I>Sigara</I> individ
uals than chewing predators, which supports previous results hinting on pote
ntially different predation pressures of these two types of predators on pre
y populations. The importance of these two foraging-related traits demonstra
tes the need to move from body mass based to multiple trait based descriptio
ns of food web structure. Overall, the results suggests that detailed experi
mental studies of common but insufficiently known species can significantly
enhance our understanding of food web structure.' (1644 chars) serialnumber => protected'2167-8359' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.7717/peerj.389' (17 chars) uid => protected9095 (integer) _localizedUid => protected9095 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected9095 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 17 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=7600, pid=124) originalId => protected7600 (integer) authors => protected'Kleckova, I.; Konvicka, M.; Klecka, J.' (53 chars) title => protected'Thermoregulation and microhabitat use in mountain butterflies of the genus <
I>Erebia</I>: importance of fine-scale habitat heterogeneity' (136 chars) journal => protected'Journal of Thermal Biology' (26 chars) year => protected2014 (integer) volume => protected41 (integer) issue => protected'1' (1 chars) startpage => protected'50' (2 chars) otherpage => protected'58' (2 chars) categories => protected'alpine habitats; behavioural thermoregulation; climate change; conservation;
niche; habitat management' (102 chars) description => protected'Mountain butterflies have evolved efficient thermoregulation strategies enab
ling their survival in marginal conditions with short flight season and unst
able weather. Understanding the importance of their behavioural thermoregula
tion by habitat use can provide novel information for predicting the fate of
alpine Lepidoptera and other insects under ongoing climate change. We studi
ed the link between microhabitat use and thermoregulation in adults of seven
species of a butterfly genus <I>Erebia</I> co-occurring in the Austrian Alp
s. We captured individuals in the field and measured their body temperature
in relation to microhabitat and air temperature. We asked whether closely re
lated species regulate their body temperature differently, and if so, what i
s the effect of behaviour, species traits and individual traits on body to a
ir and body to microhabitat temperature differences. Co-occurring species di
ffered in mean body temperature. These differences were driven by active mic
rohabitat selection by individuals and also by species–specific habitat pr
eferences. Species inhabiting grasslands and rocks utilised warmer microclim
ates to maintain higher body temperature than woodland species. Under low ai
r temperatures, species of rocky habitats heated up more effectively than sp
ecies of grasslands and woodlands which allowed them to stay active in colde
r weather. Species morphology and individual traits play rather minor roles
in the thermoregulatory differences; although large species and young indivi
duals maintained higher body temperature. We conclude that diverse microhabi
tat conditions at small spatial scales probably contribute to sympatric occu
rrence of closely related species with different thermal demands and that pr
eserving heterogeneous conditions in alpine landscapes might mitigate detrim
ental consequences of predicted climate change.' (1871 chars) serialnumber => protected'0306-4565' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1016/j.jtherbio.2014.02.002' (30 chars) uid => protected7600 (integer) _localizedUid => protected7600 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected7600 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 18 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=7785, pid=124) originalId => protected7785 (integer) authors => protected'Lundsgaard-Hansen, B.; Matthews, B.; Seehausen, O.' (65 chars) title => protected'Ecological speciation and phenotypic plasticity affect ecosystems' (65 chars) journal => protected'Ecology' (7 chars) year => protected2014 (integer) volume => protected95 (integer) issue => protected'10' (2 chars) startpage => protected'2723' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'2735' (4 chars) categories => protected'adaptive radiation; common gardening experiment; Coregonus; direct trophic e
ffects; eco-evolutionary dynamics; ecological speciation; indirect effects' (150 chars) description => protected'Phenotypic differences among closely related populations and species can cau
se contrasting effects on ecosystems; however, it is unknown whether such ef
fects result from genetic divergence, phenotypic plasticity, or both. To tes
t this, we reared sympatric limnetic and benthic species of whitefish from a
young adaptive radiation in a common garden, where the benthic species was
raised on two distinct food types. We then used these fish in a mesocosm exp
eriment to test for contrasting ecosystem effects of closely related species
and of plastically induced differences within a species. We found that stro
ng contrasting ecosystem effects resulted more frequently from genetic diver
gence, although they were not stronger overall than those resulting from phe
notypic plasticity. Overall, our results provide evidence that genetically b
ased differences among closely related species that evolved during a young a
daptive radiation can affect ecosystems, and that phenotypic plasticity can
modify the ecosystem effects of such species.' (1033 chars) serialnumber => protected'0012-9658' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1890/13-2338.1' (17 chars) uid => protected7785 (integer) _localizedUid => protected7785 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected7785 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 19 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=7753, pid=124) originalId => protected7753 (integer) authors => protected'Lucek, K.; Lemoine, M.; Seehausen, O.' (52 chars) title => protected'Contemporary ecotypic divergence during a recent range expansion was facilit
ated by adaptive introgression' (106 chars) journal => protected'Journal of Evolutionary Biology' (31 chars) year => protected2014 (integer) volume => protected27 (integer) issue => protected'10' (2 chars) startpage => protected'2233' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'2248' (4 chars) categories => protected'adaptive introgression; biological invasion; P matrix' (53 chars) description => protected'Although rapid phenotypic evolution during range expansion associated with c
olonization of contrasting habitats has been documented in several taxa, the
evolutionary mechanisms that underlie such phenotypic divergence have less
often been investigated. A strong candidate for rapid ecotype formation with
in an invaded range is the three-spine stickleback in the Lake Geneva region
of central Europe. Since its introduction only about 140 years ago, it has
undergone a significant expansion of its range and its niche, now forming ph
enotypically differentiated parapatric ecotypes that occupy either the pelag
ic zone of the large lake or small inlet streams, respectively. By comparing
museum collections from different times with contemporary population sample
s, we here reconstruct the evolution of parapatric phenotypic divergence thr
ough time. Using genetic data from modern samples, we infer the underlying i
nvasion history. We find that parapatric habitat-dependent phenotypic diverg
ence between the lake and stream was already present in the first half of th
e twentieth century, but the magnitude of differentiation increased through
time, particularly in antipredator defence traits. This suggests that diverg
ent selection between the habitats occurred and was stable through much of t
he time since colonization. Recently, increased phenotypic differentiation i
n antipredator defence traits likely results from habitat-dependent selectio
n on alleles that arrived through introgression from a distantly related lin
eage from outside the Lake Geneva region. This illustrates how hybridization
can quickly promote phenotypic divergence in a system where adaptation from
standing genetic variation was constrained.' (1716 chars) serialnumber => protected'1010-061X' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/jeb.12475' (17 chars) uid => protected7753 (integer) _localizedUid => protected7753 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected7753 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 20 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=9079, pid=124) originalId => protected9079 (integer) authors => protected'Lucek, K.; Sivasundar, A.; Kristjánsson, B. K.; Skúlas
on, S.; Seehausen, O.' (107 chars) title => protected'Quick divergence but slow convergence during ecotype formation in lake and s
tream stickleback pairs of variable age' (115 chars) journal => protected'Journal of Evolutionary Biology' (31 chars) year => protected2014 (integer) volume => protected27 (integer) issue => protected'9' (1 chars) startpage => protected'1878' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'1892' (4 chars) categories => protected'line of least resistance; P matrix; parapatric evolution; phenotypic diversi
fication' (84 chars) description => protected'When genetic constraints restrict phenotypic evolution, diversification can
be predicted to evolve along so-called lines of least resistance. To address
the importance of such constraints and their resolution, studies of paralle
l phenotypic divergence that differ in their age are valuable. Here, we inve
stigate the parapatric evolution of six lake and stream threespine stickleba
ck systems from Iceland and Switzerland, ranging in age from a few decades t
o several millennia. Using phenotypic data, we test for parallelism in ecoty
pic divergence between parapatric lake and stream populations and compare th
e observed patterns to an ancestral-like marine population. We find strong a
nd consistent phenotypic divergence, both among lake and stream populations
and between our freshwater populations and the marine population. Interestin
gly, ecotypic divergence in low-dimensional phenotype space (i.e. single tra
its) is rapid and seems to be often completed within 100 years. Yet, the dim
ensionality of ecotypic divergence was highest in our oldest systems and onl
y there parallel evolution of unrelated ecotypes was strong enough to overwr
ite phylogenetic contingency. Moreover, the dimensionality of divergence in
different systems varies between trait complexes, suggesting different const
raints and evolutionary pathways to their resolution among freshwater system
s.' (1370 chars) serialnumber => protected'1010-061X' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/jeb.12439' (17 chars) uid => protected9079 (integer) _localizedUid => protected9079 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected9079 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 21 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=9062, pid=124) originalId => protected9062 (integer) authors => protected'Lucek, K.; Sivasundar, A.; Seehausen, O.' (55 chars) title => protected'Disentangling the role of phenotypic plasticity and genetic divergence in co
ntemporary ecotype formation during a biological invasion' (133 chars) journal => protected'Evolution, International Journal of Organic Evolution' (53 chars) year => protected2014 (integer) volume => protected68 (integer) issue => protected'9' (1 chars) startpage => protected'2619' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'2632' (4 chars) categories => protected'adaptive divergence; ecotype formation; heritability; invasion biology; plas
ticity' (82 chars) description => protected'The occurrence of contemporary ecotype formation through adaptive divergence
of populations within the range of an invasive species typically requires s
tanding genetic variation but can be facilitated by phenotypic plasticity. T
he relative contributions of both of these to adaptive trait differentiation
have rarely been simultaneously quantified in recently diverging vertebrate
populations. Here we study a case of intraspecific divergence into distinct
lake and stream ecotypes of threespine stickleback that evolved in the past
140 years within the invasive range in Switzerland. Using a controlled labo
ratory experiment with full-sib crosses and treatments mimicking a key featu
re of ecotypic niche divergence, we test if the phenotypic divergence that w
e observe in the wild results from phenotypic plasticity or divergent geneti
c predisposition. Our experimental groups show qualitatively similar phenoty
pic divergence as those observed among wild adults. The relative contributio
n of plasticity and divergent genetic predisposition differs among the trait
s studied, with traits related to the biomechanics of feeding showing a stro
nger genetic predisposition, whereas traits related to locomotion are mainly
plastic. These results implicate that phenotypic plasticity and standing ge
netic variation interacted during contemporary ecotype formation in this cas
e.' (1370 chars) serialnumber => protected'0014-3820' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/evo.12443' (17 chars) uid => protected9062 (integer) _localizedUid => protected9062 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected9062 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 22 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=11641, pid=124) originalId => protected11641 (integer) authors => protected'Melián, C. J.; Baldó, F.; Matthews, B.; Vilas, C.
; González-Ortegón, E.; Drake, P.; Williams, R. J.' (148 chars) title => protected'Individual trait variation and diversity in food webs' (53 chars) journal => protected'In: Moya-Laraño, J.; Rowntree, J.; Woodward, G. (Eds.), Eco-
evolutionary dynamics' (97 chars) year => protected2014 (integer) volume => protected0 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'207' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'241' (3 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'In recent years, there has been a renewed interest in the ecological consequ
ences of individual trait variation within populations. Given that individua
l variability arises from evolutionary dynamics, to fully understand eco-evo
lutionary feedback loops, we need to pay special attention to how standing t
rait variability affects ecological dynamics. There is mounting empirical ev
idence that intra-specific phenotypic variation can exceed species-level mea
ns, but theoretical models of multi-trophic species coexistence typically ne
glect individual-level trait variability. What is needed are multispecies da
tasets that are resolved at the individual level that can be used to discrim
inate among alternative models of resource selection and species coexistence
in food webs. Here, using one the largest individual-based datasets of a fo
od web compiled to date, along with an individual trait-based stochastic mod
el that incorporates Approximate Bayesian computation methods, we document i
ntra-population variation in the strength of prey selection by different cla
sses or predator phenotypes which could potentially alter the diversity and
coexistence patterns of food webs. In particular, we found that strongly con
nected individual predators preferentially consumed common prey, whereas wea
kly connected predators preferentially selected rare prey. Such patterns sug
gest that food web diversity may be governed by the distribution of predator
connectivity and individual trait variation in prey selection. We discuss t
he consequences of intra-specific variation in prey selection to assess fitn
ess differences among predator classes (or phenotypes) and track longer term
food web patterns of coexistence accounting for several phenotypes within e
ach prey and predator species.' (1778 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'10.1016/B978-0-12-801374-8.00006-2' (34 chars) uid => protected11641 (integer) _localizedUid => protected11641 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected11641 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 23 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=11642, pid=124) originalId => protected11642 (integer) authors => protected'Moya-Laraño, J.; Bilbao-Castro, J. R.; Barrionuevo, G.;
Ruiz-Lupión, D.; Casado, L. G.; Montserrat, M.; Meliá
n, C. J.; Magalhães, S.' (191 chars) title => protected'Eco-evolutionary spatial dynamics: rapid evolution and isolation explain foo
d web persistence' (93 chars) journal => protected'In: Moya-Laraño, J.; Rowntree, J.; Woodward, G. (Eds.), Eco-
evolutionary dynamics' (97 chars) year => protected2014 (integer) volume => protected0 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'75' (2 chars) otherpage => protected'143' (3 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'One of the current challenges in evolutionary ecology is understanding the l
ong-term persistence of contemporary-evolving predator-prey interactions acr
oss space and time. To address this, we developed an extension of a multi-lo
cus, multi-trait eco-evolutionary individual-based model that incorporates s
everal interacting species in explicit landscapes. We simulated eco-evolutio
nary dynamics of multiple species food webs with different degrees of connec
tance across soil-moisture islands. A broad set of parameter combinations le
d to the local extinction of species, but some species persisted, and this w
as associated with (1) high connectance and omnivory and (2) ongoing evoluti
on, due to multi-trait genetic variability of the embedded species. Furtherm
ore, persistence was highest at intermediate island distances, likely becaus
e of a balance between predation-induced extinction (strongest at short isla
nd distances) and the coupling of island diversity by top predators, which b
y travelling among islands exert global top-down control of biodiversity. In
the simulations with high genetic variation, we also found widespread trait
evolutionary changes indicative of eco-evolutionary dynamics. We discuss ho
w the ever-increasing computing power and high-resolution data availability
will soon allow researchers to start bridging the <em>in vivo-in silico</em>
gap.' (1373 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'10.1016/B978-0-12-801374-8.00003-7' (34 chars) uid => protected11642 (integer) _localizedUid => protected11642 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected11642 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 24 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=7664, pid=124) originalId => protected7664 (integer) authors => protected'Person, E.; Bieri, M.; Peter, A.; Schleiss, A. J.' (74 chars) title => protected'Mitigation measures for fish habitat improvement in Alpine rivers affected b
y hydropower operations' (99 chars) journal => protected'Ecohydrology' (12 chars) year => protected2014 (integer) volume => protected7 (integer) issue => protected'2' (1 chars) startpage => protected'580' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'599' (3 chars) categories => protected'hydropeaking; hydropower; mitigation measures; brown trout; habitat suitabil
ity; economic and habitat rating' (108 chars) description => protected'In mountainous areas, high-head-storage hydropower plants produce peak load
energy. The resulting unsteady water release to rivers, called hydropeaking,
alters the natural flow regime. Mitigating the adverse impacts of hydropeak
ing on aquatic ecosystems has become a crucial step in recent water policies
. <BR/>We developed a novel economic-ecological diagnostic and intervention
method to assess hydropeaking mitigation measures for fish habitat improveme
nt. This method was applied to an Alpine river downstream of a complex stora
ge hydropower scheme. The approach comprises (1) a <I>hydropower operation m
odel</I> of flow regime generation and cost estimates for different mitigati
on measures, (2) a <I>two-dimensional hydrodynamic model</I> to simulate the
flow conditions in representative river reaches and (3) a <I>dynamic fish h
abitat simulation tool</I> to assess the sub-daily changes in habitat condit
ions of three brown trout (<I>Salmo trutta fario</I>) life stages (adult, sp
awning and young-of-the-year). Simulations showed that operational measures
such as limiting maximum turbine discharge, increasing residual flow and lim
iting drawdown range incur high costs in relation to their ecological effect
iveness. Compensation basins and powerhouse outflow deviation achieved the b
est cost–benefit ratio. Hydropeaking impact was strongly dependent on rive
r morphology. Monotonous river reaches exhibited low habitat suitability for
peak discharge, whereas a braided morphology provided high in-stream struct
ure and thus suitable habitat for unsteady flow conditions.<BR/>The interdis
ciplinary approach to economic and habitat rating informs decision makers re
garding the effectiveness of measures implemented to mitigate the environmen
tal impacts associated with fluctuating hydropower operations.' (1810 chars) serialnumber => protected'1936-0584' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1002/eco.1380' (16 chars) uid => protected7664 (integer) _localizedUid => protected7664 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected7664 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 25 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=7578, pid=124) originalId => protected7578 (integer) authors => protected'Seehausen, O.; Butlin, R. K.; Keller, I.; Wagner, C
. E.; Boughman, J. W.; Hohenlohe, P. A.; Peichel,&n
bsp;C. L.; Saetre, G.-P.; Bank, C.; Brännström, Å.; B
relsford, A.; Clarkson, C. S.; Eroukhmanoff, F.; Feder,&
nbsp;J. L.; Fischer, M. C.; Foote, A. D.; Franchini
, P.; Jiggins, C. D.; Jones, F. C.; Lindholm,
A. K.; Lucek, K.; Maan, M. E.; Marques, D. A.;
Martin, S. H.; Matthews, B.; Meier, J. I.; Möst,&
nbsp;M.; Nachman, M. W.; Nonaka, E.; Rennison, D. J
.; Schwarzer, J.; Watson, E. T.; Westram, A. M.; Wi
dmer, A.' (773 chars) title => protected'Genomics and the origin of species' (34 chars) journal => protected'Nature Reviews Genetics' (23 chars) year => protected2014 (integer) volume => protected15 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'176' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'192' (3 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Speciation is a fundamental evolutionary process, the knowledge of which is
crucial for understanding the origins of biodiversity. Genomic approaches ar
e an increasingly important aspect of this research field. We review current
understanding of genome-wide effects of accumulating reproductive isolation
and of genomic properties that influence the process of speciation. Buildin
g on this work, we identify emergent trends and gaps in our understanding, p
ropose new approaches to more fully integrate genomics into speciation resea
rch, translate speciation theory into hypotheses that are testable using gen
omic tools and provide an integrative definition of the field of speciation
genomics.' (693 chars) serialnumber => protected'1471-0056' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1038/nrg3644' (15 chars) uid => protected7578 (integer) _localizedUid => protected7578 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected7578 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 26 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=7832, pid=124) originalId => protected7832 (integer) authors => protected'Seehausen, O.; Wagner, C. E.' (43 chars) title => protected'Speciation in freshwater fishes' (31 chars) journal => protected'Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics' (52 chars) year => protected2014 (integer) volume => protected45 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'621' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'651' (3 chars) categories => protected'adaptive radiation; by-product speciation; ecological speciation; reinforcem
ent; species diversity; sympatric speciation' (120 chars) description => protected'The extraordinary species richness of freshwater fishes has attracted much r
esearch on mechanisms and modes of speciation. We here review research on sp
eciation in freshwater fishes in light of speciation theory, and place this
in a context of broad-scale diversity patterns in freshwater fishes. We disc
uss several major repeated themes in freshwater fish speciation and the spec
iation mechanisms they are frequently associated with. These include transit
ions between marine and freshwater habitats, transitions between discrete fr
eshwater habitats, and ecological transitions within habitats, as well as sp
eciation without distinct niche shifts. Major research directions in the yea
rs to come include understanding the transition from extrinsic environment-d
ependent to intrinsic reproductive isolation and its influences on species p
ersistence and understanding the extrinsic and intrinsic constraints to spec
iation and how these relate to broad-scale diversification patterns through
time.' (993 chars) serialnumber => protected'1543-592X' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-120213-091818' (37 chars) uid => protected7832 (integer) _localizedUid => protected7832 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected7832 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 27 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=9050, pid=124) originalId => protected9050 (integer) authors => protected'Selz, O. M.; Pierotti, M. E. R.; Maan, M. 
;E.; Schmid, C.; Seehausen, O.' (116 chars) title => protected'Female preference for male color is necessary and sufficient for assortative
mating in 2 cichlid sister species' (111 chars) journal => protected'Behavioral Ecology' (18 chars) year => protected2014 (integer) volume => protected25 (integer) issue => protected'3' (1 chars) startpage => protected'612' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'626' (3 chars) categories => protected'assortative mating; cichlid; hue; mate choice; teleost fish' (59 chars) description => protected'A critical step for speciation in the face of gene flow is the origination o
f reproductive isolation. The evolution of assortative mating greatly facili
tates this process. Assortative mating can be mediated by one or multiple cu
es across an array of sensory modalities. We here explore possible cues that
may underlie female mate choice in a sympatric species pair of cichlid fish
from Lake Victoria, <I>Pundamilia pundamilia</I> and <I>Pundamilia nyererei
</I>. Previous studies identified species-specific female preferences for ma
le coloration, but effects of other cues could not be ruled out. Therefore,
we assessed female choice in a series of experiments in which we manipulated
visual (color) and chemical cues. We show that the visibility of difference
s in nuptial hue (i.e., either blue or red) between males of the 2 species i
s necessary and sufficient for assortative mating by female mate choice. Suc
h assortment mediated by a single cue may evolve relatively quickly, but cou
ld make reproductive isolation vulnerable to environmental changes. These fi
ndings confirm the important role of female mate choice for male nuptial hue
in promoting the explosive speciation of African haplochromine cichlids.' (1213 chars) serialnumber => protected'1045-2249' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1093/beheco/aru024' (21 chars) uid => protected9050 (integer) _localizedUid => protected9050 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected9050 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 28 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=9027, pid=124) originalId => protected9027 (integer) authors => protected'Selz, O. M.; Thommen, R.; Maan, M. E.; Seehausen,&n
bsp;O.' (82 chars) title => protected'Behavioural isolation may facilitate homoploid hybrid speciation in cichlid
fish' (80 chars) journal => protected'Journal of Evolutionary Biology' (31 chars) year => protected2014 (integer) volume => protected27 (integer) issue => protected'2' (1 chars) startpage => protected'275' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'289' (3 chars) categories => protected'cichlid; homoploid hybrid speciation; mate choice; transgressive segregation' (76 chars) description => protected'Hybrid speciation is constrained by the homogenizing effects of gene flow fr
om the parental species. In the absence of post-mating isolation due to stru
ctural changes in the genome, or temporal or spatial premating isolation, an
other form of reproductive isolation would be needed for homoploid hybrid sp
eciation to occur. Here, we investigate the potential of behavioural mate ch
oice to generate assortative mating among hybrids and parental species. We m
ade three-first-generation hybrid crosses between different species of Afric
an cichlid fish. In three-way mate-choice experiments, we allowed hybrid and
nonhybrid females to mate with either hybrid or nonhybrid males. We found t
hat hybrids generally mated nonrandomly and that hybridization can lead to t
he expression of new combinations of traits and preferences that behavioural
ly isolate hybrids from both parental species. Specifically, we find that th
e phenotypic distinctiveness of hybrids predicts the symmetry and extent of
their reproductive isolation. Our data suggest that behavioural mate choice
among hybrids may facilitate the establishment of isolated hybrid population
s, even in proximity to one or both parental species.' (1193 chars) serialnumber => protected'1010-061X' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/jeb.12287' (17 chars) uid => protected9027 (integer) _localizedUid => protected9027 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected9027 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 29 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=7599, pid=124) originalId => protected7599 (integer) authors => protected'Schweizer, M.; Hertwig, S. T.; Seehausen, O.' (64 chars) title => protected'Diversity versus disparity and the role of ecological opportunity in a conti
nental bird radiation' (97 chars) journal => protected'Journal of Biogeography' (23 chars) year => protected2014 (integer) volume => protected41 (integer) issue => protected'7' (1 chars) startpage => protected'1301' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'1312' (4 chars) categories => protected'adaptive radiation; arini; colonization; continental radiation; diversificat
ion rate; ecological opportunity; morphological evolution; Neotropical regio
n; parrots' (162 chars) description => protected'Aim. The Neotropical parrots (Arini) are an unusually diverse group which co
lonized South America in the Oligocene. The newly invaded Neotropics may hav
e functioned as an underused adaptive zone and provided novel ecological opp
ortunities that facilitated diversification. Alternatively, diversification
may have been driven by ecological changes caused by Andean uplift and/or cl
imate change from the Miocene onwards. Our aim was to find out whether Arini
diversified in a classical adaptive radiation after their colonization of S
outh America, or whether their diversification occurred later and was influe
nced by more recent environmental change.<BR/>Location. Neotropics.<BR/>Meth
ods. We generated a time-calibrated phylogeny of more than 80% of all Arini
species in order to analyse lineage diversification. This chronogram was als
o used as the basis for the reconstruction of morphological evolution within
Arini using a multivariate ratio analysis of three size measurements.<BR/>R
esults. We found a concentration of size evolution and partitioning of size
niches in the early history of Arini consistent with the process of adaptive
radiation, but there were no signs of an early burst of speciation or a dec
rease in speciation rates through time. Although we detected no overall temp
oral shifts in diversification rates, we discovered two young, unexpectedly
species-rich clades.<BR/>Main conclusions. Arini show signs of an early adap
tive radiation, but we found no evidence of the slowdown in speciation rate
generally considered a feature of island or lake radiations. Historical proc
esses and environmental change from the Miocene onwards may have kept divers
ification rates roughly constant ever since the colonization of the Neotropi
cs. Thus, Arini may not yet have reached equilibrium diversity. The lack of
diversity-dependent speciation might be a general feature of adaptive radiat
ions on a continental scale, and diversification processes on continents mig
ht therefore not be as e...' (2063 chars) serialnumber => protected'0305-0270' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/jbi.12293' (17 chars) uid => protected7599 (integer) _localizedUid => protected7599 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected7599 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 30 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=9072, pid=124) originalId => protected9072 (integer) authors => protected'Schweizer, M.; Güntert, M.; Seehausen, O.; Leuenberger, 
;C.; Hertwig, S. T.' (105 chars) title => protected'Parallel adaptations to nectarivory in parrots, key innovations and the dive
rsification of the Loriinae' (103 chars) journal => protected'Ecology and Evolution' (21 chars) year => protected2014 (integer) volume => protected4 (integer) issue => protected'14' (2 chars) startpage => protected'2867' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'2883' (4 chars) categories => protected'comparative methods; diet shift; digestive tract; evolutionary trait shifts;
morphological adaptations' (102 chars) description => protected'Specialization to nectarivory is associated with radiations within different
bird groups, including parrots. One of them, the Australasian lories, were
shown to be unexpectedly species rich. Their shift to nectarivory may have c
reated an ecological opportunity promoting species proliferation. Several mo
rphological specializations of the feeding tract to nectarivory have been de
scribed for parrots. However, they have never been assessed in a quantitativ
e framework considering phylogenetic nonindependence. Using a phylogenetic c
omparative approach with broad taxon sampling and 15 continuous characters o
f the digestive tract, we demonstrate that nectarivorous parrots differ in s
everal traits from the remaining parrots. These trait-changes indicate pheno
type–environment correlations and parallel evolution, and may reflect adap
tations to feed effectively on nectar. Moreover, the diet shift was associat
ed with significant trait shifts at the base of the radiation of the lories,
as shown by an alternative statistical approach. Their diet shift might be
considered as an evolutionary key innovation which promoted significant non-
adaptive lineage diversification through allopatric partitioning of the same
new niche. The lack of increased rates of cladogenesis in other nectarivoro
us parrots indicates that evolutionary innovations need not be associated on
e-to-one with diversification events.' (1405 chars) serialnumber => protected'2045-7758' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1002/ece3.1131' (17 chars) uid => protected9072 (integer) _localizedUid => protected9072 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected9072 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 31 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=7561, pid=124) originalId => protected7561 (integer) authors => protected'Thomas, G.' (15 chars) title => protected'Improving restoration practice by deriving appropriate techniques from analy
sing the spatial organization of river networks' (123 chars) journal => protected'Limnologica' (11 chars) year => protected2014 (integer) volume => protected45 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'50' (2 chars) otherpage => protected'60' (2 chars) categories => protected'connectivity; dendritic network; unidirectional flow; patchy distribution; f
ragmentation; ecosystem management; ecological recovery' (131 chars) description => protected'Amendments to the water protection legislation in many countries have raised
the need to develop prioritization strategies in river restoration. These p
olitical objectives need to be translated into applied methods of site selec
tion. The high degree of heterogeneity within administrative boundaries make
s the identification of sites challenging. Analysing data with computer soft
ware alone might not identify sites with the highest ecological recovery pot
ential, as they might not take sufficient account of the complex ecological
interplay over large spatial scales. In this literature study, the spatial o
rganization of river networks (dendritic structure, unidirectional flow, spe
cies distribution) is discussed in the context of different restoration tech
niques and how efficiency is expected to vary within the network.<BR/> Altho
ugh restoration planning must consider deficits on the reach scale, as well
as catchment effects and develop suitable mitigation scenarios produced by t
he analysis, some general conclusions on the site-specific effectiveness of
different restoration techniques can be derived from the spatial organizatio
n of river networks. Restorations in the headwaters are most suitable for im
proving fundamental ecological processes such as retaining nutrients and soi
ls to improve water quality, buffering an increase of temperature by establi
shing riparian buffer-strips, and returning hydro-dynamic flow patterns to a
more natural state by altered dam operation. Longitudinal connectivity is e
ssential for many freshwater taxa and should be restored in a bottom-up dire
ction, starting at the downstream ends of river networks or at species-rich
nodes within the system. Habitat restorations and the re-establishment of a
natural channel morphology throughout the network will aid ecological recove
ry, if species pools for re-colonization are close by and fundamental ecolog
ical processes support a recovery. To increase the success of future restora
tion efforts, branches o...' (2287 chars) serialnumber => protected'0075-9511' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1016/j.limno.2013.10.003' (27 chars) uid => protected7561 (integer) _localizedUid => protected7561 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected7561 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 32 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=9049, pid=124) originalId => protected9049 (integer) authors => protected'Wagner, C. E.; Harmon, L. J.; Seehausen, O.' (68 chars) title => protected'Cichlid species-area relationships are shaped by adaptive radiations that sc
ale with area' (89 chars) journal => protected'Ecology Letters' (15 chars) year => protected2014 (integer) volume => protected17 (integer) issue => protected'1' (1 chars) startpage => protected'583' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'592' (3 chars) categories => protected'adaptive radiation; cichlid; diversity-dependent diversification; ecological
limits; island biogeography; species-area relationship' (131 chars) description => protected'A positive relationship between species richness and island size is thought
to emerge from an equilibrium between immigration and extinction rates, but
the influence of species diversification on the form of this relationship is
poorly understood. Here, we show that within-lake adaptive radiation strong
ly modifies the species-area relationship for African cichlid fishes. The to
tal number of species derived from <I>in situ</I> speciation increases with
lake size, resulting in faunas orders of magnitude higher in species richnes
s than faunas assembled by immigration alone. Multivariate models provide ev
idence for added influence of lake depth on the species-area relationship. D
iversity of clades representing within-lake radiations show responses to lak
e area, depth and energy consistent with limitation by these factors, sugges
ting that ecological factors influence the species richness of radiating cla
des within these ecosystems. Together, these processes produce lake fish fau
nas with highly variable composition, but with diversities that are well pre
dicted by environmental variables.' (1098 chars) serialnumber => protected'1461-023X' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/ele.12260' (17 chars) uid => protected9049 (integer) _localizedUid => protected9049 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected9049 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer)
The evolution of scarab beetles tracks the sequential rise of angiosperms and mammals
Long-term trends in invertebrate-habitat relationships under protected and fished conditions
Evaluating gillnetting protocols to characterize lacustrine fish communities
The genomic substrate for adaptive radiation in African cichlid fish
Why evolutionary biologists should get seriously involved in ecological monitoring and applied biodiversity assessment programs
Fixed and flexible: coexistence of obligate and facultative migratory strategies in a freshwater fish
There and back again: migration in freshwater fishes
Extensive copy-number variation of young genes across stickleback populations
Coupled human and natural system dynamics as key to the sustainability of Lake Victoria’s ecosystem services
Population structure, inbreeding and local adaptation within an endangered riverine specialist: the nase (Chondrostoma nasus)
Sex identification and PIT-tagging: tools and prospects for studying intersexual differences in freshwater fishes
Assessing the impact of climate change on brown trout (Salmo trutta fario) recruitment
Modelling size structured food webs using a modified niche model with two predator traits
The effect of habitat structure on prey mortality depends on predator and prey microhabitat use
The role of a water bug, Sigara striata, in freshwater food webs
Thermoregulation and microhabitat use in mountain butterflies of the genus Erebia: importance of fine-scale habitat heterogeneity
Ecological speciation and phenotypic plasticity affect ecosystems
Contemporary ecotypic divergence during a recent range expansion was facilitated by adaptive introgression
Quick divergence but slow convergence during ecotype formation in lake and stream stickleback pairs of variable age
Disentangling the role of phenotypic plasticity and genetic divergence in contemporary ecotype formation during a biological invasion
Individual trait variation and diversity in food webs
Eco-evolutionary spatial dynamics: rapid evolution and isolation explain food web persistence
Mitigation measures for fish habitat improvement in Alpine rivers affected by hydropower operations
We developed a novel economic-ecological diagnostic and intervention method to assess hydropeaking mitigation measures for fish habitat improvement. This method was applied to an Alpine river downstream of a complex storage hydropower scheme. The approach comprises (1) a hydropower operation model of flow regime generation and cost estimates for different mitigation measures, (2) a two-dimensional hydrodynamic model to simulate the flow conditions in representative river reaches and (3) a dynamic fish habitat simulation tool to assess the sub-daily changes in habitat conditions of three brown trout (Salmo trutta fario) life stages (adult, spawning and young-of-the-year). Simulations showed that operational measures such as limiting maximum turbine discharge, increasing residual flow and limiting drawdown range incur high costs in relation to their ecological effectiveness. Compensation basins and powerhouse outflow deviation achieved the best cost–benefit ratio. Hydropeaking impact was strongly dependent on river morphology. Monotonous river reaches exhibited low habitat suitability for peak discharge, whereas a braided morphology provided high in-stream structure and thus suitable habitat for unsteady flow conditions.
The interdisciplinary approach to economic and habitat rating informs decision makers regarding the effectiveness of measures implemented to mitigate the environmental impacts associated with fluctuating hydropower operations.
Genomics and the origin of species
Speciation in freshwater fishes
Female preference for male color is necessary and sufficient for assortative mating in 2 cichlid sister species
Behavioural isolation may facilitate homoploid hybrid speciation in cichlid fish
Diversity versus disparity and the role of ecological opportunity in a continental bird radiation
Location. Neotropics.
Methods. We generated a time-calibrated phylogeny of more than 80% of all Arini species in order to analyse lineage diversification. This chronogram was also used as the basis for the reconstruction of morphological evolution within Arini using a multivariate ratio analysis of three size measurements.
Results. We found a concentration of size evolution and partitioning of size niches in the early history of Arini consistent with the process of adaptive radiation, but there were no signs of an early burst of speciation or a decrease in speciation rates through time. Although we detected no overall temporal shifts in diversification rates, we discovered two young, unexpectedly species-rich clades.
Main conclusions. Arini show signs of an early adaptive radiation, but we found no evidence of the slowdown in speciation rate generally considered a feature of island or lake radiations. Historical processes and environmental change from the Miocene onwards may have kept diversification rates roughly constant ever since the colonization of the Neotropics. Thus, Arini may not yet have reached equilibrium diversity. The lack of diversity-dependent speciation might be a general feature of adaptive radiations on a continental scale, and diversification processes on continents might therefore not be as ecologically limited as in isolated lakes or on oceanic islands.
Parallel adaptations to nectarivory in parrots, key innovations and the diversification of the Loriinae
Improving restoration practice by deriving appropriate techniques from analysing the spatial organization of river networks
Although restoration planning must consider deficits on the reach scale, as well as catchment effects and develop suitable mitigation scenarios produced by the analysis, some general conclusions on the site-specific effectiveness of different restoration techniques can be derived from the spatial organization of river networks. Restorations in the headwaters are most suitable for improving fundamental ecological processes such as retaining nutrients and soils to improve water quality, buffering an increase of temperature by establishing riparian buffer-strips, and returning hydro-dynamic flow patterns to a more natural state by altered dam operation. Longitudinal connectivity is essential for many freshwater taxa and should be restored in a bottom-up direction, starting at the downstream ends of river networks or at species-rich nodes within the system. Habitat restorations and the re-establishment of a natural channel morphology throughout the network will aid ecological recovery, if species pools for re-colonization are close by and fundamental ecological processes support a recovery. To increase the success of future restoration efforts, branches of river networks should be seen as functional linked ecosystems, and therefore restoration efforts within one system should be more coordinated, rather than seeing every project as self-sufficient. There must be a shift from a tactical towards a strategic approach in river restorations.
Cichlid species-area relationships are shaped by adaptive radiations that scale with area
Publikationen 2013
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array(23 items) 0 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=7402, pid=124) originalId => protected7402 (integer) authors => protected'Alexander, T. J.' (26 chars) title => protected'Cryptic invertebrates on subtidal rocky reefs vary with microhabitat structu
re and protection from fishing' (106 chars) journal => protected'Marine Ecology Progress Series' (30 chars) year => protected2013 (integer) volume => protected481 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'93' (2 chars) otherpage => protected'104' (3 chars) categories => protected'cryptic species; marine reserve; abalone; boulders; echinoderms; molluscs' (73 chars) description => protected'The deployment of flat concrete blocks on subtidal rocky reefs can replicate
natural reef microhabitats and provides a means for standardized sampling o
f cryptic invertebrates. The shape of the cavity beneath the block is relate
d to reef topography and may influence the invertebrate community by affecti
ng the amount of space for cryptic fauna to colonise and influencing the eff
ectiveness of their predator-defence mechanisms. To determine the effect of
sub-block reef structure and different levels of external predators on crypt
ic molluscs and echinoderms, I deployed concrete blocks at locations inside
and outside the Maria Island marine reserve in eastern Tasmania, Australia.
Relationships between sub-block reef structure and the cryptic invertebrate
assemblage were evident between locations, whereas only a small but signific
ant proportion of variation of assemblages between blocks within location wa
s explained by reef surface area. No clear association with external predati
on pressure was evident in multivariate analyses of variation in assemblage
structure. Juvenile abalone <em>Haliotis rubra</em> were not influenced by m
icrohabitat structure but were significantly less abundant at protected loca
tions, the only species to exhibit such a response. This result follows a de
cline of emergent adult abalone in the marine reserve and raises the possibi
lity of recruitment failure of abalone at some fully protected locations in
the longer term.' (1460 chars) serialnumber => protected'0171-8630' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.3354/meps10263' (17 chars) uid => protected7402 (integer) _localizedUid => protected7402 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected7402 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 1 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=7388, pid=124) originalId => protected7388 (integer) authors => protected'Alexander, T. J.; Gladstone, W.' (46 chars) title => protected'Assessing the effectiveness of a long-standing rocky intertidal protected ar
ea and its contribution to the regional conservation of species, habitats an
d assemblages' (165 chars) journal => protected'Aquatic Conservation' (20 chars) year => protected2013 (integer) volume => protected23 (integer) issue => protected'1' (1 chars) startpage => protected'111' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'123' (3 chars) categories => protected'intertidal; reef; conservation evaluation; protected areas; invertebrates; f
ishing; recreation' (94 chars) description => protected'1. The acceptance of reserves as a useful management strategy relies on evid
ence of their effectiveness in preserving stocks of harvested species and co
nserving biodiversity. A history of <I>ad hoc</I> decisions in terrestrial a
nd marine protected area planning has meant that many of these areas are con
tributing inefficiently to conservation goals. The conservation value of exi
sting protected areas should be assessed when planning the placement of addi
tional areas in a reserve network.<BR/>2. This study tested (1) the effectiv
eness of protection for intertidal molluscs of a marine reserve (Bouddi Mari
ne Extension, NSW, Australia) established in 1971, and (2) the contribution
of the protected area to the conservation of regional species, assemblages,
and habitats.<BR/>3. The shell length and population density of one harveste
d (<I>Cellana tramoserica</I>), and three non-harvested species (<I>Bembiciu
m nanum, Morula marginalba, Nerita atramentosa</I>) of intertidal molluscs w
ere examined in the protected area and two reference locations over two seas
ons.<BR/>4. The heavily collected limpet <I>C. tramoserica</I> was significa
ntly larger in the protected area and was the only species to exhibit a sign
ificant difference. No species significantly differed in population density
between the protected area and reference locations.<BR/>5. Temporally replic
ated surveys of macro-molluscs at 21 locations over 75 km of coastline ident
ified that the existing protected area included 50% of species, two of five
assemblage types and 19 of 20 intertidal rocky shore habitats surveyed in th
e study region. Reservation of a further three rocky reefs would protect a l
arge proportion of species (71%), a representative of each assemblage and al
l habitat types.<BR/>6. Despite originally being selected in the absence of
information on regional biodiversity, the protected area is today an effecti
ve starting point for expansion to a regional network of intertidal protecte
d areas.' (1984 chars) serialnumber => protected'1052-7613' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1002/aqc.2284' (16 chars) uid => protected7388 (integer) _localizedUid => protected7388 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected7388 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 2 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=8965, pid=124) originalId => protected8965 (integer) authors => protected'Chapman, B. B.; Eriksen, A.; Baktoft, H.; Brodersen,&nbs
p;J.; Nilsson, P. A.; Hulthen, K.; Brönmark, C.; Hansso
n, L.-A.; Grønkjær, P.; Skov, C.' (201 chars) title => protected'A foraging cost of migration for a partially migratory cyprinid fish' (68 chars) journal => protected'PLoS One' (8 chars) year => protected2013 (integer) volume => protected8 (integer) issue => protected'5' (1 chars) startpage => protected'e61223 (6 pp.)' (14 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Migration has evolved as a strategy to maximise individual fitness in respon
se to seasonally changing ecological and environmental conditions. However,
migration can also incur costs, and quantifying these costs can provide impo
rtant clues to the ultimate ecological forces that underpin migratory behavi
our. A key emerging model to explain migration in many systems posits that m
igration is driven by seasonal changes to a predation/growth potential (p/g)
trade-off that a wide range of animals face. In this study we assess a key
assumption of this model for a common cyprinid partial migrant, the roach <I
>Rutilus rutilus</I>, which migrates from shallow lakes to streams during wi
nter. By sampling fish from stream and lake habitats in the autumn and sprin
g and measuring their stomach fullness and diet composition, we tested if mi
grating roach pay a cost of reduced foraging when migrating. Resident fish h
ad fuller stomachs containing more high quality prey items than migrant fish
. Hence, we document a feeding cost to migration in roach, which adds additi
onal support for the validity of the p/g model of migration in freshwater sy
stems.' (1146 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'10.1371/journal.pone.0061223' (28 chars) uid => protected8965 (integer) _localizedUid => protected8965 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected8965 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 3 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=8988, pid=124) originalId => protected8988 (integer) authors => protected'Cohen, P. J.; Alexander, T. J.' (50 chars) title => protected'Catch Rates, composition and fish size from reefs managed with periodically-
harvested closures' (94 chars) journal => protected'PLoS One' (8 chars) year => protected2013 (integer) volume => protected8 (integer) issue => protected'9' (1 chars) startpage => protected'e73383 (12 pp.)' (15 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Periodically-harvested closures are commonly employed within co-management f
rameworks to help manage small-scale, multi-species fisheries in the Indo-Pa
cific. Despite their widespread use, the benefits of periodic harvesting str
ategies for multi-species fisheries have, to date, been largely untested. We
examine catch and effort data from four periodically-harvested reef areas a
nd 55 continuously-fished reefs in Solomon Islands. We test the hypothesis t
hat fishing in periodically-harvested closures would yield: (a) higher catch
rates, (b) proportionally more short lived, fast growing, sedentary taxa,
and (c) larger finfish and invertebrates, compared to catches from reefs con
tinuously open to fishing. Our study showed that catch rates were significan
tly higher from periodically-harvested closures for gleaning of invertebrate
s, but not for line and spear fishing. The family level composition of catch
es did not vary significantly between open reefs and periodically-harvested
closures. Fish captured from periodically-harvested closures were slightly l
arger, but <I>Trochus niloticus</I> were significantly smaller than those fr
om continuously open reefs. In one case of intense and prolonged harvesting,
gleaning catch rates significantly declined, suggesting invertebrate stocks
were substantially depleted in the early stages of the open period. Our stu
dy suggests periodically-harvested closures can have some short term benefit
s via increasing harvesting efficiency. However, we did not find evidence th
at the strategy had substantially benefited multi-species fin-fisheries.' (1592 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'10.1371/journal.pone.0073383' (28 chars) uid => protected8988 (integer) _localizedUid => protected8988 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected8988 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 4 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=7426, pid=124) originalId => protected7426 (integer) authors => protected'De Laender, F.; Melian, C. J.; Bindler, R.; Van den Brin
k, P. J.; Daam, M.; Roussel, H.; Juselius, J.; Vers
churen, D.; Janssen, C. R.' (193 chars) title => protected'The contribution of intra- and interspecific tolerance variability to biodiv
ersity changes along toxicity gradients' (115 chars) journal => protected'Ecology Letters' (15 chars) year => protected2014 (integer) volume => protected17 (integer) issue => protected'1' (1 chars) startpage => protected'72' (2 chars) otherpage => protected'81' (2 chars) categories => protected'community ecology; dispersal limitation; metals; model inference; pesticides
; species abundance distributions' (109 chars) description => protected'The worldwide distribution of toxicants is an important yet understudied dri
ver of biodiversity, and the mechanisms relating toxicity to diversity have
not been adequately explored. Here, we present a community model integrating
demography, dispersal and toxicant-induced effects on reproduction driven b
y intraspecific and interspecific variability in toxicity tolerance. We comp
are model predictions to 458 species abundance distributions (SADs) observed
along concentration gradients of toxicants to show that the best prediction
s occur when intraspecific variability is five and ten times higher than int
erspecific variability. At high concentrations, lower settings of intraspeci
fic variability resulted in predictions of community extinction that were no
t supported by the observed SADs. Subtle but significant species losses at l
ow concentrations were predicted only when intraspecific variability dominat
ed over interspecific variability. Our results propose intraspecific variabi
lity as a key driver for biodiversity sustenance in ecosystems challenged by
environmental change.' (1086 chars) serialnumber => protected'1461-023X' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/ele.12210' (17 chars) uid => protected7426 (integer) _localizedUid => protected7426 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected7426 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 5 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=9266, pid=124) originalId => protected9266 (integer) authors => protected'Dijkstra, P. D.; Seehausen, O.; Metcalfe, N. B.' (72 chars) title => protected'Metabolic divergence between sibling species of cichlids <I>Pundamilia nyere
rei</I> and <I>Pundamilia pundamilia</I>' (116 chars) journal => protected'Journal of Fish Biology' (23 chars) year => protected2013 (integer) volume => protected82 (integer) issue => protected'6' (1 chars) startpage => protected'1975' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'1989' (4 chars) categories => protected'Lake Victoria; male-male competition; speciation' (48 chars) description => protected'This study compared <I>Pundamilia nyererei</I> and <I>Pundamilia pundamilia<
/I> males in routine metabolic rate (<I>R</I><SUB>R</SUB>) and in the metabo
lic costs males pay during territorial interactions (active metabolic rate,
<I>R</I><SUB>A</SUB>). <I>Pundamilia nyererei</I> and <I>P. pundamilia</I> m
ales housed in social isolation did not differ in <I>R</I><SUB>R</SUB>. In c
ontrast to expectation, however, <I>P. nyererei</I> males used less oxygen t
han <I>P. pundamilia</I> males, for a given mass and level of agonistic acti
vity. This increased metabolic efficiency may be an adaptation to limit the
metabolic cost that <I>P. nyererei</I> males pay for their higher rate of ag
gressiveness compared to <I>P. pundamilia</I> males. Thus, the divergence be
tween the species in agonistic behaviour is correlated with metabolic differ
entiation. Such concerted divergence in physiology and behaviour might be wi
despread in the dramatically diverse cichlid radiations in East African lake
s and may be an important factor in the remarkably rapid speciation of these
fishes. The results did not support the hypothesis that higher metabolic ra
tes caused a physiological cost to <I>P. nyererei</I> males that would offse
t their dominance advantage.' (1244 chars) serialnumber => protected'0022-1112' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/jfb.12125' (17 chars) uid => protected9266 (integer) _localizedUid => protected9266 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected9266 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 6 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=7315, pid=124) originalId => protected7315 (integer) authors => protected'Hansson, L.-A.; Brodersen, J.; Chapman, B. B.; Ekvall,&n
bsp;M. K.; Hargeby, A.; Hulthén, K.; Nicolle, A.; Nilss
on, P. A.; Skov, C.; Brönmark, C.' (206 chars) title => protected'A lake as a microcosm: reflections on developments in aquatic ecology' (69 chars) journal => protected'Aquatic Ecology' (15 chars) year => protected2013 (integer) volume => protected47 (integer) issue => protected'2' (1 chars) startpage => protected'125' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'135' (3 chars) categories => protected'Forbes; microcosm; trophic cascade; zooplankton; fish; food web' (63 chars) description => protected'In the present study, we aim at relating Forbes' remarkable paper on "The la
ke as a microcosm", published 125 years ago, to the present status of knowle
dge in our own research group. Hence, we relate the observations Forbes made
to our own microcosm, Lake Krankesjön in southern Sweden, that has been in
tensively studied by several research groups for more than three decades. Sp
ecifically, we focus on the question: Have we made any significant progress
or did Forbes and colleagues blaze the trail through the unknown wilderness
and we are mainly paving that intellectual road? We conclude that lakes are
more isolated than many other biomes, but have, indeed, many extensions, for
example, input from the catchment, fishing and fish migration. We also conc
lude that irrespective of whether lakes should be viewed as microcosms or no
t, the paper by Forbes has been exceptionally influential and still is, espe
cially since it touches upon almost all aspects of the lake ecosystem, from
individual behaviour to food web interactions and environmental issues. Ther
efore, there is no doubt that even if 125 years have passed, Forbes' paper s
till is a source of inspiration and deserves to be read. Hence, although aqu
atic ecology has made considerable progress over the latest century, Forbes
might be viewed as one of the major pioneers and visionary scientists of lim
nology.' (1375 chars) serialnumber => protected'1386-2588' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1007/s10452-013-9435-2' (25 chars) uid => protected7315 (integer) _localizedUid => protected7315 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected7315 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 7 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=9028, pid=124) originalId => protected9028 (integer) authors => protected'Howeth, J. G.; Weis, J. J.; Brodersen, J.; Hatton,&
nbsp;E. C.; Post, D. M.' (114 chars) title => protected'Intraspecific phenotypic variation in a fish predator affects multitrophic l
ake metacommunity structure' (103 chars) journal => protected'Ecology and Evolution' (21 chars) year => protected2013 (integer) volume => protected3 (integer) issue => protected'15' (2 chars) startpage => protected'5031' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'5044' (4 chars) categories => protected'Alosa pseudoharengus; phytoplankton; size-selective predation; spatial mosai
c; zooplankton' (90 chars) description => protected'Contemporary insights from evolutionary ecology suggest that population dive
rgence in ecologically important traits within predators can generate divers
ifying ecological selection on local community structure. Many studies ackno
wledging these effects of intraspecific variation assume that local populati
ons are situated in communities that are unconnected to similar communities
within a shared region. Recent work from metacommunity ecology suggests that
species dispersal among communities can also influence species diversity an
d composition but can depend upon the relative importance of the local envir
onment. Here, we study the relative effects of intraspecific phenotypic vari
ation in a fish predator and spatial processes related to plankton species d
ispersal on multitrophic lake plankton metacommunity structure. Intraspecifi
c diversification in foraging traits and residence time of the planktivorous
fish alewife (<I>Alosa pseudoharengus</I>) among coastal lakes yields lake
metacommunities supporting three lake types which differ in the phenotype an
d incidence of alewife: lakes with anadromous, landlocked, or no alewives. I
n coastal lakes, plankton community composition was attributed to dispersal
versus local environmental predictors, including intraspecific variation in
alewives. Local and beta diversity of zooplankton and phytoplankton was addi
tionally measured in response to intraspecific variation in alewives. Zoopla
nkton communities were structured by species sorting, with a strong influenc
e of intraspecific variation in <I>A. pseudoharengus</I>. Intraspecific vari
ation altered zooplankton species richness and beta diversity, where lake co
mmunities with landlocked alewives exhibited intermediate richness between l
akes with anadromous alewives and without alewives, and greater community si
milarity. Phytoplankton diversity, in contrast, was highest in lakes with la
ndlocked alewives. The results indicate that plankton dispersal in the regio
n supplied a migrant poo...' (2252 chars) serialnumber => protected'2045-7758' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1002/ece3.878' (16 chars) uid => protected9028 (integer) _localizedUid => protected9028 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected9028 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 8 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=8961, pid=124) originalId => protected8961 (integer) authors => protected'Hudson, A. G.; Vonlanthen, P.; Bezault, E.; Seehausen,&n
bsp;O.' (82 chars) title => protected'Genomic signatures of relaxed disruptive selection associated with speciatio
n reversal in whitefish' (99 chars) journal => protected'BMC Evolutionary Biology' (24 chars) year => protected2013 (integer) volume => protected13 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'108 (18 pp.)' (12 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'Coregonus; population genomics; adaptive radiation; speciation reversal; rel
axed selection; heterogeneous genomic divergence; ecological speciation; spe
ciation-with-gene-flow; eutrophication; divergence hitchhiking' (214 chars) description => protected'Background: Speciation reversal: the erosion of species differentiation via
an increase in introgressive hybridization due to the weakening of previousl
y divergent selection regimes, is thought to be an important, yet poorly und
erstood, driver of biodiversity loss. Our study system, the Alpine whitefish
(<I>Coregonus</I> spp.) species complex is a classic example of a recent po
stglacial adaptive radiation: forming an array of endemic lake flocks, with
the independent origination of similar ecotypes among flocks. However, many
of the lakes of the Alpine radiation have been seriously impacted by anthrop
ogenic nutrient enrichment, resulting in a collapse in neutral genetic and p
henotypic differentiation within the most polluted lakes. Here we investigat
e the effects of eutrophication on the selective forces that have shaped thi
s radiation, using population genomics. We studied eight sympatric species a
ssemblages belonging to five independent parallel adaptive radiations, and o
ne species pair in secondary contact. We used AFLP markers, and applied FST
outlier (BAYESCAN, DFDIST) and logistic regression analyses (MATSAM), to ide
ntify candidate regions for disruptive selection in the genome and their ass
ociations with adaptive traits within each lake flock. The number of outlier
and adaptive trait associated loci identified per lake were then regressed
against two variables (historical phosphorus concentration and contemporary
oxygen concentration) representing the strength of eutrophication.<BR/> Resu
lts: Whilst we identify disruptive selection candidate regions in all lake f
locks, we find similar trends, across analysis methods, towards fewer disrup
tive selection candidate regions and fewer adaptive trait/candidate loci ass
ociations in the more polluted lakes.<BR/> Conclusions: Weakened disruptive
selection and a concomitant breakdown in reproductive isolating mechanisms i
n more polluted lakes has lead to increased gene flow between coexisting Alp
ine whitefish species. W...' (2742 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'10.1186/1471-2148-13-108' (24 chars) uid => protected8961 (integer) _localizedUid => protected8961 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected8961 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 9 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=9008, pid=124) originalId => protected9008 (integer) authors => protected'Keller, I.; Alexander, J. M.; Holderegger, R.; Edwards,&
nbsp;P. J.' (91 chars) title => protected'Widespread phenotypic and genetic divergence along altitudinal gradients in
animals' (83 chars) journal => protected'Journal of Evolutionary Biology' (31 chars) year => protected2013 (integer) volume => protected26 (integer) issue => protected'12' (2 chars) startpage => protected'2527' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'2543' (4 chars) categories => protected'adaptation; common garden experiment; elevation; molecular adaptation; outli
er scan; phenotypic divergence' (106 chars) description => protected'Altitudinal gradients offer valuable study systems to investigate how adapti
ve genetic diversity is distributed within and between natural populations a
nd which factors promote or prevent adaptive differentiation. The environmen
tal clines along altitudinal gradients tend to be steep relative to the disp
ersal distance of many organisms, providing an opportunity to study the join
t effects of divergent natural selection and gene flow. Temperature is one v
ariable showing consistent altitudinal changes, and altitudinal gradients ca
n therefore provide spatial surrogates for some of the changes anticipated u
nder climate change. Here, we investigate the extent and patterns of adaptiv
e divergence in animal populations along altitudinal gradients by surveying
the literature for (i) studies on phenotypic variation assessed under common
garden or reciprocal transplant designs and (ii) studies looking for signat
ures of divergent selection at the molecular level. Phenotypic data show tha
t significant between-population differences are common and taxonomically wi
despread, involving traits such as mass, wing size, tolerance to thermal ext
remes and melanization. Several lines of evidence suggest that some of the o
bserved differences are adaptively relevant, but rigorous tests of local ada
ptation or the link between specific phenotypes and fitness are sorely lacki
ng. Evidence for a role of altitudinal adaptation also exists for a number o
f candidate genes, most prominently haemoglobin, and for anonymous molecular
markers. Novel genomic approaches may provide valuable tools for studying a
daptive diversity, also in species that are not amenable to experimentation.' (1672 chars) serialnumber => protected'1010-061X' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/jeb.12255' (17 chars) uid => protected9008 (integer) _localizedUid => protected9008 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected9008 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 10 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=8927, pid=124) originalId => protected8927 (integer) authors => protected'Loh, Y.-H. E.; Bezault, E.; Muenzel, F. M.; Roberts
, R. B.; Swofford, R.; Barluenga, M.; Kidd, C. 
