Highly plastic resource allocation to growth and reproduction
in females of an African annual fish

J 2015

Highly plastic resource allocation to growth and reproduction in females of an African annual fish

VRTÍLEK, Milan a Martin REICHARD

Základní údaje

Originální název

Highly plastic resource allocation to growth and reproduction in females of an African annual fish

Autoři

VRTÍLEK, Milan a Martin REICHARD

Vydání

Ecology of Freshwater Fish, Hoboken, Wiley, 2015, 0906-6691

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

10613 Zoology

Stát vydavatele

Spojené státy

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

Full Text

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Impact factor: 2.052

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Ano

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14310/15:00114952

Organizační jednotka

Přírodovědecká fakulta

Klíčová slova anglicky

compensatory growth; diet restriction; egg size; life history; Nothobranchius

Štítky

rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 16. 4. 2021 09:35, Mgr. Marie Novosadová Šípková, DiS.

Anotace

V originále

Phenotypic plasticity is an important mechanism to maximise fitness in unpredictable environments by fine-tuning phenotypes to a specific environmental setting. We used Nothobranchius furzeri, an African annual fish from temporary pools with erratic changes in habitat condition, to study changes in the allocation to growth and reproduction and to test the key trade-off between egg size and number. In an experimental setting, we quantitatively varied ration at two levels and over two time periods, including temporal switches in ration level. As predicted, female N.furzeri possessed the capacity for compensatory growth, which surprisingly came with no longer-term cost to fecundity. Females responded strongly to ration manipulation, with a pronounced decrease in fecundity associated with a low ration, even after accounting for body mass. Due to the unpredictability of offspring environment, we expected no adaptive change in oocyte size. However, females responded to the quality of their environment in accordance with an adaptive maternal effect, with females receiving a low ration producing larger eggs. Further, a switch in ration size in either direction was associated with a decrease in egg size. There was a trade-off between egg size and number in half of the treatments, but high variability in egg size among females made the relationship complex. Overall, N.furzeri females demonstrated high plasticity in both growth rate and fecundity parameters. Females appear able to track and respond adaptively to unpredictable changes in food availability in their environment.

Návaznosti

MUNI/A/0888/2013, interní kód MU

Název: Biodiverzita - analýzy biologických systémů různých úrovní a na různých škálách prostředí (Akronym: BIDA3)

Investor: Masarykova univerzita, Biodiverzita - analýzy biologických systémů různých úrovní a na různých škálách prostředí, DO R. 2020_Kategorie A - Specifický výzkum - Studentské výzkumné projekty

Citovat

VRTÍLEK, Milan a Martin REICHARD. Highly plastic resource allocation to growth and reproduction in females of an African annual fish. Ecology of Freshwater Fish. Hoboken: Wiley, 2015, roč. 24, č. 4, s. 616-628. ISSN 0906-6691. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1111/eff.12175.

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VRTÍLEK, Milan a Martin REICHARD. Highly plastic resource allocation to growth and reproduction in females of an African annual fish. \textit{Ecology of Freshwater Fish}. Hoboken: Wiley, 2015, roč.~24, č.~4, s.~616-628. ISSN~0906-6691. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1111/eff.12175.

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