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dc.contributor.authorZięba, Grzegorz
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Carl Hendrik
dc.contributor.authorFox, Michael G.
dc.contributor.authorYavno, Stan
dc.contributor.authorZáhorská, Eva
dc.contributor.authorPrzybylski, Mirosław
dc.contributor.authorMasson, Gérard
dc.contributor.authorCucherousset, Julien
dc.contributor.authorVerreycken, Hugo
dc.contributor.authorvan Kleef, Hein H.
dc.contributor.authorCopp, Gordon H.
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-23T00:38:59Z
dc.date.available2019-03-23T00:38:59Z
dc.date.issued2018-03-23
dc.identifier.citationZięba , G , Smith , C H , Fox , M G , Yavno , S , Záhorská , E , Przybylski , M , Masson , G , Cucherousset , J , Verreycken , H , van Kleef , H H & Copp , G H 2018 , ' Red operculum spots, body size, maturation and evidence for a satellite male phenotype in non-native European populations of pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus ' , Ecology of Freshwater Fish , vol. Early View . https://doi.org/10.1111/eff.12399en
dc.identifier.issn0906-6691
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 252201424
dc.identifier.otherPURE UUID: e7ad4dc8-7ea7-481c-a302-84cb9e2772df
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 85044294464
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0003-3285-0379/work/47136159
dc.identifier.otherWOS: 000434638800020
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/17354
dc.descriptionThis study, which derives from work initiated as part of a N.A.T.O. Collaborative Linkage Grant (LST‐CLG No. 979499), supported by consecutive research contracts (SF0238 and SF0248) from the UK Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (to GHC), which were complemented by a Marie Curie postdoctoral fellowship (PIEF‐GA‐2008‐219707) and a subsequent research grant from the National Science Centre, Poland (decision No DEC‐2011/01/D/NZ8/01807) to GZ.en
dc.description.abstractCarotenoid‐based pigmentation is a striking feature of many taxa, yet the function, if any, of colour traits is often unclear. Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus, a widely introduced freshwater sunfish that exhibits alternative male mating strategies, express a striking, red operculum spot. To investigate the potential function of this red spot as a signal in this species' mating system, we determined the presence and measured the size of red operculum spots in fish collected from 12 populations in five European countries in which pumpkinseed is an established non‐native species. We subsequently related the presence and size of the red spot to body size and mating strategy, based on an analysis of relative gonad size (gonado‐somatic index, GSI), using a mixed modelling approach. The study demonstrated that the presence of a red operculum spot in pumpkinseed is associated with sexual maturation, with GSI frequency distributions suggesting that cuckolders in some non‐native populations comprised both sneaker and satellite males, the latter not having previously been reported for this species. Further, the size of red spot correlated strongly with body size in parental and cuckolder males, although there was no difference in the presence or size of the red operculum spot between male mating strategies. The function of a red operculum spot in females is not clear but may be partly mediated by pleiotropic genetic mechanisms. Red operculum spots appear to function as signals of male maturation and body size in pumpkinseed, irrespective of mating strategy.
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofEcology of Freshwater Fishen
dc.rights© 2018, John Wiley & Sons A/S. This work has been made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://doi.org/10.1111/eff.12399en
dc.subjectAlternative mating strategyen
dc.subjectCarotenoiden
dc.subjectCentrarchidaeen
dc.subjectGLMMen
dc.subjectSexual selectionen
dc.subjectVisual signalen
dc.subjectQH301 Biologyen
dc.subjectSH Aquaculture. Fisheries. Anglingen
dc.subjectNDASen
dc.subject.lccQH301en
dc.subject.lccSHen
dc.titleRed operculum spots, body size, maturation and evidence for a satellite male phenotype in non-native European populations of pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosusen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.description.versionPostprinten
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Biologyen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Marine Alliance for Science & Technology Scotlanden
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Scottish Oceans Instituteen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/eff.12399
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.date.embargoedUntil2019-03-23


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