;E.; Howe, A. E.; Di Palma, F.; Lindblad-Toh, K.; Hey,&n
bsp;J.; Seehausen, O.; Salzburger, W.; Kocher, T. D.; St
reelman, J. T.' (328 chars) title => protected'Origins of shared genetic variation in African cichlids' (55 chars) journal => protected'Molecular Biology and Evolution' (31 chars) year => protected2013 (integer) volume => protected30 (integer) issue => protected'4' (1 chars) startpage => protected'906' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'917' (3 chars) categories => protected'cichlid; evolution; hybridization; ancestral polymorphism; single nucleotide
polymorphism; genetic differentiation' (114 chars) description => protected'Cichlid fishes have evolved tremendous morphological and behavioral diversit
y in the waters of East Africa. Within each of the Great Lakes Tanganyika, M
alawi, and Victoria, the phenomena of hybridization and retention of ancestr
al polymorphism explain allele sharing across species. Here, we explore the
sharing of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) between the major East Afr
ican cichlid assemblages. A set of approximately 200 genic and nongenic SNPs
was ascertained in five Lake Malawi species and genotyped in a diverse coll
ection of ∼160 species from across Africa. We observed segregating polymor
phism outside of the Malawi lineage for more than 50% of these loci; this ho
lds similarly for genic versus nongenic SNPs, as well as for SNPs at putativ
e CpG versus non-CpG sites. Bayesian and principal component analyses of gen
etic structure in the data demonstrate that the Lake Malawi endemic flock is
not monophyletic and that river species have likely contributed significant
ly to Malawi genomes. Coalescent simulations support the hypothesis that riv
er cichlids have transported polymorphism between lake assemblages. We obser
ved strong genetic differentiation between Malawi lineages for approximately
8% of loci, with contributions from both genic and nongenic SNPs. Notably,
more than half of these outlier loci between Malawi groups are polymorphic o
utside of the lake. Cichlid fishes have evolved diversity in Lake Malawi as
new mutations combined with standing genetic variation shared across East Af
rica.' (1525 chars) serialnumber => protected'0737-4038' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1093/molbev/mss326' (21 chars) uid => protected8927 (integer) _localizedUid => protected8927 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected8927 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 11 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=8986, pid=124) originalId => protected8986 (integer) authors => protected'Lucek, K.; Sivasundar, A.; Roy, D.; Seehausen, O.' (69 chars) title => protected'Repeated and predictable patterns of ecotypic differentiation during a biolo
gical invasion: lake–stream divergence in parapatric Swiss stickleback' (148 chars) journal => protected'Journal of Evolutionary Biology' (31 chars) year => protected2013 (integer) volume => protected26 (integer) issue => protected'12' (2 chars) startpage => protected'2691' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'2709' (4 chars) categories => protected'divergent selection; ecological speciation; ecotype formation; local adaptat
ion; parallel evolution' (99 chars) description => protected'The relative importance of ecological selection and geographical isolation i
n promoting and constraining genetic and phenotypic differentiation among po
pulations is not always obvious. Interacting with divergent selection, restr
icted opportunity for gene flow may in some cases be as much a cause as a co
nsequence of adaptation, with the latter being a hallmark of ecological spec
iation. Ecological speciation is well studied in parts of the native range o
f the three-spined stickleback. Here, we study this process in a recently in
vaded part of its range. Switzerland was colonized within the past 140 year
s from at least three different colonization events involving different stic
kleback lineages. They now occupy diverse habitats, ranging from small strea
ms to the pelagic zone of large lakes. We use replicated systems of parapatr
ic lake and stream populations, some of which trace their origins to differe
nt invasive lineages, to ask (i) whether phenotypic divergence occurred amon
g populations inhabiting distinct habitats, (ii) whether trajectories of phe
notypic divergence follow predictable parallel patterns and (iii) whether ge
ne flow constrains divergent adaptation or vice versa. We find consistent ph
enotypic divergence between populations occupying distinct habitats. This in
volves parallel evolution in several traits with known ecological relevance
in independent evolutionary lineages. Adaptive divergence supersedes homogen
izing gene flow even at a small spatial scale. We find evidence that adaptiv
e phenotypic divergence places constraints on gene flow over and above that
imposed by geographical distance, signalling the early onset of ecological s
peciation.' (1682 chars) serialnumber => protected'1010-061X' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/jeb.12267' (17 chars) uid => protected8986 (integer) _localizedUid => protected8986 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected8986 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 12 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=7189, pid=124) originalId => protected7189 (integer) authors => protected'Lucek, K.; Lemoine, M.' (32 chars) title => protected'First record of freshwater fish on the Cape Verdean archipelago' (63 chars) journal => protected'African Zoology' (15 chars) year => protected2012 (integer) volume => protected47 (integer) issue => protected'2' (1 chars) startpage => protected'341' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'344' (3 chars) categories => protected'Cape Verde; guppy; Poecilia reticulata; Macaronesia' (51 chars) description => protected'The Cape Verdean islands form a distinct aquatic freshwater ecoregion charac
terized mainly by temporal water bodies with an adapted invertebrate communi
ty. Freshwater fish were not previously recorded from the archipelago. Durin
g a non-exhaustive survey of freshwater bodies on five islands of the archip
elago, the first presence of a freshwater fish was recorded. Using barcoding
sequences, the species was identified as the guppy (<em>Poecilia reticulata
</em>), a highly invasive species alien to the Cape Verdean Islands.' (524 chars) serialnumber => protected'1562-7020' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.3377/004.047.0214' (20 chars) uid => protected7189 (integer) _localizedUid => protected7189 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected7189 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 13 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=8912, pid=124) originalId => protected8912 (integer) authors => protected'Lundsgaard-Hansen, B.; Matthews, B.; Vonlanthen, P.; Taverna,
A.; Seehausen, O.' (104 chars) title => protected'Adaptive plasticity and genetic divergence in feeding efficiency during para
llel adaptive radiation of whitefish (<I>Coregonus</I> spp.)' (136 chars) journal => protected'Journal of Evolutionary Biology' (31 chars) year => protected2013 (integer) volume => protected26 (integer) issue => protected'3' (1 chars) startpage => protected'483' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'498' (3 chars) categories => protected'benthic; heritable; limnetic; natural selection; size; speciation; trophic a
daptation' (85 chars) description => protected'Parallel phenotypic divergence in replicated adaptive radiations could eithe
r result from parallel genetic divergence in response to similar divergent s
election regimes or from equivalent phenotypically plastic response to the r
epeated occurrence of contrasting environments. In post-glacial fish, replic
ated divergence in phenotypes along the benthic-limnetic habitat axis is com
monly observed. Here, we use two benthic-limnetic species pairs of whitefish
from two Swiss lakes, raised in a common garden design, with reciprocal foo
d treatments in one species pair, to experimentally measure whether feeding
efficiency on benthic prey has a genetic basis or whether it underlies pheno
typic plasticity (or both). To do so, we offered experimental fish mosquito
larvae, partially burried in sand, and measured multiple feeding efficiency
variables. Our results reveal both, genetic divergence as well as phenotypic
ally plastic divergence in feeding efficiency, with the phenotypically benth
ic species raised on benthic food being the most efficient forager on benthi
c prey. This indicates that both, divergent natural selection on genetically
heritable traits and adaptive phenotypic plasticity, are likely important m
echanisms driving phenotypic divergence in adaptive radiation.' (1278 chars) serialnumber => protected'1010-061X' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/jeb.12063' (17 chars) uid => protected8912 (integer) _localizedUid => protected8912 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected8912 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 14 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=7329, pid=124) originalId => protected7329 (integer) authors => protected'Riedl, C.; Peter, A.' (30 chars) title => protected'Timing of brown trout spawning in Alpine rivers with special consideration o
f egg burial depth' (94 chars) journal => protected'Ecology of Freshwater Fish' (26 chars) year => protected2013 (integer) volume => protected22 (integer) issue => protected'3' (1 chars) startpage => protected'384' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'397' (3 chars) categories => protected'brown trout; spawning; habitat use; burial depth; Alpine rivers' (63 chars) description => protected'Timing of spawning, habitat use and egg burial depths of brown trout were st
udied in seven Swiss (alpine and prealpine) rivers, which differed in size,
altitude and flow regime. In general, we observed brown trout spawning activ
ity between the end of October and the beginning of January. The spawning du
ration differed significantly, however, between rivers, ranging from 28 to 7
2 days. Analysis of environmental parameters for their influence on spawnin
g activity revealed mean water temperature and altitude as the most explanat
ory variables. Detailed investigation of redd characteristics based on water
velocity, water depth and substrate size clearly showed differences between
positions on the redd. Brown trout in Alpine rivers preferred to use veloci
ties of 30–40 cm·s<SUP>−1</SUP>, water depths of 10–20 cm and subst
rates of 16–32 mm for spawning. It has to be noted, however, that recorde
d values cover almost the whole range of data on spawning habitats that has
been reported in literature so far. A special focus of this study was on egg
burial depths, which were surprisingly not found to differ significantly be
tween the rivers despite their different flow regimes. Recorded egg burial d
epths were, however, found to be distinctly lower (mean burial depth: 3.8 c
m) than reported by almost any study so far. We see this observation of low
burial depths in Alpine rivers as useful in the context of scouring effects,
especially when evaluating the influence of scouring on fish populations.' (1518 chars) serialnumber => protected'0906-6691' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/eff.12033' (17 chars) uid => protected7329 (integer) _localizedUid => protected7329 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected7329 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 15 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=7509, pid=124) originalId => protected7509 (integer) authors => protected'Rodríguez, R. A.; Delgado, J. D.; Herrera, A. 
;M.; Riera, R.; Navarro, R. M.; Melián, C.; Dieguez,&nb
sp;L.; Quirós, Á.' (176 chars) title => protected'Effects of two traits of the ecological state equation on our understanding
of species coexistence and ecosystem services' (121 chars) journal => protected'Ecological Modelling' (20 chars) year => protected2013 (integer) volume => protected265 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'1' (1 chars) otherpage => protected'13' (2 chars) categories => protected'species coexistence; biodiversity; competitive exclusion; functional redunda
ncy; thermodynamics; uncertainty' (108 chars) description => protected'Species coexistence has been a fundamental issue to understand ecosystem fun
ctioning since the beginnings of ecology as a science. The search of a relia
ble and all-encompassing explanation for this issue has become a complex goa
l with several apparently opposing trends. On the other side, seemingly unco
nnected with species coexistence, an ecological state equation based on the
inverse correlation between an indicator of dispersal that fits gamma distri
bution and species diversity has been recently developed. This article explo
res two factors, whose effects are inconspicuous in such an equation at the
first sight, that are used to develop an alternative general theoretical bac
kground in order to provide a better understanding of species coexistence. O
ur main outcomes are: (i) the fit of dispersal and diversity values to gamma
distribution is an important factor that promotes species coexistence mainl
y due to the right-skewed character of gamma distribution; (ii) the opposite
correlation between species diversity and dispersal implies that any increa
se of diversity is equivalent to a route of "ecological cooling" whose maxim
um limit should be constrained by the influence of the third law of thermody
namics; this is in agreement with the well-known asymptotic trend of diversi
ty values in space and time; (iii) there are plausible empirical and theoret
ical ways to apply physical principles to explain important ecological proce
sses; (iv) the gap between theoretical and empirical ecology in those cases
where species diversity is paradoxically high could be narrowed by a wave mo
del of species coexistence based on the concurrency of local equilibrium sta
tes. In such a model, competitive exclusion has a limited but indispensable
role in harmonious coexistence with functional redundancy. We analyze severa
l literature references as well as ecological and evolutionary examples that
support our approach, reinforcing the meaning equivalence between important
physical and ecological...' (2012 chars) serialnumber => protected'0304-3800' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2013.06.001' (31 chars) uid => protected7509 (integer) _localizedUid => protected7509 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected7509 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 16 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=8979, pid=124) originalId => protected8979 (integer) authors => protected'Roesch, C.; Lundsgaard-Hansen, B.; Vonlanthen, P.; Taverna,&n
bsp;A.; Seehausen, O.' (102 chars) title => protected'Experimental evidence for trait utility of gill raker number in adaptive rad
iation of a north temperate fish' (108 chars) journal => protected'Journal of Evolutionary Biology' (31 chars) year => protected2013 (integer) volume => protected26 (integer) issue => protected'7' (1 chars) startpage => protected'1578' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'1587' (4 chars) categories => protected'benthic; Coregonus; limnetic; natural selection; speciation; whitefish; zoop
lankton' (83 chars) description => protected'North temperate fish in post-glacial lakes are textbook examples for rapid p
arallel adaptive radiation into multiple trophic specialists within individu
al lakes. Speciation repeatedly proceeded along the benthic–limnetic habit
at axis, and benthic–limnetic sister species diverge in the number of gill
rakers. Yet, the utility of different numbers of gill rakers for consuming
benthic vs. limnetic food has only very rarely been experimentally demonstra
ted. We bred and raised families of a benthic–limnetic species pair of whi
tefish under common garden conditions to test whether these species (i) show
heritable differentiation in feeding efficiency on zooplankton, and (ii) wh
ether variation in feeding efficiency is predicted by variation in gill rake
r numbers. We used zooplankton of three different size classes to investigat
e prey size dependency of divergence in feeding efficiency and to investigat
e the effect strength of variation in the number of gill rakers. Our results
show strong interspecific differences in feeding efficiency. These differen
ces are largest when fish were tested with the smallest zooplankton. Importa
ntly, feeding efficiency is significantly positively correlated with the num
ber of gill rakers when using small zooplankton, also when species identity
is statistically controlled for. Our results support the hypothesis that a l
arger number of gill rakers are of adaptive significance for feeding on zoop
lankton and provide one of the first experimental demonstrations of trait ut
ility of gill raker number when fish feed on zooplankton. These results are
consistent with the suggested importance of divergent selection driven feedi
ng adaptation during adaptive radiation of fish in post-glacial lakes.' (1742 chars) serialnumber => protected'1010-061X' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/jeb.12166' (17 chars) uid => protected8979 (integer) _localizedUid => protected8979 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected8979 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 17 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=8962, pid=124) originalId => protected8962 (integer) authors => protected'Roy, D.; Seehausen, O.; Nosil, P.' (48 chars) title => protected'Sexual dimorphism dominates divergent host plant use in stick insect trophic
morphology' (87 chars) journal => protected'BMC Evolutionary Biology' (24 chars) year => protected2013 (integer) volume => protected13 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'135 (14 pp.)' (12 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'sexual dimorphism; Timema cristinae; trophic morphology; mandibles; geometri
c morphometrics; Bayesian clustering; morphological uniqueness; occupied mor
phospace; disruptive selection; selection dissipation' (205 chars) description => protected'Background: Clear examples of ecological speciation exist, often involving d
ivergence in trophic morphology. However, substantial variation also exists
in how far the ecological speciation process proceeds, potentially linked to
the number of ecological axes, traits, or genes subject to divergent select
ion. In addition, recent studies highlight how differentiation might occur b
etween the sexes, rather than between populations. We examine variation in t
rophic morphology in two host-plant ecotypes of walking-stick insects (<em>T
imema cristinae</em>), known to have diverged in morphological traits relate
d to crypsis and predator avoidance, and to have reached an intermediate poi
nt in the ecological speciation process. Here we test how host plant use, se
x, and rearing environment affect variation in trophic morphology in this sp
ecies using traditional multivariate, novel kernel density based and Bayesia
n morphometric analyses.<br />Results: Contrary to expectations, we find lim
ited host-associated divergence in mandible shape. Instead, the main predict
or of shape variation is sex, with secondary roles of population of origin a
nd rearing environment.<br />Conclusion: Our results show that trophic morph
ology does not strongly contribute to host-adapted ecotype divergence in <em
>T. cristinae</em> and that traits can respond to complex selection regimes
by diverging along different intraspecific lines, thereby impeding progress
toward speciation.' (1462 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'10.1186/1471-2148-13-135' (24 chars) uid => protected8962 (integer) _localizedUid => protected8962 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected8962 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 18 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=9021, pid=124) originalId => protected9021 (integer) authors => protected'Selz, O. M.; Lucek, K.; Young, K. A.; Seehausen,&nb
sp;O.' (81 chars) title => protected'Relaxed trait covariance in interspecific cichlid hybrids predicts morpholog
ical diversity in adaptive radiations' (113 chars) journal => protected'Journal of Evolutionary Biology' (31 chars) year => protected2014 (integer) volume => protected27 (integer) issue => protected'1' (1 chars) startpage => protected'11' (2 chars) otherpage => protected'24' (2 chars) categories => protected'adaptive radiation; cichlid; hybridization; transgressive segregation' (69 chars) description => protected'The process of adaptive radiation involves multiple events of speciation in
short succession, associated with ecological diversification. Understanding
this process requires identifying the origins of heritable phenotypic variat
ion that allows adaptive radiation to progress. Hybridization is one source
of genetic and morphological variation that may spur adaptive radiation. We
experimentally explored the potential role of hybridization in facilitating
the onset of adaptive radiation. We generated first- and second-generation h
ybrids of four species of African cichlid fish, extant relatives of the puta
tive ancestors of the adaptive radiations of Lakes Victoria and Malawi. We c
ompared patterns in hybrid morphological variation with the variation in the
lake radiations. We show that significant fractions of the interspecific mo
rphological variation and the major trajectories in morphospace that charact
erize whole radiations can be generated in second-generation hybrids. Furthe
rmore, we show that covariation between traits is relaxed in second-generati
on hybrids, which may facilitate adaptive diversification. These results sup
port the idea that hybridization can provide the heritable phenotypic divers
ity necessary to initiate adaptive radiation.' (1261 chars) serialnumber => protected'1010-061X' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/jeb.12283' (17 chars) uid => protected9021 (integer) _localizedUid => protected9021 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected9021 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 19 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=7316, pid=124) originalId => protected7316 (integer) authors => protected'Siesing, P. C.; Alva-Jørgensen, J. P.; Brodersen,
J.; Arpi, M.; Jensen, P. E.' (118 chars) title => protected'Rising incidence of <em>Enterococcus</em> species in microbiological specime
ns from orthopedic patients correlates to increased use of cefuroxime. A stu
dy concentrating on tissue samples' (186 chars) journal => protected'Acta Orthopaedica' (17 chars) year => protected2013 (integer) volume => protected84 (integer) issue => protected'3' (1 chars) startpage => protected'319' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'322' (3 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Background and purpose Enterococci are emerging causes of severe infections,
including wound and bone infections in orthopedic patients. The main purpos
e of this study was to determine whether there was a correlation between the
incidence of enterococci in tissue samples (biopsies) from orthopedic patie
nts and consumption of cefuroxime in the orthopedic department.<br />Methods
and results Data were obtained from the department of clinical microbiology
and the hospital pharmacy. The consumption of cefuroxime successively incre
ased from 40 defined daily doses (DDD)/10<sup>3</sup> bed days in 2002 to 21
2 DDD/10<sup>3</sup> bed days in 2009. The incidence of patients with entero
cocci in tissue samples increased steadily from 1.03/10<sup>3</sup> bed days
in 2002 to 5.90/10<sup>3</sup> bed days in 2009. Regression analysis reveal
ed a significant correlation between the consumption of cefuroxime and the i
ncidence of enterococci.<br />Interpretation Continuous surveillance of spec
ies distribution, resistance rates, and antibiotic consumption is of utmost
importance for optimal antibiotic strategy in orthopedic patients.' (1130 chars) serialnumber => protected'1745-3674' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.3109/17453674.2013.792028' (28 chars) uid => protected7316 (integer) _localizedUid => protected7316 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected7316 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 20 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=7318, pid=124) originalId => protected7318 (integer) authors => protected'Skov, C.; Chapman, B. B.; Baktoft, H.; Brodersen, J
.; Brönmark, C.; Hansson, L.-A.; Hulthén, K.; Nilsson, 
;P. A.' (163 chars) title => protected'Migration confers survival benefits against avian predators for partially mi
gratory freshwater fish' (99 chars) journal => protected'Biology Letters' (15 chars) year => protected2013 (integer) volume => protected9 (integer) issue => protected'2' (1 chars) startpage => protected'20121178 (4 pp.)' (16 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'predation; migration; fish; residency; partial migration; roach' (63 chars) description => protected'The importance of predation risk in shaping patterns of animal migration is
not well studied, mostly owing to difficulties in accurately quantifying pre
dation risk for migratory versus resident individuals. Here, we present data
from an extensive field study, which shows that migration in a freshwater f
ish (roach, <I>Rutilus rutilus</I>) that commonly migrates from lakes to str
eams during winter confers a significant survival benefit with respect to bi
rd (cormorant, <I>Phalacrocorax carbo</I> spp.) predation. We tagged over 20
00 individual fish in two Scandinavian lakes over 4 years and monitored migr
atory behaviour using passive telemetry. Next, we calculated the predation v
ulnerability of fish with differing migration strategies, by recovering data
from passive integrated transponder tags of fish eaten by cormorants at com
munal roosts close to the lakes. We show that fish can reduce their predatio
n risk from cormorants by migrating into streams, and that probability of be
ing preyed upon by cormorants is positively related to the time individuals
spend in the lake during winter. Our data add to the growing body of evidenc
e that highlights the importance of predation for migratory dynamics, and, t
o our knowledge, is one of the first studies to directly quantify a predator
avoidance benefit to migrants in the field.' (1336 chars) serialnumber => protected'1744-9561' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1098/rsbl.2012.1178' (22 chars) uid => protected7318 (integer) _localizedUid => protected7318 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected7318 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 21 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=7187, pid=124) originalId => protected7187 (integer) authors => protected'van der Sluijs, I.; Dijkstra, P. D.; Lindeyer, C. M
.; Visser, B.; Smith, A. M.; Groothuis, T. G.
G.; van Alphen, J. J. M.; Seehausen, O.' (211 chars) title => protected'A test of genetic association among male nuptial coloration, female mating p
reference, and male aggression bias within a polymorphic population of cichl
id fish' (159 chars) journal => protected'Current Zoology' (15 chars) year => protected2013 (integer) volume => protected59 (integer) issue => protected'2' (1 chars) startpage => protected'221' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'229' (3 chars) categories => protected'disruptive selection; sexual selection; speciation; Pundamilia; linkage dise
quilibrium' (86 chars) description => protected'Both inter- and intrasexual selection have been implicated in the origin and
maintenance of species-rich taxa with diverse sexual traits. Simultaneous d
isruptive selection by female mate choice and male-male competition can, in
theory, lead to speciation without geographical isolation if both act on the
same male trait. Female mate choice can generate discontinuities in gene fl
ow, while male-male competition can generate negative frequency-dependent se
lection stabilizing the male trait polymorphism. Speciation may be facilitat
ed when mating preference and/or aggression bias are physically linked to th
e trait they operate on. We tested for genetic associations among female mat
ing preference, male aggression bias and male coloration in the Lake Victori
a cichlid <em>Pundamilia</em>. We crossed females from a phenotypically vari
able population with males from both extreme ends of the phenotype distribut
ion in the same population (blue or red). Male offspring of a red sire were
significantly redder than males of a blue sire, indicating that intra-popula
tion variation in male coloration is heritable. We tested mating preferences
of female offspring and aggression biases of male offspring using binary ch
oice tests. There was no evidence for associations at the family level betwe
en female mating preferences and coloration of sires, but dam identity had a
significant effect on female mate preference. Sons of the red sire directed
significantly more aggression to red than blue males, whereas sons of the b
lue sire did not show any bias. There was a positive correlation among indiv
iduals between male aggression bias and body coloration, possibly due to ple
iotropy or physical linkage, which could facilitate the maintenance of color
polymorphism.' (1762 chars) serialnumber => protected'1674-5507' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1093/czoolo/59.2.221' (23 chars) uid => protected7187 (integer) _localizedUid => protected7187 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected7187 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 22 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=8993, pid=124) originalId => protected8993 (integer) authors => protected'Westram, A. M.; Jokela, J.; Keller, I.' (58 chars) title => protected'Hidden biodiversity in an ecologically important freshwater amphipod: differ
ences in genetic structure between two cryptic species' (130 chars) journal => protected'PLoS One' (8 chars) year => protected2013 (integer) volume => protected8 (integer) issue => protected'8' (1 chars) startpage => protected'e69576 (11 pp.)' (15 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Cryptic species, i.e. species that are morphologically hard to distinguish,
have been detected repeatedly in various taxa and ecosystems. In order to ev
aluate the importance of this finding, we have to know in how far cryptic sp
ecies differ in various aspects of their biology. The amphipod <I>Gammarus f
ossarum</I> is a key invertebrate in freshwater streams and contains several
cryptic species. We examined the population genetic structure, genetic dive
rsity and demographic history of two of them (type A and type B) using micro
satellite markers and asked whether they show significant differences. We pr
esent results of population genetic analyses based on a total of 37 populati
ons from the headwaters of two major European drainages, Rhine and Rhone. We
found that, in both species, genetic diversity was geographically structure
d among and within drainages. For type A in the Rhine and type B in the Rhon
e, we detected significant patterns of isolation by distance. The increase o
f genetic differentiation with geographical distance, however, was much high
er in type A than in type B. This result indicates substantial interspecific
differences in population history and/or the extent of current gene flow be
tween populations. In the Rhine, type B does not show evidence of isolation
by distance, and population differentiation is relatively low across hundred
s of kilometres. The majority of these populations also show signatures of r
ecent bottlenecks. These patterns are consistent with a recent expansion of
type B into the Rhine drainage. In summary, our results suggest considerable
and previously unrecognized interspecific differences in the genetic struct
ure of these cryptic keystone species.' (1710 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'10.1371/journal.pone.0069576' (28 chars) uid => protected8993 (integer) _localizedUid => protected8993 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected8993 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer)
Cryptic invertebrates on subtidal rocky reefs vary with microhabitat structure and protection from fishing
Assessing the effectiveness of a long-standing rocky intertidal protected area and its contribution to the regional conservation of species, habitats and assemblages
2. This study tested (1) the effectiveness of protection for intertidal molluscs of a marine reserve (Bouddi Marine Extension, NSW, Australia) established in 1971, and (2) the contribution of the protected area to the conservation of regional species, assemblages, and habitats.
3. The shell length and population density of one harvested (Cellana tramoserica), and three non-harvested species (Bembicium nanum, Morula marginalba, Nerita atramentosa) of intertidal molluscs were examined in the protected area and two reference locations over two seasons.
4. The heavily collected limpet C. tramoserica was significantly larger in the protected area and was the only species to exhibit a significant difference. No species significantly differed in population density between the protected area and reference locations.
5. Temporally replicated surveys of macro-molluscs at 21 locations over 75 km of coastline identified that the existing protected area included 50% of species, two of five assemblage types and 19 of 20 intertidal rocky shore habitats surveyed in the study region. Reservation of a further three rocky reefs would protect a large proportion of species (71%), a representative of each assemblage and all habitat types.
6. Despite originally being selected in the absence of information on regional biodiversity, the protected area is today an effective starting point for expansion to a regional network of intertidal protected areas.
A foraging cost of migration for a partially migratory cyprinid fish
Catch Rates, composition and fish size from reefs managed with periodically-harvested closures
The contribution of intra- and interspecific tolerance variability to biodiversity changes along toxicity gradients
Metabolic divergence between sibling species of cichlids Pundamilia nyererei and Pundamilia pundamilia
A lake as a microcosm: reflections on developments in aquatic ecology
Intraspecific phenotypic variation in a fish predator affects multitrophic lake metacommunity structure
Genomic signatures of relaxed disruptive selection associated with speciation reversal in whitefish
Results: Whilst we identify disruptive selection candidate regions in all lake flocks, we find similar trends, across analysis methods, towards fewer disruptive selection candidate regions and fewer adaptive trait/candidate loci associations in the more polluted lakes.
Conclusions: Weakened disruptive selection and a concomitant breakdown in reproductive isolating mechanisms in more polluted lakes has lead to increased gene flow between coexisting Alpine whitefish species. We hypothesize that the resulting higher rates of interspecific recombination reduce either the number or extent of genomic islands of divergence surrounding loci evolving under disruptive natural selection. This produces the negative trend seen in the number of selection candidate loci recovered during genome scans of whitefish species flocks, with increasing levels of anthropogenic eutrophication: as the likelihood decreases that AFLP restriction sites will fall within regions of heightened genomic divergence and therefore be classified as FST outlier loci. This study explores for the first time the potential effects of human-mediated relaxation of disruptive selection on heterogeneous genomic divergence between coexisting species.
Widespread phenotypic and genetic divergence along altitudinal gradients in animals
Origins of shared genetic variation in African cichlids
Repeated and predictable patterns of ecotypic differentiation during a biological invasion: lake–stream divergence in parapatric Swiss stickleback
First record of freshwater fish on the Cape Verdean archipelago
Adaptive plasticity and genetic divergence in feeding efficiency during parallel adaptive radiation of whitefish (Coregonus spp.)
Timing of brown trout spawning in Alpine rivers with special consideration of egg burial depth
Effects of two traits of the ecological state equation on our understanding of species coexistence and ecosystem services
Experimental evidence for trait utility of gill raker number in adaptive radiation of a north temperate fish
Sexual dimorphism dominates divergent host plant use in stick insect trophic morphology
Results: Contrary to expectations, we find limited host-associated divergence in mandible shape. Instead, the main predictor of shape variation is sex, with secondary roles of population of origin and rearing environment.
Conclusion: Our results show that trophic morphology does not strongly contribute to host-adapted ecotype divergence in T. cristinae and that traits can respond to complex selection regimes by diverging along different intraspecific lines, thereby impeding progress toward speciation.
Relaxed trait covariance in interspecific cichlid hybrids predicts morphological diversity in adaptive radiations
Rising incidence of Enterococcus species in microbiological specimens from orthopedic patients correlates to increased use of cefuroxime. A study concentrating on tissue samples
Methods and results Data were obtained from the department of clinical microbiology and the hospital pharmacy. The consumption of cefuroxime successively increased from 40 defined daily doses (DDD)/103 bed days in 2002 to 212 DDD/103 bed days in 2009. The incidence of patients with enterococci in tissue samples increased steadily from 1.03/103 bed days in 2002 to 5.90/103 bed days in 2009. Regression analysis revealed a significant correlation between the consumption of cefuroxime and the incidence of enterococci.
Interpretation Continuous surveillance of species distribution, resistance rates, and antibiotic consumption is of utmost importance for optimal antibiotic strategy in orthopedic patients.
Migration confers survival benefits against avian predators for partially migratory freshwater fish
A test of genetic association among male nuptial coloration, female mating preference, and male aggression bias within a polymorphic population of cichlid fish
Hidden biodiversity in an ecologically important freshwater amphipod: differences in genetic structure between two cryptic species
Dambach, J, Raupach, MJ, Mayer, C, Schwarzer, J, Leese, F (2013) Isolation and characterization of nine polymorphic microsatellite markers for the deep-sea shrimp Nematocarcinus lanceopes (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea), BMC Research Notes 6:75, doi:10.1186/1756-0500-6-75
Publikationen 2012
peer reviewed journals
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array(34 items) 0 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=6911, pid=124) originalId => protected6911 (integer) authors => protected'Alp, M.; Keller, I.; Westram, A. M.; Robinson, C.&n
bsp;T.' (82 chars) title => protected'How river structure and biological traits influence gene flow: a population
genetic study of two stream invertebrates with differing dispersal abilities' (152 chars) journal => protected'Freshwater Biology' (18 chars) year => protected2012 (integer) volume => protected57 (integer) issue => protected'5' (1 chars) startpage => protected'969' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'981' (3 chars) categories => protected'6872; Baetis rhodani; connectivity; Gammarus fossarum; Jost D est; microsate
llites' (82 chars) description => protected'1. Determined by landscape structure as well as dispersal-related traits of
species, connectivity influences various key aspects of population biology,
ranging from population persistence to genetic structure and diversity. Here
, we investigated differences in small-scale connectivity in terms of gene f
low between populations of two ecologically important invertebrates with con
trasting dispersal-related traits: an amphipod (<em>Gammarus fossarum</em>)
with a purely aquatic life cycle and a mayfly (<em>Baetis rhodani</em>) with
a terrestrial adult stage.<br />2. We used highly polymorphic markers to es
timate genetic differentiation between populations of both species within a
Swiss pre-alpine catchment and compared these results to the broader-scale g
enetic structure within the Rhine drainage. Landscape genetic approaches wer
e used to test for correlations of genetic and geographical structures and i
n-stream barrier effects.<br />3. We found overall very weak genetic structu
re in populations of <em>B. rhodani</em>. In contrast, <em>G. fossarum</em>
showed strong genetic differentiation, even at spatial scales of a few kilom
etres, and a clear pattern of isolation by distance. Genetic diversity decre
ased from downstream towards upstream populations of <em>G. fossarum,</em> s
uggesting asymmetric gene flow. Correlation of genetic structure with landsc
ape topography was more pronounced in the amphipod. Our study also indicates
that <em>G. fossarum</em> might be capable of dispersing overland in headwa
ter regions and of crossing small in-stream barriers.<br />4. We speculate t
hat differences in dispersal capacity but also habitat specialisation and po
tentially the extent of local adaptation could be responsible for the differ
ences in genetic differentiation found between the two species. These result
s highlight the importance of taking into account dispersal-related traits w
hen planning management and conservation strategies.' (1952 chars) serialnumber => protected'0046-5070' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/j.1365-2427.2012.02758.x' (32 chars) uid => protected6911 (integer) _localizedUid => protected6911 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected6911 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 1 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=6992, pid=124) originalId => protected6992 (integer) authors => protected'Blank, N.; Hudson, A. G.; Vonlanthen, P.; Seehausen,&nbs
p;O.; Hammerschmidt, C. R.; Senn, D. B.' (135 chars) title => protected'Speciation leads to divergent methylmercury accumulation in sympatric whitef
ish' (79 chars) journal => protected'Aquatic Sciences' (16 chars) year => protected2013 (integer) volume => protected75 (integer) issue => protected'2' (1 chars) startpage => protected'261' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'273' (3 chars) categories => protected'adaptive radiation; bioaccummulation; coregonus; methylmercury; speciation' (74 chars) description => protected'Central European lake whitefish (<I>Coregonus</I> spp.) colonized Swiss lake
s following the last glacial retreat and have undergone rapid speciation and
adaptive radiation. Up to six species have been shown to coexist in some la
kes, and individual species occupy specific ecological niches and have disti
nct feeding and reproductive ecologies. We studied methylmercury (MeHg) accu
mulation in sympatric whitefish species from seven Swiss lakes to determine
if ecological divergence has led to different rates of MeHg bioaccumulation.
In four of seven lakes, sympatric species had distinctly different MeHg lev
els, which varied by up to a factor of two between species. Generally, speci
es with greater MeHg levels were smaller in body size and planktivorous, and
species with lower MeHg were larger and benthivorous. While modest disparit
ies in trophic position between species might be expected a priori to explai
n the divergence in MeHg, δ<SUP>15</SUP>N of bulk tissue did not correlate
with fish MeHg in five of seven lakes. Results of a nested ANCOVA analysis a
cross all lakes indicated that only two factors (species, lake) explained su
bstantial portions of the variance, with species accounting for more varianc
e (52 %) than inter-lake differences (32 %). We suggest that differences in
MeHg accumulation were likely caused by diverging metabolic traits between s
pecies, such as differences in energy partitioning between anabolism and cat
abolism, potentially interacting with species-specific prey resource utiliza
tion. These results indicate substantial variability in MeHg accumulation be
tween closely related fish species, illustrating that ecological speciation
in fish can lead to divergent MeHg accumulation patterns.' (1729 chars) serialnumber => protected'1015-1621' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1007/s00027-012-0271-6' (25 chars) uid => protected6992 (integer) _localizedUid => protected6992 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected6992 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 2 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=6928, pid=124) originalId => protected6928 (integer) authors => protected'Brodersen, J.; Nicolle, A.; Nilsson, P. A.; Skov, C
.; Brönmark, C.; Hansson, L.-A.' (118 chars) title => protected'Interplay between temperature, fish partial migration and trophic dynamics' (74 chars) journal => protected'Oikos' (5 chars) year => protected2011 (integer) volume => protected120 (integer) issue => protected'12' (2 chars) startpage => protected'1838' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'1846' (4 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Whereas many studies have addressed the mechanisms driving partial migration
, few have focused on the consequences of partial migration on trophic dynam
ics, and integrated studies combining the two approaches are virtually nonex
istent. Here we show that temperature affects seasonal partial migration of
cyprinid fish from lakes to predation refuges in streams during winter and t
hat this migration in combination with temperature affects the characteristi
cs and phenology of lower trophic levels in the lake ecosystem. Specifically
, our six-year study showed that the proportion of fish migrating was positi
vely related to lake temperature during the pre-migration growth period, i.e
. during summer. Migration from the lake occurred later when autumn water te
mperatures were high, and timing of return migration to the lake occurred ea
rlier at higher spring water temperatures. Moreover, the winter mean size of
zooplankton in the lake increased with the proportion of fish being away fr
om the lake, likely as a consequence of decreased predation pressure. Peak b
iomass of phytoplankton in spring occurred earlier at higher spring water te
mperatures and with less fish being away from the lake. Accordingly, peak zo
oplankton biomass occurred earlier at higher spring water temperature, but r
elatively later if less fish were away from the lake. Hence, the time betwee
n phyto- and zooplankton peaks depended only on the amount of fish being awa
y from the lake, and not on temperature. The intensity of fish migration the
reby had a major effect on plankton spring dynamics. These results significa
ntly contribute to our understanding of the interplay between partial migrat
ion and trophic dynamics, and suggest that ongoing climate change may signif
icantly affect such dynamics.' (1777 chars) serialnumber => protected'0030-1299' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.19433.x' (32 chars) uid => protected6928 (integer) _localizedUid => protected6928 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected6928 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 3 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=6718, pid=124) originalId => protected6718 (integer) authors => protected'Brodersen, J.; Nilsson, P. A.; Chapman, B. B.; Skov
, C.; Hansson, L.-A.; Brönmark, C.' (126 chars) title => protected'Variable individual consistency in timing and destination of winter migratin
g fish' (82 chars) journal => protected'Biology Letters' (15 chars) year => protected2012 (integer) volume => protected8 (integer) issue => protected'1' (1 chars) startpage => protected'21' (2 chars) otherpage => protected'23' (2 chars) categories => protected'differential migration; individual consistency; roach; Rutilus rutilus' (70 chars) description => protected'Migration is an important event in the life history of many animals, but the
re is considerable variation within populations in the timing and final dest
ination. Such differential migration at the population level can be strongly
determined by individuals showing different consistencies in migratory trai
ts. By tagging individual cyprinid fish with uniquely coded electronic tags,
and recording their winter migrations from lakes to streams for 6 consecuti
ve years, we obtained highly detailed long-term information on the different
ial migration patterns of individuals. We found that individual migrants sho
wed consistent site fidelities for over-wintering streams over multiple migr
atory seasons and that they were also consistent in their seasonal timing of
migration. Our data also suggest that consistency itself can be considered
as an individual trait, with migrants that exhibit consistent site fidelity
also showing consistency in migratory timing. The finding of a mixture of bo
th consistent and inconsistent individuals within a population furthers our
understanding of intrapopulation variability in migration strategies, and we
hypothesize that environmental variation can maintain such different strate
gies.' (1221 chars) serialnumber => protected'1744-9561' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1098/rsbl.2011.0634' (22 chars) uid => protected6718 (integer) _localizedUid => protected6718 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected6718 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 4 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=6781, pid=124) originalId => protected6781 (integer) authors => protected'Brodersen, J.; Malmquist, H. J.; Landkildehus, F.; Lauri
dsen, T. L.; Amsinck, S. L.; Bjerring, R.; Sønderg
aard, M.; Johansson, L. S.; Christoffersen, K. S.;
Jeppesen, E.' (245 chars) title => protected'Short-and long term niche segregation and individual specialization of brown
trout (<I>Salmo trutta</I>) in species poor Faroese lakes' (134 chars) journal => protected'Environmental Biology of Fishes' (31 chars) year => protected2012 (integer) volume => protected93 (integer) issue => protected'3' (1 chars) startpage => protected'305' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'318' (3 chars) categories => protected'niche complexity; stable isotopes; trout; stickleback; aquatic ecology; Faro
e Islands' (85 chars) description => protected'Trophic niche divergence is considered to be a major process by which specie
s coexistence is facilitated. When studying niche segregation in lake ecosys
tems, we tend to view the niche on a one-dimensional pelagic-littoral axis.
In reality, however, the niche use may be more complex and individual fideli
ty to a niche may be variable both between and within populations. In order
to study this complexity, relative simple systems with few species are neede
d. In this paper, we study how competitor presence affects the resource use
of brown trout (<I>Salmo trutta</I>) in 11 species-poor Faroese lakes by com
paring relative abundance, stable isotope ratios and diet in multiple habita
ts. In the presence of three-spined sticklebacks (<I>Gasterosteus aculeatus<
/I>), a higher proportion of the trout population was found in the pelagic h
abitat, and trout in general relied on a more pelagic diet base as compared
to trout living in allopatry or in sympatry with Arctic charr (<I>Salvelinus
alpinus</I>). Diet analyses revealed, however, that niche-segregation may b
e more complex than described on a one-dimensional pelagic-littoral axis. Tr
out from both littoral and offshore benthic habitats had in the presence of
sticklebacks a less benthic diet as compared to trout living in allopatry or
in sympatry with charr. Furthermore, we found individual habitat specializa
tion between littoral/benthic and pelagic trout in deep lakes. Hence, our fi
ndings indicate that for trout populations interspecific competition can dri
ve shifts in both habitat and niche use, but at the same time they illustrat
e the complexity of the ecological niche in freshwater ecosystems.' (1662 chars) serialnumber => protected'0378-1909' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1007/s10641-011-9914-z' (25 chars) uid => protected6781 (integer) _localizedUid => protected6781 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected6781 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 5 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=8864, pid=124) originalId => protected8864 (integer) authors => protected'Castillo Cajas, R. F.; Selz, O. M.; Ripmeester, E.&
nbsp;A. P.; Seehausen, O.; Maan, M. E.' (134 chars) title => protected'Species-specific relationships between water transparency and male coloratio
n within and between two closely related Lake Victoria cichlid species' (146 chars) journal => protected'International Journal of Evolutionary Biology' (45 chars) year => protected2012 (integer) volume => protected2012 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'161306 (12 pp.)' (15 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Environmental variation in signalling conditions affects animal communicatio
n traits, with possible consequences for sexual selection and reproductive i
solation. Using spectrophotometry, we studied how male coloration within and
between populations of two closely related Lake Victoria cichlid species (<
em>Pundamilia pundamilia</em> and <em>P. nyererei</em>) covaries with water
transparency. Focusing on coloration patches implicated in sexual selection
, we predicted that in clear waters, with broad-spectrum light, (1) colours
should become more saturated and (2) shift in hue away from the dominant amb
ient wavelengths, compared to more turbid waters. We found support for these
predictions for the red and yellow coloration of <em>P. nyererei</em> but n
ot the blue coloration of <em>P. pundamilia</em>. This may be explained by t
he species difference in depth distribution, which generates a steeper gradi
ent in visual conditions for <em>P. nyererei</em> compared to <em>P. pundami
lia</em>. Alternatively, the importance of male coloration in intraspecific
sexual selection may differ between the species. We also found that anal fin
spots, that is, the orange spots on male haplochromine anal fins that presu
mably mimic eggs, covaried with water transparency in a similar way for both
species. This is in contrast to the other body regions studied and suggests
that, while indeed functioning as signals, these spots may not play a role
in species differentiation.' (1471 chars) serialnumber => protected'2090-8032' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1155/2012/161306' (19 chars) uid => protected8864 (integer) _localizedUid => protected8864 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected8864 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 6 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=9030, pid=124) originalId => protected9030 (integer) authors => protected'Chapman, B. B.; Skov, C.; Hulthén, K.; Brodersen,
J.; Nilsson, P. A.; Hansson, L. A.; Brönmark, C.' (150 chars) title => protected'Partial migration in fishes: definitions, methodologies and taxonomic distri
bution' (82 chars) journal => protected'Journal of Fish Biology' (23 chars) year => protected2012 (integer) volume => protected81 (integer) issue => protected'2' (1 chars) startpage => protected'479' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'499' (3 chars) categories => protected'anadromy; catadromy; fish migration; life history diversity; telemetry' (70 chars) description => protected'Partial migration, where populations are composed of both migratory and resi
dent individuals, is extremely widespread across the animal kingdom. Researc
hers studying fish movements have long recognized that many fishes are parti
al migrants, however, no detailed taxonomic review has ever been published.
In addition, previous work and synthesis has been hampered by a varied lexic
on associated with this phenomenon in fishes. In this review, definitions an
d important concepts in partial migration research are discussed, and a clas
sification system of the different forms of partial migration in fishes intr
oduced. Next, a detailed taxonomic overview of partial migration in this gro
up is considered. Finally, methodological approaches that ichthyologists can
use to study this fascinating phenomenon are reviewed. Partial migration is
more widespread amongst fishes than previously thought, and given the array
of techniques available to fish biologists to study migratory variation the
future of the field looks promising.' (1025 chars) serialnumber => protected'0022-1112' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03349.x' (32 chars) uid => protected9030 (integer) _localizedUid => protected9030 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected9030 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 7 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=9029, pid=124) originalId => protected9029 (integer) authors => protected'Chapman, B. B.; Hulthén, K.; Brodersen, J.; Nilsson,&nb
sp;P. A.; Skov, C.; Hansson, L. A.; Brönmark, C.' (150 chars) title => protected'Partial migration in fishes: causes and consequences' (52 chars) journal => protected'Journal of Fish Biology' (23 chars) year => protected2012 (integer) volume => protected81 (integer) issue => protected'2' (1 chars) startpage => protected'456' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'478' (3 chars) categories => protected'anadromy; catadromy; contingent; intraspecific variation; life-history diver
sity' (80 chars) description => protected'Partial migration, where only some individuals from a population migrate, ha
s been widely reported in a diverse range of animals. In this paper, what is
known about the causes and consequences of partial migration in fishes is r
eviewed. Firstly, the ultimate and proximate drivers of partial migration ar
e reflected upon: what ecological factors can shape the evolution of migrato
ry dimorphism? How is partial migration maintained over evolutionary timesca
les? What proximate mechanisms determine whether an individual is migratory
or remains resident? Following this, the consequences of partial migration a
re considered, in an ecological and evolutionary context, and also in an app
lied sense. Here it is argued that understanding the concept of partial migr
ation is crucial for fisheries and ecosystem managers, and can provide infor
mation for conservation strategies. The review concludes with a reflection o
n the future opportunities in this field, and the avenues of research that a
re likely to be fruitful to shed light on the enduring puzzle of partial mig
ration in fishes.' (1081 chars) serialnumber => protected'0022-1112' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03342.x' (32 chars) uid => protected9029 (integer) _localizedUid => protected9029 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected9029 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 8 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=8854, pid=124) originalId => protected8854 (integer) authors => protected'Hering, J. G.; Hoffmann, S.; Meierhofer, R.; Schmid,&nbs
p;M.; Peter, A. J.' (104 chars) title => protected'Assessing the societal benefits of applied research and expert consulting in
water science and technology' (105 chars) journal => protected'GAIA: Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society' (53 chars) year => protected2012 (integer) volume => protected21 (integer) issue => protected'2' (1 chars) startpage => protected'95' (2 chars) otherpage => protected'101' (3 chars) categories => protected'assessment; evaluation of applied research; impact; outcome; output; product
ivity' (81 chars) description => protected'Applied research and expert consulting are conducted at research institution
s and universities that are supported by public investment. This is often ju
stified on the basis of anticipated societal benefits. Thus it is incumbent
on the institutions that conduct these activities to develop a sound basis f
or the assessment of their benefits and to be able to communicate these to t
he public.' (390 chars) serialnumber => protected'0940-5550' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.14512/gaia.21.2.6' (20 chars) uid => protected8854 (integer) _localizedUid => protected8854 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected8854 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 9 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=7070, pid=124) originalId => protected7070 (integer) authors => protected'Ingram, T.; Hudson, A. G.; Vonlanthen, P.; Seehausen,&nb
sp;O.' (81 chars) title => protected'Does water depth or diet divergence predict progress toward ecological speci
ation in whitefish radiations?' (106 chars) journal => protected'Evolutionary Ecology Research' (29 chars) year => protected2012 (integer) volume => protected14 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'487' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'502' (3 chars) categories => protected'AFLP; Coregonus spp.; parapatric speciation; stable isotope analysis; sympat
ric speciation' (90 chars) description => protected'Question: Is the extent of genetic divergence between sympatric whitefish ec
otypes – a proxy for progress toward speciation – related to the extent
of ecological divergence in spawning depth or diet?<BR/>Study System: Whitef
ish (<I>Coregonus</I> spp.) that have diversified into two or more sympatric
ecotypes in subalpine Swiss lakes. Sympatric ecotypes vary in the extent of
reproductive isolation.<BR/>Analytical Methods: We measured the degree of s
pawning depth differentiation based on the depth-at-capture of different eco
types. We estimated diet differentiation between ecotypes as Mahalanobis dis
tances from stable isotopes. We compared each of these to genetic differenti
ation measured from AFLP data, using modified correlation tests and phylogen
etically independent contrasts to account for nonindependence of comparisons
in lakes with more than two ecotypes.<BR/>Results: We found that the magnit
ude of divergence in spawning depth was generally – albeit only marginally
significantly – associated with the extent of genetic divergence between
sympatric ecotypes. This effect was clearly stronger than the effect of diet
divergence, which was not associated with genetic differentiation. Furtherm
ore, there was no evidence for an interactive effect of depth and diet diver
gence on progress toward speciation.' (1328 chars) serialnumber => protected'1522-0613' (9 chars) doi => protected'' (0 chars) uid => protected7070 (integer) _localizedUid => protected7070 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected7070 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 10 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=6874, pid=124) originalId => protected6874 (integer) authors => protected'Junker, J.; Peter, A.; Wagner, C. E.; Mwaiko, S.; G
ermann, B.; Seehausen, O.; Keller, I.' (128 chars) title => protected'River fragmentation increases localized population genetic structure and enh
ances asymmetry of dispersal in bullhead (<I>Cottus gobio</I>)' (138 chars) journal => protected'Conservation Genetics' (21 chars) year => protected2012 (integer) volume => protected13 (integer) issue => protected'2' (1 chars) startpage => protected'545' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'556' (3 chars) categories => protected'fragmentation; microsatellites; bullhead; Cottus gobio; population genetic s
tructure; conservation' (98 chars) description => protected'Man-made habitat fragmentation is a major concern in river ecology and is ex
pected to have particularly detrimental effects on aquatic species with limi
ted dispersal abilities, like the bullhead (<I>Cottus gobio</I>). We used te
n microsatellite markers to investigate small-scale patterns of gene flow, c
urrent dispersal and neutral genetic diversity in a morphologically diverse
river where fragmented and unfragmented sections could be compared. We found
high genetic differentiation between sampling sites with a maximum <I>F</I>
<SUB>ST</SUB> of 0.32 between sites separated by only 35 km. A significant i
ncrease of genetic differentiation with geographical distance was observed i
n the continuous river section as well as in the full dataset which included
headwater populations isolated by anthropogenic barriers. Several lines of
evidence are consistent with the hypothesis that such barriers completely bl
ock upstream movement while downstream dispersal may be little affected. In
the unfragmented habitat, dispersal rates were also higher in the direction
of water flow than against it. The resulting asymmetry in gene flow likely c
ontributes to the decrease of genetic variation observed from the lower reac
hes towards the headwaters, which is particularly pronounced in physically i
solated populations. Our findings suggest that headwater populations, due to
their isolation and low genetic variation, may be particularly vulnerable t
o extinction.' (1457 chars) serialnumber => protected'1566-0621' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1007/s10592-011-0306-x' (25 chars) uid => protected6874 (integer) _localizedUid => protected6874 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected6874 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 11 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=11601, pid=124) originalId => protected11601 (integer) authors => protected'Joost, S.; Kalbermatten, M.; Bezault, E.; Seehausen, O.' (75 chars) title => protected'Use of qualitative environmental and phenotypic variables in the context of
allele distribution models: detecting signatures of selection in the genome
of Lake Victoria cichlids' (177 chars) journal => protected'In: Pompanon, F.; Bonin, A. (Eds.), Data production and analysis i
n population genomics. Methods and protocols' (120 chars) year => protected2012 (integer) volume => protected0 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'295' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'314' (3 chars) categories => protected'genome scans; signature of selection; genotype × phenotype association; env
ironmental variables; logistic regression; cichlid fishes; seascape genetics' (152 chars) description => protected'When searching for loci possibly under selection in the genome, an alternati
ve to population genetics theoretical models is to establish allele distribu
tion models (ADM) for each locus to directly correlate allelic frequencies a
nd environmental variables such as precipitation, temperature, or sun radiat
ion. Such an approach implementing multiple logistic regression models in pa
rallel was implemented within a computing program named MATSAM. Recently, th
is application was improved in order to support qualitative environmental pr
edictors as well as to permit the identification of associations between gen
omic variation and individual phenotypes, allowing the detection of loci inv
olved in the genetic architecture of polymorphic characters. Here, we presen
t the corresponding methodological developments and compare the results prod
uced by software implementing population genetics theoretical models (DFDIST
and BAYESCAN) and ADM (MATSAM) in an empirical context to detect signatures
of genomic divergence associated with speciation in Lake Victoria cichlid f
ishes.' (1070 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'10.1007/978-1-61779-870-2_17' (28 chars) uid => protected11601 (integer) _localizedUid => protected11601 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected11601 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 12 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=8850, pid=124) originalId => protected8850 (integer) authors => protected'Karvonen, A.; Seehausen, O.' (37 chars) title => protected'The role of parasitism in adaptive radiations - when might parasites promote
and when might they constrain ecological speciation?' (129 chars) journal => protected'International Journal of Ecology' (32 chars) year => protected2012 (integer) volume => protected2012 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'280169 (20 pp.)' (15 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Research on speciation and adaptive radiation has flourished during the past
decades, yet factors underlying initiation of reproductive isolation often
remain unknown. Parasites represent important selective agents and have rece
ived renewed attention in speciation research. We review the literature on p
arasite-mediated divergent selection in context of ecological speciation and
present empirical evidence for three nonexclusive mechanisms by which paras
ites might facilitate speciation: reduced viability or fecundity of immigran
ts and hybrids, assortative mating as a pleiotropic by-product of host adapt
ation, and ecologically-based sexual selection. We emphasise the lack of res
earch on speciation continuums, which is why no study has yet made a convinc
ing case for parasite driven divergent evolution to initiate the emergence o
f reproductive isolation. We also point interest towards selection imposed b
y single vs. multiple parasite species, conceptually linking this to strengt
h and multifariousness of selection. Moreover, we discuss how parasites, by
manipulating behaviour or impairing sensory abilities of hosts, may change t
he form of selection that underlies speciation. We conclude that future stud
ies should consider host populations at variable stages of the speciation pr
ocess, and explore recurrent patterns of parasitism and resistance that coul
d pinpoint the role of parasites in imposing the divergent selection that in
itiates ecological speciation.' (1474 chars) serialnumber => protected'1687-9708' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1155/2012/280169' (19 chars) uid => protected8850 (integer) _localizedUid => protected8850 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected8850 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 13 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=8851, pid=124) originalId => protected8851 (integer) authors => protected'Karvonen, A.; Lundsgaard-Hansen, B.; Jokela, J.; Seehausen,&n
bsp;O.' (82 chars) title => protected'Differentiation in parasitism among ecotypes of whitefish segregating along
depth gradients' (91 chars) journal => protected'Oikos' (5 chars) year => protected2013 (integer) volume => protected122 (integer) issue => protected'1' (1 chars) startpage => protected'122' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'128' (3 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Parasitism is a potential mechanism initiating or facilitating ecotypic diff
erentiation and speciation in freshwater fish. While recent studies have beg
un to explore this question, there are no empirical studies of parasitism in
evolutionary replicates of ecotype-pairs at variable stages of speciation.
Such comparative studies of parasitism along continuums of host differentiat
ion are needed as a first step towards testing the role of parasites in ecol
ogical speciation. We explored parasitism of whitefish <I>Coregonus lavaretu
s</I> in four pre-alpine lakes in Switzerland that hold replicate species ra
diations of whitefish. We sampled shallow and deep-spawning ecotypes on thei
r breeding grounds. We found significant and consistent differences in infec
tion between the ecotypes so that the shallow-spawning fish had more tremato
de infections, whereas the deepspawning fish had more cestodes. The magnitud
e of these differences correlated positively with the degree of the genetic
differentiation among the ecotypes and negatively with the extent of eutroph
ication of the lakes. Although the overall diversity of infections was low,
some parasite species with potential effects on fish showed marked differenc
es in infection between the ecotypes, suggesting that parasitism may have a
role in maintaining ecotype differentiation in this system. Our results also
indicate previously unknown habitat segregation of the better differentiate
d ecotypes, i.e. species, along the depth gradient outside the breeding seas
on. Moreover, oligotrophic lakes tended to have higher parasite species rich
ness and higher abundances of infection, than mesotrophic and eutrophic lake
s, suggesting that the history of eutrophication affects parasite diversity.' (1748 chars) serialnumber => protected'0030-1299' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/j.1600-0706.2012.20555.x' (32 chars) uid => protected8851 (integer) _localizedUid => protected8851 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected8851 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 14 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=7087, pid=124) originalId => protected7087 (integer) authors => protected'Keller, I.; Wagner, C. E.; Greuter, L.; Mwaiko, S.;
Selz, O. M.; Sivasundar, A.; Wittwer, S.; Seehausen,&nb
sp;O.' (157 chars) title => protected'Population genomic signatures of divergent adaptation, gene flow and hybrid
speciation in the rapid radiation of Lake Victoria cichlid fishes' (141 chars) journal => protected'Molecular Ecology' (17 chars) year => protected2013 (integer) volume => protected22 (integer) issue => protected'11' (2 chars) startpage => protected'2848' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'2863' (4 chars) categories => protected'divergent selection; East Africa cichlids; Mbipia; outlier scan; Pundamilia;
RAD-sequencing; speciation' (103 chars) description => protected'Adaptive radiations are an important source of biodiversity and are often ch
aracterized by many speciation events in very short succession. It has been
proposed that the high speciation rates in these radiations may be fuelled b
y novel genetic combinations produced in episodes of hybridization among the
young species. The role of such hybridization events in the evolutionary hi
story of a group can be investigated by comparing the genealogical relations
hips inferred from different subsets of loci, but such studies have thus far
often been hampered by shallow genetic divergences, especially in young ada
ptive radiations, and the lack of genome-scale molecular data. Here, we use
a genome-wide sampling of SNPs identified within restriction site–associat
ed DNA (RAD) tags to investigate the genomic consistency of patterns of shar
ed ancestry and adaptive divergence among five sympatric cichlid species of
two genera, <I>Pundamilia</I> and <I>Mbipia</I>, which form part of the mass
ive adaptive radiation of cichlids in the East African Lake Victoria. Specie
s pairs differ along several axes: male nuptial colouration, feeding ecology
, depth distribution, as well as the morphological traits that distinguish t
he two genera and more subtle morphological differences. Using outlier scan
approaches, we identify signals of divergent selection between all species p
airs with a number of loci showing parallel patterns in replicated contrasts
either between genera or between male colour types. We then create SNP subs
ets that we expect to be characterized to different extents by selection his
tory and neutral processes and describe phylogenetic and population genetic
patterns across these subsets. These analyses reveal very different evolutio
nary histories for different regions of the genome. To explain these results
, we propose at least two intergeneric hybridization events (between <I>Mbip
ia</I> spp. and <I>Pundamilia</I> spp.) in the evolutionary history of these
five species that would...' (2072 chars) serialnumber => protected'0962-1083' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/mec.12083' (17 chars) uid => protected7087 (integer) _localizedUid => protected7087 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected7087 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 15 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=8875, pid=124) originalId => protected8875 (integer) authors => protected'Keller, I.; Schuler, J.; Bezault, E.; Seehausen, O.' (71 chars) title => protected'Parallel divergent adaptation along replicated altitudinal gradients in Alpi
ne trout' (84 chars) journal => protected'BMC Evolutionary Biology' (24 chars) year => protected2012 (integer) volume => protected12 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'210 (16 pp.)' (12 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'European trout; local adaptation; genome scan; AFLP; environmental gradient;
parallel adaptation' (96 chars) description => protected'Background: The European trout (<I>Salmo trutta</I> species complex) occurs
across a very wide altitudinal range from lowland rivers to alpine streams.
Historically, the major European river systems contained different, evolutio
narily distinct trout lineages, and some of this genetic diversity has persi
sted in spite of extensive human-mediated translocations. We used AFLP-based
genome scans to investigate the extent of potentially adaptive divergence a
mong major drainages and along altitudinal gradients replicated in several r
ivers.<BR/> Results: The proportion of loci showing evidence of divergent se
lection was larger between drainages than along altitudinal transects within
drainages. This suggests divergent selection is stronger between drainages,
or adaptive divergence is constrained by gene flow among populations within
drainages, although the latter could not be confirmed at a more local scale
. Still, altitudinal divergence occurred and, at approximately 2% of the mar
kers, parallel changes of the AFLP band frequencies with altitude were obser
ved suggesting that altitude may well be an important source of divergent se
lection within rivers.<BR/> Conclusions: Our results indicate that adaptive
genetic divergence is common both between major European river systems and a
long altitudinal gradients within drainages. Alpine trout appear to be a pro
mising model system to investigate the relative roles of divergent selection
and gene flow in promoting or preventing adaptation to climate gradients.' (1518 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'10.1186/1471-2148-12-210' (24 chars) uid => protected8875 (integer) _localizedUid => protected8875 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected8875 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 16 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=7069, pid=124) originalId => protected7069 (integer) authors => protected'Liu, Y.; Keller, I.; Heckel, G.' (46 chars) title => protected'Breeding site fidelity and winter admixture in a long-distance migrant, the
tufted duck (<I>Aythya fuligula</I>)' (112 chars) journal => protected'Heredity' (8 chars) year => protected2012 (integer) volume => protected109 (integer) issue => protected'2' (1 chars) startpage => protected'108' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'116' (3 chars) categories => protected'bird migration; population structure; flyway; microsatellites; mitochondrial
DNA; avian flu' (91 chars) description => protected'Long-distance migrants are, by definition, highly mobile but it is poorly un
derstood if this leads to high rates of gene flow and an essentially panmict
ic global population structure. Genetic divergence in migratory species coul
d be promoted, for example, by fidelity to distinct migratory pathways. In t
his study, we investigate the population genetic structure of tufted duck (<
I>Aythya fuligula</I>), a long-distance migrant with a largely continuous br
eeding distribution across Eurasia. Distinct, longitudinally oriented flyway
s have been postulated based on geographically disjunct wintering areas and
are supported by evidence from ringing data. We generated sequences of the m
itochondrial control region and multi-locus microsatellite genotypes for sev
eral hundreds of samples from the European and Asian breeding and wintering
grounds including some individuals infected with highly pathogenic avian inf
luenza virus H5N1. Significant differentiation between breeding sites was ob
served for both marker types, but <I>F</I><SUB>ST</SUB> values were approxim
ately 10 times higher for maternally inherited mitochondrial DNA than for b
iparentally transmitted nuclear markers. The genetic differentiation between
the postulated European and Asian flyways was similar to that observed with
in continents and, in general, genetic divergence was not associated with ge
ographic distance. Neither marker type showed evidence of genetic substructu
re among aggregations on the European wintering grounds. Our results suggest
some breeding site fidelity, especially in females, but extensive populatio
n admixture on the wintering grounds. Several scenarios may explain the obse
rved lack of genetic divergence between Europe and Asia including non-equili
brium conditions following a recent range expansion or contemporary gene flo
w across the postulated migratory divides.' (1866 chars) serialnumber => protected'0018-067X' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1038/hdy.2012.19' (19 chars) uid => protected7069 (integer) _localizedUid => protected7069 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected7069 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 17 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=8885, pid=124) originalId => protected8885 (integer) authors => protected'Lucek, K.; Sivasundar, A.; Seehausen, O.' (55 chars) title => protected'Evidence of adaptive evolutionary divergence during biological invasion' (71 chars) journal => protected'PLoS One' (8 chars) year => protected2012 (integer) volume => protected7 (integer) issue => protected'11' (2 chars) startpage => protected'e49377 (6 pp.)' (14 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Rapid phenotypic diversification during biological invasions can either aris
e by adaptation to alternative environments or by adaptive phenotypic plasti
city. Where experimental evidence for adaptive plasticity is common, support
for evolutionary diversification is rare. Here, we performed a controlled l
aboratory experiment using full-sib crosses between ecologically divergent t
hreespine stickleback populations to test for a genetic basis of adaptation.
Our populations are from two very different habitats, lake and stream, of a
recently invaded range in Switzerland and differ in ecologically relevant m
orphological traits. We found that in a lake-like food treatment lake fish g
row faster than stream fish, resembling the difference among wild type indiv
iduals. In contrast, in a stream-like food treatment individuals from both p
opulations grow similarly. Our experimental data suggest that genetically de
termined diversification has occurred within less than 140 years after the a
rrival of stickleback in our studied region.' (1032 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'10.1371/journal.pone.0049377' (28 chars) uid => protected8885 (integer) _localizedUid => protected8885 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected8885 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 18 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=7002, pid=124) originalId => protected7002 (integer) authors => protected'Lucek, K.; Haesler, M. P.; Sivasundar, A.' (61 chars) title => protected'When phenotypes do not match genotypes - unexpected phenotypic diversity and
potential environmental constraints in icelandic stickleback' (137 chars) journal => protected'Journal of Heredity' (19 chars) year => protected2012 (integer) volume => protected103 (integer) issue => protected'4' (1 chars) startpage => protected'579' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'584' (3 chars) categories => protected'Eda; Stn382; three-spine stickleback' (36 chars) description => protected'Divergent lateral plate phenotypes in stickleback represent one of only a fe
w cases known, where a single gene underlies the phenotype under divergent s
election between different habitats. However, the selection pressures leadin
g to the repeated loss of lateral plates in freshwater are still not well un
derstood. By genotyping 838 individuals from 9 independently colonized lakes
and 1 marine population in Iceland, we found 1) that only in some lakes are
phenotypes associated with the expected genotype and 2) that the independen
t repeated occurrence of a rarely described plate phenotype is expressed in
the absence of an allele that is usually associated with this phenotype. Thi
s suggests that either other genes such as modifiers might be under divergen
t selection between lakes or that lateral plate expression in these populati
ons is restricted due to environmental constraints.' (887 chars) serialnumber => protected'0022-1503' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1093/jhered/ess021' (21 chars) uid => protected7002 (integer) _localizedUid => protected7002 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected7002 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 19 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=7067, pid=124) originalId => protected7067 (integer) authors => protected'Maan, M. E.; Seehausen, O.' (41 chars) title => protected'Magic cues versus magic preferences in speciation' (49 chars) journal => protected'Evolutionary Ecology Research' (29 chars) year => protected2012 (integer) volume => protected14 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'779' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'785' (3 chars) categories => protected'direct selection; indirect selection; linkage disequilibrium; mate choice; s
exual selection' (91 chars) description => protected'Question: How does divergent natural selection lead to divergence in mating
traits and the evolution of reproductive isolation?<BR/>Background: Ecologic
al speciation of non-allopatric taxa usually requires the evolution of an as
sociation between selective mating and the traits underlying ecological adap
tation. ‘Magic traits’ affect both ecological fitness and assortative ma
ting and may therefore mediate rapid evolution of reproductive isolation.<BR
/>Problem: When assortative mating is mediated by separate preferences and c
ues, as opposed to being based on trait similarity (e.g. assortment by body
size or habitat), pre-mating reproductive isolation between non-allopatric p
opulations often requires divergence in both mating preferences and mating c
ues. Yet, most proposed cases of magic trait speciation rely on observation
of divergent mating cues alone, leaving the consequences for reproductive is
olation uncertain.<BR/>Solution: We propose that a distinction should be mad
e between mating cues and mating preferences when documenting divergent natu
ral selection on mating traits. We argue that immediate effects of ecologica
l adaptation on mating preferences, through direct selection or through plei
otropy, will drive divergence in both preferences and traits much more predi
ctably than ecological selection on mating cues. The distinction between ‘
magic cues’ and ‘magic preferences’ is critical for evaluating the evo
lutionary consequences of divergent selection on mating traits, and implies
a need for increased research effort into documenting variation in mating pr
eferences in diverging taxa.' (1624 chars) serialnumber => protected'1522-0613' (9 chars) doi => protected'' (0 chars) uid => protected7067 (integer) _localizedUid => protected7067 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected7067 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 20 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=7489, pid=124) originalId => protected7489 (integer) authors => protected'Magalhaes, I. S.; Lundsgaard-Hansen, B.; Mwaiko, S.; See
hausen, O.' (91 chars) title => protected'Evolutionary divergence in replicate pairs of ecotypes of Lake Victoria cich
lid fish' (84 chars) journal => protected'Evolutionary Ecology Research' (29 chars) year => protected2012 (integer) volume => protected14 (integer) issue => protected'4' (1 chars) startpage => protected'381' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'401' (3 chars) categories => protected'divergent selection; FST; speciation; trophic polymorphism' (58 chars) description => protected'Questions: (1) Do replicate pairs of ecotypes of cichlid fish represent diff
erent stages of ecological speciation? (2) Are phenotypic and genetic diverg
ence correlated with each other and with the steepness of the habitat gradie
nts?<BR/>Study system: Three replicate pairs of putative ecotypes of cichlid
fish in the genus <I>Neochromis</I> from three islands in Lake Victoria. Th
e three pairs present similar trophic polymorphisms. The three islands diffe
r in steepness of the benthic habitat gradients mediated by variation in wat
er clarity, shore slopes, and depths of the rock-sand interface.<BR/>Analyti
cal methods: We quantified fish body morphology and dentition, typed populat
ion samples at nine microsatellite loci, and analysed how phenotypic and neu
tral genetic variation were distributed among ecotypes and along the habitat
gradients.<BR/>Results: Despite weak or absent genetic differentiation at n
eutral markers, ecotypes were divergent in phenotypes in a replicated manner
, involving from one to many different traits in a nested series. Variation
in eco-morphological traits and allelic variation at neutral marker loci wer
e associated with depth of habitat at some islands.' (1191 chars) serialnumber => protected'1522-0613' (9 chars) doi => protected'' (0 chars) uid => protected7489 (integer) _localizedUid => protected7489 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected7489 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 21 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=8877, pid=124) originalId => protected8877 (integer) authors => protected'Melián, C. J.; Alonso, D.; Allesina, S.; Condit, R
. S.; Etienne, R. S.' (111 chars) title => protected'Does sex speed up evolutionary rate and increase biodiversity?' (62 chars) journal => protected'PLoS Computational Biology' (26 chars) year => protected2012 (integer) volume => protected8 (integer) issue => protected'3' (1 chars) startpage => protected'1' (1 chars) otherpage => protected'9' (1 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Most empirical and theoretical studies have shown that sex increases the rat
e of evolution, although evidence of sex constraining genomic and epigenetic
variation and slowing down evolution also exists. Faster rates with sex hav
e been attributed to new gene combinations, removal of deleterious mutations
, and adaptation to heterogeneous environments. Slower rates with sex have b
een attributed to removal of major genetic rearrangements, the cost of findi
ng a mate, vulnerability to predation, and exposure to sexually transmitted
diseases. Whether sex speeds or slows evolution, the connection between repr
oductive mode, the evolutionary rate, and species diversity remains largely
unexplored. Here we present a spatially explicit model of ecological and evo
lutionary dynamics based on DNA sequence change to study the connection betw
een mutation, speciation, and the resulting biodiversity in sexual and asexu
al populations. We show that faster speciation can decrease the abundance of
newly formed species and thus decrease long-term biodiversity. In this way,
sex can reduce diversity relative to asexual populations, because it leads
to a higher rate of production of new species, but with lower abundances. Ou
r results show that reproductive mode and the mechanisms underlying it can a
lter the link between mutation, evolutionary rate, speciation and biodiversi
ty and we suggest that a high rate of evolution may not be required to yield
high biodiversity.' (1463 chars) serialnumber => protected'1553-734X' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002414' (28 chars) uid => protected8877 (integer) _localizedUid => protected8877 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected8877 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 22 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=6948, pid=124) originalId => protected6948 (integer) authors => protected'Purnell, M.; Seehausen, O.; Galis, F.' (52 chars) title => protected'Quantitative three-dimensional microtextural analyses of tooth wear as a too
l for dietary discrimination in fishes' (114 chars) journal => protected'Journal of the Royal Society Interface' (38 chars) year => protected2012 (integer) volume => protected9 (integer) issue => protected'74' (2 chars) startpage => protected'2225' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'2233' (4 chars) categories => protected'cichlids; microwear analysis; trophic analysis; resource exploitation' (69 chars) description => protected'Resource polymorphisms and competition for resources are significant factors
in speciation. Many examples come from fishes, and cichlids are of particul
ar importance because of their role as model organisms at the interface of e
cology, development, genetics and evolution. However, analysis of trophic re
source use in fishes can be difficult and time-consuming, and for fossil fis
h species it is particularly problematic. Here, we present evidence from cic
hlids that analysis of tooth microwear based on high-resolution (sub-microme
tre scale) three-dimensional data and new ISO standards for quantification o
f surface textures provides a powerful tool for dietary discrimination and i
nvestigation of trophic resource exploitation. Our results suggest that thre
e-dimensional approaches to analysis offer significant advantages over two-d
imensional operator-scored methods of microwear analysis, including applicab
ility to rough tooth surfaces that lack distinct scratches and pits. Tooth m
icrowear textures develop over a longer period of time than is represented b
y stomach contents, and analyses based on textures are less prone to biases
introduced by opportunistic feeding. They are more sensitive to subtle dieta
ry differences than isotopic analysis. Quantitative textural analysis of too
th microwear has a useful role to play, complementing existing approaches, i
n trophic analysis of fishes—both extant and extinct.' (1423 chars) serialnumber => protected'1742-5689' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1098/rsif.2012.0140' (22 chars) uid => protected6948 (integer) _localizedUid => protected6948 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected6948 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 23 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=7090, pid=124) originalId => protected7090 (integer) authors => protected'Seehausen, O.' (18 chars) title => protected'Integrating ecology and genetics in speciation research. Ecological Speciati
on by Patrik Nosil' (94 chars) journal => protected'Trends in Ecology and Evolution' (31 chars) year => protected2013 (integer) volume => protected28 (integer) issue => protected'1' (1 chars) startpage => protected'12' (2 chars) otherpage => protected'13' (2 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'' (0 chars) serialnumber => protected'0169-5347' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1016/j.tree.2012.10.005' (26 chars) uid => protected7090 (integer) _localizedUid => protected7090 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected7090 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 24 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=7089, pid=124) originalId => protected7089 (integer) authors => protected'Taborsky, B.; Arnold, C.; Junker, J.; Tschopp, A.' (69 chars) title => protected'The early social environment affects social competence in a cooperative bree
der' (79 chars) journal => protected'Animal Behaviour' (16 chars) year => protected2012 (integer) volume => protected83 (integer) issue => protected'4' (1 chars) startpage => protected'1067' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'1074' (4 chars) categories => protected'aggressive behaviour; cichlid; cooperative breeder; development; early envir
onment; Neolamprologus pulcher; social competence; social experience; social
skill; submissive behaviour' (180 chars) description => protected'Social competence is defined as the ability of an animal to optimize the exp
ression of social behaviour as a function of the available social informatio
n. The social environment encountered early in life can affect the expressio
n of various social behaviours later in life. We investigated whether early
social experience can affect social competence. In the cooperatively breedin
g cichlid <I>Neolamprologus pulcher</I>, we tested whether individuals reare
d with older brood-caring conspecifics persistently perform better in a seri
es of tasks (1) simulating different social contexts, (2) assigning individu
als different social roles and (3) exposing them to an unknown social situat
ion. Fish that had been reared together with older conspecifics showed more
appropriate behaviours both as winners (more aggressive displays) and as los
ers (more submissive displays) when aggressively competing with peers over a
resource, and when trying to be accepted as subordinate group member and pr
ospective brood care helper by an unfamiliar dominant pair (more submissive
displays near shelters), a situation they had never encountered before. In b
oth tasks fish that had grown up with older fish were tolerated better by co
nspecifics than fish reared with same-age siblings only. We detected effects
of the early environment on social behaviour in the juvenile and adult stag
es of the test fish. Our results suggest that growing up in more complex soc
ial groups fosters a general social ability (i.e. social competence) in <I>N
. pulcher</I> that improves their performance across different social roles
and contexts, and which may provide fitness benefits.' (1649 chars) serialnumber => protected'0003-3472' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.01.037' (29 chars) uid => protected7089 (integer) _localizedUid => protected7089 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected7089 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 25 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=6923, pid=124) originalId => protected6923 (integer) authors => protected'Vonlanthen, P.; Bittner, D.; Hudson, A. G.; Young,
K. A.; Müller, R.; Lundsgaard-Hansen, B.; Roy, D.; Di P
iazza, S.; Largiader, C. R.; Seehausen, O.' (214 chars) title => protected'Eutrophication causes speciation reversal in whitefish adaptive radiations' (74 chars) journal => protected'Nature' (6 chars) year => protected2012 (integer) volume => protected482 (integer) issue => protected'7385' (4 chars) startpage => protected'357' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'362' (3 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Species diversity can be lost through two different but potentially interact
ing extinction processes: demographic decline and speciation reversal throug
h introgressive hybridization. To investigate the relative contribution of t
hese processes, we analysed historical and contemporary data of replicate wh
itefish radiations from 17 pre-alpine European lakes and reconstructed chang
es in genetic species differentiation through time using historical samples.
Here we provide evidence that species diversity evolved in response to ecol
ogical opportunity, and that eutrophication, by diminishing this opportunity
, has driven extinctions through speciation reversal and demographic decline
. Across the radiations, the magnitude of eutrophication explains the patter
n of species loss and levels of genetic and functional distinctiveness among
remaining species. We argue that extinction by speciation reversal may be m
ore widespread than currently appreciated. Preventing such extinctions will
require that conservation efforts not only target existing species but ident
ify and protect the ecological and evolutionary processes that generate and
maintain species.' (1157 chars) serialnumber => protected'0028-0836' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1038/nature10824' (19 chars) uid => protected6923 (integer) _localizedUid => protected6923 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected6923 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 26 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=8911, pid=124) originalId => protected8911 (integer) authors => protected'Wang, L.; Si, W.; Yao, Y.; Tian, D.; Araki, H.; Yan
g, S.' (86 chars) title => protected'Genome-wide survey of pseudogenes in 80 fully re-sequenced <I>Arabidopsis th
aliana</I> accessions' (97 chars) journal => protected'PLoS One' (8 chars) year => protected2012 (integer) volume => protected7 (integer) issue => protected'12' (2 chars) startpage => protected'e51769 (13 pp.)' (15 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Pseudogenes (<I>Ψs)</I>, including processed and non-processed <I>Ψs</I>,
are ubiquitous genetic elements derived from originally functional genes in
all studied genomes within the three kingdoms of life. However, systematic s
urveys of non-processed <I>Ψs</I> utilizing genomic information from multip
le samples within a species are still rare. Here a systematic comparative an
alysis was conducted of <I>Ψs</I> within 80 fully re-sequenced <I>Arabidops
is thaliana</I> accessions, and 7546 genes, representing ~28% of the genomic
annotated open reading frames (ORFs), were found with disruptive mutations
in at least one accession. The distribution of these <I>Ψs</I> on chromosom
es showed a significantly negative correlation between <I>Ψs</I>/ORFs and t
heir local gene densities, suggesting a higher proportion of <I>Ψs</I> in g
ene desert regions, e.g. near centromeres. On the other hand, compared with
the non-<I>Ψ</I> loci, even the intact coding sequences (CDSs) in the <I>Ψ
</I> loci were found to have shorter CDS length, fewer exon number and lower
GC content. In addition, a significant functional bias against the hypothes
is was detected in the <I>Ψ</I>s mainly involved in responses to environmen
tal stimuli and biotic stress as reported, suggesting that they are likely i
mportant for adaptive evolution to rapidly changing environments by pseudoge
nization to accumulate successive mutations.' (1412 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'10.1371/journal.pone.0051769' (28 chars) uid => protected8911 (integer) _localizedUid => protected8911 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected8911 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 27 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=7088, pid=124) originalId => protected7088 (integer) authors => protected'Wagner, C. E.; McCune, A. R.; Lovette, I. J.' (74 chars) title => protected'Recent speciation between sympatric Tanganyikan cichlid colour morphs' (69 chars) journal => protected'Molecular Ecology' (17 chars) year => protected2012 (integer) volume => protected21 (integer) issue => protected'13' (2 chars) startpage => protected'3283' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'3292' (4 chars) categories => protected'assortative mating; cichlid; colour morph; Lake Tanganyika; speciation' (70 chars) description => protected'Lake Tanganyika, Africa’s oldest lake, harbours an impressive diversity of
cichlid fishes. Although diversification in its radiating groups is thought
to have been initially rapid, cichlids from Lake Tanganyika show little evi
dence for ongoing speciation. In contrast, examples of recent divergence amo
ng sympatric colour morphs are well known in haplochromine cichlids from Lak
es Malawi and Victoria. Here, we report genetic evidence for recent divergen
ce between two sympatric Tanganyikan cichlid colour morphs. These <em>Petroc
hromis</em> morphs share mitochondrial haplotypes, yet microsatellite loci r
eveal that their sympatric populations form distinct genetic groups. Nuclear
divergence between the two morphs is equivalent to that which arises geogra
phically within one of the morphs over short distances and is substantially
smaller than that among other sympatric species in this genus. These pattern
s suggest that these morphs diverged only recently, yet that barriers to gen
e flow exist which prevent extensive admixture despite their sympatric distr
ibution. The morphs studied here provide an unusual example of active divers
ification in Lake Tanganyika’s generally ancient cichlid fauna and enable
comparisons of speciation processes between Lake Tanganyika and other Africa
n lakes.' (1300 chars) serialnumber => protected'0962-1083' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05607.x' (32 chars) uid => protected7088 (integer) _localizedUid => protected7088 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected7088 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 28 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=7068, pid=124) originalId => protected7068 (integer) authors => protected'Wagner, C. E.; Keller, I.; Wittwer, S.; Selz, O.&nb
sp;M.; Mwaiko, S.; Greuter, L.; Sivasundar, A.; Seehausen,&nb
sp;O.' (157 chars) title => protected'Genome-wide RAD sequence data provide unprecedented resolution of species bo
undaries and relationships in the Lake Victoria cichlid adaptive radiation' (150 chars) journal => protected'Molecular Ecology' (17 chars) year => protected2013 (integer) volume => protected22 (integer) issue => protected'3' (1 chars) startpage => protected'787' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'798' (3 chars) categories => protected'adaptive radiation; cichlid; Lake Victoria; next generation sequencing; phyl
ogenetics; RAD-seq' (94 chars) description => protected'Although population genomic studies using next generation sequencing (NGS) d
ata are becoming increasingly common, studies focusing on phylogenetic infer
ence using these data are in their infancy. Here, we use NGS data generated
from reduced representation genomic libraries of restriction-site-associated
DNA (RAD) markers to infer phylogenetic relationships among 16 species of c
ichlid fishes from a single rocky island community within Lake Victoria's ci
chlid adaptive radiation. Previous attempts at sequence-based phylogenetic a
nalyses in Victoria cichlids have shown extensive sharing of genetic variati
on among species and no resolution of species or higher-level relationships.
These patterns have generally been attributed to the very recent origin (<1
5 000 years) of the radiation, and ongoing hybridization between species. We
show that as we increase the amount of sequence data used in phylogenetic a
nalyses, we produce phylogenetic trees with unprecedented resolution for thi
s group. In trees derived from our largest data supermatrices (3 to >5.8 mil
lion base pairs in width), species are reciprocally monophyletic with high b
ootstrap support, and the majority of internal branches on the tree have hig
h support. Given the difficulty of the phylogenetic problem that the Lake Vi
ctoria cichlid adaptive radiation represents, these results are striking. Th
e strict interpretation of the topologies we present here warrants caution b
ecause many questions remain about phylogenetic inference with very large ge
nomic data set and because we can with the current analysis not distinguish
between effects of shared ancestry and post-speciation gene flow. However, t
hese results provide the first conclusive evidence for the monophyly of spec
ies in the Lake Victoria cichlid radiation and demonstrate the power that NG
S data sets hold to resolve even the most difficult of phylogenetic challeng
es.' (1903 chars) serialnumber => protected'0962-1083' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/mec.12023' (17 chars) uid => protected7068 (integer) _localizedUid => protected7068 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected7068 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 29 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=6949, pid=124) originalId => protected6949 (integer) authors => protected'Wagner, C. E.; Harmon, L. J.; Seehausen, O.' (68 chars) title => protected'Ecological opportunity and sexual selection together predict adaptive radiat
ion' (79 chars) journal => protected'Nature' (6 chars) year => protected2012 (integer) volume => protected487 (integer) issue => protected'7407' (4 chars) startpage => protected'366' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'369' (3 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'A fundamental challenge to our understanding of biodiversity is to explain w
hy some groups of species undergo adaptive radiations, diversifying extensiv
ely into many and varied species, whereas others do not<sup>1,2</sup>. Both
extrinsic environmental factors (for example, resource availability, climate
) and intrinsic lineage-specific traits (for example, behavioural or morphol
ogical traits, genetic architecture) influence diversification, but few stud
ies have addressed how such factors interact. Radiations of cichlid fishes i
n the African Great Lakes provide some of the most dramatic cases of species
diversification. However, most cichlid lineages in African lakes have not u
ndergone adaptive radiations. Here we compile data on cichlid colonization a
nd diversification in 46 African lakes, along with lake environmental featur
es and information about the traits of colonizing cichlid lineages, to inves
tigate why adaptive radiation does and does not occur. We find that extrinsi
c environmental factors related to ecological opportunity and intrinsic line
age-specific traits related to sexual selection both strongly influence whet
her cichlids radiate. Cichlids are more likely to radiate in deep lakes, in
regions with more incident solar radiation and in lakes where there has been
more time for diversification. Weak or negative associations between divers
ification and lake surface area indicate that cichlid speciation is not cons
trained by area, in contrast to diversification in many terrestrial taxa<sup
>3</sup>. Among the suite of intrinsic traits that we investigate, sexual di
chromatism, a surrogate for the intensity of sexual selection, is consistent
ly positively associated with diversification. Thus, for cichlids, it is the
coincidence between ecological opportunity and sexual selection that best p
redicts whether adaptive radiation will occur. These findings suggest that a
daptive radiation is predictable, but only when species traits and environme
ntal factors are jointly...' (2012 chars) serialnumber => protected'0028-0836' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1038/nature11144' (19 chars) uid => protected6949 (integer) _localizedUid => protected6949 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected6949 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 30 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=6947, pid=124) originalId => protected6947 (integer) authors => protected'Witte, F.; Seehausen, O.; Wanink, J. H.; Kishe-Machumu,&
nbsp;M. A.; Rensing, M.; Goldschmidt, T.' (131 chars) title => protected'Cichlid species diversity in naturally and anthropogenically turbid habitats
of Lake Victoria, East Africa' (106 chars) journal => protected'Aquatic Sciences' (16 chars) year => protected2013 (integer) volume => protected75 (integer) issue => protected'2' (1 chars) startpage => protected'169' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'183' (3 chars) categories => protected'dissolved oxygen concentrations; eutrophication; haplochromine cichlids; lig
ht conditions; molluscivores; spawning periods' (122 chars) description => protected'During the past decades, major anthropogenic environmental changes occurred
in Lake Victoria, including increased predation pressure due to Nile perch i
ntroduction, and decreases in water transparency and dissolved oxygen concen
trations due to eutrophication. This resulted in a collapse of the haplochro
mine cichlids in the sub-littoral waters of the Mwanza Gulf in 1986-1990, fo
llowed by a recovery of some species in the 1990s and 2000s, when Nile perch
densities declined. We studied two data sets: (1) haplochromines from sand
and mud bottoms in the <I>pre-collapse</I> period; (2) haplochromines from s
ub-littoral areas during the <I>pre-collapse</I>, <I>collapse</I> and <I>rec
overy</I> periods. Water over mud is murkier and poorer in oxygen than water
over sand, and differences in haplochromine communities in these natural ha
bitats during the pre-collapse period may predict the effects of anthropogen
ic eutrophication during the <I>collapse</I> and <I>recovery</I> periods. In
the <I>pre-collapse</I> period, haplochromine densities over sand and mud d
id not differ, but species richness over sand was 1.6 times higher than over
mud bottoms. Orange- and white-blotched colour morphs were most common at t
he shallowest sand station. More specifically, insectivores and mollusc-shel
lers had higher numbers of species over sand than over mud, whereas for moll
usc-crushers no difference was found. Laboratory experiments revealed that m
ollusc shelling was more affected by decreased light intensities than mollus
c crushing. During the <I>pre-collapse</I> period, spawning occurred year-ro
und in shallow areas with hard substrates and relatively clear water. In dee
per areas with mud bottoms, spawning mainly occurred during months in which
water clarity was high. No effects of hypoxia on spawning periods were found
. It follows that clearer water seems to support differentiation in feeding
techniques as well as year-round spawning, and both may facilitate species c
oexistence. Water clarit...' (2320 chars) serialnumber => protected'1015-1621' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1007/s00027-012-0265-4' (25 chars) uid => protected6947 (integer) _localizedUid => protected6947 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected6947 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 31 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=6993, pid=124) originalId => protected6993 (integer) authors => protected'Weibel, D.; Peter, A.' (31 chars) title => protected'Effectiveness of different types of block ramps for fish upstream movement' (74 chars) journal => protected'Aquatic Sciences' (16 chars) year => protected2013 (integer) volume => protected75 (integer) issue => protected'2' (1 chars) startpage => protected'251' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'260' (3 chars) categories => protected'passage efficiency; block ramp; rock ramp; fish ramp; PIT-tag; longitudinal
connectivity' (88 chars) description => protected'Rivers are worldwide highly fragmented due to human impacts. This fragmentat
ion has a negative effect on fish movement and dispersal. Many artificial ba
rriers such as river bed sills and small weirs are nowadays replaced by bloc
k ramps in order to reestablish longitudinal connectivity for fish in rivers
and streams. We studied the upstream passage of several fish species on dif
ferent types of block ramps with slopes between 3.6 and 13.4 %. We conducted
translocation experiments in the field based on mark-recapture and on the u
se of PIT-tags. Temporal movement patterns were observed by an instream ante
nna. Hydraulic and morphological characteristics of block ramps were measure
d and compared with fish passage efficiency. Our results clearly showed that
upstream passage efficiency differs between fish species, size classes and
block ramps. We observed that brown trout (<I>Salmo trutta fario</I>) perfor
med better than bullhead (<I>Cottus gobio</I>) and several cyprinid species
on the same block ramps. Passage efficiency of brown trout and chub (<I>Leuc
iscus cephalus</I>) was size-selective, with small-sized individuals being l
ess successful. For brown trout, size-selectivity became more relevant with
increasing slope of ramp. We conclude that block ramps with slopes of >5 % a
re ineffective for the small-sized cyprinid species and that vertical drops
within step-pool ramps can hinder successful upstream passage of bullhead.' (1442 chars) serialnumber => protected'1015-1621' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1007/s00027-012-0270-7' (25 chars) uid => protected6993 (integer) _localizedUid => protected6993 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected6993 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 32 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=8868, pid=124) originalId => protected8868 (integer) authors => protected'Zeller, M.; Lucek, K.; Haesler, M. P.; Seehausen, O
.; Sivasundar, A.' (98 chars) title => protected'Signals of predation-induced directional and disruptive selection in the thr
eespined stickleback' (96 chars) journal => protected'Evolutionary Ecology Research' (29 chars) year => protected2012 (integer) volume => protected14 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'193' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'205' (3 chars) categories => protected'age classes; defence traits; disruptive selection; Eda; predation' (65 chars) description => protected'Background: Different predation regimes may exert divergent selection pressu
re on<br/>phenotypes and their associated genotypes. Threespine stickleback
<I>Gasterosteus aculeatus</I> have a suite of bony structures, which have be
en shown to be an effective defence against predation and have a well-known
genetic basis.<BR/>Question: Do different predator regimes induce different
selective pressures on growth rates and defence phenotypes in threespine sti
ckleback between different habitats across distinct age classes?<BR/>Hypothe
sis: In the presence of predation-induced selection, we expect diverging mor
phological responses between populations experiencing either low or high pre
dation pressure.<BR/>Study system: Threespine stickleback were sampled from
two natural but recently established populations in an invasive range. One s
ite has a high density of fish and insect predators, while at the other site
predation pressure is low.<BR/>Methods: We inferred predator-induced select
ion on defence traits by comparing the distribution of size classes, defence
phenotypes, and an armour-related genotype between different age classes in
a high and a low predation regime.<BR/>Results: Under high predation, there
are indications of directional selection for faster growth, whereas lateral
plate phenotypes and associated genotypes show indications for disruptive s
election. Heterozygotes at the <I>Eda-gene</I> have a lower survival rate th
an either homozygote. Neither pattern is evident in the low predation regime
.<BR/>Conclusion: Potential evolutionary responses to divergent predation pr
essures between sites are apparent in a recently established system.' (1664 chars) serialnumber => protected'1522-0613' (9 chars) doi => protected'' (0 chars) uid => protected8868 (integer) _localizedUid => protected8868 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected8868 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 33 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=6908, pid=124) originalId => protected6908 (integer) authors => protected'Zeller, M.; Lucek, K.; Haesler, M.; Seehausen, O.; Sivas
undar, A.' (90 chars) title => protected'Little evidence for a selective advantage of armour-reduced threespined stic
kleback individuals in an invertebrate predation experiment' (135 chars) journal => protected'Evolutionary Ecology' (20 chars) year => protected2012 (integer) volume => protected26 (integer) issue => protected'6' (1 chars) startpage => protected'1293' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'1309' (4 chars) categories => protected'Eda; Stn382; Aeshna; dragonfly larvae; lateral plates' (53 chars) description => protected'The repeated colonization of freshwater habitats by the ancestrally marine t
hreespined stickleback <I>Gasterosteus aculeatus</I> has been associated wit
h many instances of parallel reduction in armour traits, most notably number
of lateral plates. The change in predation regime from marine systems, domi
nated by gape-limited predators such as piscivorous fishes, to freshwater ha
bitats where grappling invertebrate predators such as insect larvae can domi
nate the predation regime, has been hypothesized as a driving force. Here we
experimentally test the hypothesis that stickleback with reduced armour pos
sess a selective advantage in the face of predation by invertebrates, using
a natural population of stickleback that is highly polymorphic for armour tr
aits and a common invertebrate predator from the same location. Our results
provide no compelling evidence for selection in this particular predator–p
rey interaction. We suggest that the postulated selective advantage of low a
rmour in the face of invertebrate predation may not be universal.' (1053 chars) serialnumber => protected'0269-7653' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1007/s10682-012-9566-2' (25 chars) uid => protected6908 (integer) _localizedUid => protected6908 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected6908 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer)
How river structure and biological traits influence gene flow: a population genetic study of two stream invertebrates with differing dispersal abilities
2. We used highly polymorphic markers to estimate genetic differentiation between populations of both species within a Swiss pre-alpine catchment and compared these results to the broader-scale genetic structure within the Rhine drainage. Landscape genetic approaches were used to test for correlations of genetic and geographical structures and in-stream barrier effects.
3. We found overall very weak genetic structure in populations of B. rhodani. In contrast, G. fossarum showed strong genetic differentiation, even at spatial scales of a few kilometres, and a clear pattern of isolation by distance. Genetic diversity decreased from downstream towards upstream populations of G. fossarum, suggesting asymmetric gene flow. Correlation of genetic structure with landscape topography was more pronounced in the amphipod. Our study also indicates that G. fossarum might be capable of dispersing overland in headwater regions and of crossing small in-stream barriers.
4. We speculate that differences in dispersal capacity but also habitat specialisation and potentially the extent of local adaptation could be responsible for the differences in genetic differentiation found between the two species. These results highlight the importance of taking into account dispersal-related traits when planning management and conservation strategies.
Speciation leads to divergent methylmercury accumulation in sympatric whitefish
Interplay between temperature, fish partial migration and trophic dynamics
Variable individual consistency in timing and destination of winter migrating fish
Short-and long term niche segregation and individual specialization of brown trout (Salmo trutta) in species poor Faroese lakes
Species-specific relationships between water transparency and male coloration within and between two closely related Lake Victoria cichlid species
Partial migration in fishes: definitions, methodologies and taxonomic distribution
Partial migration in fishes: causes and consequences
Assessing the societal benefits of applied research and expert consulting in water science and technology
Does water depth or diet divergence predict progress toward ecological speciation in whitefish radiations?
Study System: Whitefish (Coregonus spp.) that have diversified into two or more sympatric ecotypes in subalpine Swiss lakes. Sympatric ecotypes vary in the extent of reproductive isolation.
Analytical Methods: We measured the degree of spawning depth differentiation based on the depth-at-capture of different ecotypes. We estimated diet differentiation between ecotypes as Mahalanobis distances from stable isotopes. We compared each of these to genetic differentiation measured from AFLP data, using modified correlation tests and phylogenetically independent contrasts to account for nonindependence of comparisons in lakes with more than two ecotypes.
Results: We found that the magnitude of divergence in spawning depth was generally – albeit only marginally significantly – associated with the extent of genetic divergence between sympatric ecotypes. This effect was clearly stronger than the effect of diet divergence, which was not associated with genetic differentiation. Furthermore, there was no evidence for an interactive effect of depth and diet divergence on progress toward speciation.
River fragmentation increases localized population genetic structure and enhances asymmetry of dispersal in bullhead (Cottus gobio)
Use of qualitative environmental and phenotypic variables in the context of allele distribution models: detecting signatures of selection in the genome of Lake Victoria cichlids
The role of parasitism in adaptive radiations - when might parasites promote and when might they constrain ecological speciation?
Differentiation in parasitism among ecotypes of whitefish segregating along depth gradients
Population genomic signatures of divergent adaptation, gene flow and hybrid speciation in the rapid radiation of Lake Victoria cichlid fishes
Parallel divergent adaptation along replicated altitudinal gradients in Alpine trout
Results: The proportion of loci showing evidence of divergent selection was larger between drainages than along altitudinal transects within drainages. This suggests divergent selection is stronger between drainages, or adaptive divergence is constrained by gene flow among populations within drainages, although the latter could not be confirmed at a more local scale. Still, altitudinal divergence occurred and, at approximately 2% of the markers, parallel changes of the AFLP band frequencies with altitude were observed suggesting that altitude may well be an important source of divergent selection within rivers.
Conclusions: Our results indicate that adaptive genetic divergence is common both between major European river systems and along altitudinal gradients within drainages. Alpine trout appear to be a promising model system to investigate the relative roles of divergent selection and gene flow in promoting or preventing adaptation to climate gradients.
Breeding site fidelity and winter admixture in a long-distance migrant, the tufted duck (Aythya fuligula)
Evidence of adaptive evolutionary divergence during biological invasion
When phenotypes do not match genotypes - unexpected phenotypic diversity and potential environmental constraints in icelandic stickleback
Magic cues versus magic preferences in speciation
Background: Ecological speciation of non-allopatric taxa usually requires the evolution of an association between selective mating and the traits underlying ecological adaptation. ‘Magic traits’ affect both ecological fitness and assortative mating and may therefore mediate rapid evolution of reproductive isolation.
Problem: When assortative mating is mediated by separate preferences and cues, as opposed to being based on trait similarity (e.g. assortment by body size or habitat), pre-mating reproductive isolation between non-allopatric populations often requires divergence in both mating preferences and mating cues. Yet, most proposed cases of magic trait speciation rely on observation of divergent mating cues alone, leaving the consequences for reproductive isolation uncertain.
Solution: We propose that a distinction should be made between mating cues and mating preferences when documenting divergent natural selection on mating traits. We argue that immediate effects of ecological adaptation on mating preferences, through direct selection or through pleiotropy, will drive divergence in both preferences and traits much more predictably than ecological selection on mating cues. The distinction between ‘magic cues’ and ‘magic preferences’ is critical for evaluating the evolutionary consequences of divergent selection on mating traits, and implies a need for increased research effort into documenting variation in mating preferences in diverging taxa.
Evolutionary divergence in replicate pairs of ecotypes of Lake Victoria cichlid fish
Study system: Three replicate pairs of putative ecotypes of cichlid fish in the genus Neochromis from three islands in Lake Victoria. The three pairs present similar trophic polymorphisms. The three islands differ in steepness of the benthic habitat gradients mediated by variation in water clarity, shore slopes, and depths of the rock-sand interface.
Analytical methods: We quantified fish body morphology and dentition, typed population samples at nine microsatellite loci, and analysed how phenotypic and neutral genetic variation were distributed among ecotypes and along the habitat gradients.
Results: Despite weak or absent genetic differentiation at neutral markers, ecotypes were divergent in phenotypes in a replicated manner, involving from one to many different traits in a nested series. Variation in eco-morphological traits and allelic variation at neutral marker loci were associated with depth of habitat at some islands.
Does sex speed up evolutionary rate and increase biodiversity?
Quantitative three-dimensional microtextural analyses of tooth wear as a tool for dietary discrimination in fishes
The early social environment affects social competence in a cooperative breeder
Eutrophication causes speciation reversal in whitefish adaptive radiations
Genome-wide survey of pseudogenes in 80 fully re-sequenced Arabidopsis thaliana accessions
Recent speciation between sympatric Tanganyikan cichlid colour morphs
Genome-wide RAD sequence data provide unprecedented resolution of species boundaries and relationships in the Lake Victoria cichlid adaptive radiation
Ecological opportunity and sexual selection together predict adaptive radiation
Cichlid species diversity in naturally and anthropogenically turbid habitats of Lake Victoria, East Africa
Effectiveness of different types of block ramps for fish upstream movement
Signals of predation-induced directional and disruptive selection in the threespined stickleback
phenotypes and their associated genotypes. Threespine stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus have a suite of bony structures, which have been shown to be an effective defence against predation and have a well-known genetic basis.
Question: Do different predator regimes induce different selective pressures on growth rates and defence phenotypes in threespine stickleback between different habitats across distinct age classes?
Hypothesis: In the presence of predation-induced selection, we expect diverging morphological responses between populations experiencing either low or high predation pressure.
Study system: Threespine stickleback were sampled from two natural but recently established populations in an invasive range. One site has a high density of fish and insect predators, while at the other site predation pressure is low.
Methods: We inferred predator-induced selection on defence traits by comparing the distribution of size classes, defence phenotypes, and an armour-related genotype between different age classes in a high and a low predation regime.
Results: Under high predation, there are indications of directional selection for faster growth, whereas lateral plate phenotypes and associated genotypes show indications for disruptive selection. Heterozygotes at the Eda-gene have a lower survival rate than either homozygote. Neither pattern is evident in the low predation regime.
Conclusion: Potential evolutionary responses to divergent predation pressures between sites are apparent in a recently established system.
Little evidence for a selective advantage of armour-reduced threespined stickleback individuals in an invertebrate predation experiment
Downing AS, van Nes EH, Cornelissen I, Kaufman L, Medard M, Nagelkerke L, Scheffer M, Seehausen O, van Dijk H, van Zwieten P, Mooij WM. (2012) Chain reactions in the social-ecological system of Lake Victoria. Pages 95-119 In Downing AS. Seeing the water for the fish: building on perspectives of Lake Victoria. Wageningen University, ISBN 978-94-6173-367-2
Hering, JG, Hoehn, E, Klinke, A, Maurer, M, Peter, A, Reichert, P, Robinson, C, Schirmer, K, Schirmer, M, Stamm, C, Wehrli, B (2012) Long-Lived Infrastructure, and Increasing Needs for Integration and Adaptation in Water Management: An Illustration from Switzerland, Environ. Sci. Technol., 2012, 46 (1), pp 112–118 DOI: 10.1021/es202189s
Seehausen, O. Der Ursprung der Arten 150 Jahre nach Darwin. Pp 45-66 in Leutwyler, S. (ed) Evolution wohin? Darwins Theorie und ihre Folgen. Forum für Universität und Gesellschaft, Universität Bern
Publikationen 2011
peer reviewed journals
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ntiation in the European tree frog' (110 chars) journal => protected'Ecography' (9 chars) year => protected2011 (integer) volume => protected34 (integer) issue => protected'5' (1 chars) startpage => protected'714' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'722' (3 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Functional connectivity among fragmented populations depends on the landscap
e matrix between occupied habitat patches and its effect on the frequency of
animal movement and gene flow. The quantification of landscape effects on g
ene flow should therefore be scale-dependent. Here, we explored the impact o
f different spatial scales in a landscape genetic analysis of the European t
ree frog <I>Hyla arborea</I> in a fragmented landscape in Switzerland. We ex
amined the effects of landscape elements and geographic distance on genetic
differentiation at three distance classes reflecting varying frequencies of
tree frog movement. We calculated pairwise F<SUB>ST</SUB>-values and assembl
ed 16 landscape elements within 1 km wide corridors between all pairs of tre
e frog breeding sites. Per distance class, we computed a multiple regression
model with stepwise backward elimination and permutation testing. At distan
ces of <2 km, only a larger river acted as a barrier to gene flow. At distan
ces >2 km, geographic distance had a negative effect on gene flow as had lan
dscape elements such as forests and roads. In general, hedgerows and various
structure-rich landscape elements positively affected gene flow. As we foun
d distinct scale-dependent landscape effects on gene flow, future landscape
genetic studies should analyse the effects of landscape variables at differe
nt spatial dimensions relevant for the movement and dispersal of the study o
rganisms. Corresponding studies should also carefully consider relevant corr
elations among the landscape elements tested and should preferentially repli
cate their analysis at the landscape-level in order to avoid idiosyncratic r
esults owing to the particular scale and landscape studied.' (1731 chars) serialnumber => protected'0906-7590' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06494.x' (32 chars) uid => protected6636 (integer) _localizedUid => protected6636 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected6636 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 1 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=8823, pid=124) originalId => protected8823 (integer) authors => protected'Bezault, E.; Mwaiko, S.; Seehausen, O.' (53 chars) title => protected'Population genomic tests of models of adaptive radiation in Lake Victoria re
gion cichlid fish' (93 chars) journal => protected'Evolution, International Journal of Organic Evolution' (53 chars) year => protected2011 (integer) volume => protected65 (integer) issue => protected'12' (2 chars) startpage => protected'3381' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'3397' (4 chars) categories => protected'AFLP; AMOVA; gene flow; genetic diversity; speciation' (53 chars) description => protected'Adaptive radiation is usually thought to be associated with speciation, but
the evolution of intraspecific polymorphisms without speciation is also poss
ible. The radiation of cichlid fish in Lake Victoria (LV) is perhaps the mos
t impressive example of a recent rapid adaptive radiation, with 600+ very yo
ung species. Key questions about its origin remain poorly characterized, suc
h as the importance of speciation versus polymorphism, whether species persi
st on evolutionary time scales, and if speciation happens more commonly in s
mall isolated or in large connected populations. We used 320 individuals fro
m 105 putative species from Lakes Victoria, Edward, Kivu, Albert, Nabugabo a
nd Saka, in a radiation-wide amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) g
enome scan to address some of these questions. We demonstrate pervasive sign
atures of speciation supporting the classical model of adaptive radiation as
sociated with speciation. A positive relationship between the age of lakes a
nd the average genomic differentiation of their species, and a significant f
raction of molecular variance explained by above-species level taxonomy sugg
est the persistence of species on evolutionary time scales, with radiation t
hrough sequential speciation rather than a single starburst. Finally the lar
ge gene diversity retained from colonization to individual species in every
radiation suggests large effective population sizes and makes speciation in
small geographical isolates unlikely.' (1481 chars) serialnumber => protected'0014-3820' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01417.x' (32 chars) uid => protected8823 (integer) _localizedUid => protected8823 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected8823 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 2 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=8844, pid=124) originalId => protected8844 (integer) authors => protected'Bezault, E.; Balaresque, P.; Toguyeni, A.; Fermon, Y.; A
raki, H.; Baroiller, J. F.; Rognon, X.' (134 chars) title => protected'Spatial and temporal variation in population genetic structure of wild Nile
tilapia (<I>Oreochromis niloticus</I>) across Africa' (128 chars) journal => protected'BMC Genetics' (12 chars) year => protected2011 (integer) volume => protected12 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'102 (16 pp.)' (12 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Background: Reconstructing the evolutionary history of a species is challeng
ing. It often depends not only on the past biogeographic and climatic events
but also the contemporary and ecological factors, such as current connectiv
ity and habitat heterogeneity. In fact, these factors might interact with ea
ch other and shape the current species distribution. However, to what extent
the current population genetic structure reflects the past and the contempo
rary factors is largely unknown. Here we investigated spatio-temporal geneti
c structures of Nile tilapia (<I>Oreochromis niloticus</I>) populations, acr
oss their natural distribution in Africa. While its large biogeographic dist
ribution can cause genetic differentiation at the paleo-biogeographic scales
, its restricted dispersal capacity might induce a strong genetic structure
at micro-geographic scales.<BR/> Results: Using nine microsatellite loci and
350 samples from ten natural populations, we found the highest genetic diff
erentiation among the three ichthyofaunal provinces and regions (Ethiopian,
Nilotic and Sudano-Sahelian) (<I>R</I><SUB>ST</SUB> = 0.38 – 0.69). This r
esult suggests the predominant effect of paleo-geographic events at macro-ge
ographic scale. In addition, intermediate divergences were found between riv
ers and lakes within the regions, presumably reflecting relatively recent in
terruptions of gene flow between hydrographic basins (<I>R</I><I><SUB>ST</SU
B></I> = 0.24 – 0.32). The lowest differentiations were observed among con
nected populations within a basin (<I>R</I><I><SUB>ST</SUB></I> = 0.015 in t
he Volta basin). Comparison of temporal sample series revealed subtle change
s in the gene pools in a few generations (<I>F</I>= 0 – 0.053). The estima
ted effective population sizes were 23 – 143 and the estimated migration r
ate was moderate (m ~ 0.094 – 0.097) in the Volta populations.<BR/> Con
clusions: This study revealed clear hierarchical patterns of the population
genetic structuring of <...' (2656 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'10.1186/1471-2156-12-102' (24 chars) uid => protected8844 (integer) _localizedUid => protected8844 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected8844 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 3 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=8827, pid=124) originalId => protected8827 (integer) authors => protected'Brodersen, J.; Rodriguez-Gil, J. L.; Jönsson, M.; Hanss
on, L.-A.; Brönmark, C.; Nilsson, P. A.; Nicolle,
A.; Berglund, O.' (173 chars) title => protected'Temperature and resource availability may interactively affect over-winterin
g success of juvenile fish in a changing climate' (124 chars) journal => protected'PLoS One' (8 chars) year => protected2011 (integer) volume => protected6 (integer) issue => protected'10' (2 chars) startpage => protected'e24022 (9 pp.)' (14 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'The predicted global warming may affect freshwater systems at several organi
zational levels, from organism to ecosystem. Specifically, in temperate regi
ons, the projected increase of winter temperatures may have important effect
s on the over-winter biology of a range of organisms and especially for fish
and other ectothermic animals. However, temperature effects on organisms ma
y be directed strongly by resource availability. Here, we investigated wheth
er over-winter loss of biomass and lipid content of juvenile roach (<I>Rutil
us rutilus</I>) was affected by the physiologically relatively small (2-5°C
) changes of winter temperatures predicted by the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC), under both natural and experimental conditions. This
was investigated in combination with the effects of food availability. Fina
lly, we explored the potential for a correlation between lake temperature an
d resource levels for planktivorous fish, i.e., zooplankton biomass, during
five consecutive winters in a south Swedish lake. We show that small increas
es in temperature (+2°C) affected fish biomass loss in both presence and ab
sence of food, but negatively and positively respectively. Temperature alone
explained only a minor part of the variation when food availability was not
taken into account. In contrast to other studies, lipid analyses of experim
ental fish suggest that critical somatic condition rather than critical lipi
d content determined starvation induced mortality. Our results illustrate th
e importance of considering not only changes in temperature when predicting
organism response to climate change but also food-web interactions, such as
resource availability and predation. However, as exemplified by our finding
that zooplankton over-winter biomass in the lake was not related to over-win
ter temperature, this may not be a straightforward task.' (1880 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'10.1371/journal.pone.0024022' (28 chars) uid => protected8827 (integer) _localizedUid => protected8827 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected8827 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 4 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=6718, pid=124) originalId => protected6718 (integer) authors => protected'Brodersen, J.; Nilsson, P. A.; Chapman, B. B.; Skov
, C.; Hansson, L.-A.; Brönmark, C.' (126 chars) title => protected'Variable individual consistency in timing and destination of winter migratin
g fish' (82 chars) journal => protected'Biology Letters' (15 chars) year => protected2012 (integer) volume => protected8 (integer) issue => protected'1' (1 chars) startpage => protected'21' (2 chars) otherpage => protected'23' (2 chars) categories => protected'differential migration; individual consistency; roach; Rutilus rutilus' (70 chars) description => protected'Migration is an important event in the life history of many animals, but the
re is considerable variation within populations in the timing and final dest
ination. Such differential migration at the population level can be strongly
determined by individuals showing different consistencies in migratory trai
ts. By tagging individual cyprinid fish with uniquely coded electronic tags,
and recording their winter migrations from lakes to streams for 6 consecuti
ve years, we obtained highly detailed long-term information on the different
ial migration patterns of individuals. We found that individual migrants sho
wed consistent site fidelities for over-wintering streams over multiple migr
atory seasons and that they were also consistent in their seasonal timing of
migration. Our data also suggest that consistency itself can be considered
as an individual trait, with migrants that exhibit consistent site fidelity
also showing consistency in migratory timing. The finding of a mixture of bo
th consistent and inconsistent individuals within a population furthers our
understanding of intrapopulation variability in migration strategies, and we
hypothesize that environmental variation can maintain such different strate
gies.' (1221 chars) serialnumber => protected'1744-9561' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1098/rsbl.2011.0634' (22 chars) uid => protected6718 (integer) _localizedUid => protected6718 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected6718 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 5 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=6602, pid=124) originalId => protected6602 (integer) authors => protected'Davies, T. J.; Allen, A. P.; Borda-de-Água, L.; Re
getz, J.; Melián, C. J.' (115 chars) title => protected'Neutral biodiversity theory can explain the imbalance of phylogenetic trees
but not the tempo of their diversification' (118 chars) journal => protected'Evolution, International Journal of Organic Evolution' (53 chars) year => protected2011 (integer) volume => protected65 (integer) issue => protected'7' (1 chars) startpage => protected'1841' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'1850' (4 chars) categories => protected'Colless’ imbalance; diversity; fission; migration; point mutation; speciat
ion' (79 chars) description => protected'Numerous evolutionary studies have sought to explain the distribution of div
ersity across the limbs of the tree of life. At the same time, ecological st
udies have sought to explain differences in diversity and relative abundance
within and among ecological communities. Traditionally, these patterns have
been considered separately, but models that consider processes operating at
the level of individuals, such as neutral biodiversity theory (NBT), can pr
ovide a link between them. Here, we compare evolutionary dynamics across a s
uite of NBT models. We show that NBT can yield phylogenetic tree topologies
with imbalance closely resembling empirical observations. In general, metaco
mmunities that exhibit greater disparity in abundance are characterized by m
ore imbalanced phylogenetic trees. However, NBT fails to capture the tempo o
f diversification as represented by the distribution of branching events thr
ough time. We suggest that population-level processes might therefore help e
xplain the asymmetry of phylogenetic trees, but that tree shape might mislea
d estimates of evolutionary rates unless the diversification process is mode
led explicitly.' (1155 chars) serialnumber => protected'0014-3820' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01265.x' (32 chars) uid => protected6602 (integer) _localizedUid => protected6602 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected6602 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 6 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=6713, pid=124) originalId => protected6713 (integer) authors => protected'Haesler, M. P.; Lindeyer, C. M.; Otti, O.; Bonfils,
D.; Heg, D.; Taborsky, M.' (117 chars) title => protected'Female mouthbrooders in control of pre-and postmating sexual selection' (70 chars) journal => protected'Behavioral Ecology' (18 chars) year => protected2011 (integer) volume => protected22 (integer) issue => protected'5' (1 chars) startpage => protected'1033' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'1041' (4 chars) categories => protected'cichlidae; lekking; multiple mating; polyandry; sperm competition; sperm sho
pping' (81 chars) description => protected'The fertilization mode determines which sex has greater control over the off
spring's sires. With internal fertilization, females can strongly influence
the chances of different males' ejaculates to fertilize their eggs by the po
stmating sexual selection process referred to as cryptic female choice. In c
ontrast, when fertilization is external and multiple males compete in this p
rocess, the outcome of pre-and postmating sexual selection is largely determ
ined by the competitive quality of males and their sperm. Intermediate modes
of fertilization as found in mouthbrooding fishes might allow for a greater
maternal influence on her offspring's sire. Here, we show that in the mater
nal mouthbrooder <I>Ophthalmotilapia ventralis</I>, females collect sperm fr
om different males in their mouth, and males can successfully fertilize eggs
even if the female did not lay eggs with them. In the field, 25 of 30 clutc
hes had multiple sires, and the fertilization success was significantly bias
ed toward particular males in most clutches. A mate choice experiment reveal
ed that females prefer to spawn with males possessing strongly elongated pel
vic fins, a conspicuous secondary sexual character of males in this cichlid.
Additionally, the body length of males partly explained their success in sp
erm competition within the females' mouth, a factor without apparent influen
ce on female choice of partners with which to lay eggs. Hence, successful si
res are determined by a 2-step process that is largely under female control;
females select which males to spawn with and from which males they collect
additional ejaculates for the subsequent sperm competition in their mouth.' (1670 chars) serialnumber => protected'1045-2249' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1093/beheco/arr087' (21 chars) uid => protected6713 (integer) _localizedUid => protected6713 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected6713 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 7 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=6574, pid=124) originalId => protected6574 (integer) authors => protected'Joyce, D. A.; Lunt, D. H.; Genner, M. J.; Turn
er, G. F.; Bills, R.; Seehausen, O.' (131 chars) title => protected'Repeated colonization and hybridization in Lake Malawi cichlids' (63 chars) journal => protected'Current Biology' (15 chars) year => protected2011 (integer) volume => protected21 (integer) issue => protected'Suppl. 3' (8 chars) startpage => protected'R108' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'R109' (4 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'' (0 chars) serialnumber => protected'0960-9822' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1016/j.cub.2010.11.029' (25 chars) uid => protected6574 (integer) _localizedUid => protected6574 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected6574 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 8 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=6832, pid=124) originalId => protected6832 (integer) authors => protected'Keller, I.; Seehausen, O.' (35 chars) title => protected'Thermal adaptation and ecological speciation' (44 chars) journal => protected'Molecular Ecology' (17 chars) year => protected2012 (integer) volume => protected21 (integer) issue => protected'4' (1 chars) startpage => protected'782' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'799' (3 chars) categories => protected'adaptation; climate change; temperature; speciation' (51 chars) description => protected'Ecological speciation is defined as the emergence of reproductive isolation
as a direct or indirect consequence of divergent ecological adaptation. Seve
ral empirical examples of ecological speciation have been reported in the li
terature which very often involve adaptation to biotic resources. In this re
view, we investigate whether adaptation to different thermal habitats could
also promote speciation and try to assess the importance of such processes i
n nature. Our survey of the literature identified 16 animal and plant system
s where divergent thermal adaptation may underlie (partial) reproductive iso
lation between populations or may allow the stable coexistence of sibling ta
xa. In many of the systems, the differentially adapted populations have a pa
rapatric distribution along an environmental gradient. Isolation often invol
ves extrinsic selection against locally maladapted parental or hybrid genoty
pes, and additional pre- or postzygotic barriers may be important. Together,
the identified examples strongly suggest that divergent selection between t
hermal environments is often strong enough to maintain a bimodal genotype di
stribution upon secondary contact. What is less clear from the available dat
a is whether it can also be strong enough to allow ecological speciation in
the face of gene flow through reinforcement-like processes. It is possible t
hat intrinsic features of thermal gradients or the genetic basis of thermal
adaptation make such reinforcement-like processes unlikely but it is equally
possible that pertinent systems are understudied. Overall, our literature s
urvey highlights (once again) the dearth of studies that investigate similar
incipient species along the continuum from initial divergence to full repro
ductive isolation and studies that investigate all possible reproductive bar
riers in a given system.' (1848 chars) serialnumber => protected'0962-1083' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05397.x' (32 chars) uid => protected6832 (integer) _localizedUid => protected6832 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected6832 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 9 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=6604, pid=124) originalId => protected6604 (integer) authors => protected'Keller, I.; Taverna, A.; Seehausen, O.' (53 chars) title => protected'Evidence of neutral and adaptive genetic divergence between European trout p
opulations sampled along altitudinal gradients' (122 chars) journal => protected'Molecular Ecology' (17 chars) year => protected2011 (integer) volume => protected20 (integer) issue => protected'9' (1 chars) startpage => protected'1888' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'1904' (4 chars) categories => protected'candidate loci; environmental gradient; genome scan; local adaptation; popul
ation structure; trout' (98 chars) description => protected'Species with a wide geographical distribution are often composed of distinct
subgroups which may be adapted to their local environment. European trout (
<I>Salmo trutta</I> species complex) provide an example of such a complex co
nsisting of several genetically and ecologically distinct forms. However, tr
out populations are strongly influenced by human activities, and it is uncle
ar to what extent neutral and adaptive genetic differences have persisted. W
e sampled 30 Swiss trout populations from heterogeneous environments along r
eplicated altitudinal gradients in three major European drainages. More than
850 individuals were genotyped at 18 microsatellite loci which included loc
i diagnostic for evolutionary lineages and candidate markers associated with
temperature tolerance, reproductive timing and immune defence. We find that
the phylogeographic structure of Swiss trout populations has not been compl
etely erased by stocking. Distinct genetic clusters corresponding to the dif
ferent drainages could be identified, although nonindigenous alleles were cl
early present, especially in the two Mediterranean drainages. We also still
detected neutral genetic differentiation within rivers which was often assoc
iated with the geographical distance between populations. Five loci showed e
vidence of divergent selection between populations with several drainage-spe
cific patterns. Lineage-diagnostic markers, a marker linked to a quantitativ
e trait locus for upper temperature tolerance in other salmonids and a marke
r linked to the major histocompatibility class I gene were implicated in loc
al adaptation and some patterns were associated with altitude. In contrast,
tentative evidence suggests a signal of balancing selection at a second immu
ne relevant gene (TAP2). Our results confirm the persistence of both neutral
and potentially adaptive genetic differences between trout populations in t
he face of massive human-mediated dispersal.' (1944 chars) serialnumber => protected'0962-1083' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05067.x' (32 chars) uid => protected6604 (integer) _localizedUid => protected6604 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected6604 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 10 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=6553, pid=124) originalId => protected6553 (integer) authors => protected'Kraaijeveld, K.; Kraaijeveld-Smit, F. J. L.; Maan,
M. E.' (86 chars) title => protected'Sexual selection and speciation: the comparative evidence revisited' (67 chars) journal => protected'Biological Reviews' (18 chars) year => protected2011 (integer) volume => protected86 (integer) issue => protected'2' (1 chars) startpage => protected'367' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'377' (3 chars) categories => protected'diversification; species richness; sexual dimorphism; mating system; meta-an
alysis; phylogeny' (93 chars) description => protected'The spectacular diversity in sexually selected traits in the animal kingdom
has inspired the hypothesis that sexual selection can promote species diverg
ence. In recent years, several studies have attempted to test this idea by c
orrelating species richness with estimates of sexual selection across phylog
enies. These studies have yielded mixed results and it remains unclear wheth
er the comparative evidence can be taken as generally supportive. Here, we c
onduct a meta-analysis of the comparative evidence and find a small but sign
ificant positive overall correlation between sexual selection and speciation
rate. However, we also find that effect size estimates are influenced by me
thodological choices. Analyses that included deeper phylogenetic nodes yield
ed weaker correlations, and different proxies for sexual selection showed di
fferent relationships with species richness. We discuss the biological and m
ethodological implications of these findings. We argue that progress require
s more representative sampling and justification of chosen proxies for sexua
l selection and speciation rate, as well as more mechanistic approaches.' (1136 chars) serialnumber => protected'1464-7931' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/j.1469-185X.2010.00150.x' (32 chars) uid => protected6553 (integer) _localizedUid => protected6553 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected6553 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 11 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=8825, pid=124) originalId => protected8825 (integer) authors => protected'Konijnendijk, N.; Joyce, D. A.; Mrosso, H. D.
J.; Egas, M.; Seehausen, O.' (113 chars) title => protected'Community genetics reveal elevated levels of sympatric gene flow among morph
ologically similar but not among morphologically dissimilar species of Lake
Victoria cichlid fish' (173 chars) journal => protected'International Journal of Evolutionary Biology' (45 chars) year => protected2011 (integer) volume => protected0 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'616320 (10 pp.)' (15 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'We examined genetic structure among five species of Lake Victoria haplochrom
ine cichlids in four island communities, using a full factorial sampling des
ign that compared genetic differentiation between pairs of species and popul
ations of varying morphological similarity and geographical proximity. We fo
und that allopatric conspecific populations were on average significantly mo
re strongly differentiated than sympatric heterospecific populations of morp
hologically similar species. Allopatric heterospecific populations of morpho
logically dissimilar species were most differentiated. Our work demonstrates
that phenotypic divergence can be maintained and perhaps even evolve in sym
patry despite considerable gene flow between species. Conversely, phenotypic
resemblance among conspecific populations can be maintained despite geograp
hical isolation. Additionally we show that anthropogenically increased hybri
dization does not affect all sympatric species evenly but predominantly affe
cts morphologically similar and closely related species. This has important
implications for the evolution of reproductive isolation between species. Th
ese findings are also consistent with the hypothesis of speciation reversal
due to weakening of divergent selection and reproductive isolation as a cons
equence of habitat homogenization and offers an evolutionary mechanistic exp
lanation for the observation that species poor assemblages in turbid areas o
f the lake are characterized by just one or two species in each of a few mor
phologically distinct genera.' (1549 chars) serialnumber => protected'2090-8032' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.4061/2011/616320' (19 chars) uid => protected8825 (integer) _localizedUid => protected8825 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected8825 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 12 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=6593, pid=124) originalId => protected6593 (integer) authors => protected'Maan, M. E.; Seehausen, O.' (41 chars) title => protected'Ecology, sexual selection and speciation' (40 chars) journal => protected'Ecology Letters' (15 chars) year => protected2011 (integer) volume => protected14 (integer) issue => protected'6' (1 chars) startpage => protected'591' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'602' (3 chars) categories => protected'adaptation; assortative mating; divergence; environmental heterogeneity; goo
d genes; magic trait; mate choice; natural selection; pleiotropy; reinforcem
ent' (155 chars) description => protected'The spectacular diversity in sexually selected traits among animal taxa has
inspired the hypothesis that divergent sexual selection can drive speciation
. Unfortunately, speciation biologists often consider sexual selection in is
olation from natural selection, even though sexually selected traits evolve
in an ecological context: both preferences and traits are often subject to n
atural selection. Conversely, while behavioural ecologists may address ecolo
gical effects on sexual communication, they rarely measure the consequences
for population divergence. Herein, we review the empirical literature addres
sing the mechanisms by which natural selection and sexual selection can inte
ract during speciation. We find that convincing evidence for any of these sc
enarios is thin. However, the available data strongly support various divers
ifying effects that emerge from interactions between sexual selection and en
vironmental heterogeneity. We suggest that evaluating the evolutionary conse
quences of these effects requires a better integration of behavioural, ecolo
gical and evolutionary research.' (1096 chars) serialnumber => protected'1461-023X' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01606.x' (32 chars) uid => protected6593 (integer) _localizedUid => protected6593 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected6593 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 13 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=11580, pid=124) originalId => protected11580 (integer) authors => protected'Melián, C. J.; Vilas, C.; Baldó, F.; González-Ortegó
n, E.; Drake, P.; Williams, R. J.' (129 chars) title => protected'Eco-evolutionary dynamics of individual-based food webs' (55 chars) journal => protected'In: Belgrano, A.; Reiss, J. (Eds.), The role of body size in multi
species systems' (91 chars) year => protected2011 (integer) volume => protected0 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'225' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'268' (3 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'The past decade has seen the rise of high resolution datasets. One of the ma
in surprises of analysing such data has been the discovery of a large geneti
c, phenotypic and behavioural variation and heterogeneous metabolic rates am
ong individuals within natural populations. A parallel discovery from theory
and experiments has shown a strong temporal convergence between evolutionar
y and ecological dynamics, but a general framework to analyse from individua
l-level processes the convergence between ecological and evolutionary dynami
cs and its implications for patterns of biodiversity in food webs has been p
articularly lacking. Here, as a first approximation to take into account int
raspecific variability and the convergence between the ecological and evolut
ionary dynamics in large food webs, we develop a model from population genom
ics and microevolutionary processes that uses sexual reproduction, genetic-d
istance-based speciation and trophic interactions. We confront the model wit
h the prey consumption per individual predator, species-level connectance an
d prey–predator diversity in several environmental situations using a larg
e food web with approximately 25,000 sampled prey and predator individuals.
We show higher than expected diversity of abundant species in heterogeneous
environmental conditions and strong deviations from the observed distributio
n of individual prey consumption (i.e. individual connectivity per predator)
in all the environmental conditions. The observed large variance in individ
ual prey consumption regardless of the environmental variability collapsed s
pecies-level connectance after small increases in sampling effort. These res
ults suggest (1) intraspecific variance in prey-predator interactions has a
strong effect on the macroscopic properties of food webs and (2) intraspecif
ic variance is a potential driver regulating the speed of the convergence be
tween ecological and evolutionary dynamics in species-rich food webs. These
results also suggest tha...' (2369 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'10.1016/B978-0-12-386475-8.00006-X' (34 chars) uid => protected11580 (integer) _localizedUid => protected11580 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected11580 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 14 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=8800, pid=124) originalId => protected8800 (integer) authors => protected'Nicolle, A.; Hansson, L.-A.; Brodersen, J.; Nilsson, P.&
nbsp;A.; Brönmark, C.' (103 chars) title => protected'Interactions between predation and resources shape zooplankton population dy
namics' (82 chars) journal => protected'PLoS One' (8 chars) year => protected2011 (integer) volume => protected6 (integer) issue => protected'1' (1 chars) startpage => protected'e16534 (9 pp.)' (14 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Identifying the relative importance of predation and resources in population
dynamics has a long tradition in ecology, while interactions between them h
ave been studied less intensively. In order to disentangle the effects of pr
edation by juvenile fish, algal resource availability and their interactive
effects on zooplankton population dynamics, we conducted an enclosure experi
ment where zooplankton were exposed to a gradient of predation of roach (<I>
Rutilus rutilus</I>) at different algal concentrations. We show that zooplan
kton populations collapse under high predation pressure irrespective of reso
urce availability, confirming that juvenile fish are able to severely reduce
zooplankton prey when occurring in high densities. At lower predation press
ure, however, the effect of predation depended on algal resource availabilit
y since high algal resource supply buffered against predation. Hence, we sug
gest that interactions between mass-hatching of fish, and the strong fluctua
tions in algal resources in spring have the potential to regulate zooplankto
n population dynamics. In a broader perspective, increasing spring temperatu
res due to global warming will most likely affect the timing of these proces
ses and have consequences for the spring and summer zooplankton dynamics.' (1289 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'10.1371/journal.pone.0016534' (28 chars) uid => protected8800 (integer) _localizedUid => protected8800 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected8800 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 15 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=6672, pid=124) originalId => protected6672 (integer) authors => protected'Satake, A.; Araki, H.' (31 chars) title => protected'Stocking of captive-bred fish can cause long-term population decline and gen
e pool replacement: predictions from a population dynamics model incorporati
ng density-dependent mortality' (182 chars) journal => protected'Theoretical Ecology' (19 chars) year => protected2012 (integer) volume => protected5 (integer) issue => protected'2' (1 chars) startpage => protected'283' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'296' (3 chars) categories => protected'stocking; fish; supplementation; population dynamics; genetic effect; harves
t' (77 chars) description => protected'Releasing captive-bred fish into natural environments (stocking) is common i
n fisheries worldwide. Although stocking is believed to have a positive effe
ct on fish abundance over the short term, little is known about the long-ter
m consequences of recurrent stocking and its influence on natural population
s. In fact, there are growing concerns that genetically maladapted captive-b
red fish can eventually reduce the abundance of natural population. In this
study, we develop a simple model to quantitatively investigate the condition
under which recurrent stocking has long-term effects on the natural populat
ion. Using a population dynamics model that takes into account a density-dep
endent recruitment, a gene responsible for the fitness difference between wi
ld and captive-bred fish, and hybridization between them, we show that there
is little or no contribution of recurrent stocking to the stock enhancement
without a replacement of the wild gene pool by the captive-bred gene pool.
The model further predicted that stocking of an intermediate level causes a
reduction, rather than enhancement, of population size over the long term. T
he population decline due to stocking was attributed to the fitness disadvan
tage of captive-bred fish and strong overcompensation at recruitment stage.
These results suggest that it would be difficult to simultaneously attain po
pulation size recovery and conservation of the local gene pool when captive-
bred fish have fitness disadvantage in the wild, although caution is needed
when applying the predictions from the simplified model to a specific specie
s or population.' (1612 chars) serialnumber => protected'1874-1738' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1007/s12080-011-0128-y' (25 chars) uid => protected6672 (integer) _localizedUid => protected6672 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected6672 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 16 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=8824, pid=124) originalId => protected8824 (integer) authors => protected'Schweizer, M.; Seehausen, O.; Hertwig, S. T.' (64 chars) title => protected'Macroevolutionary patterns in the diversification of parrots: effects of cli
mate change, geological events and key innovations' (126 chars) journal => protected'Journal of Biogeography' (23 chars) year => protected2011 (integer) volume => protected38 (integer) issue => protected'11' (2 chars) startpage => protected'2176' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'2194' (4 chars) categories => protected'climate change; dispersal; diversification; Gondwana; historical biogeograph
y; key innovation; molecular clock; molecular phylogeny; Psittaciformes; vic
ariance' (159 chars) description => protected'Aim: Parrots are thought to have originated on Gondwana during the Cretaceou
s. The initial split within crown group parrots separated the New Zealand ta
xa from the remaining extant species and was considered to coincide with the
separation of New Zealand from Gondwana 82–85 Ma, assuming that the diver
sification of parrots was mainly shaped by vicariance. However, the distribu
tion patterns of several extant parrot groups cannot be explained without in
voking transoceanic dispersal, challenging this assumption. Here, we present
a temporal and spatial framework for the diversification of parrots using e
xternal avian fossils as calibration points in order to evaluate the relativ
e importance of the influences of past climate change, plate tectonics and e
cological opportunity.<BR/>Location: Australasian, African, Indo-Malayan and
Neotropical regions.<BR/>Methods: Phylogenetic relationships were investiga
ted using partial sequences of the nuclear genes c-mos, RAG-1 and Zenk of 75
parrot and 21 other avian taxa. Divergence dates and confidence intervals w
ere estimated using a Bayesian relaxed molecular clock approach. Biogeograph
ic patterns were evaluated taking temporal connectivity between areas into a
ccount. We tested whether diversification remained constant over time and if
some parrot groups were more species-rich than expected given their age.<BR
/>Results: Crown group diversification of parrots started only about 58 Ma,
in the Palaeogene, significantly later than previously thought. The Australa
sian lories and possibly also the Neotropical Arini were found to be unexpec
tedly species-rich. Diversification rates probably increased around the Eoce
ne/Oligocene boundary and in the middle Miocene, during two periods of major
global climatic aberrations characterized by global cooling.<BR/>Main concl
usions: The diversification of parrots was shaped by climatic and geological
events as well as by key innovations. Initial vicariance events caused by c
ontinental break-up were...' (2563 chars) serialnumber => protected'0305-0270' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02555.x' (32 chars) uid => protected8824 (integer) _localizedUid => protected8824 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected8824 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 17 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=6639, pid=124) originalId => protected6639 (integer) authors => protected'Skov, C.; Baktoft, H.; Brodersen, J.; Brönmark, C.; Cha
pman, B. B.; Hansson, L.-A.; Anders Nilsson, P. A.' (151 chars) title => protected'Sizing up your enemy: individual predation vulnerability predicts migratory
probability' (87 chars) journal => protected'Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences' (55 chars) year => protected2011 (integer) volume => protected278 (integer) issue => protected'1710' (4 chars) startpage => protected'1414' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'1418' (4 chars) categories => protected'partial migration; predation risk; phenotypic variation; Abramis brama; beha
vioural polymorphism' (96 chars) description => protected'Partial migration, in which a fraction of a population migrate and the rest
remain resident, occurs in an extensive range of species and can have powerf
ul ecological consequences. The question of what drives differences in indiv
idual migratory tendency is a contentious one. It has been shown that the ti
ming of partial migration is based upon a trade-off between seasonal fluctua
tions in predation risk and growth potential. Phenotypic variation in either
individual predation risk or growth potential should thus mediate the stren
gth of the trade-off and ultimately predict patterns of partial migration at
the individual level (i.e. which individuals migrate and which remain resid
ent). We provide cross-population empirical support for the importance of on
e component of this model-individual predation risk-in predicting partial mi
gration in wild populations of bream <em>Abramis brama</em>, a freshwater fi
sh. Smaller, high-risk individuals migrate with a higher probability than la
rger, low-risk individuals, and we suggest that predation risk maintains siz
e-dependent partial migration in this system.' (1109 chars) serialnumber => protected'0962-8452' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1098/rspb.2010.2035' (22 chars) uid => protected6639 (integer) _localizedUid => protected6639 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected6639 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 18 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=8799, pid=124) originalId => protected8799 (integer) authors => protected'Svensson, O.; Egger, B.; Gricar, B.; Woodhouse, K.; van
Oosterhout, C.; Salzburger, W.; Seehausen, O.; Turner, G
. F.' (161 chars) title => protected'Segregation of species-specific male attractiveness in F<sub>2</sub> hybrid
Lake Malawi cichlid fish' (100 chars) journal => protected'International Journal of Evolutionary Biology' (45 chars) year => protected2011 (integer) volume => protected0 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'426179 (7 pp.)' (14 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Among the huge radiations of haplochromine cichlid fish in Lakes Malawi and
Victoria, closely related species are often reproductively isolated via fema
le mate choice although viable fertile hybrids can be produced when females
are confined only with heterospecific males. We generated F<sub>2</sub> hybr
id males from a cross between a pair of closely related sympatric cichlid fi
sh from Lake Malawi. Laboratory mate choice experiments using microsatellite
paternity analysis demonstrated that F<sub>2</sub> hybrid males differed si
gnificantly in their attractiveness to females of the two parental species,
indicating heritable variation in traits involved in mate choice that may co
ntribute to reproductive isolation between these species. We found no signif
icant correlation between male mating success and any measurement of male co
lour pattern. A simple quantitative genetic model of reproductive isolation
suggests that there may be as few as two chromosomal regions controlling spe
cies-specific attractiveness. We propose that adaptive radiation of Lake Mal
awi cichlids could be facilitated by the presence of genes with major effect
s on mate choice and reproductive isolation.' (1184 chars) serialnumber => protected'2090-8032' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.4061/2011/426179' (19 chars) uid => protected8799 (integer) _localizedUid => protected8799 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected8799 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 19 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=6689, pid=124) originalId => protected6689 (integer) authors => protected'Weber, C.; Peter, A.' (30 chars) title => protected'Success or failure? Do indicator selection and reference setting influence r
iver rehabilitation outcome?' (104 chars) journal => protected'North American Journal of Fisheries Management' (46 chars) year => protected2011 (integer) volume => protected31 (integer) issue => protected'3' (1 chars) startpage => protected'535' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'547' (3 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Recovery indicators play a crucial role in the evaluation of river rehabilit
ation projects. Various types of biological indicators are used to address d
ifferent ecosystem attributes (structure, composition, and function) at diff
erent levels of the biological hierarchy (population, guild, and community).
Indicator values are evaluated against reference information from various s
ources, representing the conditions to be achieved (near-natural references)
or to avoid (degraded references). We studied the extent to which investiga
tors' conclusions on project outcome were influenced by the indicator and re
ference types used. We analyzed 40 selected studies dealing with the recover
y of riverine fish assemblages after active rehabilitation of physical habit
at and lateral connectivity. In 32 (80%) of the 40 studies, fish response wa
s measured at the population level. Structural and compositional indicators
dominated (31 and 24 studies, respectively), while functional indicators wer
e underrepresented (5 studies). Eighteen studies used multiple indicator typ
es for a given ecosystem attribute, a given hierarchical level, or both. Amo
ng these studies, we found only very limited evidence that project outcome d
iffered among different indicator types (1 study). In contrast, highly heter
ogeneous results were found within the different indicator types at the leve
l of the individual study (i.e., indicators addressing the same hierarchical
level and ecosystem attribute resulted in different evaluations of project
outcome). Such heterogeneity was related to the spatiotemporal variability o
f the results and species-specific responses to physical habitat rehabilitat
ion. Most studies (73%; 29 studies) used a single type of reference, and the
majority focused on degraded conditions. Among the 10 studies that applied
multiple reference types, one-third (3 studies) showed inconsistent results
(i.e., one reference comparison produced a positive assessment for a given i
ndicator, whereas the se...' (2157 chars) serialnumber => protected'0275-5947' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1080/02755947.2011.595277' (28 chars) uid => protected6689 (integer) _localizedUid => protected6689 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected6689 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 20 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=8821, pid=124) originalId => protected8821 (integer) authors => protected'Westram, A. M.; Jokela, J.; Baumgartner, C.; Keller,&nbs
p;I.' (80 chars) title => protected'Spatial distribution of cryptic species diversity in European freshwater amp
hipods (<I>Gammarus fossarum</I>) as revealed by pyrosequencing' (139 chars) journal => protected'PLoS One' (8 chars) year => protected2011 (integer) volume => protected6 (integer) issue => protected'8' (1 chars) startpage => protected'e23879 (6 pp.)' (14 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'In order to understand and protect ecosystems, local gene pools need to be e
valuated with respect to their uniqueness. Cryptic species present a challen
ge in this context because their presence, if unrecognized, may lead to seri
ous misjudgement of the distribution of evolutionarily distinct genetic enti
ties. In this study, we describe the current geographical distribution of cr
yptic species of the ecologically important stream amphipod <I>Gammarus foss
arum</I> (types A, B and C). We use a novel pyrosequencing assay for molecul
ar species identification and survey 62 populations in Switzerland, plus sev
eral populations in Germany and eastern France. In addition, we compile data
from previous publications (mainly Germany). A clear transition is observed
from type A in the east (Danube and Po drainages) to types B and, more rare
ly, C in the west (Meuse, Rhone, and four smaller French river systems). Wit
hin the Rhine drainage, the cryptic species meet in a contact zone which spa
ns the entire <I>G. fossarum</I> distribution range from north to south. Thi
s large-scale geographical sorting indicates that types A and B persisted in
separate refugia during Pleistocene glaciations. Within the contact zone, t
he species rarely co-occur at the same site, suggesting that ecological proc
esses may preclude long-term coexistence. The clear phylogeographical signal
observed in this study implies that, in many parts of Europe, only one of t
he cryptic species is present.' (1474 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'10.1371/journal.pone.0023879' (28 chars) uid => protected8821 (integer) _localizedUid => protected8821 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected8821 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 21 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=6751, pid=124) originalId => protected6751 (integer) authors => protected'Westram, A. M.; Baumgartner, C.; Keller, I.; Jokela,&nbs
p;J.' (80 chars) title => protected'Are cryptic host species also cryptic to parasites? Host specificity and geo
graphical distribution of acanthocephalan parasites infecting freshwater <I>
Gammarus</I>' (164 chars) journal => protected'Infection, Genetics and Evolution' (33 chars) year => protected2011 (integer) volume => protected11 (integer) issue => protected'5' (1 chars) startpage => protected'1083' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'1090' (4 chars) categories => protected'host-parasite interactions; host specificity; cryptic species; Acanthocephal
a; amphipods' (88 chars) description => protected'Many parasites infect multiple host species. In coevolving host–parasite i
nteractions, theory predicts that parasites should be adapted to locally com
mon hosts, which could lead to regional shifts in host preferences. We studi
ed the interaction between freshwater <I>Gammarus</I> (Crustacea, Amphipoda)
and their acanthocephalan parasites using a large-scale field survey and ex
periments, combined with molecular identification of cryptic host and parasi
te species. <I>Gammarus pulex</I> is a common host for multiple species of A
canthocephala in Europe but, in Switzerland, is less common than two cryptic
members of the <I>Gammarus fossarum</I> species complex (type A and type B)
. We found that natural populations of these cryptic species were frequently
infected by <I>Pomphorhynchus tereticollis</I> and <I>Polymorphus minutus</
I>. Four additional parasite species occurred only locally. Parasites were m
ore common in <I>G. fossarum</I> type B than in type A. Infection experiment
s using several host and parasite sources confirmed consistently lower infec
tion rates in <I>G. pulex</I> than in <I>G. fossarum</I> type A, suggesting
a general difference in susceptibility between the two species. In conclusio
n, we could show that cryptic host species differ in their interactions with
parasites, but that these differences were much less dramatic than differen
ces between <I>G. fossarum</I> (type A) and <I>G. pulex</I>. Our data sugges
t that the acanthocephalans in Switzerland have adapted to the two most comm
on <I>Gammarus</I> species in this region where host species frequencies dif
fer from near-by regions in Europe.' (1631 chars) serialnumber => protected'1567-1348' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1016/j.meegid.2011.03.024' (28 chars) uid => protected6751 (integer) _localizedUid => protected6751 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected6751 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 22 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=6601, pid=124) originalId => protected6601 (integer) authors => protected'van der Sluijs, I.; Gray, S. M.; Amorim, M. C. 
;P.; Barber, I.; Candolin, U.; Hendry, A. P.; Krahe,&nbs
p;R.; Maan, M. E.; Utne-Palm, A. C.; Wagner, H.-J.;
Wong, B. B. M.' (258 chars) title => protected'Communication in troubled waters: responses of fish communication systems to
changing environments' (98 chars) journal => protected'Evolutionary Ecology' (20 chars) year => protected2011 (integer) volume => protected25 (integer) issue => protected'3' (1 chars) startpage => protected'623' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'640' (3 chars) categories => protected'evolution; environmental change; sensory systems; sexual selection; phenotyp
ic plasticity; adaptation' (101 chars) description => protected'Fish populations are increasingly being subjected to anthropogenic changes t
o their sensory environments. The impact of these changes on inter- and intr
a-specific communication, and its evolutionary consequences, has only recent
ly started to receive research attention. A disruption of the sensory enviro
nment is likely to impact communication, especially with respect to reproduc
tive interactions that help to maintain species boundaries. Aquatic ecosyste
ms around the world are being threatened by a variety of environmental stres
sors, causing dramatic losses of biodiversity and bringing urgency to the ne
ed to understand how fish respond to rapid environmental changes. Here, we d
iscuss current research on different communication systems (visual, chemical
, acoustic, electric) and explore the state of our knowledge of how complex
systems respond to environmental stressors using fish as a model. By far the
bulk of our understanding comes from research on visual communication in th
e context of mate selection and competition for mates, while work on other c
ommunication systems is accumulating. In particular, it is increasingly ackn
owledged that environmental effects on one mode of communication may trigger
compensation through other modalities. The strength and direction of select
ion on communication traits may vary if such compensation occurs. However, w
e find a dearth of studies that have taken a multimodal approach to investig
ating the evolutionary impact of environmental change on communication in fi
sh. Future research should focus on the interaction between different modes
of communication, especially under changing environmental conditions. Furthe
r, we see an urgent need for a better understanding of the evolutionary cons
equences of changes in communication systems on fish diversity.' (1811 chars) serialnumber => protected'0269-7653' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1007/s10682-010-9450-x' (25 chars) uid => protected6601 (integer) _localizedUid => protected6601 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected6601 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 23 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=6673, pid=124) originalId => protected6673 (integer) authors => protected'van Poorten, B. T.; Arlinghaus, R.; Daedlow, K.; Haertel
-Borer, S. S.' (99 chars) title => protected'Social-ecological interactions, management panaceas, and the future of wild
fish populations' (92 chars) journal => protected'Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of Amer
ica PNAS' (84 chars) year => protected2011 (integer) volume => protected108 (integer) issue => protected'30' (2 chars) startpage => protected'12554' (5 chars) otherpage => protected'12559' (5 chars) categories => protected'stocking panacea; wild population collapse; angler satisfaction; social-ecol
ogical model; cultural ecosystem service' (116 chars) description => protected'We explored the social and ecological outcomes associated with emergence of
a management panacea designed to govern a stochastic renewable natural resou
rce. To that end, we constructed a model of a coupled social-ecological syst
em of recreational fisheries in which a manager supports naturally fluctuati
ng stocks by stocking fish in response to harvest-driven satisfaction of res
ource users. The realistic assumption of users remembering past harvest expe
riences when exploiting a stochastically fluctuating fish population facilit
ates the emergence of a stocking-based management panacea over time. The soc
ial benefits of panacea formation involve dampening natural population fluct
uations and generating stability of user satisfaction. It also maintains the
resource but promotes the eventual replacement of wild fish by hatchery-des
cended fish. Our analyses show this outcome is particularly likely when hatc
hery-descended fish are reasonably fit (e.g., characterized by similar survi
val relative to wild fish) and/or when natural recruitment of the wild popul
ation is low (e.g., attributable to habitat deterioration), which leaves the
wild population with little buffer against competition by stocked fish. The
potential for release-based panacea formation is particularly likely under
user-based management regimes and should be common in a range of social-ecol
ogical systems (e.g., fisheries, forestry), whenever user groups are entitle
d to engage in release or replanting strategies. The net result will be the
preservation of a renewable resource through user-based incentives, but the
once natural populations are likely to be altered and to host nonnative geno
types. This risks other ecosystem services and the future of wild population
s.' (1750 chars) serialnumber => protected'0027-8424' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1073/pnas.1013919108' (23 chars) uid => protected6673 (integer) _localizedUid => protected6673 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected6673 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer)
Where movement happens: scale-dependent landscape effects on genetic differentiation in the European tree frog
Population genomic tests of models of adaptive radiation in Lake Victoria region cichlid fish
Spatial and temporal variation in population genetic structure of wild Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) across Africa
Results: Using nine microsatellite loci and 350 samples from ten natural populations, we found the highest genetic differentiation among the three ichthyofaunal provinces and regions (Ethiopian, Nilotic and Sudano-Sahelian) (RST = 0.38 – 0.69). This result suggests the predominant effect of paleo-geographic events at macro-geographic scale. In addition, intermediate divergences were found between rivers and lakes within the regions, presumably reflecting relatively recent interruptions of gene flow between hydrographic basins (RST = 0.24 – 0.32). The lowest differentiations were observed among connected populations within a basin (RST = 0.015 in the Volta basin). Comparison of temporal sample series revealed subtle changes in the gene pools in a few generations (F= 0 – 0.053). The estimated effective population sizes were 23 – 143 and the estimated migration rate was moderate (m ~ 0.094 – 0.097) in the Volta populations.
Conclusions: This study revealed clear hierarchical patterns of the population genetic structuring of O. niloticus in Africa. The effects of paleo-geographic and climatic events were predominant at macro-geographic scale, and the significant effect of geographic connectivity was detected at micro-geographic scale. The estimated effective population size, the moderate level of dispersal and the rapid temporal change in genetic composition might reflect a potential effect of life history strategy on population dynamics. This hypothesis deserves further investigation. The dynamic pattern revealed at micro-geographic and temporal scales appears important from a genetic resource management as well as from a biodiversity conservation point of view.
Temperature and resource availability may interactively affect over-wintering success of juvenile fish in a changing climate
Variable individual consistency in timing and destination of winter migrating fish
Neutral biodiversity theory can explain the imbalance of phylogenetic trees but not the tempo of their diversification
Female mouthbrooders in control of pre-and postmating sexual selection
Thermal adaptation and ecological speciation
Evidence of neutral and adaptive genetic divergence between European trout populations sampled along altitudinal gradients
Sexual selection and speciation: the comparative evidence revisited
Community genetics reveal elevated levels of sympatric gene flow among morphologically similar but not among morphologically dissimilar species of Lake Victoria cichlid fish
Ecology, sexual selection and speciation
Eco-evolutionary dynamics of individual-based food webs
Interactions between predation and resources shape zooplankton population dynamics
Stocking of captive-bred fish can cause long-term population decline and gene pool replacement: predictions from a population dynamics model incorporating density-dependent mortality
Macroevolutionary patterns in the diversification of parrots: effects of climate change, geological events and key innovations
Location: Australasian, African, Indo-Malayan and Neotropical regions.
Methods: Phylogenetic relationships were investigated using partial sequences of the nuclear genes c-mos, RAG-1 and Zenk of 75 parrot and 21 other avian taxa. Divergence dates and confidence intervals were estimated using a Bayesian relaxed molecular clock approach. Biogeographic patterns were evaluated taking temporal connectivity between areas into account. We tested whether diversification remained constant over time and if some parrot groups were more species-rich than expected given their age.
Results: Crown group diversification of parrots started only about 58 Ma, in the Palaeogene, significantly later than previously thought. The Australasian lories and possibly also the Neotropical Arini were found to be unexpectedly species-rich. Diversification rates probably increased around the Eocene/Oligocene boundary and in the middle Miocene, during two periods of major global climatic aberrations characterized by global cooling.
Main conclusions: The diversification of parrots was shaped by climatic and geological events as well as by key innovations. Initial vicariance events caused by continental break-up were followed by transoceanic dispersal and local radiations. Habitat shifts caused by climate change and mountain orogenesis may have acted as a catalyst to the diversification by providing new ecological opportunities and challenges as well as by causing isolation as a result of habitat fragmentation. The lories constitute the only highly nectarivorous parrot clade, and their diet shift, associated with morphological innovation, may have acted as an evolutionary key innovation, allowing them to explore underutilized niches and promoting their diversification.
Sizing up your enemy: individual predation vulnerability predicts migratory probability
Segregation of species-specific male attractiveness in F2 hybrid Lake Malawi cichlid fish
Success or failure? Do indicator selection and reference setting influence river rehabilitation outcome?
Spatial distribution of cryptic species diversity in European freshwater amphipods (Gammarus fossarum) as revealed by pyrosequencing
Are cryptic host species also cryptic to parasites? Host specificity and geographical distribution of acanthocephalan parasites infecting freshwater Gammarus
Communication in troubled waters: responses of fish communication systems to changing environments
Social-ecological interactions, management panaceas, and the future of wild fish populations
Chapman BB, Hulthén K, Blomqvist DR, Hansson LA, Nilsson JÅ, Brodersen J, Anders Nilsson P, Skov C, Brönmark C. (2011) To boldly go: individual differences in boldness influence migratory tendency. Ecol Lett 14(9): 871-6, doi:10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01648.x
Liu, Y., Keller, I., Heckel, G (2011) Phylogeography of common pochard (Aythya ferina), a potentially important vector of highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses. Ecology and Evolution 1(4): 529-545. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.46
Publikationen 2010
peer reviewed journals
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array(29 items) 0 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=6415, pid=124) originalId => protected6415 (integer) authors => protected'Araki, H.; Schmid, C.' (31 chars) title => protected'Is hatchery stocking a help or harm? Evidence, limitations and future direct
ions in ecological and genetic surveys' (114 chars) journal => protected'Aquaculture' (11 chars) year => protected2010 (integer) volume => protected308 (integer) issue => protected'Suppl. 1' (8 chars) startpage => protected'S2' (2 chars) otherpage => protected'S11' (3 chars) categories => protected'hatchery; stock enhancement; fish stocking; fitness; ecology; genetics' (70 chars) description => protected'Hatchery fish stocking for stock enhancement has been operated at a massive
and global scale. However, the use of hatchery fish as a means of stock enha
ncement is highly controversial, and little is known about its effects on wi
ld stock and consequences for stock enhancement. Here we review the scientif
ic literature on this subject in order to address a fundamental question —
is hatchery stocking a help or harm for wild stock and stock enhancement? W
e summarized 266 peer-reviewed papers that were published in the last 50 yea
rs, which describe empirical case studies on ecology and genetics of hatcher
y stocks and their effects on stock enhancement. Specifically, we asked whet
her hatchery stock and wild stock differed in fitness and the level of genet
ic variation, and whether stocking affected population abundance. Seventy st
udies contained comparisons between hatchery and wild stocks, out of which 2
3 studies showed significantly negative effects of hatchery rearing on the f
itness of stocked fish, and 28 studies showed reduced genetic variation in h
atchery populations. None of these studies suggested a positive genetic effe
ct on the fitness of hatchery-reared individuals after release. These result
s suggest that negative effects of hatchery rearing are not just a concern b
ut undeniably present in many aquaculture species. In a few cases, however,
no obvious effect of hatchery rearing was observed, and a positive contribut
ion of hatchery stock to the abundance of fish populations was indicated. Th
ese examples suggest that there is a chance to improve hatchery practices an
d mitigate the negative effects on wild stocks, although scientific data sup
porting the positive effect on stock enhancement are largely missing at this
moment. Technically, microsatellite-based parentage assignments have been p
roven as a useful tool for the evaluation of reproductive fitness in natural
settings, which is a key for stock enhancement by hatchery-based stocking.
We discuss implications ...' (2069 chars) serialnumber => protected'0044-8486' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1016/j.aquaculture.2010.05.036' (33 chars) uid => protected6415 (integer) _localizedUid => protected6415 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected6415 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 1 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=6554, pid=124) originalId => protected6554 (integer) authors => protected'Bittner, D.; Excoffier, L.; Largiadèr, C. R.' (65 chars) title => protected'Patterns of morphological changes and hybridization between sympatric whitef
ish morphs (<I>Coregonus</I> spp.) in a Swiss lake: a role for eutrophicatio
n?' (154 chars) journal => protected'Molecular Ecology' (17 chars) year => protected2010 (integer) volume => protected19 (integer) issue => protected'10' (2 chars) startpage => protected'2152' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'2167' (4 chars) categories => protected'evolutionary rates; eutrophication; gill rakers counts; introgressive hybrid
ization; selection intensity' (104 chars) description => protected'Whitefish, genus <I>Coregonus</I>, show exceptional levels of phenotypic div
ersity with sympatric morphs occurring in numerous postglacial lakes in the
northern hemisphere. Here, we studied the effects of human-induced eutrophic
ation on sympatric whitefish morphs in the Swiss lake, Lake Thun. In particu
lar, we addressed the questions whether eutrophication (i) induced hybridiza
tion between two ecologically divergent summer-spawning morphs through a los
s of environmental heterogeneity, and (ii) induced rapid adaptive morphologi
cal changes through changes in the food web structure. Genetic analysis base
d on 11 microsatellite loci of 282 spawners revealed that the pelagic and th
e benthic morph represent highly distinct gene pools occurring at different
relative proportions on all seven known spawning sites. Gill raker counts, a
highly heritable trait, showed nearly discrete distributions for the two mo
rphs. Multilocus genotypes characteristic of the pelagic morph had more gill
rakers than genotypes characteristic of benthic morph. Using Bayesian metho
ds, we found indications of recent but limited introgressive hybridization.
Comparisons with historical gill raker data yielded median evolutionary rate
s of 0.24 haldanes and median selection intensities of 0.27 for this trait i
n both morphs for 1948–2004 suggesting rapid evolution through directional
selection at this trait. However, phenotypic plasticity as an alternative e
xplanation for this phenotypic change cannot be discarded. We hypothesize th
at both the temporal shifts in mean gill raker counts and the recent hybridi
zation reflect responses to changes in the trophic state of the lake induced
by pollution in the 1960s, which created novel selection pressures with res
pect to feeding niches and spawning site preferences.' (1801 chars) serialnumber => protected'0962-1083' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04623.x' (32 chars) uid => protected6554 (integer) _localizedUid => protected6554 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected6554 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 2 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=6332, pid=124) originalId => protected6332 (integer) authors => protected'Brown, J. L.; Maan, M. E.; Cummings, M. E.; Su
mmers, K.' (90 chars) title => protected'Evidence for selection on coloration in a Panamanian poison frog: a coalesce
nt-based approach' (93 chars) journal => protected'Journal of Biogeography' (23 chars) year => protected2010 (integer) volume => protected37 (integer) issue => protected'5' (1 chars) startpage => protected'891' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'901' (3 chars) categories => protected'aposematism; Bocas del Toro; coalescence; coloration; Dendrobates; Dendrobat
idae; mate choice; Oophaga pumilio; polymorphism; selection' (135 chars) description => protected'Aim. The strawberry poison frog, <I>Oophaga pumilio</I>, has undergone a rem
arkable radiation of colour morphs in the Bocas del Toro archipelago in Pana
ma. This species shows extreme variation in colour and pattern between popul
ations that have been geographically isolated for < 10,000 years. While prev
ious research has suggested the involvement of divergent selection, to date
no quantitative test has examined this hypothesis.<BR/>Location. Bocas del T
oro archipelago, Panama.<BR/>Methods. We use a combination of population gen
etics, phylogeography and phenotypic analyses to test for divergent selectio
n in coloration in <I>O. pumilio</I>. Tissue samples of 88 individuals from
15 distinct populations were collected. Using these data, we developed a gen
e tree using the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) d-loop region. Using parameters d
erived from our mtDNA phylogeny, we predicted the coalescence of a hypotheti
cal nuclear gene underlying coloration. We collected spectral reflectance an
d body size measurements on 94 individuals from four of the populations and
performed a quantitative analysis of phenotypic divergence.<BR/>Results. The
mtDNA d-loop tree revealed considerable polyphyly across populations. Coale
scent reconstructions of gene trees within population trees revealed incompl
ete genotypic sorting among populations. The quantitative analysis of phenot
ypic divergence revealed complete lineage sorting by colour, but not by body
size: populations showed non-overlapping variation in spectral reflectance
measures of body coloration, while variation in body size did not separate p
opulations. Simulations of the coalescent using parameter values derived fro
m our empirical analyses demonstrated that the level of sorting among popula
tions seen in colour cannot reasonably be attributed to drift.<BR/>Main conc
lusions. These results imply that divergence in colour, but not body size, i
s occurring at a faster rate than expected under neutral processes. Our stud
y provides the first qua...' (2124 chars) serialnumber => protected'0305-0270' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02260.x' (32 chars) uid => protected6332 (integer) _localizedUid => protected6332 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected6332 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 3 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=6559, pid=124) originalId => protected6559 (integer) authors => protected'Blouin, M. S.; Thuillier, V.; Cooper, B.; Amarasinghe,&n
bsp;V.; Cluzel, L.; Araki, H.; Grunau, C.' (132 chars) title => protected'No evidence for large differences in genomic methylation between wild and ha
tchery steelhead (<em>Oncorhynchus mykiss</em>)' (123 chars) journal => protected'Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences' (50 chars) year => protected2010 (integer) volume => protected67 (integer) issue => protected'2' (1 chars) startpage => protected'217' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'224' (3 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'When salmonid fish that have been raised in hatcheries spawn in the wild, th
ey often produce fewer surviving adult offspring than wild fish. Recent data
from steelhead (<em>Oncorhynchus mykiss</em>) in the Hood River (Oregon, US
A) show that even one or two generations of hatchery culture can result in d
ramatic declines in fitness. Although intense domestication selection could
cause such declines, it is worth considering alternative explanations. One p
ossibility is heritable epigenetic changes induced by the hatchery environme
nt. Here, we show, using methylation-sensitive amplified fragment length pol
ymorphism, that hatchery and wild adult steelhead from the Hood River do not
appear to differ substantially in overall levels of genomic methylation. Th
us, although altered methylation of specific DNA sites or other epigenetic p
rocesses could still be important, the hatchery environment does not appear
to cause a global hypo- or hypermethylation of the genome or create a large
number of sites that are differentially methylated.' (1039 chars) serialnumber => protected'0706-652X' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1139/F09-174' (15 chars) uid => protected6559 (integer) _localizedUid => protected6559 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected6559 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 4 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=6354, pid=124) originalId => protected6354 (integer) authors => protected'Dijkstra, P. D.; Lindström, J.; Metcalfe, N. B.; H
emelrijk, C. K.; Brendel, M.; Seehausen, O.; Groothuis,&
nbsp;T. G. G.' (175 chars) title => protected'Frequency-dependent social dominance in a color polymorphic cichlid fish' (72 chars) journal => protected'Evolution, International Journal of Organic Evolution' (53 chars) year => protected2010 (integer) volume => protected64 (integer) issue => protected'10' (2 chars) startpage => protected'2797' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'2807' (4 chars) categories => protected'cichlid fish; color polymorphism; frequency-dependent selection; Lake Victor
ia; male–male competition; sexual selection' (121 chars) description => protected'A mechanism commonly suggested to explain the persistence of color polymorph
isms in animals is negative frequency-dependent selection. It could result f
rom a social dominance advantage to rare morphs. We tested for this in males
of red and blue color morphs of the Lake Victoria cichlid, <em>Pundamilia</
em>. Earlier work has shown that males preferentially attack the males of th
eir own morph, while red males are more likely to win dyadic contests with b
lue males. In order to study the potential contribution of both factors to t
he morph co-existence, we manipulated the proportion of red and blue males i
n experimental assemblages and studied its effect on social dominance. We th
en tried to disentangle the effects of the own-morph attack bias and social
dominance of red using simulations. In the experiment, we found that red mal
es were indeed socially dominant to the blue ones, but only when rare. Howev
er, blue males were not socially dominant when rare. The simulation results
suggest that an own-morph attack bias reduces the social dominance of red ma
les when they are more abundant. Thus, there is no evidence of symmetric neg
ative frequency-dependent selection acting on social dominance, suggesting t
hat additional fitness costs to the red morph must explain their co-existenc
e.' (1294 chars) serialnumber => protected'0014-3820' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.01046.x' (32 chars) uid => protected6354 (integer) _localizedUid => protected6354 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected6354 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 5 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=6564, pid=124) originalId => protected6564 (integer) authors => protected'Gu, T.; Tan, S.; Gou, X.; Araki, H.; Tian, D.' (70 chars) title => protected'Avoidance of long mononucleotide repeats in codon pair usage' (60 chars) journal => protected'Genetics' (8 chars) year => protected2010 (integer) volume => protected186 (integer) issue => protected'3' (1 chars) startpage => protected'1077' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'1084' (4 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Protein is an essential component for life, and its synthesis is mediated by
codons in any organisms on earth. While some codons encode the same amino a
cid, their usage is often highly biased. There are many factors that can cau
se the bias, but a potential effect of mononucleotide repeats, which are kno
wn to be highly mutable, on codon usage and codon pair preference is largely
unknown. In this study we performed a genomic survey on the relationship be
tween mononucleotide repeats and codon pair bias in 53 bacteria, 68 archaea,
and 13 eukaryotes. By distinguishing the codon pair bias from the codon usa
ge bias, four general patterns were revealed: strong avoidance of five or si
x mononucleotide repeats in codon pairs; lower observed/expected (<em>o</em>
/<em>e</em>) ratio for codon pairs with C or G repeats (C/G pairs) than that
with A or T repeats (A/T pairs); a negative correlation between genomic GC
contents and the <em>o</em>/<em>e</em> ratios, particularly for C/G pairs; a
nd avoidance of C/G pairs in highly conserved genes. These results support n
atural selection against long mononucleotide repeats, which could induce fra
meshift mutations in coding sequences. The fact that these patterns are foun
d in all kingdoms of life suggests that this is a general phenomenon in livi
ng organisms. Thus, long mononucleotide repeats may play an important role i
n base composition and genetic stability of a gene and gene functions.' (1438 chars) serialnumber => protected'0016-6731' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1534/genetics.110.121137' (27 chars) uid => protected6564 (integer) _localizedUid => protected6564 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected6564 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 6 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=6486, pid=124) originalId => protected6486 (integer) authors => protected'Harmon, L. J.; Losos, J. B.; Davies, T. J.; Gi
llespie, R. G.; Gittleman, J. L.; Jennings, W. 
;B.; Kozak, K. H.; McPeek, M. A.; Moreno-Roark, F.;
Near, T. J.; Purvis, A.; Ricklefs, R. E.; Schluter
, D.; Schulte II, J. A.; Seehausen, O.; Sidlauskas, 
;B. L.; Torres-Carvajal, O.; Weir, J. T.; Mooers, A
. Ø.' (466 chars) title => protected'Early bursts of body size and shape evolution are rare in comparative data' (74 chars) journal => protected'Evolution, International Journal of Organic Evolution' (53 chars) year => protected2010 (integer) volume => protected64 (integer) issue => protected'8' (1 chars) startpage => protected'2385' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'2396' (4 chars) categories => protected'adaptive radiation; brownian motion; comparative methods; model fitting; phy
logeny' (82 chars) description => protected'George Gaylord Simpson famously postulated that much of life's diversity ori
ginated as adaptive radiations—more or less simultaneous divergences of nu
merous lines from a single ancestral adaptive type. However, identifying ada
ptive radiations has proven difficult due to a lack of broad-scale comparati
ve datasets. Here, we use phylogenetic comparative data on body size and sha
pe in a diversity of animal clades to test a key model of adaptive radiation
, in which initially rapid morphological evolution is followed by relative s
tasis. We compared the fit of this model to both single selective peak and r
andom walk models. We found little support for the early-burst model of adap
tive radiation, whereas both other models, particularly that of selective pe
aks, were commonly supported. In addition, we found that the net rate of mor
phological evolution varied inversely with clade age. The youngest clades ap
pear to evolve most rapidly because long-term change typically does not atta
in the amount of divergence predicted from rates measured over short time sc
ales. Across our entire analysis, the dominant pattern was one of constraint
s shaping evolution continually through time rather than rapid evolution fol
lowed by stasis. We suggest that the classical model of adaptive radiation,
where morphological evolution is initially rapid and slows through time, may
be rare in comparative data.' (1397 chars) serialnumber => protected'0014-3820' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.01025.x' (32 chars) uid => protected6486 (integer) _localizedUid => protected6486 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected6486 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 7 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=8777, pid=124) originalId => protected8777 (integer) authors => protected'Hudson, A. G.; Vonlanthen, P.; Seehausen, O.' (64 chars) title => protected'Rapid parallel adaptive radiations from a single hybridogenic ancestral popu
lation' (82 chars) journal => protected'Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences' (55 chars) year => protected2011 (integer) volume => protected278 (integer) issue => protected'1702' (4 chars) startpage => protected'58' (2 chars) otherpage => protected'66' (2 chars) categories => protected'sympatric speciation; postglacial radiation; cytonuclear discordance; AFLPs;
Coregonus; parallel evolution' (106 chars) description => protected'The Alpine lake whitefish (<em>Coregonus lavaretus</em>) species complex is
a classic example of a recent radiation, associated with colonization of the
Alpine lakes following the glacial retreat (less than 15 kyr BP). They have
formed a unique array of endemic lake flocks, each with one to six describe
d sympatric species differing in morphology, diet and reproductive ecology.
Here, we present a genomic investigation of the relationships between and wi
thin the lake flocks. Comparing the signal between over 1000 AFLP loci and m
itochondrial control region sequence data, we use phylogenetic tree-based an
d population genetic methods to reconstruct the phylogenetic history of the
group and to delineate the principal centres of genetic diversity within the
radiation. We find significant cytonuclear discordance showing that the gen
omically monophyletic Alpine whitefish clade arose from a hybrid swarm of at
least two glacial refugial lineages. Within this radiation, we find seven e
xtant genetic clusters centred on seven lake systems. Most interestingly, we
find evidence of sympatric speciation within and parallel evolution of equi
valent phenotypes among these lake systems. However, we also find the geneti
c signature of human-mediated gene flow and diversity loss within many lakes
, highlighting the fragility of recent radiations.' (1342 chars) serialnumber => protected'0962-8452' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1098/rspb.2010.0925' (22 chars) uid => protected8777 (integer) _localizedUid => protected8777 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected8777 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 8 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=6558, pid=124) originalId => protected6558 (integer) authors => protected'Kelly, R. P.; Oliver, T. A.; Sivasundar, A.; Palumb
i, S. R.' (94 chars) title => protected'A method for detecting population genetic structure in diverse, high gene-fl
ow species' (86 chars) journal => protected'Journal of Heredity' (19 chars) year => protected2010 (integer) volume => protected101 (integer) issue => protected'4' (1 chars) startpage => protected'423' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'436' (3 chars) categories => protected'allele statistic' (16 chars) description => protected'Detecting small amounts of genetic subdivision across geographic space remai
ns a persistent challenge. Often a failure to detect genetic structure is mi
staken for evidence of panmixia, when more powerful statistical tests may un
cover evidence for subtle geographic differentiation. Such slight subdivisio
n can be demographically and evolutionarily important as well as being criti
cal for management decisions. We introduce here a method, called spatial ana
lysis of shared alleles (SAShA), that detects geographically restricted alle
les by comparing the spatial arrangement of allelic co-occurrences with the
expectation under panmixia. The approach is allele-based and spatially expli
cit, eliminating the loss of statistical power that can occur with user-defi
ned populations and statistical averaging within populations. Using simulate
d data sets generated under a stepping-stone model of gene flow, we show tha
t this method outperforms spatial autocorrelation (SA) and Φ<sub>ST</sub> u
nder common real-world conditions: at relatively high migration rates when d
iversity is moderate or high, especially when sampling is poor. We then use
this method to show clear differences in the genetic patterns of 2 nearshore
Pacific mollusks, <em>Tegula funebralis</em> (= <em>Chlorostoma funebralis<
/em>) and <em>Katharina tunicata</em>, whose overall patterns of within-spec
ies differentiation are similar according to traditional population genetics
analyses. SAShA meaningfully complements Φ<sub>ST</sub>/<em>F</em><sub>ST<
/sub>, SA, and other existing geographic genetic analyses and is especially
appropriate for evaluating species with high gene flow and subtle genetic di
fferentiation.' (1686 chars) serialnumber => protected'0022-1503' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1093/jhered/esq022' (21 chars) uid => protected6558 (integer) _localizedUid => protected6558 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected6558 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 9 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=6398, pid=124) originalId => protected6398 (integer) authors => protected'Keller, I.; Taverna, A.; Seehausen, O.' (53 chars) title => protected'A pyrosequencing assay for the rapid discrimination of mitochondrial lineage
s in the <I>Salmo trutta</I> species complex' (120 chars) journal => protected'Molecular Ecology Resources' (27 chars) year => protected2011 (integer) volume => protected11 (integer) issue => protected'1' (1 chars) startpage => protected'196' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'199' (3 chars) categories => protected'control region; molecular species identification; pyrosequencing; Salmo trut
ta' (78 chars) description => protected'The European trout (<I>Salmo trutta</I> species complex) is genetically very
diverse consisting of five distinct mitochondrial lineages that probably or
iginated in the Pleistocene. Here, we describe a novel pyrosequencing protoc
ol to generate two short sequence reads from the mitochondrial control regio
n, which allow the unambiguous identification of all five lineages. The appr
oach was found to be easily transferable between laboratories and should be
a valuable tool for the assessment of genetic diversity in trout. Pyrosequen
cing-based assays for molecular species identification are expected to be ge
nerally useful whenever multiple positions in a short DNA sequence need to b
e assessed.' (695 chars) serialnumber => protected'1755-098X' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/j.1755-0998.2010.02897.x' (32 chars) uid => protected6398 (integer) _localizedUid => protected6398 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected6398 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 10 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=6555, pid=124) originalId => protected6555 (integer) authors => protected'Lucek, K.; Roy, D.; Bezault, E.; Sivasundar, A.; Seehaus
en, O.' (87 chars) title => protected'Hybridization between distant lineages increases adaptive variation during a
biological invasion: stickleback in Switzerland' (124 chars) journal => protected'Molecular Ecology' (17 chars) year => protected2010 (integer) volume => protected19 (integer) issue => protected'18' (2 chars) startpage => protected'3995' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'4011' (4 chars) categories => protected'admixture; amplified fragment length polymorphism; invasion; phenotypic dive
rgence' (82 chars) description => protected'The three-spined stickleback is a widespread Holarctic species complex that
radiated from the sea into freshwaters after the retreat of the Pleistocene
ice sheets. In Switzerland, sticklebacks were absent with the exception of t
he far northwest, but different introduced populations have expanded to occu
py a wide range of habitats since the late 19th century. A well-studied adap
tive phenotypic trait in sticklebacks is the number of lateral plates. With
few exceptions, freshwater and marine populations in Europe are fixed for ei
ther the low plated phenotype or the fully plated phenotype, respectively. S
witzerland, in contrast, harbours in close proximity the full range of pheno
typic variation known from across the continent. We addressed the phylogeogr
aphic origins of Swiss sticklebacks using mitochondrial partial cytochrome <
I>b</I> and control region sequences. We found only five different haplotype
s but these originated from three distinct European regions, fixed for diffe
rent plate phenotypes. These lineages occur largely in isolation at opposite
ends of Switzerland, but co-occur in a large central part. Across the count
ry, we found a strong correlation between a microsatellite linked to the hig
h plate ectodysplasin allele and the mitochondrial haplotype from a region w
here the fully plated phenotype is fixed. Phylogenomic and population genomi
c analysis of 481 polymorphic amplified fragment length polymorphism loci in
dicate genetic admixture in the central part of the country. The same part o
f the country also carries elevated within-population phenotypic variation.
We conclude that during the recent invasive range expansion of sticklebacks
in Switzerland, adaptive and neutral between-population genetic variation wa
s converted into within-population variation, raising the possibility that h
ybridization between colonizing lineages contributed to the ecological succe
ss of sticklebacks in Switzerland.' (1934 chars) serialnumber => protected'0962-1083' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04781.x' (32 chars) uid => protected6555 (integer) _localizedUid => protected6555 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected6555 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 11 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=6331, pid=124) originalId => protected6331 (integer) authors => protected'Maan, M. E.; Seehausen, O.' (41 chars) title => protected'Mechanisms of species divergence through visual adaptation and sexual select
ion: perspectives from a cichlid model system' (121 chars) journal => protected'Current Zoology' (15 chars) year => protected2010 (integer) volume => protected56 (integer) issue => protected'3' (1 chars) startpage => protected'285' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'299' (3 chars) categories => protected'cichlid; sexual selection; species divergence; visual adaptation' (64 chars) description => protected'The theory of ecological speciation suggests that assortative mating evolves
most easily when mating preferences are directly linked to ecological trait
s that are subject to divergent selection. Sensory adaptation can play a maj
or role in this process, because selective mating is often mediated by sexua
l signals: bright colours, complex song, pheromone blends and so on. When di
vergent sensory adaptation affects the perception of such signals, mating pa
tterns may change as an immediate consequence. Alternatively, mating prefere
nces can diverge as a result of indirect effects: assortative mating may be
promoted by selection against intermediate phenotypes that are maladapted to
their (sensory) environment. For Lake Victoria cichlids, the visual environ
ment constitutes an important selective force that is heterogeneous across g
eographical and water depth gradients. We investigate the direct and indirec
t effects of this heterogeneity on the evolution of female preferences for a
lternative male nuptial colours (red and blue) in the genus <em>Pundamilia</
em>. Here, we review the current evidence for divergent sensory drive in thi
s system, extract general principles, and discuss future perspectives.' (1210 chars) serialnumber => protected'1674-5507' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1093/czoolo/56.3.285' (23 chars) uid => protected6331 (integer) _localizedUid => protected6331 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected6331 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 12 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=6291, pid=124) originalId => protected6291 (integer) authors => protected'Maan, M. E.; Seehausen, O.; van Alphen, J. J.
M.' (78 chars) title => protected'Female mating preferences and male coloration covary with water transparency
in a Lake Victoria cichlid fish' (108 chars) journal => protected'Biological Journal of the Linnean Society' (41 chars) year => protected2010 (integer) volume => protected99 (integer) issue => protected'2' (1 chars) startpage => protected'398' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'406' (3 chars) categories => protected'divergence; eutrophication; haplochromine; nuptial; Pundamilia nyererei; rep
roductive isolation; sexual selection; speciation' (125 chars) description => protected'Rapid speciation in Lake Victoria cichlid fish of the genus <I>Pundamilia</I
> may be facilitated by sexual selection: female mate choice exerts sexual s
election on male nuptial coloration within species and maintains reproductiv
e isolation between species. However, declining water transparency coincides
with increasingly dull coloration and increasing hybridization. In the pres
ent study, we investigated the mechanism underlying this pattern in <I>Punda
milia nyererei</I>, a species that interbreeds with a sister species in turb
id but not in clear water. We compared measures of intraspecific sexual sele
ction between two populations from locations that differ in water transparen
cy. First, in laboratory mate-choice experiments, conducted in clear water a
nd under broad-spectrum illumination, we found that females originating from
turbid water have significantly weaker preferences for male coloration than
females originating from clear water. Second, both the hue and body coverag
e of male coloration differ between populations, which is consistent with ad
aptation to different photic habitats. These findings suggest that the obser
ved relationship between male coloration and water transparency is not media
ted by environmental variation alone. Rather, female mating preferences are
indicated to have changed in response to this variation, constituting the fi
rst evidence for intraspecific preference-trait co-evolution in cichlid fish
.' (1445 chars) serialnumber => protected'0024-4066' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01368.x' (32 chars) uid => protected6291 (integer) _localizedUid => protected6291 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected6291 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 13 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=6399, pid=124) originalId => protected6399 (integer) authors => protected'Magalhaes, I. S.; Mwaiko, S.; Seehausen, O.' (63 chars) title => protected'Sympatric colour polymorphisms associated with nonrandom gene flow in cichli
d fish of Lake Victoria' (99 chars) journal => protected'Molecular Ecology' (17 chars) year => protected2010 (integer) volume => protected19 (integer) issue => protected'16' (2 chars) startpage => protected'3285' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'3300' (4 chars) categories => protected'cichlids; colour polymorphism; eco-morphological differentiation; FST; speci
ation' (81 chars) description => protected'Colour polymorphisms have fascinated evolutionary ecologists for a long time
. Yet, knowledge on the mechanisms that allow their persistence is restricte
d to a handful of well-studied cases. We studied two species of Lake Victori
a cichlid fish, <I>Neochromis omnicaeruleus</I> and <I>Neochromis greenwoodi
,</I> exhibiting very similar sex-linked colour polymorphisms. The ecology a
nd behaviour of one of these species is well studied, with colour-based mati
ng and aggression preferences. Here, we ask whether the selection potentiall
y resulting from female and male mating preferences and aggression biases re
duces gene flow between the colour morphs and permits differentiation in tra
its other than colour. Over the past 14 years, the frequencies of colour mor
phs have somewhat oscillated, but there is no evidence for directional chang
e, suggesting the colour polymorphism is persistent on an ecological timesca
le. We find limited evidence of eco-morphological differentiation between sy
mpatric ancestral (plain) and derived (blotched) colour morphs. We also find
significantly nonrandom genotypic assignment and an excess of linkage diseq
uilibrium in the plain morph, which together with previous information on ma
ting preferences suggests nonrandom mating between colour morphs. This, toge
ther with negative frequency-dependent sexual selection, found in previous s
tudies, may facilitate maintenance of these polymorphisms in sympatry.' (1438 chars) serialnumber => protected'0962-1083' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04751.x' (32 chars) uid => protected6399 (integer) _localizedUid => protected6399 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected6399 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 14 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=6343, pid=124) originalId => protected6343 (integer) authors => protected'Magalhaes, I. S.; Seehausen, O.' (46 chars) title => protected'Genetics of male nuptial colour divergence between sympatric sister species
of a Lake Victoria cichlid fish' (107 chars) journal => protected'Journal of Evolutionary Biology' (31 chars) year => protected2010 (integer) volume => protected23 (integer) issue => protected'5' (1 chars) startpage => protected'914' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'924' (3 chars) categories => protected'Castle-Wright estimator; cichlids; male colour; sympatric speciation' (68 chars) description => protected'The hypothesis of sympatric speciation by sexual selection has been contenti
ous. Several recent theoretical models of sympatric speciation by disruptive
sexual selection were tailored to apply to African cichlids. Most of this w
ork concludes that the genetic architecture of female preference and male tr
ait is a key determinant of the likelihood of disruptive sexual selection to
result in speciation. We investigated the genetic architecture controlling
male nuptial colouration in a sympatric sibling species pair of cichlid fish
from Lake Victoria, which differ conspicuously in male colouration and fema
le mating preferences for these. We estimated that the difference between th
e species in male nuptial red colouration is controlled by a minimum number
of two to four genes with significant epistasis and dominance effects. Yello
w colouration appears to be controlled by one gene with complete dominance.
The two colours appear to be epistatically linked. Knowledge on how male col
ouration segregates in hybrid generations and on the number of genes control
ling differences between species can help us assess whether assumptions made
in simulation models of sympatric speciation by sexual selection are realis
tic. In the particular case of the two sister species that we studied a smal
l number of genes causing major differences in male colouration may have fac
ilitated the divergence in male colouration associated with speciation.' (1439 chars) serialnumber => protected'1010-061X' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.01960.x' (32 chars) uid => protected6343 (integer) _localizedUid => protected6343 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected6343 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 15 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=8778, pid=124) originalId => protected8778 (integer) authors => protected'Melián, C. J.; Alonso, D.; Vázquez, D. P.; Regetz
, J.; Allesina, S.' (104 chars) title => protected'Frequency-dependent selection predicts patterns of radiations and biodiversi
ty' (78 chars) journal => protected'PLoS Computational Biology' (26 chars) year => protected2010 (integer) volume => protected6 (integer) issue => protected'8' (1 chars) startpage => protected'1' (1 chars) otherpage => protected'8' (1 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Most empirical studies support a decline in speciation rates through time, a
lthough evidence for constant speciation rates also exists. Declining rates
have been explained by invoking pre-existing niches, whereas constant rates
have been attributed to non-adaptive processes such as sexual selection and
mutation. Trends in speciation rate and the processes underlying it remain u
nclear, representing a critical information gap in understanding patterns of
global diversity. Here we show that the temporal trend in the speciation ra
te can also be explained by frequency-dependent selection. We construct a fr
equency-dependent and DNA sequence-based model of speciation. We compare our
model to empirical diversity patterns observed for cichlid fish and Darwin'
s finches, two classic systems for which speciation rates and richness data
exist. Negative frequency-dependent selection predicts well both the declini
ng speciation rate found in cichlid fish and explains their species richness
. For groups like the Darwin's finches, in which speciation rates are consta
nt and diversity is lower, speciation rate is better explained by a model wi
thout frequency-dependent selection. Our analysis shows that differences in
diversity may be driven by incipient species abundance with frequency-depend
ent selection. Our results demonstrate that genetic-distance-based speciatio
n and frequency-dependent selection are sufficient to explain the high diver
sity observed in natural systems and, importantly, predict decay through tim
e in speciation rate in the absence of pre-existing niches.' (1579 chars) serialnumber => protected'1553-734X' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000892' (28 chars) uid => protected8778 (integer) _localizedUid => protected8778 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected8778 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 16 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=6575, pid=124) originalId => protected6575 (integer) authors => protected'Melian, C. J.' (23 chars) title => protected'Community ecology: stasis, evolution or revolution? Community ecology, proce
sses, models and applications edited by Herman A. Verhoef and Peter J. Morin' (152 chars) journal => protected'Trends in Ecology and Evolution' (31 chars) year => protected2010 (integer) volume => protected25 (integer) issue => protected'12' (2 chars) startpage => protected'684' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'685' (3 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'' (0 chars) serialnumber => protected'0169-5347' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1016/j.tree.2010.09.005' (26 chars) uid => protected6575 (integer) _localizedUid => protected6575 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected6575 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 17 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=6184, pid=124) originalId => protected6184 (integer) authors => protected'Mzighani, S. I.; Nikaido, M.; Takeda, M.; Seehausen,&nbs
p;O.; Budeba, Y. L.; Ngatunga, B. P.; Katunzi, E.&n
bsp;F. B.; Aibara, M.; Mizoiri, S.; Sato, T.; Tachida,&n
bsp;H.; Okada, N.' (250 chars) title => protected'Genetic variation and demographic history of the <I>Haplochromis laparogramm
a</I> group of Lake Victoria—an analysis based on SINEs and mitochondrial
DNA' (155 chars) journal => protected'Gene' (4 chars) year => protected2010 (integer) volume => protected450 (integer) issue => protected'1–2' (5 chars) startpage => protected'39' (2 chars) otherpage => protected'47' (2 chars) categories => protected'sympatric species; species differentiation; species divergence; population s
tructure; Pleistocene' (97 chars) description => protected'More than 500 endemic haplochromine cichlid species inhabit Lake Victoria. T
his striking species diversity is a classical example of recent explosive ad
aptive radiation thought to have happened within the last ~15,000 years. In
this study, we examined the population structure and historical demography o
f 3 pelagic haplochromine cichlid species that resemble in morphology and ha
ve similar niche, <I>Haplochromis</I> (<I>Yssichromis</I>) <I>laparogramma</
I>, <I>Haplochromis</I> (<I>Y</I>.) <I>pyrrhocephalus</I>, and <I>Haplochrom
is</I> (<I>Y</I>.) sp. "glaucocephalus". We investigated the sequences of th
e mitochondrial DNA control region and the insertion patterns of short inter
spersed elements (SINEs) of 759 individuals. We show that sympatric forms ar
e genetically differentiated in 4 of 6 cases, but we also found apparent wea
kening of the genetic differentiation in areas with turbid water. We estimat
ed the timings of population expansion and species divergence to coincide wi
th the refilling of the lake at the Pleistocene/Holocene boundary. We also f
ound that estimates can be altered significantly by the choice of the shape
of the molecular clock. If we employ the nonlinear clock model of evolutiona
ry rates in which the rates are higher towards the recent, the population ex
pansion was dated at around the event of desiccation of the lake ca. 17,000
yr BP. Thus, we succeeded in clarifying the species and population structure
of closely related Lake Victoria cichlids and in showing the importance of
applying appropriate clock calibrations in elucidating recent evolutionary e
vents.' (1602 chars) serialnumber => protected'0378-1119' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1016/j.gene.2009.10.002' (26 chars) uid => protected6184 (integer) _localizedUid => protected6184 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected6184 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 18 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=11572, pid=124) originalId => protected11572 (integer) authors => protected'Olesen, J. M.; Dupont, Y. L.; O'Gorman, E.; Ings,&n
bsp;T. C.; Layer, K.; Melián, C. J.; Trøjelsgaard,&nbs
p;K.; Pichler, D. E.; Rasmussen, C.; Woodward, G.' (221 chars) title => protected'From Broadstone to Zackenberg: space, time and hierarchies in ecological net
works' (81 chars) journal => protected'In: Woodward, G. (Eds.), Ecological networks' (49 chars) year => protected2010 (integer) volume => protected0 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'1' (1 chars) otherpage => protected'69' (2 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Ecological networks are typically complex constructions of species and their
interactions. During the last decade, the study of networks has moved from
static to dynamic analyses, and has attained a deeper insight into their int
ernal structure, heterogeneity, and temporal and spatial resolution. Here, w
e review, discuss and suggest research lines in the study of the spatio-temp
oral heterogeneity of networks and their hierarchical nature. We use case st
udy data from two well-characterized model systems (the food web in Broadsto
ne Stream in England and the pollination network at Zackenberg in Greenland)
, which are complemented with additional information from other studies. We
focus upon eight topics: temporal dynamic space-for-time substitutions linka
ge constraints habitat borders network modularity individual-based networks
invasions of networks and super networks that integrate different network ty
pes. Few studies have explicitly examined temporal change in networks, and w
e present examples that span from daily to decadal change: a common pattern
that we see is a stable core surrounded by a group of dynamic, peripheral sp
ecies, which, in pollinator networks enter the web via preferential linkage
to the most generalist species. To some extent, temporal and spatial scales
are interchangeable (i.e. networks exhibit 'ergodicity') and we explore how
space-for-time substitutions can be used in the study of networks. Network s
tructure is commonly constrained by phenological uncoupling (a temporal phen
omenon), abundance, body size and population structure. Some potential links
are never observed, that is they are 'forbidden' (fully constrained) or 'mi
ssing' (a sampling effect), and their absence can be just as ecologically si
gnificant as their presence. Spatial habitat borders can add heterogeneity t
o network structure, but their importance has rarely been studied: we explor
e how habitat generalization can be related to other resource dimensions. Ma
ny networks are hierarch...' (3181 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'10.1016/B978-0-12-381363-3.00001-0' (34 chars) uid => protected11572 (integer) _localizedUid => protected11572 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected11572 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 19 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=11567, pid=124) originalId => protected11567 (integer) authors => protected'Roy, D.; Lucek, K.; Bühler, E.; Seehausen, O.' (66 chars) title => protected'Correlating shape variation with feeding performance to test for adaptive di
vergence in recently invading stickleback populations from Swiss peri-alpine
environments' (165 chars) journal => protected'In: Elewa, A. M. T. (Eds.), Morphometrics for nonmorphometric
ians' (80 chars) year => protected2010 (integer) volume => protected0 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'233' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'257' (3 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'The purpose of this chapter is to demonstrate the application of geometric m
orphometrics in a typical study, and put the information it provides into a
broader context. Here we use geometric morphometrics to describe the head sh
ape among three different Swiss stickleback populations from two drainages,
including both lake and stream residents. Head shapes are compared to feedin
g efficiency indices generated from laboratory trials using lake and stream
prey types. We also combine these data with genetic and other more tradition
al morphological assessments to understand the roots of the tremendous varia
tion exhibited by sticklebacks in Switzerland. This work shows that in combi
nation with other data, geometric morphometrics can make a significant contr
ibution toward understanding the natural history of taxa and is an indispens
ible tool providing insight into fundamental mechanisms of adaptive divergen
ce and speciation.' (930 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'10.1007/978-3-540-95853-6_10' (28 chars) uid => protected11567 (integer) _localizedUid => protected11567 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected11567 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 20 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=11530, pid=124) originalId => protected11530 (integer) authors => protected'Robinson, C. T.; Kawecka, B.; Füreder, L.; Peter,
A.' (78 chars) title => protected'Biodiversity of flora and fauna in alpine waters' (48 chars) journal => protected'In: Bundi, U. (Eds.), Alpine waters' (40 chars) year => protected2010 (integer) volume => protected0 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'193' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'223' (3 chars) categories => protected'alpine diatoms; alpine fishes; alpine macroinvertebrates; environmental indi
cator; glacier retreat' (98 chars) description => protected'The study of Alpine aquatic environments began in the early 19th century, bu
t only since the early 1990s has scientific interest intensified on these sy
stems. The goal of this chapter is to summarize the community patterns of al
gae, zoobenthos, and fish that occur in Alpine freshwaters. Benthic algae in
Alpine waters are differentiated among particular regions of the Alps in re
lation to geology, stream origin, and anthropogenic activity. Because of the
ir dominance, the diatoms are the most widely studied algae in Alpine waters
. By possessing various morphological structures and physiological traits, m
ost stream insects are adapted to the dynamic and cold aquatic habitat of al
pine landscapes. Aquatic insects comprise a substantial proportion of the zo
obenthos in surface waters, with Chironomidae being most common. Seasonality
is a common feature of macroinvertebrate assemblages in glacial streams in
the Swiss Alps. Two evolutionarily successful strategies in glacial streams
are adaptation to unstable stream conditions during summer (summer species)
or avoidance of these conditions (winter species). Only a few native fishes
are able to colonize and inhabit Alpine waters. Over the last decades, non-n
ative, cold stenothermic species have established self-reproducing populatio
ns and appear well-adapted to the harsh environmental conditions in the Alps
. The indigenous brown trout (<em>Salmo trutta fario</em> L.) is the most im
portant fish in alpine running waters. Glacier retreat has accelerated globa
lly, increasing the probability that fundamental ecological changes will occ
ur in alpine landscapes, in particular the ecology of running and standing w
aters.' (1678 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'10.1007/978-3-540-88275-6_10' (28 chars) uid => protected11530 (integer) _localizedUid => protected11530 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected11530 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 21 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=11570, pid=124) originalId => protected11570 (integer) authors => protected'Seehausen, O.; Magalhaes, I. S.' (46 chars) title => protected'Geographical mode and evolutionary mechanism of ecological speciation in cic
hlid fish' (85 chars) journal => protected'In: Grant, P. R.; Grant, B. R. (Eds.), In search of the
causes of evolution : from field observations to mechanisms' (135 chars) year => protected2010 (integer) volume => protected0 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'282' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'308' (3 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'' (0 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'' (0 chars) uid => protected11570 (integer) _localizedUid => protected11570 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected11570 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 22 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=8571, pid=124) originalId => protected8571 (integer) authors => protected'Sivasundar, A.; Palumbi, S. R.' (45 chars) title => protected'Life history, ecology and the biogeography of strong genetic breaks among 15
species of Pacific rockfish, <I>Sebastes</I>' (121 chars) journal => protected'Marine Biology' (14 chars) year => protected2010 (integer) volume => protected157 (integer) issue => protected'7' (1 chars) startpage => protected'1433' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'1452' (4 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Strong genetic change over short spatial scales is surprising among marine s
pecies with high dispersal potential. Concordant breaks among several specie
s signals a role for geographic barriers to dispersal. Along the coast of Ca
lifornia, such breaks have not been seen across the biogeographic barrier of
Point Conception, but other potential geographic boundaries have been surve
yed less often. We tested for strong-population structure in 11 species of <
I>Sebastes</I> sampled across two regions containing potential dispersal bar
riers, and conducted a meta-analysis including four additional species. We s
how two strong breaks north of Monterey Bay, spanning an oceanographic gradi
ent and an upwelling jet. Moderate genetic structure is just as common in th
e north as it is in the south, across the biogeographic break at Point Conce
ption. Gene flow is generally higher among deep-water species, but these con
clusions are confounded by phylogeny. Species in the subgenus <I>Sebastosomu
s</I> have higher structure than those in the subgenus <I>Pteropodus</I>, de
spite having larvae with longer pelagic phases. Differences in settlement be
havior in the face of ocean currents might help explain these differences. A
cross similar species across the same coastal environment, we document a wid
e variety of patterns in gene flow, suggesting that interaction of individua
l species traits such as settlement behavior with environmental factors such
as oceanography can strongly impact population structure.' (1502 chars) serialnumber => protected'0025-3162' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1007/s00227-010-1419-3' (25 chars) uid => protected8571 (integer) _localizedUid => protected8571 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected8571 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 23 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=8501, pid=124) originalId => protected8501 (integer) authors => protected'Sivasundar, A.; Palumbi, S. R.' (45 chars) title => protected'Parallel amino acid replacements in the rhodopsins of the rockfishes (<I>Seb
astes</I> spp.) associated with shifts in habitat depth' (131 chars) journal => protected'Journal of Evolutionary Biology' (31 chars) year => protected2010 (integer) volume => protected23 (integer) issue => protected'6' (1 chars) startpage => protected'1159' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'1169' (4 chars) categories => protected'adaptation; parallel evolution; rhodopsin; Sebastes' (51 chars) description => protected'Among various groups of fishes, a shift in peak wavelength sensitivity has b
een correlated with changes in their photic environments. The genus <I>Sebas
tes</I> is a radiation of marine fish species that inhabit a wide range of d
epths from intertidal to over 600 m. We examined 32 species of <I>Sebastes</
I> for evidence of adaptive amino acid substitution at the rhodopsin gene. F
ourteen amino acid positions were variable among these species. Maximum like
lihood analyses identify several of these to be targets of positive selectio
n. None of these correspond to previously identified critical amino acid sit
es, yet they may in fact be functionally important. The occurrence of indepe
ndent parallel changes at certain amino acid positions reinforces this idea.
Reconstruction of habitat depths of ancestral nodes in the phylogeny sugges
ts that shallow habitats have been colonized independently in different line
ages. The evolution of rhodopsin appears to be associated with changes in de
pth, with accelerated evolution in lineages that have had large changes in d
epth.' (1069 chars) serialnumber => protected'1010-061X' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.01977.x' (32 chars) uid => protected8501 (integer) _localizedUid => protected8501 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected8501 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 24 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=6536, pid=124) originalId => protected6536 (integer) authors => protected'van der Sluijs, I.; Seehausen, O.; Van Dooren, T. J.&nbs
p;M.; van Alphen, J. J. M.' (117 chars) title => protected'No evidence for a genetic association between female mating preference and m
ale secondary sexual trait in a Lake Victoria cichlid fish' (134 chars) journal => protected'Current Zoology' (15 chars) year => protected2010 (integer) volume => protected56 (integer) issue => protected'1' (1 chars) startpage => protected'57' (2 chars) otherpage => protected'64' (2 chars) categories => protected'speciation; sexual selection; mate choice; genetic association; cichlid fish
; lake Victoria' (91 chars) description => protected'Sexual selection by female mating preference for male nuptial coloration has
been suggested as a driving force in the rapid speciation of Lake Victoria
cichlid fish. This process could have been facilitated or accelerated by gen
etic associations between female preference loci and male coloration loci. P
references, as well as coloration, are heritable traits and are probably det
ermined by more than one gene. However, little is known about potential gene
tic associations between these traits. In turbid water, we found a populatio
n that is variable in male nuptial coloration from blue to yellow to red. Ma
les at the extreme ends of the phenotype distribution resemble a reproductiv
ely isolated species pair in clear water that has diverged into one species
with blue-grey males and one species with bright red males. Females of the t
urbid water population vary in mating preference coinciding with the male ph
enotype distribution. For the current study, these females were mated to blu
e males. We measured the coloration of the sires and male offspring. Parents
-offspring regression showed that the sires did not affect male offspring co
loration, which confirms earlier findings that the blue species breeds true.
In contrast, male offspring coloration was determined by the identity of th
e dams, which suggests that there is heritable variation in male color genes
between females. However, we found that mating preferences of the dams were
not correlated with male offspring coloration. Thus, there is no evidence f
or strong genetic linkage between mating preference and the preferred trait
in this population.' (1615 chars) serialnumber => protected'1674-5507' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1093/czoolo/56.1.57' (22 chars) uid => protected6536 (integer) _localizedUid => protected6536 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected6536 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 25 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=6487, pid=124) originalId => protected6487 (integer) authors => protected'Westram, A. M.; Jokela, J.; Keller, I.' (58 chars) title => protected'Isolation and characterization of ten polymorphic microsatellite markers for
three cryptic <I>Gammarus fossarum</I> (Amphipoda) species' (135 chars) journal => protected'Conservation Genetics Resources' (31 chars) year => protected2010 (integer) volume => protected2 (integer) issue => protected'S1' (2 chars) startpage => protected'401' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'404' (3 chars) categories => protected'microsatellite markers; cryptic species; amphipods; population genetics' (71 chars) description => protected'The ecologically important stream invertebrate <I>Gammarus fossarum</I> is a
morphospecies that includes at least three genetically differentiated biolo
gical species. We developed ten microsatellite markers and tested them in a
total of 208 individuals from all three known cryptic species (types A, B an
d C). All markers were polymorphic and successfully amplified in type A, nin
e in type B and five in type C. There were up to 11 alleles per marker and s
pecies.' (463 chars) serialnumber => protected'1877-7252' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1007/s12686-010-9287-1' (25 chars) uid => protected6487 (integer) _localizedUid => protected6487 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected6487 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 26 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=6414, pid=124) originalId => protected6414 (integer) authors => protected'Wang, W.-K.; Ho, C.-W.; Hung, K.-H.; Wang, K.-H.; Huang,
C.-C.; Araki, H.; Hwang, C.-C.; Hsu, T.-W.; Osada, 
;N.; Chiang, T.-Y.' (175 chars) title => protected'Multilocus analysis of genetic divergence between outcrossing <I>Arabidopsis
</I>species: evidence of genome-wide admixture' (123 chars) journal => protected'New Phytologist' (15 chars) year => protected2010 (integer) volume => protected188 (integer) issue => protected'2' (1 chars) startpage => protected'488' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'500' (3 chars) categories => protected'Arabidopsis; coalescent model; genomic divergence; introgression; multilocus
analysis; polyploidy; reticulate evolution; speciation' (131 chars) description => protected'Outcrossing <I>Arabidopsis</I> species that diverged from their inbreeding r
elative <I>Arabidopsis thaliana</I> 5 million yr ago and display a biogeogra
phical pattern of interspecific sympatry vs intraspecific allopatry provides
an ideal model for studying impacts of gene introgression and polyploidizat
ion on species diversification.<BR/>Flow cytometry analyses detected ploidy
polymorphisms of 2× and 4× in <I>Arabidopsis lyrata</I> ssp. <I>kamchatica
</I> of Taiwan. Genomic divergence between species/subspecies was estimated
based on 98 randomly chosen nuclear genes. Multilocus analyses revealed a mo
saic genome in diploid <I>A. l. kamchatica</I> composed of <I>Arabidopsis ha
lleri</I>-like and <I>A</I>. <I>lyrata</I>-like alleles.<BR/>Coalescent anal
yses suggest that the segregation of ancestral polymorphisms alone cannot ex
plain the high inconsistency between gene trees across loci, and that gene i
ntrogression via diploid <I>A. l. kamchatica</I> likely distorts the molecul
ar phylogenies of <I>Arabidopsis</I> species. However, not all genes migrate
d across species freely. Gene ontology analyses suggested that some nonmigra
ting genes were constrained by natural selection.<BR/>High levels of estimat
ed ancestral polymorphisms between <I>A. halleri</I> and <I>A. lyrata</I> su
ggest that gene flow between these species has not completely ceased since t
heir initial isolation. Polymorphism data of extant populations also imply r
ecent gene flow between the species. Our study reveals that interspecific ge
ne flow affects the genome evolution in <I>Arabidopsis.</I>' (1579 chars) serialnumber => protected'0028-646X' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03383.x' (32 chars) uid => protected6414 (integer) _localizedUid => protected6414 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected6414 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 27 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=8780, pid=124) originalId => protected8780 (integer) authors => protected'Young, K. A.; Genner, M. J.; Haesler, M. P.; J
oyce, D. A.' (97 chars) title => protected'Sequential female assessment drives complex sexual selection on bower shape
in a cichlid fish' (93 chars) journal => protected'Evolution, International Journal of Organic Evolution' (53 chars) year => protected2010 (integer) volume => protected64 (integer) issue => protected'8' (1 chars) startpage => protected'2246' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'2253' (4 chars) categories => protected'Cichlids; extended phenotype; Lake Malawi; leks; mate choice; selection anal
ysis' (80 chars) description => protected'In many animals, sexual selection on male traits results from female mate ch
oice decisions made during a sequence of courtship behaviors. We use a bower
-building cichlid fish, <em>Nyassachromis</em> cf. <em>microcephalus</em>, t
o show how applying standard selection analysis to data on sequential female
assessment provides new insights into sexual selection by mate choice. We f
irst show that the cumulative selection differentials confirm previous resul
ts suggesting female choice favors males holding large volcano-shaped sand b
owers. The sequential assessment analysis reveals these cumulative different
ials are the result of selection acting on different bower dimensions during
the courtship sequence; females choose to follow males courting from tall b
owers, but choose to engage in premating circling with males holding bowers
with large diameter platforms. The approach we present extends standard sele
ction analysis by partitioning the variances of increasingly accurate estima
tes of male reproductive fitness and is applicable to systems in which seque
ntial female assessment drives sexual selection on male traits.' (1127 chars) serialnumber => protected'0014-3820' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.00984.x' (32 chars) uid => protected8780 (integer) _localizedUid => protected8780 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected8780 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 28 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=8782, pid=124) originalId => protected8782 (integer) authors => protected'Yue, J.-X.; Li, J.; Wang, D.; Araki, H.; Tian, D.;
Yang, S.' (89 chars) title => protected'Genome-wide investigation reveals high evolutionary rates in annual model pl
ants' (80 chars) journal => protected'BMC Plant Biology' (17 chars) year => protected2010 (integer) volume => protected10 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'242 (12 pp.)' (12 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Background: Rates of molecular evolution vary widely among species. While si
gnificant deviations from molecular clock have been found in many taxa, effe
cts of life histories on molecular evolution are not fully understood. In pl
ants, annual/perennial life history traits have long been suspected to influ
ence the evolutionary rates at the molecular level. To date, however, the nu
mber of genes investigated on this subject is limited and the conclusions ar
e mixed. To evaluate the possible heterogeneity in evolutionary rates betwee
n annual and perennial plants at the genomic level, we investigated 85 nucle
ar housekeeping genes, 10 non-housekeeping families, and 34 chloroplast gene
s using the genomic data from model plants including <I>Arabidopsis thaliana
</I>and <I>Medicago truncatula </I>for annuals and grape (<I>Vitis vinifera
</I>) and popular (<I>Populus trichocarpa</I>) for perennials.<BR/>Results:
According to the cross-comparisons among the four species, 74-82% of the nuc
lear genes and 71-97% of the chloroplast genes suggested higher rates of mol
ecular evolution in the two annuals than those in the two perennials. The si
gnificant heterogeneity in evolutionary rate between annuals and perennials
was consistently found both in nonsynonymous sites and synonymous sites. Whi
le a linear correlation of evolutionary rates in orthologous genes between s
pecies was observed in nonsynonymous sites, the correlation was weak or invi
sible in synonymous sites. This tendency was clearer in nuclear genes than i
n chloroplast genes, in which the overall evolutionary rate was small. The s
lope of the regression line was consistently lower than unity, further confi
rming the higher evolutionary rate in annuals at the genomic level.<BR/>Conc
lusions: The higher evolutionary rate in annuals than in perennials appears
to be a universal phenomenon both in nuclear and chloroplast genomes in the
four dicot model plants we investigated. Therefore, such heterogeneity in ev
olutionary rate should r...' (2473 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'10.1186/1471-2229-10-242' (24 chars) uid => protected8782 (integer) _localizedUid => protected8782 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected8782 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer)
Is hatchery stocking a help or harm? Evidence, limitations and future directions in ecological and genetic surveys
Patterns of morphological changes and hybridization between sympatric whitefish morphs (Coregonus spp.) in a Swiss lake: a role for eutrophication?
Evidence for selection on coloration in a Panamanian poison frog: a coalescent-based approach
Location. Bocas del Toro archipelago, Panama.
Methods. We use a combination of population genetics, phylogeography and phenotypic analyses to test for divergent selection in coloration in O. pumilio. Tissue samples of 88 individuals from 15 distinct populations were collected. Using these data, we developed a gene tree using the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) d-loop region. Using parameters derived from our mtDNA phylogeny, we predicted the coalescence of a hypothetical nuclear gene underlying coloration. We collected spectral reflectance and body size measurements on 94 individuals from four of the populations and performed a quantitative analysis of phenotypic divergence.
Results. The mtDNA d-loop tree revealed considerable polyphyly across populations. Coalescent reconstructions of gene trees within population trees revealed incomplete genotypic sorting among populations. The quantitative analysis of phenotypic divergence revealed complete lineage sorting by colour, but not by body size: populations showed non-overlapping variation in spectral reflectance measures of body coloration, while variation in body size did not separate populations. Simulations of the coalescent using parameter values derived from our empirical analyses demonstrated that the level of sorting among populations seen in colour cannot reasonably be attributed to drift.
Main conclusions. These results imply that divergence in colour, but not body size, is occurring at a faster rate than expected under neutral processes. Our study provides the first quantitative support for the claim that strong diversifying selection underlies colour variation in the strawberry poison frog.
No evidence for large differences in genomic methylation between wild and hatchery steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
Frequency-dependent social dominance in a color polymorphic cichlid fish
Avoidance of long mononucleotide repeats in codon pair usage
Early bursts of body size and shape evolution are rare in comparative data
Rapid parallel adaptive radiations from a single hybridogenic ancestral population
A method for detecting population genetic structure in diverse, high gene-flow species
A pyrosequencing assay for the rapid discrimination of mitochondrial lineages in the Salmo trutta species complex
Hybridization between distant lineages increases adaptive variation during a biological invasion: stickleback in Switzerland
Mechanisms of species divergence through visual adaptation and sexual selection: perspectives from a cichlid model system
Female mating preferences and male coloration covary with water transparency in a Lake Victoria cichlid fish
Sympatric colour polymorphisms associated with nonrandom gene flow in cichlid fish of Lake Victoria
Genetics of male nuptial colour divergence between sympatric sister species of a Lake Victoria cichlid fish
Frequency-dependent selection predicts patterns of radiations and biodiversity
Genetic variation and demographic history of the Haplochromis laparogramma group of Lake Victoria—an analysis based on SINEs and mitochondrial DNA
From Broadstone to Zackenberg: space, time and hierarchies in ecological networks
Correlating shape variation with feeding performance to test for adaptive divergence in recently invading stickleback populations from Swiss peri-alpine environments
Biodiversity of flora and fauna in alpine waters
Life history, ecology and the biogeography of strong genetic breaks among 15 species of Pacific rockfish, Sebastes
Parallel amino acid replacements in the rhodopsins of the rockfishes (Sebastes spp.) associated with shifts in habitat depth
No evidence for a genetic association between female mating preference and male secondary sexual trait in a Lake Victoria cichlid fish
Isolation and characterization of ten polymorphic microsatellite markers for three cryptic Gammarus fossarum (Amphipoda) species
Multilocus analysis of genetic divergence between outcrossing Arabidopsis species: evidence of genome-wide admixture
Flow cytometry analyses detected ploidy polymorphisms of 2× and 4× in Arabidopsis lyrata ssp. kamchatica of Taiwan. Genomic divergence between species/subspecies was estimated based on 98 randomly chosen nuclear genes. Multilocus analyses revealed a mosaic genome in diploid A. l. kamchatica composed of Arabidopsis halleri-like and A. lyrata-like alleles.
Coalescent analyses suggest that the segregation of ancestral polymorphisms alone cannot explain the high inconsistency between gene trees across loci, and that gene introgression via diploid A. l. kamchatica likely distorts the molecular phylogenies of Arabidopsis species. However, not all genes migrated across species freely. Gene ontology analyses suggested that some nonmigrating genes were constrained by natural selection.
High levels of estimated ancestral polymorphisms between A. halleri and A. lyrata suggest that gene flow between these species has not completely ceased since their initial isolation. Polymorphism data of extant populations also imply recent gene flow between the species. Our study reveals that interspecific gene flow affects the genome evolution in Arabidopsis.
Sequential female assessment drives complex sexual selection on bower shape in a cichlid fish
Genome-wide investigation reveals high evolutionary rates in annual model plants
Results: According to the cross-comparisons among the four species, 74-82% of the nuclear genes and 71-97% of the chloroplast genes suggested higher rates of molecular evolution in the two annuals than those in the two perennials. The significant heterogeneity in evolutionary rate between annuals and perennials was consistently found both in nonsynonymous sites and synonymous sites. While a linear correlation of evolutionary rates in orthologous genes between species was observed in nonsynonymous sites, the correlation was weak or invisible in synonymous sites. This tendency was clearer in nuclear genes than in chloroplast genes, in which the overall evolutionary rate was small. The slope of the regression line was consistently lower than unity, further confirming the higher evolutionary rate in annuals at the genomic level.
Conclusions: The higher evolutionary rate in annuals than in perennials appears to be a universal phenomenon both in nuclear and chloroplast genomes in the four dicot model plants we investigated. Therefore, such heterogeneity in evolutionary rate should result from factors that have genome-wide influence, most likely those associated with annual/perennial life history. Although we acknowledge current limitations of this kind of study, mainly due to a small sample size available and a distant taxonomic relationship of the model organisms, our results indicate that the genome-wide survey is a promising approach toward further understanding of the mechanism determining the molecular evolutionary rate at the genomic level.
Publikationen 2009
peer reviewed journals
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array(22 items) 0 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=6075, pid=124) originalId => protected6075 (integer) authors => protected'Araki, H.; Cooper, B.; Blouin, M. S.' (56 chars) title => protected'Carry-over effect of captive breeding reduces reproductive fitness of wild-b
orn descendants in the wild' (103 chars) journal => protected'Biology Letters' (15 chars) year => protected2009 (integer) volume => protected5 (integer) issue => protected'5' (1 chars) startpage => protected'621' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'624' (3 chars) categories => protected'captive breeding; reproductive success; parentage; steelhead trout' (66 chars) description => protected'Supplementation of wild populations with captive-bred organisms is a common
practice for conservation of threatened wild populations. Yet it is largely
unknown whether such programmes actually help population size recovery. Whil
e a negative genetic effect of captive breeding that decreases fitness of <I
>captive-bred</I> organisms has been detected, there is no direct evidence f
or a carry-over effect of captive breeding in their <I>wild-born</I> descend
ants, which would drag down the fitness of the wild population in subsequent
generations. In this study, we use genetic parentage assignments to reconst
ruct a pedigree and estimate reproductive fitness of the wild-born descendan
ts of captive-bred parents in a supplemented population of steelhead trout (
<I>Oncorhynchus mykiss</I>). The estimated fitness varied among years, but o
verall relative reproductive fitness was only 37 per cent in wild-born fish
from two captive-bred parents and 87 per cent in those from one captive-bred
and one wild parent (relative to those from two wild parents). Our results
suggest a significant carry-over effect of captive breeding, which has negat
ive influence on the size of the wild population in the generation after sup
plementation. In this population, the population fitness could have been 8 p
er cent higher if there was no carry-over effect during the study period.' (1365 chars) serialnumber => protected'1744-9561' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1098/rsbl.2009.0315' (22 chars) uid => protected6075 (integer) _localizedUid => protected6075 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected6075 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 1 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=6080, pid=124) originalId => protected6080 (integer) authors => protected'Baroiller, J. F.; D'Cotta, H.; Bezault, E.; Wessels,&nbs
p;S.; Hoerstgen-Schwark, G.' (108 chars) title => protected'Tilapia sex determination: where temperature and genetics meet' (62 chars) journal => protected'Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular and Integrative Ph
ysiology' (84 chars) year => protected2009 (integer) volume => protected153 (integer) issue => protected'1' (1 chars) startpage => protected'30' (2 chars) otherpage => protected'38' (2 chars) categories => protected'TSD; GSD; selection response; genes; wild populations' (53 chars) description => protected'This review deals with the complex sex determining system of Nile tilapia, <
I>Oreochromis niloticus</I>, governed by the interactions between a genetic
determination and the influence of temperature, shown in both domestic and w
ild populations. Naturally sex reversed individuals are strongly suggested i
n two wild populations. This can be due to the masculinising temperatures wh
ich some fry encounter during their sex differentiation period when they col
onise shallow waters, and/or to the influence of minor genetic factors. Diff
erences regarding a) thermal responsiveness of sex ratios between and within
Nile tilapia populations, b) maternal and paternal effects on temperature d
ependent sex ratios and c) nearly identical results in offspring of repeated
matings, demonstrate that thermosensitivity is under genetic control. Selec
tion experiments to increase the thermosensitivity revealed high responses i
n the high and low sensitive lines. The high-line showed ~ 90% males after 2
generations of selection whereas the weakly sensitive line had 54% males. T
his is the first evidence that a surplus of males in temperature treated gro
ups can be selected as a quantitative trait. Expression profiles of several
genes (<I>Cyp19a</I>, <I>Foxl2</I>, <I>Amh</I>, <I>Sox9a</I>,<I>b</I>) from
the gonad and brain were analysed to define temperature action on the sex de
termining/differentiating cascade in tilapia. The coexistence of GSD and TSD
is discussed.' (1458 chars) serialnumber => protected'1095-6433' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1016/j.cbpa.2008.11.018' (26 chars) uid => protected6080 (integer) _localizedUid => protected6080 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected6080 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 2 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=6014, pid=124) originalId => protected6014 (integer) authors => protected'Blais, J.; Plenderleith, M.; Rico, C.; Taylor, M. I
.; Seehausen, O.; van Oosterhout, C.; Turner, G. F.' (147 chars) title => protected'Assortative mating among Lake Malawi cichlid fish populations is not simply
predictable from male nuptial colour' (112 chars) journal => protected'BMC Evolutionary Biology' (24 chars) year => protected2009 (integer) volume => protected9 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'53 (12 pp.)' (11 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Background: Research on the evolution of reproductive isolation in African c
ichlid fishes has largely focussed on the role of male colours and female ma
te choice. Here, we tested predictions from the hypothesis that allopatric d
ivergence in male colour is associated with corresponding divergence in pref
erence.<br /> Methods: We studied four populations of the Lake Malawi <em>Ps
eudotropheus zebra</em> complex. We predicted that more distantly-related po
pulations that independently evolved similar colours interbreed freely while
more closely-related populations with different colours mate assortatively.
We used microsatellite genotypes and mesh false-floor to determine paternit
y. Fisher's exact tests as well as Binomial and Wilcoxon tests were used to
detect if mating departed from random expectations.<br /> Results: Surprisin
gly, laboratory mate choice experiments revealed significant assortative mat
ing not only between population pairs with differently coloured males, but b
etween population pairs with similarly-coloured males too. This suggested th
at assortative mating could be based on non-visual cues, so we further exami
ned the sensory basis of assortative mating between two populations with dif
ferent male colour. Conducting trials under monochromatic (orange) light, in
tended to mask the distinctive male dorsal fin hues (blue v orange) of these
populations, did not significantly affect the assortative mating by female
<em>P. emmiltos</em> observed under control conditions. By contrast, assorta
tive mating broke down when direct contact between female and male was preve
nted.<br /> Conclusion: We suggest that non-visual cues, such as olfactory s
ignals, may play an important role in mate choice and behavioural isolation
in these and perhaps other African cichlid fish. Future speciation models ai
med at explaining African cichlid radiations may therefore consider incorpor
ating such mating cues in mate choice scenarios.' (1948 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'10.1186/1471-2148-9-53' (22 chars) uid => protected6014 (integer) _localizedUid => protected6014 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected6014 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 3 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=6077, pid=124) originalId => protected6077 (integer) authors => protected'Dijkstra, P. D.; Van Dijk, S.; Groothuis, T. G.&nbs
p;G.; Pierotti, M. E. R.; Seehausen, O.' (135 chars) title => protected'Behavioral dominance between female color morphs of a Lake Victoria cichlid
fish' (80 chars) journal => protected'Behavioral Ecology' (18 chars) year => protected2009 (integer) volume => protected20 (integer) issue => protected'3' (1 chars) startpage => protected'593' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'600' (3 chars) categories => protected'aggression; color polymorphism; dominance relationships; female–female com
petition; haplochromine cichlid; Lake Victoria; sexual selection' (140 chars) description => protected'Species that exhibit genetic color polymorphism are suitable for studying th
e evolutionary forces that maintain heritable phenotypic variation in nature
. Male color morphs often differ in behavioral dominance, affecting the evol
ution of color polymorphisms. However, behavioral dominance among female col
or morphs has received far less attention. We studied a polymorphic populati
on of the cichlid fish <I>Neochromis omnicaeruleus</I> from Lake Victoria, i
n which 3 distinct female color morphs coexist, black-and-white blotched (WB
), orange blotched (OB), and plain (P) color morphs. First, we investigated
dominance relationships among female morphs using triadic and dyadic encount
ers in the laboratory. In triadic encounters, both WB and OB females dominat
ed plain, whereas WB females dominated OB females. Dominance of WB over OB w
as confirmed using dyadic encounters. In a second experiment, blotched (WB o
r OB) and plain full-sib sisters were bred by crossing a blotched and a plai
n parent. In dyadic encounters, WB female morphs dominated their plain siste
rs, suggesting that dominance of WB females is a pleiotropic effect of color
or that genes coding for color and those influencing behavioral dominance a
re genetically linked, explaining the association between color and behavior
al dominance despite gene flow. We conclude that behavioral dominance asymme
tries exist among female color morphs of the fish <I>N. omnicaeruleus</I>, a
nd discuss possible mechanisms that may account for the tight association be
tween color and behavioral dominance.' (1557 chars) serialnumber => protected'1045-2249' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1093/beheco/arp036' (21 chars) uid => protected6077 (integer) _localizedUid => protected6077 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected6077 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 4 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=6280, pid=124) originalId => protected6280 (integer) authors => protected'Genner, M. J.; Knight, M. E.; Haesler, M. P.;
Turner, G. F.' (99 chars) title => protected'Establishment and expansion of Lake Malawi rock fish populations after a dra
matic Late Pleistocene lake level rise' (114 chars) journal => protected'Molecular Ecology' (17 chars) year => protected2010 (integer) volume => protected19 (integer) issue => protected'1' (1 chars) startpage => protected'170' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'182' (3 chars) categories => protected'allopatric speciation; climate change; phylogeography; sexual selection; vic
ariance' (83 chars) description => protected'Major environmental events that fragment populations among multiple island h
abitats have potential to drive large-scale episodes of speciation and adapt
ive radiation. A recent palaeolimnological study of sediment cores indicated
present state and severely reduced surface area. After this period, lake lev
els rose and stabilized, creating multiple discontinuous littoral rocky habi
tats. Here, we present evidence supporting the hypothesis that establishment
and expansion of isolated philopatric rock cichlid populations occurred aft
er this rise and stabilization of lake level. We studied the <I>Pseudotrophe
us</I> (<I>Maylandia</I>) species complex, a group with both allopatric and
sympatric populations that differ in male nuptial colour traits and tend to
mate assortatively. Using coalescent analyses based on mitochondrial DNA, we
found evidence that populations throughout the lake started to expand and a
ccumulate genetic diversity after the lake level rise. Moreover, most haplot
ypes were geographically restricted, and the greatest genetic similarities w
ere typically among sympatric or neighbouring populations. This is indicativ
e of limited dispersal and establishment of assortative mating among populat
ions following the lake level rise. Together, this evidence is compatible wi
th a single large-scale environmental event being central to evolution of sp
atial patterns of genetic and species diversity in <I>P.</I> (<I>Maylandia</
I>) and perhaps other Lake Malawi rock cichlids. Equivalent climate-driven p
ulses of habitat formation and fragmentation may similarly have contributed
to observed rapid and punctuated cladogenesis in other adaptive radiations.' (1823 chars) serialnumber => protected'0962-1083' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04434.x' (32 chars) uid => protected6280 (integer) _localizedUid => protected6280 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected6280 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 5 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=8773, pid=124) originalId => protected8773 (integer) authors => protected'Hofmann, C. M.; O’Quin, K. E.; Marshall, N.
J.; Cronin, T. W.; Seehausen, O.; Carleton, K. L.' (150 chars) title => protected'The eyes have it: regulatory and structural changes both underlie cichlid vi
sual pigment diversity' (98 chars) journal => protected'PLoS Biology' (12 chars) year => protected2009 (integer) volume => protected7 (integer) issue => protected'12' (2 chars) startpage => protected'1' (1 chars) otherpage => protected'13' (2 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'A major goal of evolutionary biology is to unravel the molecular genetic mec
hanisms that underlie functional diversification and adaptation. We investig
ated how changes in gene regulation and coding sequence contribute to sensor
y diversification in two replicate radiations of cichlid fishes. In the clea
r waters of Lake Malawi, differential opsin expression generates diverse vis
ual systems, with sensitivities extending from the ultraviolet to the red re
gions of the spectrum. These sensitivities fall into three distinct clusters
and are correlated with foraging habits. In the turbid waters of Lake Victo
ria, visual sensitivity is constrained to longer wavelengths, and opsin expr
ession is correlated with ambient light. In addition to regulatory changes,
we found that the opsins coding for the shortest- and longest-wavelength vis
ual pigments have elevated numbers of potentially functional substitutions.
Thus, we present a model of sensory evolution in which both molecular geneti
c mechanisms work in concert. Changes in gene expression generate large shif
ts in visual pigment sensitivity across the collective opsin spectral range,
but changes in coding sequence appear to fine-tune visual pigment sensitivi
ty at the short- and long-wavelength ends of this range, where differential
opsin expression can no longer extend visual pigment sensitivity.' (1357 chars) serialnumber => protected'1544-9173' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1371/journal.pbio.1000266' (28 chars) uid => protected8773 (integer) _localizedUid => protected8773 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected8773 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 6 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=6081, pid=124) originalId => protected6081 (integer) authors => protected'Keller, I.; Korner-Nievergelt, F.; Jenni, L.' (59 chars) title => protected'Within-winter movements: a common phenomenon in the Common Pochard <I>Aythya
ferina</I>' (87 chars) journal => protected'Journal für Ornithologie' (25 chars) year => protected2009 (integer) volume => protected150 (integer) issue => protected'2' (1 chars) startpage => protected'483' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'494' (3 chars) categories => protected'distances and directions of winter movements; exchange of pochards between E
uropean regions within winter; ring recovery analysis; waterbird; winter har
shness' (158 chars) description => protected'Waterbirds are often observed to move between different wintering sites with
in the same winter—for example, in response to food availability or weathe
r conditions. Within-winter movements may contribute to the spreading of dis
eases, such as avian influenza, outside the actual migration period. The Com
mon Pochard <I>Aythya ferina</I> seems to be particularly sensitive to infec
tion with the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1 and, consequently
, could play an important role as vectors for the disease. We describe here
the within-winter movements of Pochards in Europe in relation to topography,
climate, sex and age. We analysed data provided by the Euring data bank on
201 individuals for which records from different locations from the same win
ter (December–February) were available. The distances and directions moved
within the winter varied markedly between regions, which could be ascribed
to the differing topography (coast lines, Alps). We found no significant dif
ferences in terms of distances and directions moved between the sexes and on
ly weak indications of differences between the age classes. In Switzerland,
juveniles moved in more westerly directions than adults. During relatively m
ild winters, winter harshness had no effect on the distances travelled, but
in cold winters, a positive relationship was observed, a pattern possibly tr
iggered by the freezing of lakes. Winter harshness did not influence the dir
ections of the movement. About 41% (83/201) of the Pochards that were recove
red at least 1 km from the ringing site had moved more than 200 km. A substa
ntial number of birds moved between central/southern Europe and the north-we
stern coast of mainland Europe, and between the north-western coast of mainl
and Europe and Great Britain, whereas no direct exchange between Great Brita
in and central/southern Europe was observed. Within-winter movements of Poch
ards seem to be a common phenomenon in all years and possibly occur as a res
ponse to the depletion o...' (2153 chars) serialnumber => protected'0021-8375' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1007/s10336-008-0367-x' (25 chars) uid => protected6081 (integer) _localizedUid => protected6081 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected6081 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 7 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=5987, pid=124) originalId => protected5987 (integer) authors => protected'Magalhaes, I. S.; Mwaiko, S.; Schneider, M. V.; See
hausen, O.' (91 chars) title => protected'Divergent selection and phenotypic plasticity during incipient speciation in
Lake Victoria cichlid fish' (103 chars) journal => protected'Journal of Evolutionary Biology' (31 chars) year => protected2009 (integer) volume => protected22 (integer) issue => protected'2' (1 chars) startpage => protected'260' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'274' (3 chars) categories => protected'cichlids; divergent selection; FST; phenotypic plasticity; PST; QST' (67 chars) description => protected'Divergent selection acting on several different traits that cause multidimen
sional shifts are supposed to promote speciation, but the outcome of this pr
ocess is highly dependent on the balance between the strength of selection v
s. gene flow. Here, we studied a pair of sister species of Lake Victoria cic
hlids at a location where they hybridize and tested the hypothesis that dive
rgent selection acting on several traits can maintain phenotypic differentia
tion despite gene flow. To explore the possible role of selection we tested
for correlations between phenotypes and environment and compared phenotypic
divergence (<I>P</I><SUB>ST</SUB>) with that based on neutral markers (<I>F<
/I><SUB>ST</SUB>). We found indications for disruptive selection acting on m
ale breeding colour and divergent selection acting on several morphological
traits. By performing common garden experiments we also separated the enviro
nmental and heritable components of divergence and found evidence for phenot
ypic plasticity in some morphological traits contributing to species differe
nces.' (1069 chars) serialnumber => protected'1010-061X' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01637.x' (32 chars) uid => protected5987 (integer) _localizedUid => protected5987 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected5987 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 8 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=6011, pid=124) originalId => protected6011 (integer) authors => protected'Nosil, P.; Harmon, L. J.; Seehausen, O.' (59 chars) title => protected'Ecological explanations for (incomplete) speciation' (51 chars) journal => protected'Trends in Ecology and Evolution' (31 chars) year => protected2009 (integer) volume => protected24 (integer) issue => protected'3' (1 chars) startpage => protected'145' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'156' (3 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Divergent natural selection has been shown to promote speciation in many tax
a. However, although divergent selection often initiates the process of spec
iation, it often fails to complete it. Several time-based, geographic and ge
netic factors have been recognized to explain this variability in how far sp
eciation proceeds. We review here recent evidence indicating that variabilit
y in the completeness of speciation can also be associated with the nature o
f divergent selection itself, with speciation being greatly promoted by (i)
stronger selection on a given, single trait (the 'stronger selection' hypoth
esis) and (ii) selection on a greater number of traits (the 'multifarious se
lection' hypothesis). However, evidence for each selective hypothesis is sti
ll scarce, and further work is required to determine their relative importan
ce.' (839 chars) serialnumber => protected'0169-5347' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1016/j.tree.2008.10.011' (26 chars) uid => protected6011 (integer) _localizedUid => protected6011 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected6011 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 9 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=6067, pid=124) originalId => protected6067 (integer) authors => protected'Pierotti, M. E. R.; Martín-Fernández, J. A.; Seeh
ausen, O.' (90 chars) title => protected'Mapping individual variation in male mating preference space: multiple choic
e in a color polymorphic cichlid fish' (113 chars) journal => protected'Evolution, International Journal of Organic Evolution' (53 chars) year => protected2009 (integer) volume => protected63 (integer) issue => protected'9' (1 chars) startpage => protected'2372' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'2388' (4 chars) categories => protected'cichlid; compositional data; male preference; mate choice; polymorphism; sex
ratio' (82 chars) description => protected'Sexual selection theory largely rests on the assumption that populations con
tain individual variation in mating preferences and that individuals are con
sistent in their preferences. However, there are few empirical studies of wi
thin-population variation and even fewer have examined individual male matin
g preferences. Here, we studied a color polymorphic population of the Lake V
ictoria cichlid fish <em>Neochromis omnicaeruleus</em>, a species in which c
olor morphs are associated with different sex-determining factors. Wild-caug
ht males were tested in three-way choice trials with multiple combinations o
f different females belonging to the three color morphs. Compositional log-r
atio techniques were applied to analyze individual male mating preferences.
Large individual variation in consistency, strength, and direction of male m
ating preferences for female color morphs was found and hierarchical cluster
ing of the compositional data revealed the presence of four distinct prefere
nce groups corresponding to the three color morphs in addition to a no-prefe
rence class. Consistency of individual male mating preferences was higher in
males with strongest preferences. We discuss the implications of these find
ings for our understanding of the mechanisms underlying polymorphism in mati
ng preferences.' (1307 chars) serialnumber => protected'0014-3820' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00716.x' (32 chars) uid => protected6067 (integer) _localizedUid => protected6067 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected6067 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 10 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=6183, pid=124) originalId => protected6183 (integer) authors => protected'Schweizer, M.; Seehausen, O.; Güntert, M.; Hertwig, S.&
nbsp;T.' (83 chars) title => protected'The evolutionary diversification of parrots supports a taxon pulse model wit
h multiple trans-oceanic dispersal events and local radiations' (138 chars) journal => protected'Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution' (37 chars) year => protected2010 (integer) volume => protected54 (integer) issue => protected'3' (1 chars) startpage => protected'984' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'994' (3 chars) categories => protected'parrots; biogeography; dispersal; vicariance; nuclear genes; taxon pulse mod
el' (78 chars) description => protected'Vicariance is thought to have played a major role in the evolution of modern
parrots. However, as the relationships especially of the African taxa remai
ned mostly unresolved, it has been difficult to draw firm conclusions about
the roles of dispersal and vicariance. Our analyses using the broadest taxon
sampling of old world parrots ever based on 3219 bp of three nuclear genes
revealed well-resolved and congruent phylogenetic hypotheses. <I>Agapornis</
I> of Africa and Madagascar was found to be the sister group to <I>Loriculus
</I> of Australasia and Indo-Malayasia and together they clustered with the
Australasian Loriinae, Cyclopsittacini and <I>Melopsittacus</I>. <I>Poicepha
lus</I> and <I>Psittacus</I> from mainland Africa formed the sister group of
the Neotropical Arini and <I>Coracopsis</I> from Madagascar and adjacent is
lands may be the closest relative of <I>Psittrichas</I> from New Guinea. The
se biogeographic relationships are best explained by independent colonizatio
n of the African continent via trans-oceanic dispersal from Australasia and
Antarctica in the Paleogene following what may have been vicariance events i
n the late Cretaceous and/or early Paleogene. Our data support a taxon pulse
model for the diversification of parrots whereby trans-oceanic dispersal pl
ayed a more important role than previously thought and was the prerequisite
for range expansion into new continents.' (1408 chars) serialnumber => protected'1055-7903' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1016/j.ympev.2009.08.021' (27 chars) uid => protected6183 (integer) _localizedUid => protected6183 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected6183 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 11 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=11512, pid=124) originalId => protected11512 (integer) authors => protected'Seehausen, O.' (18 chars) title => protected'Progressive levels of trait divergence along a ‘speciation transect’ in
the Lake Victoria cichlid fish <I>Pundamilia</I>' (124 chars) journal => protected'In: Butlin, R. K.; Bridle, J. R.; Schluter, D. (Eds
.), Speciation and Patterns of Diversity' (116 chars) year => protected2009 (integer) volume => protected0 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'155' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'176' (3 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'' (0 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'' (0 chars) uid => protected11512 (integer) _localizedUid => protected11512 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected11512 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 12 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=6076, pid=124) originalId => protected6076 (integer) authors => protected'Seehausen, O.' (18 chars) title => protected'Ecology: Speciation affects ecosystems' (38 chars) journal => protected'Nature' (6 chars) year => protected2009 (integer) volume => protected458 (integer) issue => protected'7242' (4 chars) startpage => protected'1122' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'1123' (4 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Evidence that speciation and adaptive radiation can change the properties of
an ecosystem is a reminder of the pressing need to integrate ecosystems sci
ence and evolutionary biology.' (182 chars) serialnumber => protected'0028-0836' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1038/4581122a' (16 chars) uid => protected6076 (integer) _localizedUid => protected6076 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected6076 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 13 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=8772, pid=124) originalId => protected8772 (integer) authors => protected'Stelkens, R. B.; Schmid, C.; Selz, O.; Seehausen, O
.' (77 chars) title => protected'Phenotypic novelty in experimental hybrids is predicted by the genetic dista
nce between species of cichlid fish' (111 chars) journal => protected'BMC Evolutionary Biology' (24 chars) year => protected2009 (integer) volume => protected9 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'283 (13 pp.)' (12 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Background: Transgressive segregation describes the occurrence of novel phen
otypes in hybrids with extreme trait values not observed in either parental
species. A previously experimentally untested prediction is that the amount
of transgression increases with the genetic distance between hybridizing spe
cies. This follows from QTL studies suggesting that transgression is most co
mmonly due to complementary gene action or epistasis, which become more freq
uent at larger genetic distances. This is because the number of QTLs fixed f
or alleles with opposing signs in different species should increase with tim
e since speciation provided that speciation is not driven by disruptive sele
ction. We measured the amount of transgression occurring in hybrids of cichl
id fish bred from species pairs with gradually increasing genetic distances
and varying phenotypic similarity. Transgression in multi-trait shape phenot
ypes was quantified using landmark-based geometric morphometric methods.<BR/
>Results: We found that genetic distance explained 52% and 78% of the variat
ion in transgression frequency in F1 and F2 hybrids, respectively. Confirmin
g theoretical predictions, transgression when measured in F2 hybrids, increa
sed linearly with genetic distance between hybridizing species. Phenotypic s
imilarity of species on the other hand was not related to the amount of tran
sgression.<BR/>Conclusion: The commonness and ease with which novel phenotyp
es are produced in cichlid hybrids between unrelated species has important i
mplications for the interaction of hybridization with adaptation and speciat
ion. Hybridization may generate new genotypes with adaptive potential that d
id not reside as standing genetic variation in either parental population, p
otentially enhancing a population's responsiveness to selection. Our results
make it conceivable that hybridization contributed to the rapid rates of ph
enotypic evolution in the large and rapid adaptive radiations of haplochromi
ne cichlids.' (1988 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'10.1186/1471-2148-9-283' (23 chars) uid => protected8772 (integer) _localizedUid => protected8772 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected8772 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 14 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=6230, pid=124) originalId => protected6230 (integer) authors => protected'Stelkens, R. B.; Young, K. A.; Seehausen, O.' (69 chars) title => protected'The accumulation of reproductive incompatibilities in African ciclid fish' (73 chars) journal => protected'Evolution, International Journal of Organic Evolution' (53 chars) year => protected2010 (integer) volume => protected64 (integer) issue => protected'3' (1 chars) startpage => protected'617' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'633' (3 chars) categories => protected'adaptive radiation; cichlid fish; divergence time; genetic distance; hybrid
(in)viability; relaxed molecular clock; reproductive isolation; speciation' (150 chars) description => protected'The rate at which different components of reproductive isolation accumulate
with divergence time between species has only been studied in a limited, but
growing, number of species. We measured premating isolation and hybrid invi
ability at four different ontogenetic stages from zygotes to adults in inter
specific hybrids of 26 pairs of African cichlid species, spanning the entire
East African haplochromine radiation. We then used multiple relaxed molecul
ar clock calibrations to translate genetic distances into absolute ages to c
ompare evolutionary rates of different components of reproductive isolation.
We find that premating isolation accumulates fast initially but then change
s little with increasing genetic distance between species. In contrast, post
mating isolation between closely related species is negligible but then accu
mulates rapidly, resulting in complete hybrid inviability after 4.4/8.5/18.4
million years (my). Thus, the rate at which complete intrinsic incompatibil
ities arise in this system is orders of magnitude lower than rates of specia
tion within individual lake radiations. Together these results suggest diver
gent ecological adaptations may prevent populations from interbreeding and h
elp maintain cichlid species diversity, which may be vulnerable to environme
ntal degradation. By quantifying the capacity to produce viable hybrids betw
een allopatric, distantly related lineages our results also provide an upper
divergence time limit for the "hybrid swarm origin" model of adaptive radia
tion.' (1525 chars) serialnumber => protected'0014-3820' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00849.x' (32 chars) uid => protected6230 (integer) _localizedUid => protected6230 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected6230 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 15 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=6010, pid=124) originalId => protected6010 (integer) authors => protected'Stelkens, R.; Seehausen, O.' (37 chars) title => protected'Genetic distance between species predicts novel trait expression in their hy
brids' (81 chars) journal => protected'Evolution, International Journal of Organic Evolution' (53 chars) year => protected2009 (integer) volume => protected63 (integer) issue => protected'4' (1 chars) startpage => protected'884' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'897' (3 chars) categories => protected'adaptive evolution; comparative method; genetic distance; hybridization; tra
nsgressive segregation; speciation' (110 chars) description => protected'Interspecific hybridization can generate transgressive hybrid phenotypes wit
h extreme trait values exceeding the combined range of the parental species.
Such variation can enlarge the working surface for natural selection, and m
ay facilitate the evolution of novel adaptations where ecological opportunit
y exists. The number of quantitative trait loci fixed for different alleles
in different species should increase with time since speciation. If transgre
ssion is caused by complementary gene action or epistasis, hybrids between m
ore distant species should be more likely to display transgressive phenotype
s. To test this prediction we collected data on transgression frequency from
the literature, estimated genetic distances between the hybridizing species
from gene sequences, and calculated the relationship between the two using
phylogenetically controlled methods. We also tested if parental phenotypic d
ivergence affected the occurrence of transgression. We found a highly signif
icant positive correlation between transgression frequency and genetic dista
nce in eudicot plants explaining 43% of the variance in transgression freque
ncy. In total, 36% of the measured traits were transgressive. The predicted
effect of time since speciation on transgressive segregation was unconfounde
d by the potentially conflicting effects of phenotypic differentiation betwe
en species. Our analysis demonstrates that the potential impact hybridizatio
n may have on phenotypic evolution is predictable from the genetic distance
between species.' (1536 chars) serialnumber => protected'0014-3820' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/j.1558-5646.2008.00599.x' (32 chars) uid => protected6010 (integer) _localizedUid => protected6010 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected6010 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 16 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=6078, pid=124) originalId => protected6078 (integer) authors => protected'Stelkens, R. B.; Seehausen, O.' (45 chars) title => protected'Phenotypic divergence but not genetic distance predicts assortative mating a
mong species of a cichlid fish radiation' (116 chars) journal => protected'Journal of Evolutionary Biology' (31 chars) year => protected2009 (integer) volume => protected22 (integer) issue => protected'8' (1 chars) startpage => protected'1679' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'1694' (4 chars) categories => protected'assortative mating; ecological speciation; hybridization; Lake Mweru; mate c
hoice; premating isolation; pseudocrenilabrus' (121 chars) description => protected'The hypothesis of ecological divergence giving rise to premating isolation i
n the face of gene flow is controversial. However, this may be an important
mechanism to explain the rapid multiplication of species during adaptive rad
iation following the colonization of a new environment when geographical bar
riers to gene flow are largely absent but underutilized niche space is abund
ant. Using cichlid fish, we tested the prediction of ecological speciation t
hat the strength of premating isolation among species is predicted by phenot
ypic rather than genetic distance. We conducted mate choice experiments betw
een three closely related, sympatric species of a recent radiation in Lake M
weru (Zambia/DRC) that differ in habitat use and phenotype, and a distantly
related population from Lake Bangweulu that resembles one of the species in
Lake Mweru. We found significant assortative mating among all closely relate
d, sympatric species that differed phenotypically, but none between the dist
antly related allopatric populations of more similar phenotype. Phenotypic d
istance between species was a good predictor of the strength of premating is
olation, suggesting that assortative mating can evolve rapidly in associatio
n with ecological divergence during adaptive radiation. Our data also reveal
s that distantly related allopatric populations that have not diverged pheno
typically, may hybridize when coming into secondary contact, e.g. upon river
capture because of diversion of drainage systems.' (1494 chars) serialnumber => protected'1010-061X' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01777.x' (32 chars) uid => protected6078 (integer) _localizedUid => protected6078 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected6078 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 17 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=5978, pid=124) originalId => protected5978 (integer) authors => protected'Vonlanthen, P.; Roy, D.; Hudson, A. G.; Largiadèr, 
;C. R.; Bittner, D.; Seehausen, O.' (125 chars) title => protected'Divergence along a steep ecological gradient in Lake whitefish (<I>Coregonus
</I> sp.)' (85 chars) journal => protected'Journal of Evolutionary Biology' (31 chars) year => protected2009 (integer) volume => protected22 (integer) issue => protected'3' (1 chars) startpage => protected'498' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'514' (3 chars) categories => protected'clinal speciation; Coregonus; divergent selection; ecological speciation; in
trogression; microsatellites; species continuum; whitefish' (134 chars) description => protected'To understand mechanisms structuring diversity in young adaptive radiations,
quantitative and unbiased information about genetic and phenotypic diversit
y is much needed. Here, we present the first in-depth investigation of white
fish diversity in a Swiss lake, with continuous spawning habitat sampling in
both time and space. Our results show a clear cline like pattern in genetic
s and morphology of populations sampled along an ecological depth gradient i
n Lake Neuchâtel. Divergent natural selection appears to be involved in sha
ping this cline given that trait specific P<SUB>ST</SUB>-values are signific
antly higher than F<SUB>ST</SUB>-values when comparing populations caught at
different depths. These differences also tend to increase with increasing d
ifferences in depth, indicating adaptive divergence along a depth gradient,
which persists despite considerable gene flow between adjacent demes. It how
ever remains unclear, whether the observed pattern is a result of currently
stable selection-gene flow balance, incipient speciation, or reverse speciat
ion due to anthropogenic habitat alteration causing two formerly divergent s
pecies to collapse into a single gene pool.' (1183 chars) serialnumber => protected'1010-061X' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01670.x' (32 chars) uid => protected5978 (integer) _localizedUid => protected5978 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected5978 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 18 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=6079, pid=124) originalId => protected6079 (integer) authors => protected'Weber, C.; Schager, E.; Peter, A.' (48 chars) title => protected'Habitat diversity and fish assemblage structure in local river widenings: a
case study on a swiss river' (103 chars) journal => protected'River Research and Applications' (31 chars) year => protected2009 (integer) volume => protected25 (integer) issue => protected'6' (1 chars) startpage => protected'687' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'701' (3 chars) categories => protected'river rehabilitation; canalization; fish assemblage; habitat; evaluation' (72 chars) description => protected'We investigated habitat availability and fish assemblage structure in three
local river widenings, completed 3-14 years ago, and five adjacent canalized
reaches on the river Thur, a seventh-order river in Switzerland. To account
for seasonal variability, surveys were repeated in winter and summer 2005.
Results were compared with historical pre-disturbance data to evaluate wheth
er the current abiotic and biotic conditions in the study reaches have attai
ned historic near-natural levels.<BR/>Hydro-physical habitat diversity (dept
h, flow velocity, cover availability) was considerably greater in the two lo
nger widenings (>900 m length) than in the canalized reaches and in the shor
test widening (300 m length), with higher proportions of shallow or deep are
as of different flow velocities. However, the comparison of current and hist
orical near-natural shoreline lengths indicated that the current geomorpholo
gical complexity is still considerably impaired in all reaches.<BR/>No overa
ll significant relationship was found between the reach type (canalized or r
ehabilitated) and the number of species or the total fish abundance which we
re strongly correlated with the availability of suitable cover and moderate
flow velocity. However, highest winter abundances were observed in deep, wel
l-structured backwaters of the rehabilitated reaches, documenting their sign
ificance as wintering habitats. Assemblage structure and composition were si
milar in canalized and rehabilitated reaches. Compared to the historical dat
a, however, fewer and different dominant species were found, and guild compo
sition changed towards a higher representation of generalists and tolerant s
pecies.' (1679 chars) serialnumber => protected'1535-1459' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1002/rra.1176' (16 chars) uid => protected6079 (integer) _localizedUid => protected6079 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected6079 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 19 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=6186, pid=124) originalId => protected6186 (integer) authors => protected'Woods, P. J.; Müller, R.; Seehausen, O.' (60 chars) title => protected'Intergenomic epistasis causes asynchronous hatch times in whitefish hybrids,
but only when parental ecotypes differ' (115 chars) journal => protected'Journal of Evolutionary Biology' (31 chars) year => protected2009 (integer) volume => protected22 (integer) issue => protected'11' (2 chars) startpage => protected'2305' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'2319' (4 chars) categories => protected'coadaptation; Coregonus: developmental rate; ecological speciation; egg size
; embryonic growth; emergence; extrinsic selection; hatch time; hybrid dysfu
nction; intergenomic epistasis; reinforcement' (197 chars) description => protected'Support for the theory of ecological speciation requires evidence for ecolog
ical divergence between species which directly or indirectly causes reproduc
tive isolation. This study investigates effects of ecological vs. genetic di
sparity of parental species on the presence of endogenous selection (deforma
tion and mortality rates) and potential sources of exogenous selection (grow
th rates and hatch timing) on hybrids. Hybrid embryonic development is analy
sed in a common-garden full-sib cross of three species belonging to two diff
erent ecotypes within the <I>Coregonus lavaretus</I> species flock in the ce
ntral Alpine region of Europe. Although hatch timing was similar across the
three species, embryonic growth rates and egg sizes differed between ecotype
s. This led to a mismatch between embryonic growth rate and egg size in hybr
id crosses that reveals epistasis between the maternal and embryonic genomes
and transgressive hatch times that were asynchronous with control crosses.
A strong constraint of egg size to embryo size at late development was also
evident. We argue that this demonstrates potential for coadaptation of a mat
ernal trait (egg size) with offspring growth rate to be an important source
of selection against hybridization between ecotypes with different egg sizes
. Implications for the measurement and quantification of early life-history
traits affected by this additive relationship, such as hatch day and larval
size, are also discussed.' (1469 chars) serialnumber => protected'1010-061X' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01846.x' (32 chars) uid => protected6186 (integer) _localizedUid => protected6186 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected6186 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 20 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=6567, pid=124) originalId => protected6567 (integer) authors => protected'Zhu, L.; Wang, Q.; Tang, P.; Araki, H.; Tian, D.' (73 chars) title => protected'Genomewide association between insertions/deletions and the nucleotide diver
sity in bacteria' (92 chars) journal => protected'Molecular Biology and Evolution' (31 chars) year => protected2009 (integer) volume => protected26 (integer) issue => protected'10' (2 chars) startpage => protected'2353' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'2361' (4 chars) categories => protected'molecular evolution; indel; nucleotide diversity; genome; bacteria' (66 chars) description => protected'Spontaneous mutations are not randomly distributed throughout a genome. Alth
ough mutation hotspots are found on genomes of a variety of species, mechani
sms that generate the hotspots are not well understood. In eukaryotes, stron
g association between a regional nucleotide substitution rate and insertions
/deletions (indels) was reported in a previous study, and the “indel-induc
ed mutation” hypothesis was proposed. However, it is unknown whether the a
ssociation exists even in prokaryote genomes. In this study, we conducted a
systematic survey for the association in 262 complete genomes from 73 bacter
ial species. In these bacteria, the level of nucleotide diversity was negati
vely correlated with the distance from the closest indel, which is consisten
t with the eukaryote data. The same pattern was observed even after excludin
g noncoding sequences, indicating that the difference in functional constrai
nts among genomic regions is not a primary cause of the correlation. In addi
tion, the increase of nucleotide substitution rate was detected disproportio
nally on a lineage carrying a derived indel mutation, confirming the indel-n
ucleotide diversity association in the bacterial genomes. In some cases, the
level of nucleotide diversity was more than 100 times higher in regions clo
se to indels than in distant regions. Although further understanding of the
molecular mechanism is required to test the hypothesis, these results sugges
t that the same mechanism for the indel–nucleotide diversity associations
might exist in eukaryotes and prokaryotes and play an important role in mole
cular evolution.' (1612 chars) serialnumber => protected'0737-4038' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1093/molbev/msp144' (21 chars) uid => protected6567 (integer) _localizedUid => protected6567 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected6567 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 21 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=6013, pid=124) originalId => protected6013 (integer) authors => protected'Young, K. A.; Snoeks, J.; Seehausen, O.' (59 chars) title => protected'Morphological diversity and the roles of contingency, chance and determinism
in African cichlid radiations' (106 chars) journal => protected'PLoS One' (8 chars) year => protected2009 (integer) volume => protected4 (integer) issue => protected'3' (1 chars) startpage => protected'1' (1 chars) otherpage => protected'8' (1 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'<em>Background:</em> Deterministic evolution, phylogenetic contingency and e
volutionary chance each can influence patterns of morphological diversificat
ion during adaptive radiation. In comparative studies of replicate radiation
s, convergence in a common morphospace implicates determinism, whereas non-c
onvergence suggests the importance of contingency or chance.<br /><em>Method
ology/Principal Findings:</em> The endemic cichlid fish assemblages of the t
hree African great lakes have evolved similar sets of ecomorphs but show evi
dence of non-convergence when compared in a common morphospace, suggesting t
he importance of contingency and/or chance. We then analyzed the morphologic
al diversity of each assemblage independently and compared their axes of div
ersification in the unconstrained global morphospace. We find that despite d
ifferences in phylogenetic composition, invasion history, and ecological set
ting, the three assemblages are diversifying along parallel axes through mor
phospace and have nearly identical variance-covariance structures among morp
hological elements.<br /><em>Conclusions/Significance:</em> By demonstrating
that replicate adaptive radiations are diverging along parallel axes, we ha
ve shown that non-convergence in the common morphospace is associated with c
onvergence in the global morphospace. Applying these complimentary analyses
to future comparative studies will improve our understanding of the relation
ship between morphological convergence and non-convergence, and the roles of
contingency, chance and determinism in driving morphological diversificatio
n.' (1598 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'10.1371/journal.pone.0004740' (28 chars) uid => protected6013 (integer) _localizedUid => protected6013 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected6013 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer)
Carry-over effect of captive breeding reduces reproductive fitness of wild-born descendants in the wild
Tilapia sex determination: where temperature and genetics meet
Assortative mating among Lake Malawi cichlid fish populations is not simply predictable from male nuptial colour
Methods: We studied four populations of the Lake Malawi Pseudotropheus zebra complex. We predicted that more distantly-related populations that independently evolved similar colours interbreed freely while more closely-related populations with different colours mate assortatively. We used microsatellite genotypes and mesh false-floor to determine paternity. Fisher's exact tests as well as Binomial and Wilcoxon tests were used to detect if mating departed from random expectations.
Results: Surprisingly, laboratory mate choice experiments revealed significant assortative mating not only between population pairs with differently coloured males, but between population pairs with similarly-coloured males too. This suggested that assortative mating could be based on non-visual cues, so we further examined the sensory basis of assortative mating between two populations with different male colour. Conducting trials under monochromatic (orange) light, intended to mask the distinctive male dorsal fin hues (blue v orange) of these populations, did not significantly affect the assortative mating by female P. emmiltos observed under control conditions. By contrast, assortative mating broke down when direct contact between female and male was prevented.
Conclusion: We suggest that non-visual cues, such as olfactory signals, may play an important role in mate choice and behavioural isolation in these and perhaps other African cichlid fish. Future speciation models aimed at explaining African cichlid radiations may therefore consider incorporating such mating cues in mate choice scenarios.
Behavioral dominance between female color morphs of a Lake Victoria cichlid fish
Establishment and expansion of Lake Malawi rock fish populations after a dramatic Late Pleistocene lake level rise
The eyes have it: regulatory and structural changes both underlie cichlid visual pigment diversity
Within-winter movements: a common phenomenon in the Common Pochard Aythya ferina
Divergent selection and phenotypic plasticity during incipient speciation in Lake Victoria cichlid fish
Ecological explanations for (incomplete) speciation
Mapping individual variation in male mating preference space: multiple choice in a color polymorphic cichlid fish
The evolutionary diversification of parrots supports a taxon pulse model with multiple trans-oceanic dispersal events and local radiations
Ecology: Speciation affects ecosystems
Phenotypic novelty in experimental hybrids is predicted by the genetic distance between species of cichlid fish
Results: We found that genetic distance explained 52% and 78% of the variation in transgression frequency in F1 and F2 hybrids, respectively. Confirming theoretical predictions, transgression when measured in F2 hybrids, increased linearly with genetic distance between hybridizing species. Phenotypic similarity of species on the other hand was not related to the amount of transgression.
Conclusion: The commonness and ease with which novel phenotypes are produced in cichlid hybrids between unrelated species has important implications for the interaction of hybridization with adaptation and speciation. Hybridization may generate new genotypes with adaptive potential that did not reside as standing genetic variation in either parental population, potentially enhancing a population's responsiveness to selection. Our results make it conceivable that hybridization contributed to the rapid rates of phenotypic evolution in the large and rapid adaptive radiations of haplochromine cichlids.
The accumulation of reproductive incompatibilities in African ciclid fish
Genetic distance between species predicts novel trait expression in their hybrids
Phenotypic divergence but not genetic distance predicts assortative mating among species of a cichlid fish radiation
Divergence along a steep ecological gradient in Lake whitefish (Coregonus sp.)
Habitat diversity and fish assemblage structure in local river widenings: a case study on a swiss river
Hydro-physical habitat diversity (depth, flow velocity, cover availability) was considerably greater in the two longer widenings (>900 m length) than in the canalized reaches and in the shortest widening (300 m length), with higher proportions of shallow or deep areas of different flow velocities. However, the comparison of current and historical near-natural shoreline lengths indicated that the current geomorphological complexity is still considerably impaired in all reaches.
No overall significant relationship was found between the reach type (canalized or rehabilitated) and the number of species or the total fish abundance which were strongly correlated with the availability of suitable cover and moderate flow velocity. However, highest winter abundances were observed in deep, well-structured backwaters of the rehabilitated reaches, documenting their significance as wintering habitats. Assemblage structure and composition were similar in canalized and rehabilitated reaches. Compared to the historical data, however, fewer and different dominant species were found, and guild composition changed towards a higher representation of generalists and tolerant species.
Intergenomic epistasis causes asynchronous hatch times in whitefish hybrids, but only when parental ecotypes differ
Genomewide association between insertions/deletions and the nucleotide diversity in bacteria
Morphological diversity and the roles of contingency, chance and determinism in African cichlid radiations
Methodology/Principal Findings: The endemic cichlid fish assemblages of the three African great lakes have evolved similar sets of ecomorphs but show evidence of non-convergence when compared in a common morphospace, suggesting the importance of contingency and/or chance. We then analyzed the morphological diversity of each assemblage independently and compared their axes of diversification in the unconstrained global morphospace. We find that despite differences in phylogenetic composition, invasion history, and ecological setting, the three assemblages are diversifying along parallel axes through morphospace and have nearly identical variance-covariance structures among morphological elements.
Conclusions/Significance: By demonstrating that replicate adaptive radiations are diverging along parallel axes, we have shown that non-convergence in the common morphospace is associated with convergence in the global morphospace. Applying these complimentary analyses to future comparative studies will improve our understanding of the relationship between morphological convergence and non-convergence, and the roles of contingency, chance and determinism in driving morphological diversification.
Dijkstra P., Hemelrijk C., Seehausen O., Groothuis T. (2009) Colour polymorphism and intrasexual competition in assemblages of cichlid fish. Behav Ecol 20(1), 138-144 doi:10.1093/beheco/arn125
Haesler MP, Lindeijer CM, Taborksy M (2009). Reproductive parasitism: male and female responses to conspecific and heterospecific intrusions at spawning in a mouthbrooding cichlid. J Fish Biol doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02442.x
Maan M.E., Cummings M.E. (2009) Sexual dimorphism and directional sexual selection on aposematic signals in a poison frog. P Natl Acad Sci 106: 19072-19077
Peter A. (2009) A plea for the restoration of alpine rivers: Basic principles derived from “Rhone-Thur” case study. In: Alpine Waters, Editor U. Bundi. Springer-Verlag, Berlin
Seehausen O. (2009). Cichlid Fish. In Gillespie, R. and Clague, D. Encyclopedia of Islands. University of California Press
Young KA, Genner MJ, Joyce DA, Haesler MP (2009) Hotshots, hot spots, and female preference: exploring lek formation models with a bower-building cichlid fish. Behav Ecol 20, 609-615
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peer reviewed journals
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nbsp;M. S.' (91 chars) title => protected'Fitness of hatchery-reared salmonids in the wild' (48 chars) journal => protected'Evolutionary Applications' (25 chars) year => protected2008 (integer) volume => protected1 (integer) issue => protected'2' (1 chars) startpage => protected'342' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'355' (3 chars) categories => protected'adaptation; captive breeding; conservation genetics; selection' (62 chars) description => protected'Accumulating data indicate that hatchery fish have lower fitness in natural
environments than wild fish. This fitness decline can occur very quickly, so
metimes following only one or two generations of captive rearing. In this re
view, we summarize existing data on the fitness of hatchery fish in the wild
, and we investigate the conditions under which rapid fitness declines can o
ccur. The summary of studies to date suggests: nonlocal hatchery stocks cons
istently reproduce very poorly in the wild; hatchery stocks that use wild, l
ocal fish for captive propagation generally perform better than nonlocal sto
cks, but often worse than wild fish. However, the data above are from a limi
ted number of studies and species, and more studies are needed before one ca
n generalize further. We used a simple quantitative genetic model to evaluat
e whether domestication selection is a sufficient explanation for some obser
ved rapid fitness declines. We show that if selection acts on a single trait
, such rapid effects can be explained only when selection is very strong, bo
th in captivity and in the wild, and when the heritability of the trait unde
r selection is high. If selection acts on multiple traits throughout the lif
e cycle, rapid fitness declines are plausible.' (1262 chars) serialnumber => protected'1752-4571' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/j.1752-4571.2008.00026.x' (32 chars) uid => protected5716 (integer) _localizedUid => protected5716 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected5716 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 1 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=5817, pid=124) originalId => protected5817 (integer) authors => protected'Zhang, W.; Sun, X.; Yuan, H.; Araki, H.; Wang, J.;
Tian, D.' (89 chars) title => protected'The pattern of insertion/deletion polymorphism in <I>Arabidopsis thaliana</I
>' (77 chars) journal => protected'Molecular Genetics and Genomics' (31 chars) year => protected2008 (integer) volume => protected280 (integer) issue => protected'4' (1 chars) startpage => protected'351' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'361' (3 chars) categories => protected'insertion/deletion; polymorphism; GC content; SNP; Arabidopsis' (62 chars) description => protected'Little is known about variation of nucleotide insertion/deletions (indels) w
ithin species. In <I>Arabidopsis thaliana</I>, we investigated indel polymor
phism patterns between two genome sequences and among 96 accessions at 1215
loci. Our study identified patterns in the variation of indel density, size,
GC content and distribution, and a correlation between indels and substitut
ions. We found that the GC content in indel sequences was lower than that in
non-indel sequences and that indels typically occur in regions with lower G
C content. Patterns of indel frequency distribution among populations were m
ore consistent with neutral expectation than substitution patterns. We also
found that the local level of substitutions is positively correlated with in
del density and negatively correlated with their distance to the closed inde
l, suggesting that indels play an important role in nucleotide variation.' (909 chars) serialnumber => protected'1617-4615' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1007/s00438-008-0370-1' (25 chars) uid => protected5817 (integer) _localizedUid => protected5817 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected5817 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 2 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=5889, pid=124) originalId => protected5889 (integer) authors => protected'Du, J.; Gu, T.; Tian, H.; Araki, H.; Yang, Y.-H.; T
ian, D.' (88 chars) title => protected'Grouped nucleotide polymorphism: a major contributor to genetic variation in
<I>Arabidopsis</I>' (95 chars) journal => protected'Gene' (4 chars) year => protected2008 (integer) volume => protected426 (integer) issue => protected'1–2' (5 chars) startpage => protected'1' (1 chars) otherpage => protected'6' (1 chars) categories => protected'genetic variation; genome evolution; nucleotide dimorphism' (58 chars) description => protected'While information for single nucleotide polymorphism is accumulating in many
organisms, little is known about the magnitude and the occurrence of nucleo
tide dimorphism or higher order structural polymorphisms (grouped nucleotide
polymorphisms or GNPs). To address these questions, we systematically inves
tigated the genetic variations of 996 loci in 96 <I>Arabidopsis</I> accessio
ns. Our data suggest that GNP loci are highly frequent in the genomes (40.4%
of 996 loci), and that 66.7% of genetic variation in 996 loci is attributed
to GNPs. The frequency distribution and the linkage analysis of GNP loci de
monstrate that GNPs occurred randomly, locally, ceaselessly and independentl
y in general, although they are particularly abundant in the region near cen
tromeres. The age distribution of GNP loci shows that the majority of these
loci are under a transient phase of neutral evolution. The characteristics o
f GNPs imply that a molecular isolation exists in GNP loci, and most likely
the indels caused isolation, which could explain how GNPs are generated and
maintained.' (1075 chars) serialnumber => protected'0378-1119' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1016/j.gene.2008.09.003' (26 chars) uid => protected5889 (integer) _localizedUid => protected5889 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected5889 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 3 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=5775, pid=124) originalId => protected5775 (integer) authors => protected'Tian, D.; Wang, Q.; Zhang, P.; Araki, H.; Yang, S.;
Kreitman, M.; Nagylaki, T.; Hudson, R.; Bergelson, J.;
Chen, J.-Q.' (168 chars) title => protected'Single-nucleotide mutation rate increases close to insertions/deletions in e
ukaryotes' (85 chars) journal => protected'Nature' (6 chars) year => protected2008 (integer) volume => protected455 (integer) issue => protected'7175' (4 chars) startpage => protected'105' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'108' (3 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Mutation hotspots are commonly observed in genomic sequences and certain hum
an disease loci<SUP>1-7</SUP>, but general mechanisms for their formation re
main elusive<SUP>7-11</SUP>. Here we investigate the distribution of single-
nucleotide changes around insertions/deletions (indels) in six independent g
enome comparisons, including primates, rodents, fruitfly, rice and yeast. In
each of these genomic comparisons, nucleotide divergence (<I>D</I>) is subs
tantially elevated surrounding indels and decreases monotonically to near-ba
ckground levels over several hundred bases. <I>D</I> is significantly correl
ated with both size and abundance of nearby indels. In comparisons of closel
y related species, derived nucleotide substitutions surrounding indels occur
in significantly greater numbers in the lineage containing the indel than i
n the one containing the ancestral (non-indel) allele; the same holds within
species for single-nucleotide mutations surrounding polymorphic indels. We
propose that heterozygosity for an indel is mutagenic to surrounding sequenc
es, and use yeast genome-wide polymorphism data to estimate the increase in
mutation rate. The consistency of these patterns within and between species
suggests that indel-associated substitution is a general mutational mechanis
m.' (1294 chars) serialnumber => protected'0028-0836' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1038/nature07175' (19 chars) uid => protected5775 (integer) _localizedUid => protected5775 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected5775 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 4 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=5812, pid=124) originalId => protected5812 (integer) authors => protected'Veltsos, P.; Keller, I.; Nichols, R. A.' (59 chars) title => protected'The inexorable spread of a newly arisen neo-Y chromosome' (56 chars) journal => protected'PLoS Genetics' (13 chars) year => protected2008 (integer) volume => protected4 (integer) issue => protected'5' (1 chars) startpage => protected'1' (1 chars) otherpage => protected'9' (1 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'A newly arisen Y-chromosome can become established in one part of a species
range by genetic drift or through the effects of selection on sexually antag
onistic alleles. However, it is difficult to explain why it should then spre
ad throughout the species range after this initial episode. As it spreads in
to new populations, it will actually enter females. It would then be expecte
d to perform poorly since it will have been shaped by the selective regime o
f the male-only environment from which it came. We address this problem usin
g computer models of hybrid zone dynamics where a neo-XY chromosomal race me
ets the ancestral karyotype. Our models consider that the neo-Y was establis
hed by the fusion of an autosome with the ancestral X-chromosome (thereby cr
eating the Y and the 'fused X'). Our principal finding is that sexually anta
gonistic effects of the Y induce indirect selection in favour of the fused X
-chromosomes, causing their spread. The Y-chromosome can then spread, protec
ted behind the advancing shield of the fused X distribution. This mode of sp
read provides a robust explanation of how newly arisen Y-chromosomes can spr
ead. A Y-chromosome would be expected to accumulate mutations that would cau
se it to be selected against when it is a rare newly arrived migrant. The Y
can spread, nevertheless, because of the indirect selection induced by gene
flow (which can only be observed in models comprising multiple populations).
These results suggest a fundamental re-evaluation of sex-chromosome hybrid
zones. The well-understood evolutionary events that initiate the Y-chromosom
e's degeneration will actually fuel its range expansion.' (1652 chars) serialnumber => protected'1553-7390' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1371/journal.pgen.1000082' (28 chars) uid => protected5812 (integer) _localizedUid => protected5812 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected5812 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 5 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=5872, pid=124) originalId => protected5872 (integer) authors => protected'Wedekind, C.; Jacob, A.; Evanno, G.; Nusslé, S.; Mülle
r, R.' (86 chars) title => protected'Viability of brown trout embryos positively linked to melanin-based but nega
tively to carotenoid-based colours of their fathers' (127 chars) journal => protected'Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences' (55 chars) year => protected2008 (integer) volume => protected275 (integer) issue => protected'1644' (4 chars) startpage => protected'1737' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'1744' (4 chars) categories => protected'salmonid; genetic load; good-genes sexual selection; offspring survival; her
itability of colour traits' (102 chars) description => protected''Good-genes' models of sexual selection predict significant additive genetic
variation for fitness-correlated traits within populations to be revealed b
y phenotypic traits. To test this prediction, we sampled brown trout (<em>Sa
lmo trutta</em>) from their natural spawning place, analysed their carotenoi
d-based red and melanin-based dark skin colours and tested whether these col
ours can be used to predict offspring viability. We produced half-sib famili
es by <em>in vitro</em> fertilization, reared the resulting embryos under st
andardized conditions, released the hatchlings into a streamlet and identifi
ed the surviving juveniles 20 months later with microsatellite markers. Embr
yo viability was revealed by the sires' dark pigmentation: darker males sire
d more viable offspring. However, the sires' red coloration correlated negat
ively with embryo survival. Our study demonstrates that genetic variation fo
r fitness-correlated traits is revealed by male colour traits in our study p
opulation, but contrary to predictions from other studies, intense red colou
rs do not signal good genes.' (1092 chars) serialnumber => protected'0962-8452' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1098/rspb.2008.0072' (22 chars) uid => protected5872 (integer) _localizedUid => protected5872 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected5872 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 6 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=5871, pid=124) originalId => protected5871 (integer) authors => protected'Rudolfsen, G.; Müller, R.; Urbach, D.; Wedekind, C.' (72 chars) title => protected'Predicting the mating system from phenotypic correlations between life-histo
ry and sperm quality traits in the Alpine whitefish <I>Coregonus zugensis</I
>' (153 chars) journal => protected'Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology' (35 chars) year => protected2008 (integer) volume => protected62 (integer) issue => protected'4' (1 chars) startpage => protected'561' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'567' (3 chars) categories => protected'mating system; sperm competition; sperm velocity; male mating strategies; sa
lmonids; good genes; sexual selection' (113 chars) description => protected'The mating behavior and reproductive strategies of Alpine whitefish like <I>
Coregonus zugensis</I> (Nüsslin) are poorly understood, probably because t
hey spawn in deep water where direct observations are difficult. In this stu
dy, we interpret life-history and sperm quality traits of fish that we caugh
t from their spawning place. We found that males invest heavily into gonadal
tissue (up to 5.6% of their body weight), which is, in comparison to other
fish, consistent with external fertilization, distinct pairing and moderate
to high communal spawning, or no pairing and low to moderate communal spawni
ng. Sperm competition theory and recent experimental studies on other salmon
ids predict that males optimize ejaculate characteristics in relation to the
costs of sperm and the level of competition they have to expect: dominant m
ales are predicted to invest less into ejaculate quality and to have slower
spermatozoa than subdominant males. We found that spermatozoa of older males
are slower than those of younger males. Moreover, older males have larger b
reeding tubercles, a secondary sexual trait that has, in some previous studi
es, been found to be linked to good condition and to good genetic quality. O
ur results suggest that <I>C. zugensis</I> has age-linked reproductive strat
egies, that multimale spawning is common, i.e., that sperm competition plays
a significant role, and that older males are on average dominant over young
er males at the spawning place.' (1475 chars) serialnumber => protected'0340-5443' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1007/s00265-007-0480-5' (25 chars) uid => protected5871 (integer) _localizedUid => protected5871 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected5871 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 7 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=5798, pid=124) originalId => protected5798 (integer) authors => protected'Mouton, A. M.; Schneider, M.; Peter, A.; Holzer, G.
; Müller, R.; Goethals, P. L. M.; De Pauw, N.' (147 chars) title => protected'Optimisation of a fuzzy physical habitat model for spawning European graylin
g (<I>Thymallus thymallus</I> L.) in the Aare river (Thun, Switzerland)' (147 chars) journal => protected'Ecological Modelling' (20 chars) year => protected2008 (integer) volume => protected215 (integer) issue => protected'1–3' (5 chars) startpage => protected'122' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'132' (3 chars) categories => protected'fuzzy logic; fish; stream; hill-climbing; data mining; hybrid models; habita
t suitability' (89 chars) description => protected'Ecological expert knowledge is often based on qualitative rules consisting o
f linguistic terms such as 'low', 'moderate' or 'high'. Since fuzzy systems
transform these rules and terms into a mathematical framework, they allow im
plementing this expert knowledge in ecological models. However, the developm
ent of a reliable knowledge base is complex and time consuming. Recent resea
rch has shown that complementing fuzzy systems by data-driven techniques can
solve this knowledge acquisition bottleneck. In this paper, a heuristic nea
rest ascent hill-climbing algorithm for rule base optimisation is applied to
construct a fuzzy rule-based habitat suitability model for spawning Europea
n grayling (<I>Thymallus thymallus</I> L.) in the Aare river (Bern, Switzerl
and). Optimisation of the fuzzy rule-based model was based on two different
training criteria, the weighted correctly classified instances (CCI<I><SUB>w
</SUB></I>) and Cohen's Kappa. The ecological relevance of the results was a
ssessed by comparing the optimised rule bases with a rule base derived from
ecological expert knowledge. Optimisation based on Kappa appeared to generat
e acceptable results (CCI = 0.70; Kappa = 0.32) and was more practical than
optimisation based on CCI<I><SUB>w</SUB></I> since the latter required fine
tuning of a weight parameter, which accounted for the species prevalence. Th
e optimal rules showed 74% similarity with the rules derived from expert kno
wledge, while 84% of all model errors was due to false positive predictions
of the model. These errors might be due to the impact of variables, which we
re not included in this study on grayling presence and thus are not necessar
ily a model error. The habitat suitability model optimised in this paper is
able to predict the effect of different impacts on the river system and to s
elect the optimal restoration option. Hence, it could be a valuable decision
support tool for river managers and ease the discussion between stakeholder
s.' (1978 chars) serialnumber => protected'0304-3800' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2008.02.028' (31 chars) uid => protected5798 (integer) _localizedUid => protected5798 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected5798 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 8 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=5752, pid=124) originalId => protected5752 (integer) authors => protected'Burkhardt-Holm, P.; Segner, H.; Burki, R.; Peter, A.; Sc
hubert, S.; Suter, M. J. -F.; Borsuk, M. E.' (149 chars) title => protected'Estrogenic endocrine disruption in Switzerland: assessment of fish exposure
and effects' (87 chars) journal => protected'Chimia' (6 chars) year => protected2008 (integer) volume => protected62 (integer) issue => protected'5' (1 chars) startpage => protected'376' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'382' (3 chars) categories => protected'brown trout; endocrine disruptor; estrogenic exposure; fish population; sewa
ge treatment plant' (94 chars) description => protected'Estrogenic exposure has been reported to occur in Swiss rivers, and there is
concern that reduced reproductive health, caused by disturbances of the end
ocrine system, may contribute to the observed decline in brown trout catch.
Consequently, we aimed to determine if disturbances of the endocrine system
do occur in wild brown trout (<em>Salmo trutta</em>) in Switzerland and, in
the affirmative case, if these might affect trout population status. Our fir
st task was to characterize the estrogenicity of Swiss midland rivers that r
eceive effluents from sewage treatment plants (STP). Next, we performed a se
t of laboratory and field exposure experiments aimed at elucidating how estr
ogens affect sexual development and reproductive parameters as estrogen-sens
itive targets in the life cycle of brown trout. Subsequently, we assessed th
e demographic status of brown trout populations in the field which were expo
sed to the cumulative impact of estrogen-active compounds and other stressor
s. Finally, we integrated the data into a life-cycle model to predict potent
ial population-level consequences of the (xeno)estrogenic exposure. The estr
ogenicity of 18 Swiss midland rivers was characterized bioanalytically by ap
plying the YES bioassay to water samples and by measuring plasma vitellogeni
n (VTG) levels in resident brown trout. Generally, estrogenic contamination
of the rivers appears to occur only locally and at comparatively low levels
(0.2-2 ng/l 17β-estradiol equivalents). In laboratory experiments, potentia
l disruptive effects of estrogens on gonadal differentiation and reproductio
n of brown trout were investigated. The estrogen-sensitive window of brown t
rout gonad differentiation was found to differ from other salmonid species.
Feminisation of the developing gonads occurred only after exposure to rather
high estrogen concentrations. Analysis of VTG mRNA levels indicated that th
e yolk may accumulate environmental estrogens and act as a long-term reservo
ir. The experiments to s...' (3478 chars) serialnumber => protected'0009-4293' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.2533/chimia.2008.376' (23 chars) uid => protected5752 (integer) _localizedUid => protected5752 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected5752 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 9 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=12254, pid=124) originalId => protected12254 (integer) authors => protected'Peter, A.; Schager, E.; Weber, C.' (48 chars) title => protected'Fischökologische Anforderungen an den Wasserbau' (48 chars) journal => protected'In: Minor, H.-E. (Eds.), Neue Anforderungen an den Wasserbau' (65 chars) year => protected2008 (integer) volume => protected0 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'811' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'822' (3 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Weltweit sind Fliessgewässer einem starken Nutzungsdruck ausgesetzt und bes
onders in ihrer Morphologie und Hydrologie beeinträchtigt. Ein zusätzliche
s Problem ist die Gewässerfragmentierung. Bezüglich Morphologie besteht in
der Schweiz für rund 24 % der Fliessgewässer Handlungsbedarf (Notter et a
l., 2007). Daneben gilt es, mindestens 80'000 künstliche Überfälle zu ent
fernen, um die Fischwanderung markant zu verbessern. Für die Umsetzung geei
gneter Massnahmen braucht es Zeit und die nötigen finanziellen Mittel. Die
nächsten Jahrzehnte werden daher als Periode der Gewässerrevitalisierung a
ngesehen.<br/><br/> Ein effizienter Einsatz der zur Verfügung stehenden Mit
tel ist prioritär. Dies bedingt eine exakte Zieldefinition für die geplant
en Massnahmen. Das frühe Einbinden aller betroffenen Interessensgruppen in
den Planungsprozess reduziert das Konfliktpotenzial. Auch kann viel aus bere
its durchgeführten Projekten gelernt werden. Sowohl die Entscheidungsfindun
g als auch eine umfassende Erfolgskontrolle waren jedoch bisher aufgrund feh
lender Methoden erschwert.<br/><br/> Die im Rahmen des Rhone-Thur-Projekts e
rarbeiteten Praxishandbücher bieten eine erste Wegleitung. Das Handbuch "Wa
sserbauprojekte Gemeinsam Planen" ermöglicht die Identifikation der wichtig
sten Akteure und liefert Entscheidungshilfen zur Konsensfindung (Hostmann et
al., 2005). Im "Handbuch für die Erfolgskontrolle bei Fliessgewässerrevit
alisierungen" sind 50 Indikatoren beschrieben, mit denen der ökologische, w
irtschaftliche sowie gesellschaftliche Erfolg bewertet werden kann (Woolsey
et al., 2005). Beide Handbücher dienen als Grundlagen für die Neugestaltun
g des Finanzausgleichs und der Aufgabenteilung zwischen Bund und Kantonen (N
FA).<br/><br/> Viele der Indikatoren wurden an der unteren Thur (Kantone TG,
ZH) entwickelt und erprobt. Hier werden seit mehr als 14 Jahren Flussrevita
lisierungen durchgeführt. Anders als an der unteren Thur gehören Durchgän
gigkeitsprobleme und der...' (2287 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'' (0 chars) uid => protected12254 (integer) _localizedUid => protected12254 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected12254 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 10 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=5695, pid=124) originalId => protected5695 (integer) authors => protected'Pierotti, M. E. R.; Knight, M. E.; Immler, S.;
Barson, N. J.; Turner, G. F.; Seehausen, O.' (145 chars) title => protected'Individual variation in male mating preferences for female coloration in a p
olymorphic cichlid fish' (99 chars) journal => protected'Behavioral Ecology' (18 chars) year => protected2008 (integer) volume => protected19 (integer) issue => protected'3' (1 chars) startpage => protected'483' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'488' (3 chars) categories => protected'cichlid; male preferences; mate choice; sex determination; sex ratio' (68 chars) description => protected'Female color polymorphisms are common in the cichlid species radiations of L
ake Victoria and Lake Malawi. According to theory, when a population harbors
variation in sex-determining factors, polymorphism in female-linked colorat
ion might generate individual variation in male mating preferences for femal
e color morphs. We tested whether individual males exhibit consistent mating
preferences for female color morphs in the Lake Malawi cichlid <I>Pseudotro
pheus (Maylandia)</I> ‘zebra gold’, a species polymorphic for female col
oration and sex determination. We also explored whether male mating preferen
ces could be predicted by maternal coloration or were acquired by imprinting
on siblings' coloration. We found large individual variation in the strengt
h and direction of male preferences for sex-linked female color patterns. Ma
le mating preferences could be predicted by the mother's color morph and wer
e not affected by visual imprinting. These findings represent the first evid
ence of male choice on sex-linked female coloration in a Lake Malawi cichlid
. Our analysis indicates a strong genetic component to male preference for f
emale coloration and large individual variation in the strength and directio
n of male mating preferences. Within-population variation in innate mating p
references might have important implications in cichlid fish species radiati
ons.' (1372 chars) serialnumber => protected'1045-2249' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1093/beheco/arm154' (21 chars) uid => protected5695 (integer) _localizedUid => protected5695 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected5695 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 11 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=5835, pid=124) originalId => protected5835 (integer) authors => protected'Schubert, S.; Peter, A.; Burki, R.; Schönenberger, R.;
Suter, M. J. -F.; Segner, H.; Burkhardt-Holm, P.' (149 chars) title => protected'Sensitivity of brown trout reproduction to long-term estrogenic exposure' (72 chars) journal => protected'Aquatic Toxicology' (18 chars) year => protected2008 (integer) volume => protected90 (integer) issue => protected'1' (1 chars) startpage => protected'65' (2 chars) otherpage => protected'72' (2 chars) categories => protected'brown trout; environmental estrogens; reproduction; growth; fertilization; v
itellogenin' (87 chars) description => protected'A decline in brown trout (<I>Salmo trutta fario</I>) catches has been report
ed in Switzerland, but at present the causative factors have not been clearl
y identified. Estrogen-active endocrine disrupters (EEDs) have been suggeste
d as one possible explanation, since they are widespread in the aquatic envi
ronment and often found at elevated concentrations.<BR/> In the present stud
y the effects of long-term estrogenic exposure on the reproductive capabilit
y of brown trout were investigated. Adult fish were continuously exposed to
an environmentally relevant mixture of the natural estrogens estrone (E1), 1
7β-estradiol (E2) and the xenoestrogen 4-nonylphenol (NP); the average meas
ured concentrations over the entire exposure time (<I>n</I> = 9) were 14.0 n
g/l (Min 8.1 and Max 20.6) for E1, 2.1 ng/l (Min 1.3 and Max 4.1) for E2 and
111.0 ng/l (Min 106.7 and Max 115.9) for NP. A solvent control served as ne
gative control, and up to 10-fold higher mixture concentration than the envi
ronmentally relevant concentration served as positive control. The fish were
exposed for 150 days from the onset of gonadal recrudescence until sexual m
aturation. Plasma vitellogenin (Vtg) was significantly induced by both conce
ntrations of the estrogenic mixture, whereas effects on growth and fertility
were only observed in fish exposed to the high mixture treatment. Fertiliza
tion success and offspring hatchability in brown trout exposed to the high m
ixture treatment were significantly reduced to 9% and 6%, respectively. Deve
lopmental time from fertilization until hatching, the percentage of larvae w
ith malformations and survival of larvae, however, were not affected.<BR/> T
he results suggest that a combination of estrogen-active compounds at enviro
nmentally relevant concentrations would not adversely affect those parameter
s of brown trout reproductive capability measured in this study. Plasma Vtg
in male brown trout appeared to be more sensitive to (xeno)estrogen exposure
than the measured repro...' (2016 chars) serialnumber => protected'0166-445X' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1016/j.aquatox.2008.08.002' (29 chars) uid => protected5835 (integer) _localizedUid => protected5835 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected5835 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 12 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=5952, pid=124) originalId => protected5952 (integer) authors => protected'Dijkstra, P. D.; Seehausen, O.; Fraterman, R. E.; G
roothuis, T. G. G.' (109 chars) title => protected'Learned aggression biases in males of Lake Victoria cichlid fish' (64 chars) journal => protected'Animal Behaviour' (16 chars) year => protected2008 (integer) volume => protected76 (integer) issue => protected'3' (1 chars) startpage => protected'649' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'655' (3 chars) categories => protected'cichlid; Lake Victoria; male–male competition; Pundamilia; sexual selectio
n; speciation' (89 chars) description => protected'Male–male competition for mating territories can exert negative frequency-
dependent selection on a male secondary sexual trait, such as nuptial colora
tion. This can occur when males bias aggression towards own-coloured competi
tors, resulting in a fitness advantage for rare phenotypes, thereby promotin
g the evolution and maintenance of stable colour polymorphisms. It could ope
rate in the extensive radiations of haplochromine cichlid fish in East Afric
an lakes. In a previous investigation we studied wild-caught blue and red Pu
ndamilia males from Lake Victoria; males from a location where most resemble
blue (referred to as bluish males) biased aggression towards blue stimulus
males. In contrast, blue males from a location where blue and red occur symp
atrically biased aggression towards red stimulus males. Using lab-bred bluis
h and blue males, we tested the hypothesis that exclusive experience with bl
ue males (blue treatment) leads to an aggression bias towards blue and that
experience with blue and red males (mixed treatment) leads to an aggression
bias towards red. Contrary to predictions, blue-treated males did not distin
guish between blue and red males, whereas mixed-treated males preferentially
attacked blue stimulus males. The data suggest that prior experience can af
fect aggression biases and that experience with more than one phenotype may
be required for the development of biases. Yet, our results cannot explain t
he direction of differences in specific biases observed in wild-caught males
from different populations.' (1548 chars) serialnumber => protected'0003-3472' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.03.013' (29 chars) uid => protected5952 (integer) _localizedUid => protected5952 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected5952 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 13 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=5818, pid=124) originalId => protected5818 (integer) authors => protected'Maan, M. E.; Eshuis, B.; Haesler, M. P.; Schneider,
M. V.; van Alphen, J. J. M.; Seehausen, O.' (149 chars) title => protected'Color polymorphism and predation in a Lake Victoria cichlid fish' (64 chars) journal => protected'Copeia' (6 chars) year => protected2008 (integer) volume => protected2008 (integer) issue => protected'3' (1 chars) startpage => protected'621' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'629' (3 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Haplochromine cichlid fish have radiated into hundreds of species in East-Af
rican lakes, possibly driven by divergent sexual selection on body coloratio
n. We studied the color polymorphic Lake Victoria cichlid <I>Neochromis omni
caeruleus</I>, in which a presumably ancestral phenotype with blue males and
brown females co-occurs with two distinct classes of blotched phenotypes in
both sexes. Similar blotch polymorphisms occur in other haplochromine speci
es, and in all studied cases blotched females are much more common than blot
ched males. In <I>N. omnicaeruleus</I>, the near absence of blotched males s
eems to be partly due to genetic linkage to a dominant female determiner tha
t turns blotched males into females. However, laboratory breeding suggests t
hat blotched males should be much more common than observed. Here we studied
whether differential predation on blotched males contributes to their scarc
ity. First, in a predation experiment with wild birds, blotched fish indeed
incurred more predator attacks. Second, underwater observations revealed beh
avioral differences between the sexes, consistent with an additional predati
on risk for males. These data suggest that differential predation with regar
d to color pattern and sex may be an important selective force in the evolut
ion and maintenance of this color polymorphism. However, we also carried out
a population census which revealed that blotched males were rare already as
juveniles. To explain the scarcity of blotched males in nature, we therefor
e have to invoke either selection against blotched males early in life, or a
more complex genetic model. These results emphasize the need for further re
search on the ecology and genetics of this widespread color polymorphism in
cichlid fish.' (1761 chars) serialnumber => protected'0045-8511' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1643/CE-07-114' (17 chars) uid => protected5818 (integer) _localizedUid => protected5818 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected5818 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 14 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=5719, pid=124) originalId => protected5719 (integer) authors => protected'Maan, M. E.; van Rooijen, A. M. C.; van Alphen,&nbs
p;J. J. M.; Seehausen, O.' (116 chars) title => protected'Parasite-mediated sexual selection and species divergence in Lake Victoria c
ichlid fish' (87 chars) journal => protected'Biological Journal of the Linnean Society' (41 chars) year => protected2008 (integer) volume => protected94 (integer) issue => protected'1' (1 chars) startpage => protected'53' (2 chars) otherpage => protected'60' (2 chars) categories => protected'haplochromine cichlids; mate choice; nuptial coloration; parasite load; Pund
amilia; speciation' (94 chars) description => protected'We investigate the role of parasite-mediated sexual selection in the diverge
nce of two species of Lake Victoria cichlids. <I>Pundamilia pundamilia</I> a
nd <I>Pundamilia nyererei</I> represent a common pattern of male nuptial col
our divergence between haplochromine sister species: metallic grey–blue in
<I>P. pundamilia</I> and bright yellow and red in <I>P. nyererei</I>. Femal
e mating preferences for different male colours maintain the genetic and phe
notypic differentiation of the two species in clear water. Previous work ind
icated that the red coloration of <I>P. nyererei</I> males, which is subject
to directional sexual selection, may be a carotenoid-dependent signal of pa
rasite infestation rate. In the present study, we find a parallel result for
<I>P. pundamilia</I>: bright blue males are infected with fewer species of
parasites. We also find that parasite infestation rates differ quantitativel
y between the two species in a way that is consistent with species differenc
es in diet and microhabitat. We conclude that parasite-mediated sexual selec
tion may have contributed to the divergence of female mating preferences bet
ween <I>P. pundamilia</I> and <I>P. nyererei</I>, and may currently strength
en reproductive isolation between these species.' (1264 chars) serialnumber => protected'0024-4066' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.00989.x' (32 chars) uid => protected5719 (integer) _localizedUid => protected5719 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected5719 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 15 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=5827, pid=124) originalId => protected5827 (integer) authors => protected'Seehausen, O.; Terai, Y.; Magalhaes, I. S.; Carleton,&nb
sp;K. L.; Mrosso, H. D. J.; Miyagi, R.; van der Slu
ijs, I.; Schneider, M. V.; Maan, M. E.; Tachida,&nb
sp;H.; Imai, H.; Okada, N.' (264 chars) title => protected'Speciation through sensory drive in cichlid fish' (48 chars) journal => protected'Nature' (6 chars) year => protected2008 (integer) volume => protected455 (integer) issue => protected'7285' (4 chars) startpage => protected'620' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'626' (3 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Theoretically, divergent selection on sensory systems can cause speciation t
hrough sensory drive. However, empirical evidence is rare and incomplete. He
re we demonstrate sensory drive speciation within island populations of cich
lid fish. We identify the ecological and molecular basis of divergent evolut
ion in the cichlid visual system, demonstrate associated divergence in male
colouration and female preferences, and show subsequent differentiation at n
eutral loci, indicating reproductive isolation. Evidence is replicated in se
veral pairs of sympatric populations and species. Variation in the slope of
the environmental gradients explains variation in the progress towards speci
ation: speciation occurs on all but the steepest gradients. This is the most
complete demonstration so far of speciation through sensory drive without g
eographical isolation. Our results also provide a mechanistic explanation fo
r the collapse of cichlid fish species diversity during the anthropogenic eu
trophication of Lake Victoria.' (1018 chars) serialnumber => protected'0028-0836' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1038/nature07285' (19 chars) uid => protected5827 (integer) _localizedUid => protected5827 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected5827 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 16 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=5747, pid=124) originalId => protected5747 (integer) authors => protected'Stelkens, R. B.; Pierotti, M. E. R.; Joyce, D.
A.; Smith, A. M.; van der Sluijs, I.; Seehausen, O
.' (153 chars) title => protected'Disruptive sexual selection on male nuptial coloration in an experimental hy
brid population of cichlid fish' (107 chars) journal => protected'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences' (70 chars) year => protected2008 (integer) volume => protected363 (integer) issue => protected'1505' (4 chars) startpage => protected'2861' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'2870' (4 chars) categories => protected'disruptive sexual selection; female mating preference; hybridization; male c
oloration; Pundamilia; speciation' (109 chars) description => protected'Theory suggests that genetic polymorphisms in female mating preferences may
cause disruptive selection on male traits, facilitating phenotypic different
iation despite gene flow, as in reinforcement or other models of speciation
with gene flow. Very little experimental data have been published to test th
e assumptions regarding the genetics of mate choice that such theory relies
on. We generated a population segregating for female mating preferences and
male colour dissociated from other species differences by breeding hybrids b
etween species of the cichlid fish genus <I>Pundamilia</I>. We measured male
mating success as a function of male colour. First, we demonstrate that non
-hybrid females of both species use male nuptial coloration for choosing mat
es, but with inversed preferences. Second, we show that variation in female
mating preferences in an F<SUB>2</SUB> hybrid population generates a quadrat
ic fitness function for male coloration suggestive of disruptive selection:
intermediate males obtained fewer matings than males at either extreme of th
e colour range. If the genetics of female mate choice in <I>Pundamilia</I> a
re representative for those in other species of Lake Victoria cichlid fish,
it may help explain the origin and maintenance of phenotypic diversity despi
te some gene flow.' (1310 chars) serialnumber => protected'0962-8436' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1098/rstb.2008.0049' (22 chars) uid => protected5747 (integer) _localizedUid => protected5747 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected5747 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 17 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=5748, pid=124) originalId => protected5748 (integer) authors => protected'van der Sluijs, I.; Van Dooren, T. J. M.; Hofker, K
. D.; van Alphen, J. J. M.; Stelkens, R. B.; S
eehausen, O.' (169 chars) title => protected'Female mating preference functions predict sexual selection against hybrids
between sibling species of cichlid fish' (115 chars) journal => protected'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences' (70 chars) year => protected2008 (integer) volume => protected363 (integer) issue => protected'1505' (4 chars) startpage => protected'2871' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'2877' (4 chars) categories => protected'female mating preference; sexual selection; hybrid attractiveness; speciatio
n; cichlid fish; hybridization' (106 chars) description => protected'The evolutionary outcome of interspecific hybridization, i.e. collapse of sp
ecies into a hybrid swarm, persistence or even divergence with reinforcement
, depends on the balance between gene flow and selection against hybrids. If
female mating preferences are open-ended but sign-inversed between species,
they can theoretically be a source of such selection. Cichlid fish in Afric
an lakes have sustained high rates of speciation despite evidence for widesp
read hybridization, and sexual selection by female choice has been proposed
as important in the origin and maintenance of species boundaries. However, i
t had never been tested whether hybridizing species have open-ended preferen
ce rules. Here we report the first experimental test using <I>Pundamilia pun
damilia, Pundamilia nyererei</I> and their hybrids in three-way choice exper
iments. Hybrid males are phenotypically intermediate. Wild-caught females of
both species have strong preferences for conspecific over heterospecific ma
les. Their responses to F<SUB>1</SUB> hybrid males are intermediate, but mor
e similar to responses to conspecifics in one species and more similar to re
sponses to heterospecifics in the other. We suggest that their mate choice m
echanism may predispose haplochromine cichlids to maintain and perhaps under
go phenotypic diversification despite hybridization, and that species differ
ences in female preference functions may predict the potential for adaptive
trait transfer between hybridizing species.' (1487 chars) serialnumber => protected'0962-8436' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1098/rstb.2008.0045' (22 chars) uid => protected5748 (integer) _localizedUid => protected5748 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected5748 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 18 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=5669, pid=124) originalId => protected5669 (integer) authors => protected'Neuenschwander, S.; Largiadèr, C. R.; Ray, N.; Currat,&
nbsp;M.; Vonlanthen, P.; Excoffier, L.' (124 chars) title => protected'Colonization history of the Swiss Rhine basin by the bullhead (<I>Cottus gob
io</I>): inference under a Bayesian spatially explicit framework' (140 chars) journal => protected'Molecular Ecology' (17 chars) year => protected2008 (integer) volume => protected17 (integer) issue => protected'3' (1 chars) startpage => protected'757' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'772' (3 chars) categories => protected'ABC; approximate Bayesian computation; Cottus gobio; microsatellite loci; pa
rameter estimation; spatial model' (109 chars) description => protected'The present distribution of freshwater fish in the Alpine region has been st
rongly affected by colonization events occurring after the last glacial maxi
mum (LGM), some 20 000 years ago. We use here a spatially explicit simulatio
n framework to model and better understand their colonization dynamics in th
e Swiss Rhine basin. This approach is applied to the European bullhead (<I>C
ottus gobio</I>), which is an ideal model organism to study fish past demogr
aphic processes since it has not been managed by humans. The molecular diver
sity of eight sampled populations is simulated and compared to observed data
at six microsatellite loci under an approximate Bayesian computation framew
ork to estimate the parameters of the colonization process. Our demographic
estimates fit well with current knowledge about the biology of this species,
but they suggest that the Swiss Rhine basin was colonized very recently, af
ter the Younger Dryas some 6600 years ago. We discuss the implication of thi
s result, as well as the strengths and limits of the spatially explicit appr
oach coupled to the approximate Bayesian computation framework.' (1127 chars) serialnumber => protected'0962-1083' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03621.x' (32 chars) uid => protected5669 (integer) _localizedUid => protected5669 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected5669 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 19 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=5891, pid=124) originalId => protected5891 (integer) authors => protected'van der Sluijs, I.; Van Dooren, T. J. M.; Seehausen,&nbs
p;O.; van Alphen, J. J. M.' (117 chars) title => protected'A test of fitness consequences of hybridization in sibling species of Lake V
ictoria cichlid fish' (96 chars) journal => protected'Journal of Evolutionary Biology' (31 chars) year => protected2008 (integer) volume => protected21 (integer) issue => protected'2' (1 chars) startpage => protected'480' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'491' (3 chars) categories => protected'cichlid fish; fitness-related traits; genic incompatibility; hybridization;
Lake Victoria; preference–trait covariance; reinforcement; sexual selectio
n; speciation' (165 chars) description => protected'Several hundred species of haplochromine cichlid fish have evolved rapidly i
n Lake Victoria. Divergent sexual and ecological selection probably played a
n important role in this radiation, generating divergent mating preferences
and preference–trait covariance. However, the segregation of hybrid inviab
ility or infertility genes could also potentially generate preference–trai
t covariance, and the mechanisms that cause the evolution of divergent matin
g preferences have not been investigated in detail in any cichlid species pa
ir. We investigated intrinsic fitness of hybrids between two sister species
in the genus <I>Pundamilia</I>, one of the most species-rich genera of Lake
Victoria cichlids. Fitness-related traits were measured in nonhybrid offspri
ng of both species, and in the first and second hybrid generations. There we
re no differences in fecundity, fertility, sex ratio or growth rates either
between the sister species or between these and their hybrids. By contrast,
there was a difference in offspring survival between the two sister species.
Offspring survival was dependent only on the species of the mother, regardl
ess of whether the cross was conspecific or heterospecific. Further, eggs te
nded to be larger in the hybrids than in one of the parental species. Hence,
hybrids suffered no intrinsic fitness reduction relative to nonhybrids. Our
data suggest that intrinsic hybrid incompatibilities are unlikely to have c
aused speciation in <I>Pundamilia</I>, nor to maintain species boundaries in
this system.' (1533 chars) serialnumber => protected'1010-061X' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/j.1420-9101.2007.01495.x' (32 chars) uid => protected5891 (integer) _localizedUid => protected5891 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected5891 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer)
Fitness of hatchery-reared salmonids in the wild
The pattern of insertion/deletion polymorphism in Arabidopsis thaliana
Grouped nucleotide polymorphism: a major contributor to genetic variation in Arabidopsis
Single-nucleotide mutation rate increases close to insertions/deletions in eukaryotes
The inexorable spread of a newly arisen neo-Y chromosome
Viability of brown trout embryos positively linked to melanin-based but negatively to carotenoid-based colours of their fathers
Predicting the mating system from phenotypic correlations between life-history and sperm quality traits in the Alpine whitefish Coregonus zugensis
Optimisation of a fuzzy physical habitat model for spawning European grayling (Thymallus thymallus L.) in the Aare river (Thun, Switzerland)
Estrogenic endocrine disruption in Switzerland: assessment of fish exposure and effects
Fischökologische Anforderungen an den Wasserbau
Ein effizienter Einsatz der zur Verfügung stehenden Mittel ist prioritär. Dies bedingt eine exakte Zieldefinition für die geplanten Massnahmen. Das frühe Einbinden aller betroffenen Interessensgruppen in den Planungsprozess reduziert das Konfliktpotenzial. Auch kann viel aus bereits durchgeführten Projekten gelernt werden. Sowohl die Entscheidungsfindung als auch eine umfassende Erfolgskontrolle waren jedoch bisher aufgrund fehlender Methoden erschwert.
Die im Rahmen des Rhone-Thur-Projekts erarbeiteten Praxishandbücher bieten eine erste Wegleitung. Das Handbuch "Wasserbauprojekte Gemeinsam Planen" ermöglicht die Identifikation der wichtigsten Akteure und liefert Entscheidungshilfen zur Konsensfindung (Hostmann et al., 2005). Im "Handbuch für die Erfolgskontrolle bei Fliessgewässerrevitalisierungen" sind 50 Indikatoren beschrieben, mit denen der ökologische, wirtschaftliche sowie gesellschaftliche Erfolg bewertet werden kann (Woolsey et al., 2005). Beide Handbücher dienen als Grundlagen für die Neugestaltung des Finanzausgleichs und der Aufgabenteilung zwischen Bund und Kantonen (NFA).
Viele der Indikatoren wurden an der unteren Thur (Kantone TG, ZH) entwickelt und erprobt. Hier werden seit mehr als 14 Jahren Flussrevitalisierungen durchgeführt. Anders als an der unteren Thur gehören Durchgängigkeitsprobleme und deren Behebung in vielen Gewässern zu den zentralen Massnahmen der Gewässerrevitalisierung. Dabei kommt dem Bau von Blockrampen eine hohe Bedeutung zu. In diesem Artikel diskutieren wir Resultate fischökologischer Studien an der Thur sowie die ökologischen Anforderungen an Blockrampen.
Individual variation in male mating preferences for female coloration in a polymorphic cichlid fish
Sensitivity of brown trout reproduction to long-term estrogenic exposure
In the present study the effects of long-term estrogenic exposure on the reproductive capability of brown trout were investigated. Adult fish were continuously exposed to an environmentally relevant mixture of the natural estrogens estrone (E1), 17β-estradiol (E2) and the xenoestrogen 4-nonylphenol (NP); the average measured concentrations over the entire exposure time (n = 9) were 14.0 ng/l (Min 8.1 and Max 20.6) for E1, 2.1 ng/l (Min 1.3 and Max 4.1) for E2 and 111.0 ng/l (Min 106.7 and Max 115.9) for NP. A solvent control served as negative control, and up to 10-fold higher mixture concentration than the environmentally relevant concentration served as positive control. The fish were exposed for 150 days from the onset of gonadal recrudescence until sexual maturation. Plasma vitellogenin (Vtg) was significantly induced by both concentrations of the estrogenic mixture, whereas effects on growth and fertility were only observed in fish exposed to the high mixture treatment. Fertilization success and offspring hatchability in brown trout exposed to the high mixture treatment were significantly reduced to 9% and 6%, respectively. Developmental time from fertilization until hatching, the percentage of larvae with malformations and survival of larvae, however, were not affected.
The results suggest that a combination of estrogen-active compounds at environmentally relevant concentrations would not adversely affect those parameters of brown trout reproductive capability measured in this study. Plasma Vtg in male brown trout appeared to be more sensitive to (xeno)estrogen exposure than the measured reproductive effects.
Learned aggression biases in males of Lake Victoria cichlid fish
Color polymorphism and predation in a Lake Victoria cichlid fish
Parasite-mediated sexual selection and species divergence in Lake Victoria cichlid fish
Speciation through sensory drive in cichlid fish
Disruptive sexual selection on male nuptial coloration in an experimental hybrid population of cichlid fish
Female mating preference functions predict sexual selection against hybrids between sibling species of cichlid fish
Colonization history of the Swiss Rhine basin by the bullhead (Cottus gobio): inference under a Bayesian spatially explicit framework
A test of fitness consequences of hybridization in sibling species of Lake Victoria cichlid fish
Araki, H. (2008) Hatchery Stocking for Restoring Wild Populations: A Genetic Evaluation of the Reproductive Success of Hatchery Fish vs. Wild Fish. In Fisheries for Global Welfare and Environment. pp. 153-167. Tsukamoto, Kawamura, Takeuchi, Beard, and Kaiser Eds., TERRAPUB, Tokyo, Japan
Keller I., Veltsos P., Nichols R.A. (2008) The Frequency of rDNA variants within individuals provides evidence of population history and gene flow across a grasshopper hybrid zone. Evolution 62 (4), 833–844 doi:10.1111/j.1558-5646.2008.00320.x
Roy, D., Bühler, E., Lucek, K., Seehausen, O., (2008) Is there evidence of resource-based adaptive divergence in recently invading stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) populations from Swiss peri-alpine environments? In Morphometrics for nonmorphometricians Ed. Ashraf M. T. Elewa (Springer Verlag)
Publikationen 2007
peer reviewed journals
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iller, J.-F.' (93 chars) title => protected'Sex determination and temperature-induced sex differentiation in three natur
al populations of Nile tilapia (<I>Oreochromis niloticus</I>) adapted to ext
reme temperature conditions' (179 chars) journal => protected'Aquaculture' (11 chars) year => protected2007 (integer) volume => protected272 (integer) issue => protected'Suppl. 1' (8 chars) startpage => protected'S3' (2 chars) otherpage => protected'S16' (3 chars) categories => protected'Oreochromis niloticus; sex determination; GSD; TSD; natural populations; sex
-reversal' (85 chars) description => protected'As a species of major interest for aquaculture, the sex determination system
(SDS) of Nile tilapia, <I>Oreochromis niloticus</I>, has been widely invest
igated. In this species, sex determination is considered to be governed by t
he interactions between a complex system of genetic sex determination factor
s (GSD) and the influence of temperature (TSD) during a critical period. Pre
vious studies were exclusively carried out on domestic stocks with the genet
ic and maintenance limitations associated. Given the wide distribution and a
daptation potential of the Nile tilapia, we investigated under controlled co
nditions the sex determination system of natural populations adapted to thre
e extreme thermal regimes: stable extreme environments in Ethiopia, either c
old temperatures in a highland lake (Lake Koka), or warm temperatures in hyd
rothermal springs (Lake Metahara), and an environment with large seasonal va
riations in Ghana (Kpandu, Lake Volta). The sex ratio analysis was conducted
on progenies reared under constant basal (27 °C) or high (36 °C) temperat
ures during the 30 days following yolk-sac resorption. Sex ratios of the pro
genies reared at standard temperature suggest that the three populations sha
re a similar complex GSD system based on a predominant male heterogametic fa
ctor with additional influences of polymorphism at this locus and/or action
of minor factors. The three populations presented a clear thermosensitivity
of sex differentiation, with large variations in the intensity of response d
epending on the parents. This confirms the presence of genotype-environment
interactions in TSD of Nile tilapia. Furthermore the existence of naturally
sex-reversed individuals is strongly suggested in two populations (<I>Kpandu
</I> and <I>Koka</I>). However, it was not possible here to infer if the sex
-inversion resulted from minor genetic factors and/or environmental influenc
es. The present study demonstrated for the first time the conservation of a
complex SDS combining po...' (2204 chars) serialnumber => protected'0044-8486' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1016/j.aquaculture.2007.07.227' (33 chars) uid => protected5635 (integer) _localizedUid => protected5635 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected5635 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 1 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=5592, pid=124) originalId => protected5592 (integer) authors => protected'Hölker, F.; Dörner, H.; Schulze, T.; Haertel-Borer, S.
S.; Peacor, S. D.; Mehner, T.' (126 chars) title => protected'Species-specific responses of planktivorous fish to the introduction of a ne
w piscivore: implications for prey fitness' (118 chars) journal => protected'Freshwater Biology' (18 chars) year => protected2007 (integer) volume => protected52 (integer) issue => protected'9' (1 chars) startpage => protected'1793' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'1806' (4 chars) categories => protected'fixed behaviour; habitat preference; multiple predator; multiple prey; pheno
typic plasticity' (92 chars) description => protected'1. Antipredator behaviour by the facultative planktivorous fish species roac
h (<I>Rutilus rutilus</I>), perch (<I>Perca fluviatilis</I>) and rudd (<I>Sc
ardinius erythrophthalmus</I>) was studied in a multi-year whole-lake experi
ment to evaluate species-specific behavioural and numerical responses to the
stocking of pikeperch (<I>Sander lucioperca</I>), a predator with different
foraging behaviour than the resident predators large perch (<I>P. fluviatil
is</I>) and pike (<I>Esox lucius</I>).<BR/>2. Behavioural responses to pikep
erch varied greatly during the night, ranging from reduced activity (roach a
nd small perch) and a shift in habitat (roach), to no change in the habitat
use and activity of rudd. The differing responses of the different planktivo
rous prey species highlight the potential variation in behavioural response
to predation risk from species of similar vulnerability.<BR/>3. These differ
ences had profound effects on fitness; the density of species that exhibited
an antipredator response declined only slightly (roach) or even increased (
small perch), whereas the density of the species that did not exhibit an ant
ipredator response (rudd) decreased dramatically (by more than 80%).<BR/>4.
The maladaptive behaviour of rudd can be explained by a ‘behavioural syndr
ome’, i.e. the interdependence of behaviours expressed in different contex
ts (feeding activity, antipredator) across different situations (different d
ensities of predators).<BR/>5. Our study extends previous studies, that have
typically been limited to more controlled situations, by illustrating the v
ariability in intensity of phenotypic responses to predators, and the conseq
uences for population density, in a large whole-lake setting.' (1733 chars) serialnumber => protected'0046-5070' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/j.1365-2427.2007.01810.x' (32 chars) uid => protected5592 (integer) _localizedUid => protected5592 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected5592 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 2 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=5447, pid=124) originalId => protected5447 (integer) authors => protected'Schleuter, D.; Haertel-Borer, S.; Fischer, P.; Eckmann,
R.' (78 chars) title => protected'Respiration rates of Eurasian perch <I>Perca fluviatilis</I> and ruffe: lowe
r energy costs in groups' (100 chars) journal => protected'Transactions of the American Fisheries Society' (46 chars) year => protected2007 (integer) volume => protected136 (integer) issue => protected'1' (1 chars) startpage => protected'43' (2 chars) otherpage => protected'55' (2 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'The effect of group size on the routine metabolic rate and activity of the t
wo shoaling percids, Eurasian perch <I>Perca fluviatilis</I> and ruffe <I>Gy
mnocephalus cernuus</I>, was studied by using twin-flow intermittent respiro
metry and time-lapse video techniques. In both species, we found a clear gro
up effect. In isolated fish, oxygen consumption was as much as twice that in
groups of eight fish, with intermediate values in groups of four fish. The
routine metabolic rate was highest during twilight in both species, irrespec
tive of group size. Eurasian perch consumed more oxygen and were more active
during the day than during the night, whereas the oxygen consumption and ac
tivity of ruffe were higher during the night than during the day. With incre
asing group size, the differences between day and night decreased and the di
el cycle was less pronounced. Individual fish may benefit from the presence
of conspecifics through a calming effect that reduces their energetic costs.
We advise that the social behavior of a species be more thoroughly consider
ed when planning behavioral, growth, and respiration experiments. Because bi
oenergetic model parameters for many species are based on data gained from i
solated fish, we conclude that without considering group size the results of
bioenergetic modeling may be seriously biased.' (1339 chars) serialnumber => protected'0002-8487' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1577/T06-123.1' (17 chars) uid => protected5447 (integer) _localizedUid => protected5447 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected5447 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 3 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=5420, pid=124) originalId => protected5420 (integer) authors => protected'Allen, D. M.; Haertel-Borer, S. S.; Milan, B.
J.; Bushek, D.; Dame, R. F.' (118 chars) title => protected'Geomorphological determinants of nekton use of intertidal salt marsh creeks' (75 chars) journal => protected'Marine Ecology Progress Series' (30 chars) year => protected2007 (integer) volume => protected329 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'57' (2 chars) otherpage => protected'71' (2 chars) categories => protected'bio-physical coupling; nekton; intertidal creeks; salt marsh; estuaries; hab
itat structure; fish behavior; oysters' (114 chars) description => protected'Spatial variations in nekton use are often attributed to differences in the
configuration and composition of habitat. We predicted that differences in n
ekton use among intertidal creeks were related to certain geomorphological c
haracteristics. We measured or derived 28 features at 8 intertidal creeks in
the high salinity North Inlet Estuary, South Carolina, USA. Nekton were col
lected simultaneously from all creeks once each season for 2 yr. Spatial var
iations in total abundance and biomass were greater than seasonal variations
. Differences of 3- to 30-fold in resident and transient taxa densities occu
rred among creeks on the same date. Relative use (ranks) was similar among s
easons and years. In canonical correlation analyses, depth, steepness, flow,
and location were primary factors for total nekton and many taxa. Creeks th
at were shallow, broad, and filled and emptied slowly supported the greatest
use. Total nekton use was not related to creek size, amount of edge, or oys
ter bottom. Grass shrimp <I>Palaemonetes</I> spp., numerically dominant in 8
3% of the collections, responded most to creek shape. Mummichog <I>Fundulus
heteroclitus</I> favored shallow creeks with low flow and low proportions of
submerged bottom at low tide. Juvenile spot <I>Leiostomus xanthurus</I> and
pinfish <I>Lagodon rhomboides</I> were associated with the same features th
roughout their seasonal periods of occurrence. Persistent differences in nek
ton use of adjacent intertidal creeks might be explained by behavioral selec
tion for preferred conditions and reoccupation of selected creeks. Geomorpho
logical variations are significant among sites and must be considered when a
ssessing factors affecting nekton use along salinity and other environmental
gradients.' (1759 chars) serialnumber => protected'0171-8630' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.3354/meps329057' (18 chars) uid => protected5420 (integer) _localizedUid => protected5420 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected5420 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 4 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=12226, pid=124) originalId => protected12226 (integer) authors => protected'Hudson, A. G.; Vonlanthen, P.; Müller, R.; Seehausen,&n
bsp;O.' (82 chars) title => protected'Review: the geography of speciation and adaptive radiation in coregonines' (73 chars) journal => protected'In: Jankun, M.; Brzuzan, P.; Hliwa, P.; Luczynski, M. (E
ds.), Biology and management of coregonid fishes - 2005. Proceedings of the
ninth international symposium on the biology and management of coregonid fis
hes held in Olsztyn, Poland' (255 chars) year => protected2007 (integer) volume => protected0 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'111' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'146' (3 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Coregonines are becoming a model system for studying rapid speciation and ad
aptive radiation. Radiations have occurred in large lakes throughout the Nor
thern Hemisphere following deglaciation. Some radiations are characterized b
y limited genetic diversity and display either poorly and/or well differenti
ated ecotypes. Other radiations contain high levels of total genetic diversi
ty, but little genetic differentiation between ecotypes. This variation in t
he relationship between total genetic diversity, the distribution of genetic
variance and the degree of morphological divergence provides an interesting
model for studying the origins of sympatric species diversity. We review th
e evidence for three alternative speciation scenarios within all three coreg
onine genera: <i>Prosopium</i>, <i>Stenodus</i> and <i>Coregonus</i>. Review
ing genetic, morphological and biogeographical data we estimate the relative
importance of (i) geographic speciation where in situ diversity builds up b
y multiple invasions, (ii) speciation by divergent selection without geograp
hical isolation from a single founder population, and (iii) speciation invol
ving divergent selection during secondary contact with hybridization. In the
context of this third scenario we discuss three alternative mechanisms: the
maintenance and strengthening of allopatrically arisen reproductive isolati
on through classical reinforcement; the persistence of allopatrically arisen
phenotypic differentiation in the absence of reproductive isolation; comple
te collapse of genetic and phenotypic structure into a hybrid swarm from whi
ch new incipient species arise in sympatry. Using the speciation mode predic
tions developed in this review, hybrid swarm and genomically-driven reinforc
ement appeared the most prevalent in the Coregoninae. Putative cases of symp
atric speciation were also identified.' (1862 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'' (0 chars) uid => protected12226 (integer) _localizedUid => protected12226 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected12226 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 5 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=5647, pid=124) originalId => protected5647 (integer) authors => protected'Jacob, A.; Nusslé, S.; Britschgi, A.; Evanno, G.; Müll
er, R.; Wedekind, C.' (106 chars) title => protected'Male dominance linked to size and age, but not to 'good genes' in brown trou
t (<em>Salmo trutta</em>)' (101 chars) journal => protected'BMC Evolutionary Biology' (24 chars) year => protected2007 (integer) volume => protected7 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'207 (9 pp.)' (11 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Background: Males that are successful in intra-sexual competition are often
assumed to be of superior quality. In the mating system of most salmonid spe
cies, intensive dominance fights are common and the winners monopolise most
mates and sire most offspring. We drew a random sample of mature male brown
trout (<em>Salmo trutta</em>) from two wild populations and determined their
dominance hierarchy or traits linked to dominance. The fish were then strip
ped and their sperm was used for <em>in vitro</em> fertilisations in two ful
l-factorial breeding designs. We recorded embryo viability until hatching in
both experiments, and juvenile survival during 20 months after release into
a natural streamlet in the second experiment. Since offspring of brown trou
t get only genes from their fathers, we used offspring survival as a quality
measure to test (i) whether males differ in their genetic quality, and if s
o, (ii) whether dominance or traits linked to dominance reveal 'good genes'.
<br /> Results: We found significant additive genetic variance on embryo sur
vival, i.e. males differed in their genetic quality. Older, heavier and larg
er males were more successful in intra-sexual selection. However, neither do
minance nor dominance indicators like body length, weight or age were signif
icantly linked to genetic quality measured as embryo or juvenile survival.<b
r /> Conclusion: We found no evidence that females can improve their offspri
ng's genetic viability by mating with large and dominant males. If there sti
ll were advantages of mating with dominant males, they may be linked to non-
genetic benefits or to genetic advantages that are context dependent and the
refore possibly not revealed under our experimental conditions – even if w
e found significant additive genetic variation for embryo viability under su
ch conditions.' (1838 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'10.1186/1471-2148-7-207' (23 chars) uid => protected5647 (integer) _localizedUid => protected5647 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected5647 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 6 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=12227, pid=124) originalId => protected12227 (integer) authors => protected'Eckmann, R.; Gerdeaux, D.; Müller, R.; Rösch, R.' (70 chars) title => protected'Re-oligotrophication and whitefish fisheries management – a workshop summa
ry' (78 chars) journal => protected'In: Jankun, M.; Brzuzan, P.; Hliwa, P.; Luczynski, M. (E
ds.), Biology and management of coregonid fishes - 2005. Proceedings of the
ninth international symposium on the biology and management of coregonid fis
hes held in Olsztyn, Poland' (255 chars) year => protected2007 (integer) volume => protected0 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'353' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'360' (3 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Following an increase in phosphorus concentrations in many European prealpin
e lakes during the 1960s and 1970s, levels dropped at the end of the 20th ce
ntury due to lake restoration measures, a process termed re-oligotrophicatio
n. In parallel, the characteristic salmonid fish communities were reestablis
hed, which are generally dominated by coregonids. Reduced lake productivity
at P<SUB>tot</SUB>-levels below 30 μg L<small><SUP>-1</SUP></small>, howeve
r, leads to slower growth of coregonids than under eutrophic conditions. At
even lower nutrient levels (<10 μg P<small><SUB>tot</SUB></small> L<small><
SUP>-1</SUP></small>), cohort size may decrease leading eventually to smalle
r harvests. To address the concerns of managers and scientists with regard t
o the perceived or actual impact of re-oligotrophication on whitefish fisher
ies, a workshop was held prior to the 9th ISBMCF in Olsztyn, Poland. The aim
s of the workshop were to analyse the effects of re-oligotrophication on whi
tefish populations, to evaluate and recommend appropriate management options
, and to discuss economic aspects and marketing strategies. This paper summa
rizes the case studies presented at the workshop as well as the conclusions
and recommendations reached by the discussion groups.' (1269 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'' (0 chars) uid => protected12227 (integer) _localizedUid => protected12227 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected12227 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 7 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=5871, pid=124) originalId => protected5871 (integer) authors => protected'Rudolfsen, G.; Müller, R.; Urbach, D.; Wedekind, C.' (72 chars) title => protected'Predicting the mating system from phenotypic correlations between life-histo
ry and sperm quality traits in the Alpine whitefish <I>Coregonus zugensis</I
>' (153 chars) journal => protected'Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology' (35 chars) year => protected2008 (integer) volume => protected62 (integer) issue => protected'4' (1 chars) startpage => protected'561' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'567' (3 chars) categories => protected'mating system; sperm competition; sperm velocity; male mating strategies; sa
lmonids; good genes; sexual selection' (113 chars) description => protected'The mating behavior and reproductive strategies of Alpine whitefish like <I>
Coregonus zugensis</I> (Nüsslin) are poorly understood, probably because t
hey spawn in deep water where direct observations are difficult. In this stu
dy, we interpret life-history and sperm quality traits of fish that we caugh
t from their spawning place. We found that males invest heavily into gonadal
tissue (up to 5.6% of their body weight), which is, in comparison to other
fish, consistent with external fertilization, distinct pairing and moderate
to high communal spawning, or no pairing and low to moderate communal spawni
ng. Sperm competition theory and recent experimental studies on other salmon
ids predict that males optimize ejaculate characteristics in relation to the
costs of sperm and the level of competition they have to expect: dominant m
ales are predicted to invest less into ejaculate quality and to have slower
spermatozoa than subdominant males. We found that spermatozoa of older males
are slower than those of younger males. Moreover, older males have larger b
reeding tubercles, a secondary sexual trait that has, in some previous studi
es, been found to be linked to good condition and to good genetic quality. O
ur results suggest that <I>C. zugensis</I> has age-linked reproductive strat
egies, that multimale spawning is common, i.e., that sperm competition plays
a significant role, and that older males are on average dominant over young
er males at the spawning place.' (1475 chars) serialnumber => protected'0340-5443' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1007/s00265-007-0480-5' (25 chars) uid => protected5871 (integer) _localizedUid => protected5871 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected5871 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 8 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=5542, pid=124) originalId => protected5542 (integer) authors => protected'Wedekind, C.; Rudolfsen, G.; Jacob, A.; Urbach, D.; Mül
ler, R.' (88 chars) title => protected'The genetic consequences of hatchery-induced sperm competition in a salmonid' (76 chars) journal => protected'Biological Conservation' (23 chars) year => protected2007 (integer) volume => protected137 (integer) issue => protected'2' (1 chars) startpage => protected'180' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'188' (3 chars) categories => protected'sperm competition; sperm velocity; male mating strategies; reproductive inve
stment; salmonids; good genes sexual selection; genetically benign spawning
protocols; hatchery management' (182 chars) description => protected'Supportive breeding is an important tool in conservation management, but its
long-term genetic consequences are not well understood. Among the factors t
hat could affect the genetics of the offspring is sperm competition as a con
sequence of mixed-milt fertilizations – which is still a common practice i
n many hatcheries. Here, we measured and combined the relevant factors to pr
edict the genetic consequences of various kinds of hatchery-induced sperm co
mpetition. We drew a random sample of male <I>Coregonus zugensis</I> (an Alp
ine whitefish) from a hatchery program and quantified their <I>in vitro</I>
sperm potency by integrating sperm velocity during the first minute after ac
tivation, and their <I>in vitro</I> milt potency by multiplying sperm potenc
y with milt volume and sperm cell density. We found that not controlling for
sperm density and/or milt volume would, at a constant population size, decr
ease the variance effective number of male breeders <I>N</I><SUB>em</SUB> by
around 40–50%. This loss would decrease with increasing population growth
rates. Partial multi-factorial breeding and the separate rearing of in tota
l 799 batches of eggs revealed that neither sperm nor milt potency was signi
ficantly linked to egg survival. Sperm and milt potency was also not signifi
cantly correlated to other potential quality measures such as breeding tuber
cles or condition factor. However, sperm potency was correlated to male age
and milt potency to male growth rate. Our findings suggest that hatchery-ind
uced sperm competition not only increases the loss of genetic variation but
may also induce artificial selection, depending on the fertilization protoco
l. By not equalizing milt volume in multi-male fertilization hatchery manage
rs lose relatively more genetic variation and give fast-growing males a repr
oductive advantage, while equalizing milt volume reduces the loss of genetic
variation and favors younger males who may have fast sperm to compensate fo
r their subdominance at ...' (2019 chars) serialnumber => protected'0006-3207' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1016/j.biocon.2007.01.025' (28 chars) uid => protected5542 (integer) _localizedUid => protected5542 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected5542 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 9 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=5641, pid=124) originalId => protected5641 (integer) authors => protected'Wedekind, C.; Evanno, G.; Urbach, D.; Jacob, A.; Müller
, R.' (85 chars) title => protected''Good-genes' and 'compatible-genes' effects in an Alpine whitefish and the i
nformation content of breeding tubercles over the course of the spawning sea
son' (155 chars) journal => protected'Genetica' (8 chars) year => protected2007 (integer) volume => protected132 (integer) issue => protected'2' (1 chars) startpage => protected'199' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'208' (3 chars) categories => protected'good-genes sexual selection; secondary sexual characters; breeding tubercles
; perl organ; signaling; contact organ; embryo viability; salmonids' (143 chars) description => protected'Some models of sexual selection predict that individuals vary in their genet
ic quality and reveal some of this variation in their secondary sexual chara
cteristics. Alpine whitefish (<I>Coregonus</I> sp.) develop breeding tubercl
es shortly before their spawning season. These tubercles are epidermal struc
tures that are distributed regularly along the body sides of both males and
females. There is still much unexplained variation in the size of breeding t
ubercles within both sexes and with much overlap between the sexes. It has b
een suggested that breeding tubercles function to maintain body contact betw
een the mating partners during spawning, act as weapons for defence of spawn
ing territories, or are sexual signals that reveal aspects of genetic qualit
y. We took two samples of whitefish from their spawning place, one at the be
ginning and one around the peak of spawning season. We found that females ha
ve on average smaller breeding tubercles than males, and that tubercle size
partly reveals the stage of gonad maturation. Two independent full-factorial
breeding experiments revealed that embryo mortality was significantly influ
enced by male and female effects. This finding demonstrates that the males d
iffered in their genetic quality (because offspring get nothing but genes fr
om their fathers). Tubercle size was negatively linked to some aspects of em
bryo mortality in the first breeding experiment but not significantly so in
the second. This lack of consistency adds to inconsistent results that were
reported before and suggests that (i) some aspects of genetic quality are no
t revealed in breeding tubercles while others are, or (ii) individuals vary
in their signaling strategies and the information content of breeding tuberc
les is not always reliable. Moreover, the fact that female whitefish have br
eeding tubercles of significant size while males seem to have few reasons to
be choosy suggests that the tubercles might also serve some functions that
are not linked to sexual...' (2011 chars) serialnumber => protected'0016-6707' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1007/s10709-007-9164-3' (25 chars) uid => protected5641 (integer) _localizedUid => protected5641 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected5641 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 10 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=12228, pid=124) originalId => protected12228 (integer) authors => protected'Müller, R.' (16 chars) title => protected'The re-discovery of the vanished "Edelfisch" Coregonus nobilis Haack, 1882,
in Lake Lucerne, Switzerland' (104 chars) journal => protected'In: Jankun, M.; Brzuzan, P.; Hliwa, P.; Luczynski, M. (E
ds.), Biology and management of coregonid fishes - 2005. Proceedings of the
ninth international symposium on the biology and management of coregonid fis
hes held in Olsztyn, Poland' (255 chars) year => protected2007 (integer) volume => protected0 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'419' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'430' (3 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Until about 1950, the endemic "Edelfisch", a summer-spawning large-type core
gonid, was the main object of the whitefish fishery in the inner (south-east
ern) part of Lake Lucerne, central Switzerland. Catch statistics specificall
y report "Edelfisch" until 1978. Because of dwindling catches, "Edelfisch" w
ere not reported as such but were included in the collective "large-type whi
tefish" catches after 1978. The species was considered extinct as of 1980. T
he likely reason for the assumed extinction was lake eutrophication, with ox
ygen depletion at the depth of 100–200 m where the "Edelfisch" used to spa
wn. From 1995 on, "Edelfisch" started to appear again in commercial catches,
though very rarely. In summer 2004, test fishing with gillnets targeting th
e "Edelfisch" on its traditional spawning grounds yielded 27 fish, all matur
e and ripe or close to spawning. Eggs from the only female with running eggs
were stripped and fertilised, and incubated at 8.3 and 4.2 °C. Stages and
duration of embryonic development at both temperatures are reported for the
first time. Larvae from the 8.3 °C batch were reared on dry food in an aqua
rium. Mortality during the first 50 days was 73%, and only 10% survived eigh
t months. The presently favourable lake conditions, in combination with grad
ually decreasing fishing intensity, will allow the "Edelfisch" population to
eventually expand further on its own.' (1406 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'' (0 chars) uid => protected12228 (integer) _localizedUid => protected12228 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected12228 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 11 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=5543, pid=124) originalId => protected5543 (integer) authors => protected'Müller, R.; Breitenstein, M.; Mbuenemo Bia, M.; Rellstab,&nb
sp;C.; Kirchhofer, A.' (102 chars) title => protected'Bottom-up control of whitefish populations in ultra-oligotrophic Lake Brienz' (76 chars) journal => protected'Aquatic Sciences' (16 chars) year => protected2007 (integer) volume => protected69 (integer) issue => protected'2' (1 chars) startpage => protected'271' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'288' (3 chars) categories => protected'coregonids; fishing yield; food chain; bottom-up effects; bioenergetics mode
l; oligotrophication' (96 chars) description => protected'Lake Brienz, an oligotrophic pre-alpine Swiss lake, went through a mesotroph
ic period between around 1960 and 1990. The lake is moderately turbid caused
by fine suspended solids from glaciers. In 1999, yield of the economically
important whitefish collapsed to about 10% of preceding years. Age and growt
h analysis of the two whitefish types examined - small and large type - reve
aled an almost complete halt of growth from 1999 until June 2000, paralleled
by poor condition. Zooplankton data showed that cladocerans, the preferred
food of whitefish, were rare from January 1999 until June 2000. In order to
elucidate the trophic relationships between zooplankton and fish, the «Wisc
onsin Bioenergetics Model 3.0» was applied. The analysis showed that poor g
rowth and condition of whitefish in 1999 and 2000 were caused by the scarcit
y of primary food organisms. The relatively small and slender fish could not
be caught by legal gillnets, which resulted in poor fishing yield. Evidence
is presented that cladoceran biomass governs food consumption by the fish (
«bottom- up effect»), while the effect of fish predation on cladocerans wa
s found to be negligible, most likely also during the period of poor growth.
Turbidity did not appear to significantly interfere with the feeding of whi
tefish. Growth, condition and commercial yield of whitefish partly increased
again after 2000, but due to the very low productivity of Lake Brienz, fish
ing yield will remain low. Food chains in such oligotrophic systems are frag
ile. It is likely that a future collapse of the cladoceran population and, t
hus, the whitefish fishery will happen again.' (1641 chars) serialnumber => protected'1015-1621' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1007/s00027-007-0874-5' (25 chars) uid => protected5543 (integer) _localizedUid => protected5543 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected5543 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 12 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=5446, pid=124) originalId => protected5446 (integer) authors => protected'Roy, D.; Docker, M. F.; Haffner, G. D.; Heath, 
;D. D.' (87 chars) title => protected'Body shape vs. colour associated initial divergence in the <I>Telmatherina</
I> radiation in Lake Matano, Sulawesi, Indonesia' (124 chars) journal => protected'Journal of Evolutionary Biology' (31 chars) year => protected2007 (integer) volume => protected20 (integer) issue => protected'3' (1 chars) startpage => protected'1126' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'1137' (4 chars) categories => protected'adaptive radiation; colouration; geometric morphometrics; initial divergence
; Lake Matano; microenvironments; radiation in stages; sexual selection; Sul
awesi; Telmatherina' (171 chars) description => protected'Highly polymorphic colouration patterns are often associated with sexual sel
ection in fish and can be the initial cause of divergence among closely rela
ted taxa. Here we use genetic, body colour and geometric morphometric data c
ollected on 118 fish from Lake Matano, Sulawesi, Indonesia to test if colour
ation is the initial cause of divergence in the radiating <I>Telmatherina</I
> genus. Results reveal that all <I>Telmatherina</I> previously described in
this system can be categorized into three mitochondrial lineages and that c
olouration is only weakly associated with early divergence. Clade-specific b
ody shapes, however, likely adapted to microenvironments are key to the init
ial divergence in this system. Data also show that although colourations wer
e not likely instrumental in seeding divergence in these fish, they appear t
o have developed in parallel within each clade. Our results are consistent w
ith an emerging pattern repeated in many vertebrate radiations, whereby dive
rgence by colouration or other display traits is preceded by specialization
to environmental adaptive peaks.' (1096 chars) serialnumber => protected'1010-061X' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/j.1420-9101.2006.01289.x' (32 chars) uid => protected5446 (integer) _localizedUid => protected5446 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected5446 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 13 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=5502, pid=124) originalId => protected5502 (integer) authors => protected'Finger, D.; Bossard, P.; Schmid, M.; Jaun, L.; Müller,&
nbsp;B.; Steiner, D.; Schäffer, E.; Zeh, M.; Wüest, A.' (152 chars) title => protected'Effects of alpine hydropower operations on primary production in a downstrea
m lake' (82 chars) journal => protected'Aquatic Sciences' (16 chars) year => protected2007 (integer) volume => protected69 (integer) issue => protected'2' (1 chars) startpage => protected'240' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'256' (3 chars) categories => protected'dams and reservoirs; downstream effects; turbid lakes; light regime; oligotr
ophic lakes' (87 chars) description => protected'During the past century, the construction of hydropower dams in the watershe
d of Lake Brienz has significantly altered the dynamics of turbidity, which
has important implications for lake productivity. To assess these effects, w
e measured in situ carbon assimilation rates and ambient light intensities o
ver 18 months. Based on experimental data, a numerical model was developed t
o assess gross primary production under present light conditions and those u
nder a hypothetical case without upstream dams. Light conditions for the hyp
othetical 'no-dam' situation were estimated from pre-dam Secchi depths and s
imulated 'no-dam' particle concentrations. Current gross primary production
is low (∼66 gC m<SUP>-2</SUP> yr<SUP>-1</SUP>), and could increase ∼44%
if the lake was less turbid. Disregarding nutrient retention in reservoirs,
we estimate gross primary production would be ∼35% lower in summer and ∼
23% higher in winter in the absence of reservoirs. The annual primary produc
tion (∼58 gC m<SUP>-2</SUP> yr<SUP>-1</SUP>) would decrease ∼12% compare
d to the current primary production with dams. According to model calculatio
ns, hydropower operations have significantly altered the seasonal dynamics,
but have little effect on annual primary production in Lake Brienz.' (1283 chars) serialnumber => protected'1015-1621' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1007/s00027-007-0873-6' (25 chars) uid => protected5502 (integer) _localizedUid => protected5502 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected5502 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 14 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=5450, pid=124) originalId => protected5450 (integer) authors => protected'Schager, E.; Peter, A.; Burkhardt-Holm, P.' (57 chars) title => protected'Status of young-of-the-year brown trout (<I>Salmo trutta fario</I>) in Swiss
streams: factors influencing YOY trout recruitment' (127 chars) journal => protected'Aquatic Sciences' (16 chars) year => protected2007 (integer) volume => protected69 (integer) issue => protected'1' (1 chars) startpage => protected'41' (2 chars) otherpage => protected'50' (2 chars) categories => protected'fish catch decline; reproduction; fish habitat; PKD; general linear model' (73 chars) description => protected'As part of the Swiss Fischnetz project (network for declining fish yields in
Switzerland) studies were carried out to investigate the decline in catches
of brown trout. Insufficient YOY (young-of-the-year) recruitment of brown t
rout due to different abiotic and/or biotic factors was hypothesized as a po
tential cause of this decline. Quantitative assessments of fish ecology para
meters and habitat measurements were carried out at 97 river sites over a tw
o-year period. The main objectives of this study were to document the occurr
ence and abundance of naturally reproduced YOY trout and to develop an under
standing of environmental factors responsible for the observed YOY density.
A general linear model (GLM) was used to analyse the influence of selected e
nvironmental abiotic and biotic parameters on YOY density.<BR/>Successful re
cruitment of YOY trout was observed in all but three of the sites studied. A
bundance was correlated with abiotic and biotic factors, such as river width
, slope, altitude, substratum condition, and the occurrence of proliferative
kidney disease (PKD). The results highlight the importance of small streams
for natural YOY recruitment of brown trout and their function as a source o
f individuals for downstream river sections.' (1260 chars) serialnumber => protected'1015-1621' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1007/s00027-007-0845-x' (25 chars) uid => protected5450 (integer) _localizedUid => protected5450 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected5450 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 15 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=5656, pid=124) originalId => protected5656 (integer) authors => protected'Dijkstra, P. D.; Seehausen, O.; Groothuis, T. G.&nb
sp;G.' (81 chars) title => protected'Intrasexual competition among females and the stabilization of a conspicuous
colour polymorphism in a Lake Victoria cichlid fish' (128 chars) journal => protected'Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences' (55 chars) year => protected2008 (integer) volume => protected275 (integer) issue => protected'1634' (4 chars) startpage => protected'519' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'526' (3 chars) categories => protected'intrasexual selection; speciation; female–female competition; Lake Victori
a' (77 chars) description => protected'The maintenance of colour polymorphis0ms within populations has been a long-
standing interest in evolutionary ecology. African cichlid fish contain some
of the most striking known cases of this phenomenon. Intrasexual selection
can be negative frequency dependent when males bias aggression towards pheno
typically similar rivals, stabilizing male colour polymorphisms. We propose
that where females are territorial and competitive, aggression biases in fem
ales may also promote coexistence of female morphs. We studied a polymorphic
population of the cichlid fish <em>Neochromis omnicaeruleus</em> from Lake
Victoria, in which three distinct female colour morphs coexist: one plain br
own and two blotched morphs. Using simulated intruder choice tests in the la
boratory, we show that wild-caught females of each morph bias aggression tow
ards females of their own morph, suggesting that females of all three morphs
may have an advantage when their morph is locally the least abundant. This
mechanism may contribute to the establishment and stabilization of colour po
lymorphisms. Next, by crossing the morphs, we generated sisters belonging to
different colour morphs. We find no sign of aggression bias in these sister
s, making pleiotropy unlikely to explain the association between colour and
aggression bias in wild fish, which is maintained in the face of gene flow.
We conclude that female–female aggression may be one important force for s
tabilizing colour polymorphism in cichlid fish.' (1491 chars) serialnumber => protected'0962-8452' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1098/rspb.2007.1441' (22 chars) uid => protected5656 (integer) _localizedUid => protected5656 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected5656 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 16 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=5646, pid=124) originalId => protected5646 (integer) authors => protected'Seehausen, O.; Takimoto, G.; Roy, D.; Jokela, J.' (68 chars) title => protected'Speciation reversal and biodiversity dynamics with hybridization in changing
environments' (89 chars) journal => protected'Molecular Ecology' (17 chars) year => protected2008 (integer) volume => protected17 (integer) issue => protected'1' (1 chars) startpage => protected'30' (2 chars) otherpage => protected'44' (2 chars) categories => protected'biodiversity; conservation; extinction; hybrid speciation; hybridization; sp
eciation reversal' (93 chars) description => protected'A considerable fraction of the world’s biodiversity is of recent evolution
ary origin and has evolved as a by-product of, and is maintained by, diverge
nt adaptation in heterogeneous environments. Conservationists have paid atte
ntion to genetic homogenization caused by human-induced translocations (e.g.
biological invasions and stocking), and to the importance of environmental
heterogeneity for the ecological coexistence of species. However, far less a
ttention has been paid to the consequences of loss of environmental heteroge
neity to the genetic coexistence of sympatric species. Our review of empiric
al observations and our theoretical considerations on the causes and consequ
ences of interspecific hybridization suggest that a loss of environmental he
terogeneity causes a loss of biodiversity through increased genetic admixtur
e, effectively reversing speciation. Loss of heterogeneity relaxes divergent
selection and removes ecological barriers to gene flow between divergently
adapted species, promoting interspecific introgressive hybridization. Since
heterogeneity of natural environments is rapidly deteriorating in most biome
s, the evolutionary ecology of speciation reversal ought to be fully integra
ted into conservation biology.' (1246 chars) serialnumber => protected'0962-1083' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03529.x' (32 chars) uid => protected5646 (integer) _localizedUid => protected5646 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected5646 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 17 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=5504, pid=124) originalId => protected5504 (integer) authors => protected'Kawata, M.; Shoji, A.; Kawamura, S.; Seehausen, O.' (70 chars) title => protected'A genetically explicit model of speciation by sensory drive within a continu
ous population in aquatic environments' (114 chars) journal => protected'BMC Evolutionary Biology' (24 chars) year => protected2007 (integer) volume => protected7 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'99 (22 pp.)' (11 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Background: The sensory drive hypothesis predicts that divergent sensory ada
ptation in different habitats may lead to premating isolation upon secondary
contact of populations. Speciation by sensory drive has traditionally been
treated as a special case of speciation as a byproduct of adaptation to dive
rgent environments in geographically isolated populations. However, if habit
ats are heterogeneous, local adaptation in the sensory systems may cause the
emergence of reproductively isolated species from a single unstructured pop
ulation. In polychromatic fishes, visual sensitivity might become adapted to
local ambient light regimes and the sensitivity might influence female pref
erences for male nuptial color. In this paper, we investigate the possibilit
y of speciation by sensory drive as a byproduct of divergent visual adaptati
on within a single initially unstructured population. We use models based on
explicit genetic mechanisms for color vision and nuptial coloration.<br />
Results: We show that in simulations in which the adaptive evolution of visu
al pigments and color perception are explicitly modeled, sensory drive can p
romote speciation along a short selection gradient within a continuous habit
at and population. We assumed that color perception evolves to adapt to the
modal light environment that individuals experience and that females prefer
to mate with males whose nuptial color they are most sensitive to. In our si
mulations color perception depends on the absorption spectra of an individua
l's visual pigments. Speciation occurred most frequently when the steepness
of the environmental light gradient was intermediate and dispersal distance
of offspring was relatively small. In addition, our results predict that mut
ations that cause large shifts in the wavelength of peak absorption promote
speciation, whereas we did not observe speciation when peak absorption evolv
ed by stepwise mutations with small effect.<br /> Conclusion: The results su
ggest that speciation ca...' (2415 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'10.1186/1471-2148-7-99' (22 chars) uid => protected5504 (integer) _localizedUid => protected5504 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected5504 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 18 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=5645, pid=124) originalId => protected5645 (integer) authors => protected'Witte, F.; Wanink, J. H.; Kishe-Machumu, M.; Mkumbo,&nbs
p;O. C.; Goudswaard, P. C.; Seehausen, O.' (137 chars) title => protected'Differential decline and recovery of haplochromine trophic groups in the Mwa
nza Gulf of Lake Victoria' (101 chars) journal => protected'Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management' (39 chars) year => protected2007 (integer) volume => protected10 (integer) issue => protected'4' (1 chars) startpage => protected'416' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'433' (3 chars) categories => protected'haplochromine cichlids; detritivores; zooplanktivores; eutrophication; fishe
ry; Nile perch' (90 chars) description => protected'Lake Victoria had a fish fauna dominated by 500+ species of haplochromine ci
chlids that made up more than 80% of the fish mass. The five main trophic gr
oups caught with bottom trawlers in the sub-littoral areas of the Mwanza Gul
f were: detritivores, zooplanktivores, insectivores, molluscivores and pisci
vores. The detritivores (13+ species) formed the most important guild, makin
g up 60-80% of the number of individuals, followed by the zooplanktivores (1
2+ species), which comprised 10-30%. In the 1980s the haplochromines from th
e sub-littoral and offshore areas (estimated at some 200 species) vanished a
lmost completely. Commercial trawl fishery, the upsurge of the introduced Ni
le perch, and an increase of eutrophication were potential causes of this de
cline. In the 1990s, when Nile perch was heavily fished, a recovery of some
haplochromine species was observed. We studied the decline and partial recov
ery of the different haplochromine trophic groups in the northern part of th
e Mwanza Gulf. The rate at which the trophic groups declined differed; the r
elatively large piscivores, insectivores and molluscivores were the first to
disappear from the catches. The small detritivores and zooplanktivores decl
ined at lower rates, especially the latter group. From the beginning of the
1990s a resurgence of both groups was observed. By 2001, the zooplanktivores
had reached their previous level of abundance, but their diversity declined
from more than 12 species to only three. Though four detritivorous species
began being regularly caught again, they constituted only about 15% of the n
umber of individuals, while the zooplanktivores made up more than 80%. The p
atterns of decline and recovery indicate that, though fishery played a role
locally, predation by Nile perch and eutrophication were the main factors de
termining the fate of the haplochromines. However, it has so far been imposs
ible to establish the causal relationship between the two, and the relative
impact of each of these ...' (2178 chars) serialnumber => protected'1463-4988' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1080/14634980701709410' (25 chars) uid => protected5645 (integer) _localizedUid => protected5645 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected5645 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 19 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=5465, pid=124) originalId => protected5465 (integer) authors => protected'Genner, M. J.; Seehausen, O.; Lunt, D. H.; Joyce,&n
bsp;D. A.; Shaw, P. W.; Carvalho, G. R.; Turner,&nb
sp;G. F.' (165 chars) title => protected'Age of cichlids: new dates for ancient lake fish radiations' (59 chars) journal => protected'Molecular Biology and Evolution' (31 chars) year => protected2007 (integer) volume => protected24 (integer) issue => protected'5' (1 chars) startpage => protected'1269' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'1282' (4 chars) categories => protected'molecular clock; Gondwanan fragmentation; fossil record; adaptive radiation;
speciation' (87 chars) description => protected'Timing divergence events allows us to infer the conditions under which biodi
versity has evolved and gain important insights into the mechanisms driving
evolution. Cichlid fishes are a model system for studying speciation and ada
ptive radiation, yet we have lacked reliable timescales for their evolution.
Phylogenetic reconstructions are consistent with cichlid origins prior to G
ondwanan landmass fragmentation 165-121 million years ago, onsiderably earli
er than the first known fossil cichlids (Eocene). We examined the timing of
cichlid evolution using a relaxed molecular clock calibrated with geological
estimates for the ages of (i) Gondwanan fragmentation and (ii) cichlid foss
ils. Timescales of cichlid evolution derived from fossil-dated phylogenies o
f other bony fishes most closely matched those suggested by Gondwanan break-
up calibrations, suggesting the Eocene origins and marine dispersal implied
by the cichlid fossil record may be due to its incompleteness. Using Gondwan
an calibrations, we found accumulation of genetic diversity within the radia
ting lineages of the African Lakes Malawi, Victoria and Barombi Mbo and Pala
eolake Makgadikgadi began around or after the time of lake basin formation.
These calibrations also suggest Lake Tanganyika was colonised independently
by the major radiating cichlid tribes that then began to accumulate genetic
diversity thereafter. These results contrast with the widely accepted theory
that diversification into major lineages took place within the Tanganyika b
asin. Together this evidence suggests that ancient lake habitats have played
a key role in generating and maintaining diversity within radiating lineage
s, but also that lakes may have captured pre-existing cichlid diversity from
multiple sources from which adaptive radiations have evolved.' (1810 chars) serialnumber => protected'0737-4038' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1093/molbev/msm050' (21 chars) uid => protected5465 (integer) _localizedUid => protected5465 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected5465 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 20 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=5649, pid=124) originalId => protected5649 (integer) authors => protected'van der Sluijs, I.; van Alphen, J. J. M.; Seehausen,&nbs
p;O.' (80 chars) title => protected'Preference polymorphism for coloration but no speciation in a population of
Lake Victoria cichlids' (98 chars) journal => protected'Behavioral Ecology' (18 chars) year => protected2008 (integer) volume => protected19 (integer) issue => protected'1' (1 chars) startpage => protected'177' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'183' (3 chars) categories => protected'cichlids; hybridization; mate choice; polymorphism; sexual selection' (68 chars) description => protected'Female mating preference based on male nuptial coloration has been suggested
to be an important source of diversifying selection in the radiation of Lak
e Victoria cichlid fish. Initial variation in female preference is a prerequ
isite for diversifying selection; however, it is rarely studied in natural p
opulations. In clear water areas of Lake Victoria, the sibling species <I>Pu
ndamilia pundamilia</I> with blue males and <I>Pundamilia nyererei</I> with
red males coexist, intermediate phenotypes are rare, and most females have s
pecies-assortative mating preferences. Here, we study a population of <I>Pun
damilia</I> that inhabits turbid water where male coloration is variable fro
m reddish to blue with most males intermediate. We investigated male phenoty
pe distribution and female mating preferences. Male phenotype was unimodally
distributed with a mode on intermediate color in 1 year and more blue-shift
ed in 2 other years. In mate choice experiments with females of the turbid w
ater population and males from a clearer water population, we found females
with a significant and consistent preference for <I>P. pundamilia</I> (blue)
males, females with such preferences for <I>P. nyererei</I> (red) males, an
d many females without a preference. Hence, female mating preferences in thi
s population could cause disruptive selection on male coloration that is pro
bably constrained by the low signal transduction of the turbid water environ
ment. We suggest that if environmental signal transduction was improved and
the preference/color polymorphism was stabilized by negative frequency-depen
dent selection, divergent sexual selection might separate the 2 morphs into
reproductively isolated species resembling the clear water species <I>P. pun
damilia</I> and <I>P. nyererei</I>.' (1783 chars) serialnumber => protected'1045-2249' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1093/beheco/arm120' (21 chars) uid => protected5649 (integer) _localizedUid => protected5649 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected5649 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 21 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=5589, pid=124) originalId => protected5589 (integer) authors => protected'Vonlanthen, P.; Excoffier, L.; Bittner, D.; Persat, H.;
Neuenschwander, S.; Largiadèr, C. R.' (128 chars) title => protected'Genetic analysis of potential postglacial watershed crossings in Central Eur
ope by the bullhead (<I>Cottus gobio</I> L.)' (120 chars) journal => protected'Molecular Ecology' (17 chars) year => protected2007 (integer) volume => protected16 (integer) issue => protected'21' (2 chars) startpage => protected'4572' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'4584' (4 chars) categories => protected'bullhead; colonization history; Cottus gobio; microsatellite; postglacial co
lonization; watershed' (97 chars) description => protected'Natural colonizations across watersheds have been frequently proposed to exp
lain the present distributions of many freshwater fish species. However, det
ailed studies of such potential watershed crossings are still missing. Here,
we investigated potential postglacial watershed crossings of the widely dis
tributed European bullhead (<I>Cottus gobio</I> L.) in two different areas a
long the Rhine-Rhône watershed using detailed genetic analysis. The main ad
vantage of studying bullheads vs. other freshwater fish species is that thei
r distribution has been lightly influenced by human activities and as such,
interpretations of colonization history are not confounded by artificial tra
nsplantations. The genetic analyses of eight microsatellite loci revealed st
watershed crossing of bullheads from the upper Rhine drainage into the Rhôn
e drainage in the Lake Geneva area likely facilitated by the retreat of the
glaciers after the last glacial maximum some 20 000 years ago. Populations f
rom the Lake Geneva basin were genetically more similar to populations from
across the watershed in the upper Rhine drainage than to populations further
downstream in the lower Rhône. In contrast, populations from Belfort, an a
rea, which was not covered by ice during the last glacial maximum, showed st
rong genetic differentiation between populations of the upper Rhine and Rhô
ne drainages. Based on our results on the bullhead, we propose that glacial
retreat may have eased the dispersal of numerous European freshwater fish sp
ecies across several geological boundaries.' (1715 chars) serialnumber => protected'0962-1083' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03531.x' (32 chars) uid => protected5589 (integer) _localizedUid => protected5589 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected5589 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 22 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=8503, pid=124) originalId => protected8503 (integer) authors => protected'Zimmerli, S.; Bernet, D.; Burkhardt-Holm, P.; Schmidt-Posthau
s, H.; Vonlanthen, P.; Wahli, T.; Segner, H.' (140 chars) title => protected'Assessment of fish health status in four Swiss rivers showing a decline of b
rown trout catches' (94 chars) journal => protected'Aquatic Sciences' (16 chars) year => protected2007 (integer) volume => protected69 (integer) issue => protected'1' (1 chars) startpage => protected'11' (2 chars) otherpage => protected'25' (2 chars) categories => protected'brown trout; EROD; histopathology; kidney; liver; proliferative kidney disea
se; fish health; biomarker' (102 chars) description => protected'A pronounced decline in catch of brown trout (<I>Salmo trutta</I> L.) over t
he last 10–20 years has been reported for many rivers in Switzerland. Impa
ired health status of the fishes has been suggested as one possible cause of
the decline. The present study investigated the health status of juvenile b
rown trout from four Swiss rivers which experienced reductions of brown trou
t catches during the last two decades: Emme, Liechtensteiner Binnenkanal (LB
K), Necker and Venoge. A gradient approach was applied, studying at each riv
er a headwater (HW), midstream (D1) and downstream site (D2). Fish health wa
s assessed by the following indices: hepatic 7-ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase
(EROD) activity, organ (liver, kidney) histopathology, and gross biometric i
ndices (condition factor, hepatosomatic index). Hepatic EROD activities were
generally low without showing significant within- or between-stream differe
nces. Histopathological alterations of the liver displayed a moderate downst
ream increase in the Emme, LBK and Necker, but not in the Venoge. Between-st
ream differences of liver pathology were small. Kidney histopathology was no
t different between upstream and downstream sites, except for Emme and Venog
e, where fishes at the downstream sites were infected with the parasite <I>T
etracapsuloides bryosalmonae</I>, the cause of the proliferative kidney dise
ase (PKD). The findings from this study point to an association of within-st
ream gradients in water quality, PKD prevalence, fish health and brown trout
biomass, whereas between-stream differences of actual fish health status re
flecting the different levels of catch declines observed in the four rivers
during the last two decades are not evident.' (1716 chars) serialnumber => protected'1015-1621' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1007/s00027-006-0844-3' (25 chars) uid => protected8503 (integer) _localizedUid => protected8503 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected8503 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 23 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=5444, pid=124) originalId => protected5444 (integer) authors => protected'Vuilleumier, S.; Lande, R.; van Alphen, J. J. M.; S
eehausen, O.' (93 chars) title => protected'Invasion and fixation of sex-reversal genes' (43 chars) journal => protected'Journal of Evolutionary Biology' (31 chars) year => protected2007 (integer) volume => protected20 (integer) issue => protected'3' (1 chars) startpage => protected'913' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'920' (3 chars) categories => protected'fixation; heterogametic sex; individual selection; interdeme selection; meta
-population; sex chromosomes; sex-reversal gene; simulation' (135 chars) description => protected'We simulated a meta-population with random dispersal among demes but local m
ating within demes to investigate conditions under which a dominant female-d
etermining gene W, with no individual selection advantage, can invade and be
come fixed in females, changing the population from male to female heterogam
ety. Starting with one mutant W in a single deme, the interaction of sex rat
io selection and random genetic drift causes W to be fixed among females mor
e often than a comparable neutral mutation with no influence on sex determin
ation, even when YY males have slightly reduced viability. Meta-population s
tructure and interdeme selection can also favour the fixation of W. The reve
rse transition from female to male heterogamety can also occur with higher p
robability than for a comparable neutral mutation. These results help to exp
lain the involvement of sex-determining genes in the evolution of sex chromo
somes and in sexual selection and speciation.' (957 chars) serialnumber => protected'1010-061X' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/j.1420-9101.2007.01311.x' (32 chars) uid => protected5444 (integer) _localizedUid => protected5444 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected5444 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 24 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=5451, pid=124) originalId => protected5451 (integer) authors => protected'Weber, C.; Peter, A.; Zanini, F.' (47 chars) title => protected'Spatio-temporal analysis of fish and their habitat: a case study on a highly
degraded Swiss river system prior to extensive rehabilitation' (138 chars) journal => protected'Aquatic Sciences' (16 chars) year => protected2007 (integer) volume => protected69 (integer) issue => protected'1' (1 chars) startpage => protected'162' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'172' (3 chars) categories => protected'catchment; hydropeaking; rehabilitation; brown trout; historical analysis; r
iver Rhone' (86 chars) description => protected'The failure of river rehabilitation projects is often reported in the litera
ture. One possible reason for this failure is the insufficient consideration
of factors degrading riverine ecosystems at large spatio-temporal scales. A
precedent analysis of the evolution and significance of these factors at th
e watershed level is proposed as a prerequisite for a successful rehabilitat
ion project. Based on a watershed-scale approach, we investigated the curren
t and historical states of the fish assemblage and of relevant abiotic facto
rs in the river Rhone, a seventh-order stream in Switzerland scheduled for l
arge-scale rehabilitation. Recent field data gathered by electrofishing and
habitat mapping were analysed by means of a mixed model approach and were qu
alitatively compared compared to historical information derived from topogra
phic maps and documentary sources.<BR/>The length of the entire active chann
el has been reduced by 45% (102 km) since 1850, representing a significant d
iminution in lateral connectivity. Our recent fish survey revealed a deplete
d species set, with only two of 19 historically documented species found. Th
e density of brown trout was generally low, but positively correlated with t
he presence of cover. Thus, morphological improvements, e.g. through local r
iver widening, offer extensive potential for the restoration of native fish
assemblages, but will probably only be successful in combination with a more
natural hydrological regime.' (1473 chars) serialnumber => protected'1015-1621' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1007/s00027-007-0912-3' (25 chars) uid => protected5451 (integer) _localizedUid => protected5451 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected5451 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 25 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=5570, pid=124) originalId => protected5570 (integer) authors => protected'Fette, M.; Weber, C.; Peter, A.; Wehrli, B.' (63 chars) title => protected'Hydropower production and river rehabilitation: a case study on an alpine ri
ver' (79 chars) journal => protected'Environmental Modeling and Assessment' (37 chars) year => protected2007 (integer) volume => protected12 (integer) issue => protected'4' (1 chars) startpage => protected'257' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'267' (3 chars) categories => protected'connectivity; fish biology; habitat stability; hydropeaking; hydropower; tra
cer hydrology; restoration' (102 chars) description => protected'Despite the numerous benefits of hydropower production, this renewable energ
y source can have serious negative consequences on the environment. For exam
ple, dams act as barriers for the longitudinal migration of organisms and tr
ansport of particulate matter. Accelerated siltation processes in the receiv
ing river reduce the vertical connectivity between river and groundwater. Hy
dropeaks, caused by short-term changes in hydropower operation, result in a
negative impact on both habitat and organisms, especially during winter mont
hs when natural discharge is low and almost constant. In this study, we repo
rt the current deficits present in the River Rhone from two different scient
ific perspectives – fish ecology and hydrology. Potential rehabilitation s
olutions in synergy with flood protection measures are discussed. We focus o
n the effects of hydropeaking in relation to longitudinal and vertical dimen
sions and discuss local river widening as a potential rehabilitation tool. T
he fish fauna in the Rhone is characterized by a highly unnatural structure
(low diversity, impaired age distribution). A high correlation between fish
biomass and monotonous morphology (poor cover availability) was established.
Tracer hydrology provided further details about the reduced permeability of
the riverbank, revealing a high degree of siltation with <I>K</I> values of
about 4.7 × 10<SUP>−6</SUP> m s<SUP>−1</SUP>. Improving the hydrologic
situation is therefore essential for the successful rehabilitation of the R
hone River. To this end, hydropeaks in the river reaches must be attenuated.
This can be realized by a combination of different hard technical and soft
operational measures such as retention reservoirs or slower up and down ramp
ing of turbines.' (1764 chars) serialnumber => protected'1420-2026' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1007/s10666-006-9061-7' (25 chars) uid => protected5570 (integer) _localizedUid => protected5570 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected5570 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 26 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=5526, pid=124) originalId => protected5526 (integer) authors => protected'Woods, P. J.' (22 chars) title => protected'Habitat-dependent geographical variation in ontogenetic allometry of the shi
ner perch <I>Cymatogaster aggregata</I> Gibbons (Teleostei: Embiotocidae)' (149 chars) journal => protected'Journal of Evolutionary Biology' (31 chars) year => protected2007 (integer) volume => protected20 (integer) issue => protected'5' (1 chars) startpage => protected'1783' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'1798' (4 chars) categories => protected'allometry; Cymatogaster; ecomorphology; embiotocidae; fish; geometric morpho
metrics; habitat; intraspecific variation; marine; ontogeny' (135 chars) description => protected'Studies of intraspecific morphological variation in fishes have traditionall
y focused on freshwater rather than marine species. In addition, such studie
s typically focus on adults, although causes and intensities of selective pr
essures most likely vary through an individual's lifetime. In this study, bo
dy and head shape of a marine species, shiner perch <I>Cymatogaster aggregat
a</I> Gibbons were compared among localities along the Pacific Northwest coa
st of North America. Evidence was found for intraspecific variation in ontog
enetic allometry, and for a closer correlation of body shape with environmen
t rather than geographical proximity. This correlation with environment was
more evident in younger fish, thereby demonstrating the importance of analys
ing multiple life stages. A common garden experiment suggests both environme
ntal and genetic bases for the observed differences. Recognizing intraspecif
ic ecomorphological complexity and its specificity to habitat and/or life st
age can have important consequences for understanding the role of local adap
tation and population dynamics in macroecology.' (1111 chars) serialnumber => protected'1010-061X' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/j.1420-9101.2007.01386.x' (32 chars) uid => protected5526 (integer) _localizedUid => protected5526 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected5526 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 27 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=5436, pid=124) originalId => protected5436 (integer) authors => protected'Woolsey, S.; Capelli, F.; Gonser, T.; Hoehn, E.; Hostman
n, M.; Junker, B.; Paetzold, A.; Roulier, C.; Schweizer,
S.; Tiegs, S. D.; Tockner, K.; Weber, C.; Peter,&n
bsp;A.' (234 chars) title => protected'A strategy to assess river restoration success' (46 chars) journal => protected'Freshwater Biology' (18 chars) year => protected2007 (integer) volume => protected52 (integer) issue => protected'4' (1 chars) startpage => protected'752' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'769' (3 chars) categories => protected'evaluation guidelines; socio-economics; indicators; floodplain; decision mak
ing; bioassessment; sustainability; biodiversity' (124 chars) description => protected'1. Elaborate restoration attempts are underway worldwide to return human-imp
acted rivers to more natural conditions. Assessing the outcome of river rest
oration projects is vital for adaptive management, evaluating project effici
ency, optimising future programmes and gaining public acceptance. An importa
nt reason why assessment is often omitted is lack of appropriate guidelines.
<BR/>2. Here we present guidelines for assessing river restoration success.
They are based on a total of 49 indicators and 13 specific objectives elabor
ated for the restoration of low- to mid-order rivers in Switzerland. Most of
these objectives relate to ecological attributes of rivers, but socio-econo
mic aspects are also considered.<BR/>3. A strategy is proposed according to
which a set of indicators is selected from the total of 49 indicators to ens
ure that indicators match restoration objectives and measures, and that the
required effort for survey and analysis of indicators is appropriate to the
project budget.<BR/>4. Indicator values are determined according to methods
described in detailed method sheets. Restoration success is evaluated by com
paring indicator values before and after restoration measures have been unde
rtaken. To this end, values are first standardised on a dimensionless scale
ranging from 0 to 1, then averaged across different indicators for a given p
roject objective, and finally assigned to one of five overall success catego
ries.<BR/>5. To illustrate the application of this scheme, a case study on t
he Thur River, Switzerland, is presented. Seven indicators were selected to
meet a total of five project objectives. The project was successful in achie
ving 'provision of high recreational value', 'lateral connectivity' and 'ver
tical connectivity' but failed to meet the objectives 'morphological and hyd
raulic variability' and 'near natural abundance and diversity of fauna'. Res
ults from this assessment allowed us to identify potential deficits and gaps
in the restoration proj...' (2148 chars) serialnumber => protected'0046-5070' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/j.1365-2427.2007.01740.x' (32 chars) uid => protected5436 (integer) _localizedUid => protected5436 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected5436 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer)
Sex determination and temperature-induced sex differentiation in three natural populations of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) adapted to extreme temperature conditions
Species-specific responses of planktivorous fish to the introduction of a new piscivore: implications for prey fitness
2. Behavioural responses to pikeperch varied greatly during the night, ranging from reduced activity (roach and small perch) and a shift in habitat (roach), to no change in the habitat use and activity of rudd. The differing responses of the different planktivorous prey species highlight the potential variation in behavioural response to predation risk from species of similar vulnerability.
3. These differences had profound effects on fitness; the density of species that exhibited an antipredator response declined only slightly (roach) or even increased (small perch), whereas the density of the species that did not exhibit an antipredator response (rudd) decreased dramatically (by more than 80%).
4. The maladaptive behaviour of rudd can be explained by a ‘behavioural syndrome’, i.e. the interdependence of behaviours expressed in different contexts (feeding activity, antipredator) across different situations (different densities of predators).
5. Our study extends previous studies, that have typically been limited to more controlled situations, by illustrating the variability in intensity of phenotypic responses to predators, and the consequences for population density, in a large whole-lake setting.
Respiration rates of Eurasian perch Perca fluviatilis and ruffe: lower energy costs in groups
Geomorphological determinants of nekton use of intertidal salt marsh creeks
Review: the geography of speciation and adaptive radiation in coregonines
Male dominance linked to size and age, but not to 'good genes' in brown trout (Salmo trutta)
Results: We found significant additive genetic variance on embryo survival, i.e. males differed in their genetic quality. Older, heavier and larger males were more successful in intra-sexual selection. However, neither dominance nor dominance indicators like body length, weight or age were significantly linked to genetic quality measured as embryo or juvenile survival.
Conclusion: We found no evidence that females can improve their offspring's genetic viability by mating with large and dominant males. If there still were advantages of mating with dominant males, they may be linked to non-genetic benefits or to genetic advantages that are context dependent and therefore possibly not revealed under our experimental conditions – even if we found significant additive genetic variation for embryo viability under such conditions.
Re-oligotrophication and whitefish fisheries management – a workshop summary
Predicting the mating system from phenotypic correlations between life-history and sperm quality traits in the Alpine whitefish Coregonus zugensis
The genetic consequences of hatchery-induced sperm competition in a salmonid
'Good-genes' and 'compatible-genes' effects in an Alpine whitefish and the information content of breeding tubercles over the course of the spawning season
The re-discovery of the vanished "Edelfisch" Coregonus nobilis Haack, 1882, in Lake Lucerne, Switzerland
Bottom-up control of whitefish populations in ultra-oligotrophic Lake Brienz
Body shape vs. colour associated initial divergence in the Telmatherina radiation in Lake Matano, Sulawesi, Indonesia
Effects of alpine hydropower operations on primary production in a downstream lake
Status of young-of-the-year brown trout (Salmo trutta fario) in Swiss streams: factors influencing YOY trout recruitment
Successful recruitment of YOY trout was observed in all but three of the sites studied. Abundance was correlated with abiotic and biotic factors, such as river width, slope, altitude, substratum condition, and the occurrence of proliferative kidney disease (PKD). The results highlight the importance of small streams for natural YOY recruitment of brown trout and their function as a source of individuals for downstream river sections.
Intrasexual competition among females and the stabilization of a conspicuous colour polymorphism in a Lake Victoria cichlid fish
Speciation reversal and biodiversity dynamics with hybridization in changing environments
A genetically explicit model of speciation by sensory drive within a continuous population in aquatic environments
Results: We show that in simulations in which the adaptive evolution of visual pigments and color perception are explicitly modeled, sensory drive can promote speciation along a short selection gradient within a continuous habitat and population. We assumed that color perception evolves to adapt to the modal light environment that individuals experience and that females prefer to mate with males whose nuptial color they are most sensitive to. In our simulations color perception depends on the absorption spectra of an individual's visual pigments. Speciation occurred most frequently when the steepness of the environmental light gradient was intermediate and dispersal distance of offspring was relatively small. In addition, our results predict that mutations that cause large shifts in the wavelength of peak absorption promote speciation, whereas we did not observe speciation when peak absorption evolved by stepwise mutations with small effect.
Conclusion: The results suggest that speciation can occur where environmental gradients create divergent selection on sensory modalities that are used in mate choice. Evidence for such gradients exists from several animal groups, and from freshwater and marine fishes in particular. The probability of speciation in a continuous population under such conditions may then critically depend on the genetic architecture of perceptual adaptation and female mate choice.
Differential decline and recovery of haplochromine trophic groups in the Mwanza Gulf of Lake Victoria
Age of cichlids: new dates for ancient lake fish radiations
Preference polymorphism for coloration but no speciation in a population of Lake Victoria cichlids
Genetic analysis of potential postglacial watershed crossings in Central Europe by the bullhead (Cottus gobio L.)
Assessment of fish health status in four Swiss rivers showing a decline of brown trout catches
Invasion and fixation of sex-reversal genes
Spatio-temporal analysis of fish and their habitat: a case study on a highly degraded Swiss river system prior to extensive rehabilitation
The length of the entire active channel has been reduced by 45% (102 km) since 1850, representing a significant diminution in lateral connectivity. Our recent fish survey revealed a depleted species set, with only two of 19 historically documented species found. The density of brown trout was generally low, but positively correlated with the presence of cover. Thus, morphological improvements, e.g. through local river widening, offer extensive potential for the restoration of native fish assemblages, but will probably only be successful in combination with a more natural hydrological regime.
Hydropower production and river rehabilitation: a case study on an alpine river
Habitat-dependent geographical variation in ontogenetic allometry of the shiner perch Cymatogaster aggregata Gibbons (Teleostei: Embiotocidae)
A strategy to assess river restoration success
2. Here we present guidelines for assessing river restoration success. They are based on a total of 49 indicators and 13 specific objectives elaborated for the restoration of low- to mid-order rivers in Switzerland. Most of these objectives relate to ecological attributes of rivers, but socio-economic aspects are also considered.
3. A strategy is proposed according to which a set of indicators is selected from the total of 49 indicators to ensure that indicators match restoration objectives and measures, and that the required effort for survey and analysis of indicators is appropriate to the project budget.
4. Indicator values are determined according to methods described in detailed method sheets. Restoration success is evaluated by comparing indicator values before and after restoration measures have been undertaken. To this end, values are first standardised on a dimensionless scale ranging from 0 to 1, then averaged across different indicators for a given project objective, and finally assigned to one of five overall success categories.
5. To illustrate the application of this scheme, a case study on the Thur River, Switzerland, is presented. Seven indicators were selected to meet a total of five project objectives. The project was successful in achieving 'provision of high recreational value', 'lateral connectivity' and 'vertical connectivity' but failed to meet the objectives 'morphological and hydraulic variability' and 'near natural abundance and diversity of fauna'. Results from this assessment allowed us to identify potential deficits and gaps in the restoration project. To gain information on the sensitivity of the assessment scheme would require a set of complementary indicators for each restoration objective.
Roy D., Paterson G., Hamilton PB., Heath DD., Haffner GD (2007) Resource based adaptive divergence of Telmatherina in Lake Matano Indonesia. Mol Ecol 16 (1), 35 - 48 doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.03106.x
Seehausen O. (2007) Chance, historical contingency and ecological determinism interact in adaptive radiation. Heredity 99 (4), 361 - 363 doi:10.1038/sj.hdy.6801047
Publikationen 2006
peer reviewed journals
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; Burkhardt-Holm, P.' (101 chars) title => protected'Assessing the decline of brown trout (<I>Salmo trutta</I>) in Swiss rivers u
sing a Bayesian probability network' (111 chars) journal => protected'Ecological Modelling' (20 chars) year => protected2006 (integer) volume => protected192 (integer) issue => protected'1-2' (3 chars) startpage => protected'224' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'244' (3 chars) categories => protected'integrated modelling; causal assessment; population viability; anthropogenic
stressors; ecological risk' (103 chars) description => protected'A Bayesian probability network has been developed to integrate the various s
cientific findings of an interdisciplinary research project on brown trout a
nd their habitat in Switzerland. The network is based on a dynamic, age-stru
ctured population model, which is extended to include the effect of natural
and anthropogenic influence factors. These include gravel bed conditions, wa
ter quality, disease rates, water temperature, habitat conditions, stocking
practices, angler catch and flood frequency. Effect strength and associated
uncertainty are described by conditional probability distributions. These co
nditional probabilities were developed using experimental and field data, li
terature reports, and the elicited judgment of involved scientists. The mode
l was applied to brown trout populations at 12 locations in four river basin
s. Model testing consisted of comparing predictions of juvenile and adult de
nsity under current conditions to the results of recent population surveys.
The relative importance of the various influence factors was then assessed b
y comparing various model scenarios, including a hypothetical reference cond
ition. A measure of causal strength was developed based on this comparison,
and the major stress factors were analyzed according to this measure for eac
h location. We found that suboptimal habitat conditions are the most importa
nt and ubiquitous stress factor and have impacts of sufficient magnitude to
explain the reduced fish populations observed in recent years. However, othe
r factors likely contribute to the declines, depending on local conditions.
The model developed in this study can be used to provide these site-specific
assessments and predict the effect of candidate management measures.' (1741 chars) serialnumber => protected'0304-3800' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2005.07.006' (31 chars) uid => protected5215 (integer) _localizedUid => protected5215 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected5215 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 1 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=5402, pid=124) originalId => protected5402 (integer) authors => protected'Pierotti, M. E. R.; Seehausen, O.' (53 chars) title => protected'Male mating preferences pre-date the origin of a female trait polymorphism i
n an incipient species complex of Lake Victoria cichlids' (132 chars) journal => protected'Journal of Evolutionary Biology' (31 chars) year => protected2007 (integer) volume => protected20 (integer) issue => protected'1' (1 chars) startpage => protected'240' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'248' (3 chars) categories => protected'cichlid; male choice; pre-existing preference; sex determination; sexual sel
ection; sympatric speciation' (104 chars) description => protected'Disruptive sexual selection on colour patterns has been suggested as a major
cause of diversification in the cichlid species flock of Lake Victoria. In
<I>Neochromis omnicaeruleus</I>, a colour and sex determination polymorphism
is associated with a polymorphism in male and female mating preferences. Th
eoretical work on this incipient species complex found conditions for rapid
sympatric speciation by selection on sex determination and sexual selection
on male and female colour patterns, under restrictive assumptions. Here we t
est the biological plausibility of a key assumption of such models, namely,
the existence of a male preference against a novel female colour morph befor
e its appearance in the population. We show that most males in a population
that lacks the colour polymorphism exhibit a strong mating preference agains
t the novel female colour morph and that reinforcement is not a likely expla
nation for the origin of such male preferences. Our results show that a spec
ific condition required for the combined action of selection on sex determin
ation and sexual selection to drive sympatric speciation is biologically jus
tified. Finally, we suggest that Lake Victoria cichlids might share an ances
tral female recognition scheme, predisposing colour monomorphic populations/
species to similar evolutionary pathways leading to divergence of colour mor
phs in sympatry.' (1384 chars) serialnumber => protected'1010-061X' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/j.1420-9101.2006.01206.x' (32 chars) uid => protected5402 (integer) _localizedUid => protected5402 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected5402 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 2 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=5393, pid=124) originalId => protected5393 (integer) authors => protected'Terai, Y.; Seehausen, O.; Sasaki, T.; Takahashi, K.; Miz
oiri, S.; Sugawara, T.; Sato, T.; Watanabe, M.; Konijnen
dijk, N.; Mrosso, H. D. J.; Tachida, H.; Imai, 
;H.; Shichida, Y.; Okada, N.' (266 chars) title => protected'Divergent selection on opsins drives incipient speciation in Lake Victoria c
ichlids' (83 chars) journal => protected'PLoS Biology' (12 chars) year => protected2006 (integer) volume => protected4 (integer) issue => protected'12' (2 chars) startpage => protected'2244' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'2251' (4 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Divergent natural selection acting on ecological traits, which also affect m
ate choice, is a key element of ecological speciation theory, but has not pr
eviously been demonstrated at the molecular gene level to our knowledge. Her
e we demonstrate parallel evolution in two cichlid genera under strong diver
gent selection in a gene that affects both. Strong divergent natural selecti
on fixed opsin proteins with different predicted light absorbance properties
at opposite ends of an environmental gradient. By expressing them and measu
ring absorbance, we show that the reciprocal fixation adapts populations to
divergent light environments. The divergent evolution of the visual system c
oincides with divergence in male breeding coloration, consistent with incipi
ent ecological by-product speciation.' (797 chars) serialnumber => protected'1544-9173' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1371/journal.pbio.0040433' (28 chars) uid => protected5393 (integer) _localizedUid => protected5393 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected5393 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 3 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=5397, pid=124) originalId => protected5397 (integer) authors => protected'Maan, M. E.; van der Spoel, M.; Quesada Jimenez, P.; van
Alphen, J. J. M.; Seehausen, O.' (128 chars) title => protected'Fitness correlates of male coloration in a Lake Victoria cichlid fish' (69 chars) journal => protected'Behavioral Ecology' (18 chars) year => protected2006 (integer) volume => protected17 (integer) issue => protected'5' (1 chars) startpage => protected'691' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'699' (3 chars) categories => protected'carotenoid display; cichlid fish; Lake Victoria; parasite-mediated sexual se
lection; Pundamilia nyererei; speciation' (116 chars) description => protected'Sexual selection by female choice has contributed to the rapid evolution of
phenotypic diversity in the cichlid fish species flocks of East Africa. Yet,
very little is known about the ecological mechanisms that drive the evoluti
on of female mating preferences. We studied fitness correlates of male nupti
al coloration in a member of a diverse Lake Victoria cichlid lineage, <I>Pun
damilia nyererei</I>. In this species, male red coloration is subject to int
raspecific sexual selection by female mate choice. Male nuptial coloration p
lays a critical role also in reproductive isolation between this species and
the closely related sympatric species <I>P. pundamilia</I>. Here, we show t
hat <I>P. nyererei</I> male coloration is carotenoid based, illustrating the
potential for honest signaling of individual quality. In a wild population,
we found that variation in male coloration was not associated with variatio
n in a set of strongly intercorrelated indicators of male dominance: male si
ze, territory size, and territory location. Instead, the 2 male characters t
hat predominantly determine female choice, territory size and red coloration
, may be independent predictors of male quality: males with bright red color
ation and large territories had lower parasite infestation rates. As a resul
t, female preferences tended to select against heavily parasitized males. Co
nsistent with parasite-mediated sexual selection, males had higher and more
variable parasite loads than females.' (1481 chars) serialnumber => protected'1045-2249' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1093/beheco/ark020' (21 chars) uid => protected5397 (integer) _localizedUid => protected5397 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected5397 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 4 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=5398, pid=124) originalId => protected5398 (integer) authors => protected'Maan, M. E.; Hofker, K. D.; van Alphen, J. J.&
nbsp;M.; Seehausen, O.' (103 chars) title => protected'Sensory drive in cichlid speciation' (35 chars) journal => protected'American Naturalist' (19 chars) year => protected2006 (integer) volume => protected167 (integer) issue => protected'6' (1 chars) startpage => protected'947' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'954' (3 chars) categories => protected'cichlid fish; color evolution; sensory drive; sexual selection; speciation' (74 chars) description => protected'The role of selection in speciation is a central yet poorly understood probl
em in evolutionary biology. The rapid radiations of extremely colorful cichl
id fish in African lakes have fueled the hypothesis that sexual selection ca
n drive species divergence without geographical isolation. Here we present e
xperimental evidence for a mechanism by which sexual selection becomes diver
gent: in two sibling species from Lake Victoria, female mating preferences f
or red and blue male nuptial coloration coincide with their context-independ
ent sensitivities to red and blue light, which in turn correspond to a diffe
rence in ambient light in the natural habitat of the species. These results
suggest that natural selection on visual performance, favoring different vis
ual properties in different spectral environments, may lead to divergent sex
ual selection on male nuptial coloration. This interplay of ecological and s
exual selection along a light gradient may provide a mechanism of rapid spec
iation through divergent sensory drive.' (1027 chars) serialnumber => protected'0003-0147' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1086/503532' (14 chars) uid => protected5398 (integer) _localizedUid => protected5398 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected5398 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 5 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=5396, pid=124) originalId => protected5396 (integer) authors => protected'Maan, M. E.; Haesler, M. P.; Seehausen, O.; van Alp
hen, J. J. M.' (104 chars) title => protected'Heritability and heterochrony of polychromatism in a Lake Victoria cichlid f
ish: stepping stones for speciation?' (112 chars) journal => protected'Journal of Experimental Zoology. Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evoluti
on' (78 chars) year => protected2006 (integer) volume => protected306 (integer) issue => protected'2' (1 chars) startpage => protected'168' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'176' (3 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'In many haplochromine cichlid fish, male nuptial coloration is subject to fe
male mate choice and plays a central role in the evolution of reproductive i
solation between incipient species. Intraspecific variation in male colorati
on may serve as a target for diversifying sexual selection and provide a sta
rting point for species divergence. Here, we investigated a polychromatism i
n <I>Neochromis omnicaeruleus</I>, a haplochromine from Lake Victoria, East-
Africa. In this species, male coloration ranges from skyblue to yellow-red a
nd females are grey-blue to yellow. We found that both genetic and environme
ntal factors influence the expression of these colours during individual dev
elopment. In a natural population, we found that male colour was associated
with size and sexual maturity: yellow males were smaller than blue males and
tended to be sexually immature. In females, size and maturity did not diffe
r between colour types. Laboratory crosses revealed that there is a heritabl
e component to the observed colour variation: yellow parents produced more y
ellow offspring than blue parents. Together with repeated aquarium observati
ons of yellow individuals that gradually become blue, these data suggest tha
t yellow males change to blue as they approach sexual maturity, and that the
occurrence and timing of this transition is influenced by both environmenta
l and genetic effects. The significance of this mechanism of colour expressi
on as a possible target for divergent selection remains to be evaluated.' (1516 chars) serialnumber => protected'1552-5007' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1002/jez.b.21083' (19 chars) uid => protected5396 (integer) _localizedUid => protected5396 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected5396 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 6 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=5123, pid=124) originalId => protected5123 (integer) authors => protected'Dijkstra, P. D.; Seehausen, O.; Gricar, B. L.
A.; Maan, M. E.; Groothuis, T. G. G.' (137 chars) title => protected'Can male-male competition stabilize speciation? A test in Lake Victoria hapl
ochromine cichlid fish' (98 chars) journal => protected'Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology' (35 chars) year => protected2006 (integer) volume => protected59 (integer) issue => protected'5' (1 chars) startpage => protected'704' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'713' (3 chars) categories => protected'haplochromine cichlids; Pundamilia; Lake Victoria; sexual selection; sympatr
ic speciation; male-male competition; aggression' (124 chars) description => protected'It has been suggested that sympatric speciation can be driven by sexual sele
ction on male mating traits alone. However, a fundamental problem for this p
rocess is the lack of ecological differentiation that would stabilize the co
existence of incipient species through frequency-dependent selection. Such s
election can also occur if male aggression is primarily directed towards sim
ilar rather than towards dissimilar phenotypes, so that rare male phenotypes
would enjoy a negatively frequency-dependent fitness advantage. We experime
ntally tested such an aggression bias in two recently diverged, ecologically
and anatomically similar sympatric cichlid species pairs of the genus <I>Pu
ndamilia</I> from Lake Victoria. Territorial males of a pair of partially re
productively isolated species with red and blue nuptial coloration, respecti
vely, studied in the laboratory were confronted simultaneously with both col
our types enclosed in transparent tubes. Red males were more aggressive to r
ed stimuli under white light but not when colour differences were masked und
er green light. Blue males were equally aggressive to both stimuli in both l
ight conditions. Males of two apparently fully reproductively isolated speci
es, again one with red and one with blue nuptial coloration, studied in the
field, both directed more aggressive behaviour towards conspecific than towa
rds heterospecific stimulus males. The differential allocation of aggression
would create an advantage for males of the less abundant phenotype or speci
es, thereby potentially supporting stable coexistence of the phenotypes. The
finding that this effect was less clear in the partially reproductively iso
lated species pair than in the fully isolated species pair is discussed.' (1744 chars) serialnumber => protected'0340-5443' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1007/s00265-005-0100-1' (25 chars) uid => protected5123 (integer) _localizedUid => protected5123 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected5123 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 7 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=5235, pid=124) originalId => protected5235 (integer) authors => protected'Seehausen, O.' (18 chars) title => protected'African cichlid fish: a model system in adaptive radiation research' (67 chars) journal => protected'Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences' (55 chars) year => protected2006 (integer) volume => protected273 (integer) issue => protected'1597' (4 chars) startpage => protected'1987' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'1998' (4 chars) categories => protected'adaptive radiation; cichlids; ecological speciation; sexual selection; key i
nnovations; species–area relationship' (115 chars) description => protected'The African cichlid fish radiations are the most diverse extant animal radia
tions and provide a unique system to test predictions of speciation and adap
tive radiation theory. The past few years have seen major advances in the ph
ylogenetics, evolutionary biogeography and ecology of cichlid fish. Most of
this work has concentrated on the most diverse radiations. Unfortunately, a
large number of small radiations and ‘non-radiations’ have been overlook
ed, potentially limiting the contribution of the cichlid system to our under
standing of speciation and adaptive radiation. I have reviewed the literatur
e to identify 33 intralacustrine radiations and 76 failed radiations. For as
many as possible I collected information on lake size, age and phylogenetic
relationships. I use these data to address two questions: (i) whether the r
ate of speciation and the resulting species richness are related to temporal
and spatial variation in ecological opportunity and (ii) whether the likeli
hood of undergoing adaptive radiation is similar for different African cichl
id lineages. The former is a key prediction of the ecological theory of adap
tive radiation that has been presumed true but remains untested for cichlid
radiations. The second is based on the hypothesis that the propensity of cic
hlids to radiate is due to a key evolutionary innovation shared by all Afric
an cichlids. The evidence suggests that speciation rate declines through tim
e as niches get filled up during adaptive radiation: young radiations and ea
rly stages of old radiations are characterized by high rates of speciation,
whereas at least 0.5Myr into a radiation speciation becomes a lot less frequ
ent. The number of species in cichlid radiations increases with lake size, s
upporting the prediction that species diversity increases with habitat heter
ogeneity, but also with opportunity for isolation by distance. Finally, the
data suggest that the propensity to radiate within lakes is a derived proper
ty that evolved during t...' (2175 chars) serialnumber => protected'0962-8452' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1098/rspb.2006.3539' (22 chars) uid => protected5235 (integer) _localizedUid => protected5235 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected5235 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 8 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=5394, pid=124) originalId => protected5394 (integer) authors => protected'Seehausen, O.' (18 chars) title => protected'Conservation: losing biodiversity by reverse speciation' (55 chars) journal => protected'Current Biology' (15 chars) year => protected2006 (integer) volume => protected16 (integer) issue => protected'9' (1 chars) startpage => protected'R334' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'R337' (4 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'A large fraction of the world's species diversity is of recent evolutionary
origin, and has evolved as a by-product of divergent adaptation in heterogen
eous environments. Recent research provides a dire warning that homogenizing
environments may cause the rapid loss of such species through a reversal of
the speciation process.' (328 chars) serialnumber => protected'0960-9822' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1016/j.cub.2006.03.080' (25 chars) uid => protected5394 (integer) _localizedUid => protected5394 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected5394 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 9 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=12476, pid=124) originalId => protected12476 (integer) authors => protected'Weber, C.' (14 chars) title => protected'River rehabilitation and fish: the challenge of initiating ecological recove
ry' (78 chars) journal => protected'' (0 chars) year => protected2006 (integer) volume => protected0 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'139 p' (10 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Today, the majority of the world’s rivers and streams is strongly exploite
d by man. These exploitations have led to considerable degradation of runnin
g water ecosystems, as demonstrated by the threat to many riverine fish spec
ies or the extensive decline in wetlands. Ecosystem services, such as the pr
ovision of drinking water resources or flood retention, are also considerabl
y affected by the degradation of river systems.<br />In recent years, increa
sing efforts have been undertaken to bring the gradual degradation to a halt
and to return impaired river systems to a more natural state (restoration a
nd rehabilitation, respectively). Often, an emphasis is placed on the recrea
tion of the natural channel structure, which is expected to positively affec
t aquatic organisms. However, there was no obvious biological response in se
veral projects. In this context, science has the exciting task of identifyin
g the responsible recovery processes and contributing to an improved rehabil
itation practice. [...]<br /><br />Die Mehrheit der Fliessgewässer weltweit
ist stark durch den Menschen genutzt. Dies wirkt sich vielerorts negativ au
f die aquatischen Lebensgemeinschaften aus, wie die Gefährdung zahlreicher
Flussfischarten oder der massive Rückgang an Feuchtgebieten zeigen. Aber au
ch menschliche Güter sind von der Beeinträchtigung der Gewässer betroffen
, so etwa die Versorgung mit Trinkwasser oder der Hochwasserrückhalt.<br />
Mit der Revitalisierung von Fliessgewässern wird seit einigen Jahren versuc
ht, der fortschreitenden Verschlechterung Einhalt zu gebieten und Flüsse un
d Bäche wieder in einen naturnäheren Zustand zurückzuführen. Häufig ste
ht dabei die Wiederherstellung einer naturnahen Gewässerstruktur im Vorderg
rund, von der man sich eine positive Wirkung auf die aquatischen Lebewesen e
rhofft. In zahlreichen Projekten ist diese biologische Reaktion aber ausgebl
ieben. Es stellt sich der Wissenschaft die spannende Aufgabe, die verantwort
lichen Prozesse zuidenti...' (2082 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'10.3929/ethz-a-005359629' (24 chars) uid => protected12476 (integer) _localizedUid => protected12476 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected12476 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 10 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=5426, pid=124) originalId => protected5426 (integer) authors => protected'Blanckenhorn, W. U.; Stillwell, R. C.; Young, K.&nb
sp;A.; Fox, C. W.; Ashton, K. G.' (128 chars) title => protected'When Rensch meets Bergmann: does sexual size dimorphism change systematicall
y with latitude?' (92 chars) journal => protected'Evolution, International Journal of Organic Evolution' (53 chars) year => protected2006 (integer) volume => protected60 (integer) issue => protected'10' (2 chars) startpage => protected'2004' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'2011' (4 chars) categories => protected'Bergmann's rule; body size; meta analysis; Rensch's rule; sexual size dimorp
hism; sexual selection' (98 chars) description => protected'Bergmann's and Rensch's rules describe common large-scale patterns of body s
ize variation, but their underlying causes remain elusive. Bergmann's rule s
tates that organisms are larger at higher latitudes (or in colder climates).
Rensch's rule states that male body size varies (or evolutionarily diverges
) more than female body size among species, resulting in slopes greater than
one when male size is regressed on female size. We use published studies of
sex-specific latitudinal body size clines in vertebrates and invertebrates
to investigate patterns equivalent to Rensch's rule among populations within
species and to evaluate their possible relation to Bergmann's rule. Consist
ent with previous studies, we found a continuum of Bergmann (larger at highe
r latitudes: 58 species) and converse Bergmann body size clines (larger at l
ower latitudes: 40 species). Ignoring latitude, male size was more variable
than female size in only 55 of 98 species, suggesting that intraspecific var
iation in sexual size dimorphism does not generally conform to Rensch's rule
. In contrast, in a significant majority of species (66 of 98) male latitudi
nal body size clines were steeper than those of females. This pattern is con
sistent with a latitudinal version of Rensch's rule, and suggests that some
factor that varies systematically with latitude is responsible for producing
Rensch's rule among populations within species. Identifying the underlying
mechanisms will require studies quantifying latitudinal variation in sexspec
ific natural and sexual selection on body size.' (1567 chars) serialnumber => protected'0014-3820' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1554/06-110.1' (16 chars) uid => protected5426 (integer) _localizedUid => protected5426 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected5426 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer)
Assessing the decline of brown trout (Salmo trutta) in Swiss rivers using a Bayesian probability network
Male mating preferences pre-date the origin of a female trait polymorphism in an incipient species complex of Lake Victoria cichlids
Divergent selection on opsins drives incipient speciation in Lake Victoria cichlids
Fitness correlates of male coloration in a Lake Victoria cichlid fish
Sensory drive in cichlid speciation
Heritability and heterochrony of polychromatism in a Lake Victoria cichlid fish: stepping stones for speciation?
Can male-male competition stabilize speciation? A test in Lake Victoria haplochromine cichlid fish
African cichlid fish: a model system in adaptive radiation research
Conservation: losing biodiversity by reverse speciation
River rehabilitation and fish: the challenge of initiating ecological recovery
In recent years, increasing efforts have been undertaken to bring the gradual degradation to a halt and to return impaired river systems to a more natural state (restoration and rehabilitation, respectively). Often, an emphasis is placed on the recreation of the natural channel structure, which is expected to positively affect aquatic organisms. However, there was no obvious biological response in several projects. In this context, science has the exciting task of identifying the responsible recovery processes and contributing to an improved rehabilitation practice. [...]
Die Mehrheit der Fliessgewässer weltweit ist stark durch den Menschen genutzt. Dies wirkt sich vielerorts negativ auf die aquatischen Lebensgemeinschaften aus, wie die Gefährdung zahlreicher Flussfischarten oder der massive Rückgang an Feuchtgebieten zeigen. Aber auch menschliche Güter sind von der Beeinträchtigung der Gewässer betroffen, so etwa die Versorgung mit Trinkwasser oder der Hochwasserrückhalt.
Mit der Revitalisierung von Fliessgewässern wird seit einigen Jahren versucht, der fortschreitenden Verschlechterung Einhalt zu gebieten und Flüsse und Bäche wieder in einen naturnäheren Zustand zurückzuführen. Häufig steht dabei die Wiederherstellung einer naturnahen Gewässerstruktur im Vordergrund, von der man sich eine positive Wirkung auf die aquatischen Lebewesen erhofft. In zahlreichen Projekten ist diese biologische Reaktion aber ausgeblieben. Es stellt sich der Wissenschaft die spannende Aufgabe, die verantwortlichen Prozesse zuidentifizieren und damit zu einer verbesserten Revitalisierungspraxis beizutragen. [...]
When Rensch meets Bergmann: does sexual size dimorphism change systematically with latitude?
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Rohdea S., Hostmann M., Peter A., Ewald K.C. (2006) Room for rivers: An integrative search strategy for floodplain restoration. Landscape and Urban Planning 78, (1-2), 50 - 70 doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2005.05.006
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Publikationen 2005
peer reviewed journals
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G. F.; Katongo, C.; Duftner, N.; Sturmbauer, C.; Seehaus
en, O.' (163 chars) title => protected'An extant cichlid fish radiation emerged in an extinct Pleistocene lake' (71 chars) journal => protected'Nature' (6 chars) year => protected2005 (integer) volume => protected435 (integer) issue => protected'7038' (4 chars) startpage => protected'90' (2 chars) otherpage => protected'95' (2 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'The haplochromine cichlid fish of the East African Great Lakes represent som
e of the fastest and most species-rich adaptive radiations known<sup>1</sup>
, but rivers in most of Africa accommodate only a few morphologically simila
r species of haplochromine cichlid fish. This has been explained by the weal
th of ecological opportunity in large lakes compared with rivers. It is ther
efore surprising that the rivers of southern Africa harbour many, ecological
ly diverse haplochromines. Here we present genetic, morphological and biogeo
graphical evidence suggesting that these riverine cichlids are products of a
recent adaptive radiation in a large lake that dried up in the Holocene. Ha
plochromine species richness peaks steeply in an area for which geological d
ata reveal the historical existence of Lake palaeo-Makgadikgadi<sup>2,3</sup
>. The centre of this extinct lake is now a saltpan north of the Kalahari De
sert, but it once hosted a rapidly evolving fish species radiation, comparab
le in morphological diversity to that in the extant African Great Lakes. Imp
ortantly, this lake seeded all major river systems of southern Africa with e
cologically diverse cichlids. This discovery reveals how local evolutionary
processes operating during a short window of ecological opportunity can have
a major and lasting effect on biodiversity on a continental scale.' (1359 chars) serialnumber => protected'0028-0836' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1038/nature03489' (19 chars) uid => protected5113 (integer) _localizedUid => protected5113 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected5113 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 1 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=5005, pid=124) originalId => protected5005 (integer) authors => protected'Wedekind, C.; Müller, R.' (35 chars) title => protected'Risk-induced early hatching in salmonids' (40 chars) journal => protected'Ecology' (7 chars) year => protected2005 (integer) volume => protected86 (integer) issue => protected'9' (1 chars) startpage => protected'2525' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'2529' (4 chars) categories => protected'egg development; induced defense; life history; niche shift; phenotypic plas
ticity; salmonid; timing of hatching' (112 chars) description => protected'Many ontogenetic niche shifts are phenotypically plastic and with their timi
ng dependent on the perceived risks and benefits for the individual. In fish
, hatching can be induced by oxygen shortage or the presence of egg predator
s or pathogens. However, little is known about the embryos' ability to avoid
desiccation by hatching earlier. We simulated an increased risk by exposing
some embryonated eggs to low water levels and compared them to control eggs
kept deeper in the water. We tested eggs of arctic charr (<I>Salvelinus alp
inus</I>), brown trout (<I>Salmo trutta</I>), and of small and large ecotype
s of alpine whitefish (<I>Coregonus</I> sp.). During exposure, the apparentl
y more risky environment induced higher rates of early hatching in all taxa
tested. We suggest that the early hatching is either an adaptation of salmon
ids to risky environments or an accidental by-product that did not get count
erselected because of its benefits to the fish larvae.' (966 chars) serialnumber => protected'0012-9658' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1890/04-1738' (15 chars) uid => protected5005 (integer) _localizedUid => protected5005 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected5005 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 2 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=5115, pid=124) originalId => protected5115 (integer) authors => protected'Dijkstra, P. D.; Seehausen, O.; Groothuis, T. G.&nb
sp;G.' (81 chars) title => protected'Direct male-male competition can facilitate invasion of new colour types in
Lake Victoria cichlids' (98 chars) journal => protected'Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology' (35 chars) year => protected2005 (integer) volume => protected58 (integer) issue => protected'2' (1 chars) startpage => protected'136' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'143' (3 chars) categories => protected'cichlids; Lake Victoria; sexual selection; speciation; male-male competition' (76 chars) description => protected'The possibility that disruptive sexual selection alone can cause sympatric s
peciation is currently a subject of much debate. The initial difficulty for
new and rare ornament phenotypes to invade a population, and the stabilisati
on of the resulting polymorphism in trait and preference make this hypothesi
s problematic. Recent theoretical work indicates that the invasion is facili
tated if males with the new phenotype have an initial advantage in male-male
competition. We studied a pair of sympatric incipient species of cichlids f
rom Lake Victoria, in which the red (<I>Pundamilia nyererei</I>) and blue ma
les (<I>P. pundamilia</I>) vigorously defend territories. Other studies sugg
ested that red phenotypes may have repeatedly invaded blue populations in in
dependent episodes of speciation. We hypothesised that red coloration confer
s an advantage in male-male competition, assisting red phenotypes to invade.
To test this hypothesis, we staged contests between red and blue males from
a population where the phenotypes are interbreeding morphs or incipient spe
cies. We staged contests under both white and green light condition. Green l
ight effectively masks the difference between red and blue coloration. Red m
ales dominated blue males under white light, but their competitive advantage
was significantly diminished under green light. Contests were shorter when
colour differences were visible. Experience of blue males with red males did
not affect the outcome of a contest. The advantage of red over blue in comb
ats may assist the red phenotype to invade blue populations. The apparently
stable co-existence of red and blue incipient species in many populations of
Lake Victoria cichlids is discussed.' (1709 chars) serialnumber => protected'0340-5443' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1007/s00265-005-0919-5' (25 chars) uid => protected5115 (integer) _localizedUid => protected5115 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected5115 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 3 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=11343, pid=124) originalId => protected11343 (integer) authors => protected'Seehausen, O.' (18 chars) title => protected'The cichlid fish radiations of East Africa: a model for understanding origin
and loss of biodiversity' (101 chars) journal => protected'In: Thieme, M. L.; Abell, R.; Burgess, N.; World Wildlif
e Fund; Lehner, B.; Dinerstein, E.; Olson, D.; Teugels,
G.; Kamdem-Toham, A.; Stiassny, M. L. J. S.; Skelto
n, P. (Eds.), Freshwat' (255 chars) year => protected2005 (integer) volume => protected0 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'48' (2 chars) otherpage => protected'51' (2 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'More than 15 percent of the world's freshwater fish species live in a handfu
l of large lakes in eastern central Africa. Lakes Malawi and Tanganyika are
trough-shaped, narrow, and very deep, and together with the smaller lakes Ki
vu, Edward, and Albert lie at the bottom of the Western Rift Valley. Lake Tu
rkana, of similar shape but more extreme hydrochemistry, lies in the semiari
d Eastern Rift Valley. Lake Victoria, the biggest of all, is saucer-shaped a
nd very shallow. Together with Lake Kyoga and many smaller satellites it fil
ls up a large part of the plateau between the rifts. Each of the three large
st lakes contains as many or more species of freshwater fish than all Europe
an rivers and lakes together. More than 1,500 species are currently known, b
ut the real figure could be almost twice that. Even more striking than the n
umbers, 90 percent of the species belong to a single family, the perchlike c
ichlids (Cichlidae, Perciformes).' (945 chars) serialnumber => protected'' (0 chars) doi => protected'' (0 chars) uid => protected11343 (integer) _localizedUid => protected11343 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected11343 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 4 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=5114, pid=124) originalId => protected5114 (integer) authors => protected'Spady, T. C.; Seehausen, O.; Loew, E. R.; Jordan,&n
bsp;R. C.; Kocher, T. D.; Carleton, K. L.' (142 chars) title => protected'Adaptive molecular evolution in the opsin genes of rapidly speciating cichli
d species' (85 chars) journal => protected'Molecular Biology and Evolution' (31 chars) year => protected2005 (integer) volume => protected22 (integer) issue => protected'6' (1 chars) startpage => protected'1412' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'1422' (4 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Cichlid fish inhabit a diverse range of environments that vary in the spectr
al content of light available for vision. These differences should result in
adaptive selective pressure on the genes involved in visual sensitivity, th
e opsin genes. This study examines the evidence for differential adaptive mo
lecular evolution in East African cichlid opsin genes due to gross differenc
es in environmental light conditions. First, we characterize the selective r
egime experienced by cichlid opsin genes using a likelihood ratio test forma
t, comparing likelihood models with different constraints on the relative ra
tes of amino acid substitution, across sites. Second, we compare turbid and
clear lineages to determine if there is evidence of differences in relative
rates of substitution. Third, we present evidence of functional diversificat
ion and its relationship to the photic environment among cichlid opsin genes
. We report statistical evidence of positive selection in all cichlid opsin
genes, except short wavelength–sensitive 1 and short wavelength–sensitiv
e 2b. In all genes predicted to be under positive selection, except short wa
velength–sensitive 2a, we find differences in selective pressure between t
urbid and clear lineages. Potential spectral tuning sites are variable among
all cichlid opsin genes; however, patterns of substitution consistent with
photic environment–driven evolution of opsin genes are observed only for s
hort wavelength–sensitive 1 opsin genes. This study identifies a number of
promising candidate-tuning sites for future study by site-directed mutagene
sis. This work also begins to demonstrate the molecular evolutionary dynamic
s of cichlid visual sensitivity and its relationship to the photic environme
nt.' (1751 chars) serialnumber => protected'0737-4038' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1093/molbev/msi137' (21 chars) uid => protected5114 (integer) _localizedUid => protected5114 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected5114 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 5 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=5117, pid=124) originalId => protected5117 (integer) authors => protected'Young, K. A.' (22 chars) title => protected'Life-history variation and allometry for sexual size dimorphism in Pacific s
almon and trout' (91 chars) journal => protected'Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences' (55 chars) year => protected2005 (integer) volume => protected272 (integer) issue => protected'1559' (4 chars) startpage => protected'167' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'172' (3 chars) categories => protected'sexual size dimorphism; allometry; Rensch's rule; Pacific salmon and trout;
life history' (88 chars) description => protected'Allometry for sexual size dimorphism (SSD) is common in animals, but how dif
ferent evolutionary processes interact to determine allometry remains unclea
r. Among related species SSD (male : female) typically increases with averag
e body size, resulting in slopes of less than 1 when female size is regresse
d on male size: an allometric relationship formalized as 'Rensch's rule'. Em
pirical studies show that taxa with male-biased SSD are more likely to satis
fy Rensch's rule and that a taxon's mean SSD is negatively correlated with a
llometric slope, implicating sexual selection on male size as an important m
echanism promoting allometry for SSD. I use body length (and life-history) d
ata from 628 (259) populations of seven species of anadromous Pacific salmon
and trout (<em>Oncorhynchus</em> spp.) to show that in this genus life-hist
ory variation appears to regulate patterns of allometry both within and betw
een species. Although all seven species have intraspecific allometric slopes
of less than 1, contrary to expectation slope is unrelated to species' mean
SSD, but is instead negatively correlated with two life-history variables:
the species' mean marine age and variation in marine age. Second, because di
fferences in marine age among species render SSD and body size uncorrelated,
the interspecific slope is isometric. Together, these results provide an ex
ample of how evolutionary divergence in life history among related species c
an affect patterns of allometry for SSD across taxonomic scales.' (1508 chars) serialnumber => protected'0962-8452' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1098/rspb.2004.2931' (22 chars) uid => protected5117 (integer) _localizedUid => protected5117 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected5117 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer)
An extant cichlid fish radiation emerged in an extinct Pleistocene lake
Risk-induced early hatching in salmonids
Direct male-male competition can facilitate invasion of new colour types in Lake Victoria cichlids
The cichlid fish radiations of East Africa: a model for understanding origin and loss of biodiversity
Adaptive molecular evolution in the opsin genes of rapidly speciating cichlid species
Life-history variation and allometry for sexual size dimorphism in Pacific salmon and trout
Haertel-Borer S., Zak D., Eckmann R., Baade U., Hölker F. (2005) Population density of the crayfish, Orconectes limosus, in relation to fish and macroinvertebrate densities in a small mesotrophic lake - implications for the lake's food web. 523-533 doi:10.1002/iroh.200510819
Haesler M. Seehausen O. (2005) The inheritance of female mating preference in a sympatric sibling species pair of Lake Victoria cichlids: implications for speciation. Proc. R. Soc. B 272 (1560), 237–245 doi:10.1098/rspb.2004.2946
Carleton K.L., Parry J.W.L., Bowmaker J.K., Hunt D.M., Seehausen O. (2005) Color vision and speciation in Lake Victoria cichlids of the genus Pundamilia. Mol Ecol 14 (14), 4341 - 4353 doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02735.x
Publikationen 2004
peer reviewed journals
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hod' (79 chars) description => protected'1. Studies on the genetics or the ecology of fish eggs are typically based o
n inferential statistics, which require the separate rearing of many batches
.<br/> 2. Salmonid eggs are believed to require a constant water flow to dev
elop safely. Therefore, the technical requirements that have been used to re
ar individual batches of salmonid eggs significantly limit experimental stud
ies.<br/> 3. We describe a technique that allows, for the first time, the la
rge eggs of Arctic Charr (<I>Salvelinus alpinus</I>) to be reared under expe
rimental conditions in Petri dishes.<br/> 4. It was found that the proportio
n of well-developed eggs on day 64 did not significantly correlate with egg
density in the Petri dish, but that fry hatch earlier under more crowded con
ditions.<br/> 5. Oxygen concentration measured shortly before hatching appea
red to be above critical values.' (868 chars) serialnumber => protected'0269-8463' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/j.1365-2435.2004.00822.x' (32 chars) uid => protected4725 (integer) _localizedUid => protected4725 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected4725 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 1 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=4670, pid=124) originalId => protected4670 (integer) authors => protected'Wedekind, C.; Walker, M.; Portmann, J.; Cenni, B.; Müll
er, R.; Binz, T.' (102 chars) title => protected'MHC-linked susceptibility to a bacterial infection, but no MHC-linked crypti
c female choice in whitefish' (104 chars) journal => protected'Journal of Evolutionary Biology' (31 chars) year => protected2004 (integer) volume => protected17 (integer) issue => protected'1' (1 chars) startpage => protected'11' (2 chars) otherpage => protected'18' (2 chars) categories => protected'Coregonus; cryptic female choice; egg disease; fish; gamete fusion; MHC clas
s II; Pseudomonas fluorescens; second meiotic division; sperm-egg interactio
n; within-family comparison' (179 chars) description => protected'Non-random gamete fusion is one of several potential cryptic female choice m
echanisms that have been postulated and that may enhance the survival probab
ility of the offspring. Previous studies have found that gamete fusion in mi
ce is influenced by genes of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) regi
on. Here we test (i) whether there is MHC-dependent gamete fusion in whitefi
sh (<I>Coregonus</I> sp.) and (ii) whether there is a link between the MHC a
nd embryo susceptibility to an infection by the bacterium <I>Pseudomonas flu
orescens</I>. We experimentally bred whitefish and reared sibships in severa
l batches that either experienced or did not experience strong selection by
<I>P. fluorescens</I>. We then determined the MHC class II B1 genotype of 10
16 surviving larvae of several full sibships. We found no evidence for MHC-l
inked gamete fusion. However, in one of seven sibships we found a strong con
nection between the MHC class II genotype and embryo susceptibility to <I>P.
fluorescens</I>. This connection was still significant after correcting for
multiple testing. Hence, the MHC class II genotype can considerably influen
ce embryo survival in whitefish, but gamete fusion seems to be random with r
espect to the MHC.' (1234 chars) serialnumber => protected'1010-061X' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1046/j.1420-9101.2004.00669.x' (32 chars) uid => protected4670 (integer) _localizedUid => protected4670 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected4670 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 2 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=4896, pid=124) originalId => protected4896 (integer) authors => protected'Müller, R.; Stadelmann, P.' (37 chars) title => protected'Fish habitat requirements as the basis for rehabilitation of eutrophic lakes
by oxygenation' (91 chars) journal => protected'Fisheries Management and Ecology' (32 chars) year => protected2004 (integer) volume => protected11 (integer) issue => protected'3-4' (3 chars) startpage => protected'251' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'260' (3 chars) categories => protected'eutrophication; hypolimnetic oxygenation; lake rehabilitation; lake whitefis
h' (77 chars) description => protected'Eutrophic lakes often suffer from hypolimnetic oxygen depletion during summe
r and autumn, and the accumulation of reduced substances in the hypolimnion.
The space fish can occupy is therefore reduced, and the potential for fish
kills caused by toxic algae and the upwelling of anoxic water increases. Fis
h, such as coregonids, require at least 4 mg O<sub>2</sub> L<sup>−1</su
p> to survive in the long-term. This critical level has been postulated as o
ne of the major goals for the rehabilitation of several eutrophic Swiss lake
s. It was predicted that this oxygen criterion would reduce phosphorus relea
se from the sediment and increase phosphorus retention, and re-establish nat
ural reproduction of coregonids. Rehabilitation measures applied to three eu
trophic Swiss lakes were hypolimnetic oxygenation during summer stratificati
on, and artificial mixing using compressed air to enhance circulation in win
ter. These lake-internal measures carried out for more than 15 years showed
the 4 mg O<sub>2</sub> L<sup>−1</sup> criterion can be achieved most o
f the time. The measures have led to an expansion of habitat for oxygen-depe
ndent organisms to greater depths. However, other goals were not attained, s
uch as increasing phosphorus retention by the sediment. In addition, natural
reproduction of coregonids could not be re-established. Excessive oxygen co
nsumption by the sediment, arising from the decomposition of deposited organ
ic matter produced during summer, caused death by suffocation of coregonid e
ggs developing on the sediment. Thus rehabilitation of eutrophic lakes by ox
ygenating the hypolimnion and artificial mixing will not be successful, unle
ss it is accompanied by lowering the nutrient loading and thus primary produ
ction and oxygen consumption by the sediment. Nevertheless, positive effects
of lake aeration were the expansion of living space for fish and benthic in
vertebrates, and the prevention of fish kills by upwelling anoxic hypolimnet
ic water.' (1985 chars) serialnumber => protected'0969-997X' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1111/j.1365-2400.2004.00393.x' (32 chars) uid => protected4896 (integer) _localizedUid => protected4896 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected4896 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 3 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=4723, pid=124) originalId => protected4723 (integer) authors => protected'Rellstab, C.; Bürgi, H. R.; Müller, R.' (60 chars) title => protected'Population regulation in coregonids: the significance of zooplankton concent
ration for larval mortality' (103 chars) journal => protected'Annales Zoologici Fennici' (25 chars) year => protected2004 (integer) volume => protected41 (integer) issue => protected'1' (1 chars) startpage => protected'281' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'290' (3 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Population size and fishing yield of coregonids has considerably diminished
in many central European lakes where nutrient concentration, in particular p
hosphorus, has fallen to oligotrophic levels. In re-oligotrophicated Lake Lu
cerne, apart from slower growth, reduction in year class strength of the slo
w growing form of lake whitefish was identified as the major cause for decre
asing yield. Stocking of take whitefish larvae could not counteract this pro
cess. It was, therefore, hypothesised that larval mortality of lake whitefis
h, both from stocking and natural reproduction, had increased during re- oli
gotrophication because of food shortage during the early larval phase. Feedi
ng experiments in aquaria with newly hatched lake whitefish larvae from Lake
Lucerne, and using various concentrations of <I>Artemia salina</I> and zoop
lankton, showed a clear relationship between food concentration and mortalit
y over the first 34 days. Elevated mortality of 40% or more resulted from fo
od concentration of 20 zooplankton organisms per litre or fewer. Analysis of
zooplankton data from Lake Lucerne indicated that concentration of zooplank
ton organisms usable by the whitefish larvae in late winter and spring was m
uch lower in the years after 1984 than before. This might explain, at least
in part, why year class strength and yield of the slow growing form of lake
whitefish has decreased during re-oligotrophication of Lake Lucerne.' (1436 chars) serialnumber => protected'0003-455X' (9 chars) doi => protected'' (0 chars) uid => protected4723 (integer) _localizedUid => protected4723 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected4723 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 4 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=4897, pid=124) originalId => protected4897 (integer) authors => protected'Maan, M. E.; Seehausen, O.; Söderberg, L.; Johnson,&nbs
p;L.; Ripmeester, E. A. P.; Mrosso, H. D. J.;
Taylor, M. I.; van Dooren, T. J. M.; van Alphen,&nb
sp;J. J. M.' (249 chars) title => protected'Intraspecific sexual selection on a speciation trait, male coloration, in th
e Lake Victoria cichlid <em>Pundamilia nyererei</em>' (128 chars) journal => protected'Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences' (55 chars) year => protected2004 (integer) volume => protected271 (integer) issue => protected'1556' (4 chars) startpage => protected'2445' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'2452' (4 chars) categories => protected'colour evolution; cichlid fish; mate choice; Pundamilia nyererei; sexual sel
ection; speciation' (94 chars) description => protected'The haplochromine cichlids of Lake Victoria constitute a classical example o
f explosive speciation. Extensive intra- and interspecific variation in male
nuptial coloration and female mating preferences, in the absence of postzyg
otic isolation between species, has inspired the hypothesis that sexual sele
ction has been a driving force in the origin of this species flock. This hyp
othesis rests on the premise that the phenotypic traits that underlie behavi
oural reproductive isolation between sister species diverged under sexual se
lection within a species. We test this premise in a Lake Victoria cichlid, b
y using laboratory experiments and field observations. We report that a male
colour trait, which has previously been shown to be important for behaviour
al reproductive isolation between this species and a close relative, is unde
r directional sexual selection by female mate choice within this species. Th
is is consistent with the hypothesis that female choice has driven the diver
gence in male coloration between the two species. We also find that male ter
ritoriality is vital for male reproductive success and that multiple mating
by females is common.' (1161 chars) serialnumber => protected'0962-8452' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1098/rspb.2004.2911' (22 chars) uid => protected4897 (integer) _localizedUid => protected4897 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected4897 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 5 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=4901, pid=124) originalId => protected4901 (integer) authors => protected'Genner, M. J.; Seehausen, O.; Cleary, D. F. R.
; Knight, M. E.; Michel, E.; Turner, G. F.' (143 chars) title => protected'How does the taxonomic status of allopatric populations influence species ri
chness within African cichlid fish assemblages?' (123 chars) journal => protected'Journal of Biogeography' (23 chars) year => protected2004 (integer) volume => protected31 (integer) issue => protected'1' (1 chars) startpage => protected'93' (2 chars) otherpage => protected'102' (3 chars) categories => protected'allospecies; vicariance; biodiversity; species concepts; mbuna; mbipi' (69 chars) description => protected'<b>Aim</b> Current estimates of species richness within rapidly evolving spe
cies flocks are often highly dependent on the species status of allopatric p
opulations that differ in phenotypic traits. These traits may be unreliable
indicators of biological species status and systematists may have inconsiste
ntly assigned species among lineages or locations on the basis of these trai
ts, thus hampering comparative studies of regional species richness and spec
iation rates. Our aim was to develop a method of generating standardized est
imates of regional species richness suitable for comparative analysis, and t
o use these estimates to examine the extent and consistency of species assig
nment of allopatric populations within rapidly evolving cichlid fish flocks
present in three east African lakes.<br/> <b>Location</b> Lakes Malawi, Vic
toria and Tanganyika.<br/> <B>Methods</B> Using published taxon co-occurren
ce data, a novel approach was employed to calculate standardized 'minimum' e
stimates of regional species richness for hard substrate associated complexe
s of cichlids within each of the lakes. Minimum estimates were based on an e
xplicit assumption that if taxa present on equivalent habitats have disjunct
distributions, then they are allopatric forms of the same species. These es
timates were compared with current observed 'high-end' regional species rich
ness estimates for those complexes to determine the consistency of species a
ssignment of allopatric populations between lineages within a lake. A 'sympa
try' index was developed to enable comparisons of levels of species assignme
nt of allopatric populations between-lakes to be made.<br/> <B>Results</B>
Within each lake, the minimum and high-end estimates for species richness we
re significantly correlated across complexes, indicating that the complexes
that contain more recognized species contain the most genuine biological spe
cies. However, comparisons of complexes among lakes revealed considerable di
fferences. For equivalen...' (3079 chars) serialnumber => protected'0305-0270' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1046/j.0305-0270.2003.00986.x' (32 chars) uid => protected4901 (integer) _localizedUid => protected4901 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected4901 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 6 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=4898, pid=124) originalId => protected4898 (integer) authors => protected'Seehausen, O.' (18 chars) title => protected'Hybridization and adaptive radiation' (36 chars) journal => protected'Trends in Ecology and Evolution' (31 chars) year => protected2004 (integer) volume => protected19 (integer) issue => protected'4' (1 chars) startpage => protected'198' (3 chars) otherpage => protected'207' (3 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Whether interspecific hybridization is important as a mechanism that generat
es biological diversity is a matter of controversy. Whereas some authors foc
us on the potential of hybridization as a source of genetic variation, funct
ional novelty and new species, others argue against any important role, beca
use reduced fitness would typically render hybrids an evolutionary dead end.
By drawing on recent developments in the genetics and ecology of hybridizat
ion and on principles of ecological speciation theory, I develop a concept t
hat reconciles these views and adds a new twist to this debate. Because hybr
idization is common when populations invade new environments and potentially
elevates rates of response to selection, it predisposes colonizing populati
ons to rapid adaptive diversification under disruptive or divergent selectio
n. I discuss predictions and suggest tests of this hybrid swarm theory of ad
aptive radiation and review published molecular phylogenies of adaptive radi
ations in light of the theory.' (1018 chars) serialnumber => protected'0169-5347' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1016/j.tree.2004.01.003' (26 chars) uid => protected4898 (integer) _localizedUid => protected4898 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected4898 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer) 7 => Snowflake\Publications\Domain\Model\Publicationprototypepersistent entity (uid=4900, pid=124) originalId => protected4900 (integer) authors => protected'Seehausen, O.; Schluter, D.' (37 chars) title => protected'Male-male competition and nuptial-colour displacement as a diversifying forc
e in Lake Victoria cichlid fishes' (109 chars) journal => protected'Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences' (55 chars) year => protected2004 (integer) volume => protected271 (integer) issue => protected'1546' (4 chars) startpage => protected'1345' (4 chars) otherpage => protected'1353' (4 chars) categories => protected'character displacement; colour evolution; divergent selection; frequency-dep
endent selection; sexual selection; sympatric speciation' (132 chars) description => protected'We propose a new mechanism for diversification of male nuptial-colour patter
ns in the rapidly speciating cichlid fishes of Lake Victoria. Sympatric clos
ely related species often display nuptial colours at opposite ends of the sp
ectrum with males either blue or yellow to red. Colour polymorphisms within
single populations are common too. We propose that competition between males
for breeding sites promotes such colour diversification, and thereby specia
tion. We hypothesize that male aggression is primarily directed towards male
s of the common colour, and that rare colour morphs enjoy a negatively frequ
ency-dependent fitness advantage. We test our hypothesis with a large datase
t on the distributions and nuptial colorations of 52 species on 47 habitat i
slands in Lake Victoria, and with a smaller dataset on the within-spawning-s
ite distributions of males with different coloration. We report that territo
ries of males of the same colour are negatively associated on the spawning s
ite, and that the distribution of closely related species over habitat islan
ds is determined by nuptial coloration in the fashion predicted by our hypot
hesis. Whereas among unrelated species those with similar nuptial colour are
positively associated, among closely related species those with similar col
our are negatively associated and those with different colour are positively
associated. This implies that negatively frequency-dependent selection on n
uptial coloration among closely related species is a sufficiently strong for
ce to override other effects on species distributions. We suggest that male-
male competition is an important and previously neglected agent of diversifi
cation among haplochromine cichlid fishes.' (1714 chars) serialnumber => protected'0962-8452' (9 chars) doi => protected'10.1098/rspb.2004.2737' (22 chars) uid => protected4900 (integer) _localizedUid => protected4900 (integer)modified _languageUid => protectedNULL _versionedUid => protected4900 (integer)modified pid => protected124 (integer)
The experimental rearing of large salmonid eggs in Petri dishes
2. Salmonid eggs are believed to require a constant water flow to develop safely. Therefore, the technical requirements that have been used to rear individual batches of salmonid eggs significantly limit experimental studies.
3. We describe a technique that allows, for the first time, the large eggs of Arctic Charr (Salvelinus alpinus) to be reared under experimental conditions in Petri dishes.
4. It was found that the proportion of well-developed eggs on day 64 did not significantly correlate with egg density in the Petri dish, but that fry hatch earlier under more crowded conditions.
5. Oxygen concentration measured shortly before hatching appeared to be above critical values.
MHC-linked susceptibility to a bacterial infection, but no MHC-linked cryptic female choice in whitefish
Fish habitat requirements as the basis for rehabilitation of eutrophic lakes by oxygenation
Population regulation in coregonids: the significance of zooplankton concentration for larval mortality
Intraspecific sexual selection on a speciation trait, male coloration, in the Lake Victoria cichlid Pundamilia nyererei
How does the taxonomic status of allopatric populations influence species richness within African cichlid fish assemblages?
Location Lakes Malawi, Victoria and Tanganyika.
Methods Using published taxon co-occurrence data, a novel approach was employed to calculate standardized 'minimum' estimates of regional species richness for hard substrate associated complexes of cichlids within each of the lakes. Minimum estimates were based on an explicit assumption that if taxa present on equivalent habitats have disjunct distributions, then they are allopatric forms of the same species. These estimates were compared with current observed 'high-end' regional species richness estimates for those complexes to determine the consistency of species assignment of allopatric populations between lineages within a lake. A 'sympatry' index was developed to enable comparisons of levels of species assignment of allopatric populations between-lakes to be made.
Results Within each lake, the minimum and high-end estimates for species richness were significantly correlated across complexes, indicating that the complexes that contain more recognized species contain the most genuine biological species. However, comparisons of complexes among lakes revealed considerable differences. For equivalent geographical areas, substantially higher proportions of recognized species were totally allopatric within the studied Lake Malawi and Lake Victoria complexes, than those of Lake Tanganyika.
Main Conclusions Among African lakes, levels of assignment to species status of allopatric populations were found to be distinctly different. It is unclear whether the discrepancies are a consequence of differences between the lake faunas in degrees of phenotypic divergence among allopatric populations, or are simply the result of inconsistent taxonomic practices. In either case, these results have considerable wider relevance for they emphasize that quantitative measures of regional and beta diversity are critically dependent on the species status of allopatric populations, an issue usually neglected in comparative studies of species richness. The technique introduced here can be used to standardize measures of regional diversity of lineages for comparative analyses, potentially enabling more accurate identification of processes influencing rates of speciation.
Hybridization and adaptive radiation
Male-male competition and nuptial-colour displacement as a diversifying force in Lake Victoria cichlid fishes
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Mrosso H.D.J., Msuku B.S., Seehausen O. (2004) Relationship between water transparency and species richness of surviving haplochromines in selected habitats of Mwanza Gulf - Lake Victoria. Tanzania Journal of Science 30 (1) 101-108
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peer reviewed journals
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- Taylor, M.I., Meardon, F., Turner, G., Seehausen, O., Mrosso, H.D.J., Rico, C. Characterization of tetranucleotide microsatellite loci in a Lake Victorian, haplochromine cichlid fish: a Pundamilia pundamilia x Pundamilia nyererei hybrid. Mol. Ecol. Notes 443-445 doi:10.1046/j.1471-8278 .2002.00272.x
- Vuilleumier, S., Prélaz-Droux R.: Map of ecological networks for landscape planning. Landscape and Urban Planning 157-170
Publikationen 2001
peer reviewed journals
- Alphen, J.J.M. van, Seehausen, O. Sexual selection, reproductive isolation and the genic view of speciation. J. Evol. Biol. 874-875
- Enz, E.A., Schäffer, E., Müller, R. Importance of Diet Type, Food Particle Size and Tank Circulation for Culture of Lake Hallwil Whitefish Larvae. North American Journal of Aquaculture 321-327
- Enz, C.A., Bürgi, H.R., Stössel, F., Müller, R. Food preference of adult whitefish in eutrophic Lake Hallwil (Switzerland), and the question of cannibalism. Arch. Hydrobiol. 81-98
- Enz, C.A., Heller, C., Müller, R., Bürgi, H.R. Investigations on fecundity of Bythotrephes longimanus in Lake Lucerne (Switzerland) and on Niche Segregation of Leptodora kindti and Bythotrephes longimanus in Swiss lakes. Hydrobiologia 143-151
- Gavin, D., McLachlan, J., Brubaker, L., Young, K. Postglacial history of subalpine forests. Olympic Peninsula. Washington, USA. The Holocene 177-188
- Lande, R., Seehausen, O., van Alphen, J.J.M. Rapid sympatric speciation by sex reversal and sexual selection in cichlid fish. Genetica 435-443
- Turner, G.F., Seehausen, O., Knight, M.E., Allender, C.J., Robinson, R.L. How many species of cichlid fishes are there in African lakes? Molecular Ecology 793-806
- Wedekind, C., Müller, R., Spicher, H. Potential genetic benefits of mate selection in whitefish. J. Evol. Biol. 980-986
- Wedekind, C., Müller, R., Steffen, A., Eggler ,R. A low-cost method of rearing multiple batches of fish. Acquaculture 31-37
- Young, K. Defining Units of Conservation for Intraspecific Biodiversity: Reply to Dimmick et al. Conservation Biology 784-787
- Young, K. Habitat diversity and species diversity: testing the competition hypothesis with juvenile salmonids. OIKOS 87-93
- Young, K. Riparian meta-analysis. North American Journal of Fisheries Management
Publikationen 2000
peer reviewed journals
- Binz T., Largiader C., Müller R., Wedekind C. Sequence diversity of Mhc genes in lake whitefish. Journal of Fish Biology 58, 359–373 doi:10.1006/jfbi.2000.1449
- Enz C.A., Schäffer E., Müller R. Growth and survival of Lake Hallwil whitefish (Coregonus sp.) larvae reared on dry and live food. Arch. Hydrobiol. 499-516
- Müller, R. & Naeve, H., eds. Water for Sustainable Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture. An International Symposium organised by European Inland Fisheries Advisory Commission, FAO, Rome. Special Issue of Fisheries Management and Ecology 195 p
- Seehausen, O. Explosive speciation rates and unusual species richness in haplochromine cichlids effects of sexual selection. Advances in Ecological Research 237-274
- Seehausen, O., van Alphen, J.J.M. Reply: Inferring modes of speciation from distribution patterns. Ecology Letters 169-171
- Witte, F., Msuku, B.S., Wanink, J.H., Seehausen, O., Katunzi, E.F.B. Goudswaard, P.C., Goldschmidt, T. Recovery of cichlid species in southern Lake Victoria (Tanzania). Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 10: 233–241
- Young, K. Riparian Zone Management in the Pacific Northwest: Who's Cutting What? Environmental Management 131-144
Publikationen 1999 - 1997
peer reviewed journals
1999
- Bouton, N., Witte, F., van Alphen, J.J.M., Schenk, A., Seehausen, O. Local adaptations in populations of rock-dwelling haplochromines (Pisces: Cichlidae) from southern Lake Victoria. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 266, 355-360
- Frutiger, A., Borner, S., Büsser, T., Eggen, R., Müller, R., Müller, S. & Wasmer, H.R. How to control unwanted populations of Procambarus clarkii in Central Europe? Freshwater Crayfish 12, 714-726
- Seehausen, O., van Alphen, J.J.M., Lande, R. Colour polymorphism and sex ratio distortion in a cichlid fish as an incipient stage in sympatric speciation by sexual selection. Ecology Letters 2:367-378
- Seehausen, O., van Alphen, J.J.M. Can sympatric speciation by disruptive sexual selection explain rapid evolution of cichlid diversity in Lake Victoria? Ecology Letters 2: 262-271
- Seehausen, O., van Alphen, J.J.M., Witte, F. Can ancient colour polymorphisms explain why some cichlid lineages speciate rapidly under disruptive sexual selection? Belgian Journal of Zoology 43-60
- Seehausen, O., Mayhew, P.J., van Alphen, J.J.M. Evolution of colour patterns in East African cichlid fish. J.Evol.Biol. 12, 514-534
- Seehausen, O. A reconsideration of the ecological composition of the cichlid species flock in Lake Victoria before and after the Nile perch boom. Fish and Fisheries of Lakes and Reservoirs in Southeast Asia and Africa 281-293
- Witte,F, Goudswaard, PC, Katunzi, EFB, Mkumbo, OC, Seehausen, O, Wanink, JH. Lake Victoria's ecological changes and their relationships with the riparian societies. In; H. Kawanabe, G.W. Coulter & A.C. Roosevelt (eds). Ancient Lakes: Their Cultural and Biological Diversity, Kenobi, Ghent: 189-202
- Young, K. Managing the decline of Pacific salmon: metapopulation theory and artificial recolonization as ecological mitigation. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 56:1700-1706
- Young, K. Environmental Correlates of Male Life History Variation among Coho Salmon Populations from Two Oregon Coastal Basins. Transactions of the American Fisherires Society 128:1-16
- Young, K. Status of Resident Coastal Cutthroat Trout and Their Habitat Twenty-Five Years after Riparian Logging. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 19:901-911
1998
- Mookerji, N., Heller, C., Meng, H.J., Bürgi, H.R. & Müller, R. Diel and seasonal patterns of food intake and prey selection by Coregonus sp. in re-oligotrophicated Lake Lucerne, Switzerland. J. Fish Biol. 443-457
- Müller, R., Mbwenemo Bia, M. Adaptive management of whitefish stocks in lakes undergoing re-oligotrophication: The Lake Lucerne example. Arch. Hydrobiol. Spec. Issues Advanc. Limnol. 391-399
- Seehausen, O., van Alphen, J.J.M. The effect of male coloration on female mate choice in closely related Lake Victoria cichlids (Haplochromis nyererei complex) Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 1-8
- Seehausen, O., Witte, F., van Alphen, J.J.M., Bouton, N. Direct mate choice maintains diversity among sympatric cichlids in Lake Victoria. Journal of Fish Biology. 37-55
- Seehausen, O., Bouton, N. The community of rock dwelling cichlids in Lake Victoria. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge
- Seehausen, O., Lippitsch, E., Bouton, N., Zwennes, H. Mbipi, the rock-dwelling cichlids of Lake Victoria: description of three new genera and fifteen new species (Teleostei) Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters
1997
- Bouton, N., Seehausen, O., van Alphen, J.J.M. Resource partitioning among rock dwelling haplochromines (Pisces: Cichlidae) from Lake Victoria Ecology of Freshwater Fish 225-240
- Seehausen, O., van Alphen, J.J.M, Witte, F. Cichlid Fish Diversity Threatened by Eutrophication That Curbs Sexual Selection. Science 1808-1811 doi:10.1126/science.277.5333.1808
- Seehausen, O., Witte, F., Katunzi, E.F., Smits, J., Bouton, N. Patterns of the remnant cichlid fauna in southern Lake Victoria. Conservation Biology Volume 11, Number 4, 890-904 doi:10.1046/j.1523-1739.1997.95346.x
- Seehausen, O., Bouton, N. Microdistribution and fluctuations in niche overlap in a rocky shore cichlid community in Lake Victoria. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 161-173
- Seehausen, O. Distribution of and reproductive isolation among color morphs of a rock dwelling Lake Victoria cichlid. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 59