scholarly journals Boat noise affects meagre (Argyrosomus regius) hearing and vocal behaviour

2021 ◽  
Vol 172 ◽  
pp. 112824
Author(s):  
Manuel Vieira ◽  
Marilyn Beauchaud ◽  
M. Clara P. Amorim ◽  
Paulo J. Fonseca
Keyword(s):  
Vocal Behaviour ◽  
Argyrosomus Regius

scholarly journals Born to sing! Song development in a singing primate

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chiara De Gregorio ◽  
Filippo Carugati ◽  
Vittoria Estienne ◽  
Daria Valente ◽  
Teresa Raimondi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vocal Communication ◽  
Developmental Trajectories ◽  
Ontogenetic Changes ◽  
Call Structure ◽  
Historical View ◽  
Singing Behavior ◽  
Vocal Behaviour ◽  
Temporal Features ◽  
Vocal Activity ◽  
Song Development

Abstract In animal vocal communication, the development of adult-like vocalization is fundamental to interact appropriately with conspecifics. However, the factors that guide ontogenetic changes in the acoustic features remains poorly understood. In contrast with a historical view of nonhuman primate vocal production as substantially innate, recent research suggests that inheritance and physiological modification can only explain some of the developmental changes in call structure during growth. A particular case of acoustic communication is the indris' singing behavior, a peculiar case among Strepsirrhine primates. Thanks to a decade of intense data collection, this work provides the first long-term quantitative analysis on song development in a singing primate. To understand the ontogeny of such a complex vocal output, we investigated juvenile and sub-adult indris' vocal behaviour, and we found that young individuals started participating in the chorus years earlier than previously reported. Our results indicated that spectro-temporal song parameters underwent essential changes during growth. In particular, the age and sex of the emitter influenced the indris' vocal activity. We found that frequency parameters showed consistent changes across the sexes, but the temporal features showed different developmental trajectories for males and females. Given the low level of morphological sexual dimorphism and the marked differences in vocal behavior, we hypothesize that factors like social influences and auditory feedback may affect songs' features, resulting in high vocal flexibility in juvenile indris. This trait may be pivotal in a species that engages in choruses with rapid vocal turn-taking.

scholarly journals Are Microplastics Impairing Marine Fish Larviculture?—Preliminary Results with Argyrosomus regius

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 104
Author(s):  
Diana Campos ◽  
Andreia C. M. Rodrigues ◽  
Rui J. M. Rocha ◽  
Roberto Martins ◽  
Ana Candeias-Mendes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oxidative Damage ◽  
Fish Larvae ◽  
Feeding Activity ◽  
Early Ontogeny ◽  
Antioxidant Defenses ◽  
Nutritional Requirements ◽  
Larval Feeding ◽  
Argyrosomus Regius ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Aquaculture Facilities

The presence of small-sized (<300 µm) microplastics (MPs) in aquaculture facilities may threaten finfish hatchery, as their (in)voluntary ingestion by fish larvae may compromise nutritional requirements during early ontogeny, and consequently larval health and performance. Thus, we addressed the short-term effects (7 h) of polyethylene microplastics (0.1, 1.0, 10 mg/L, PE-MPs) in meagre larvae Argyrosomus regius (15 dph) in the presence/absence of food. Larval feeding behavior, oxidative stress status, neurotoxicity, and metabolic requirements were evaluated. Results showed that meagre larvae ingested PE-MPs regardless of their concentration, decreasing in the presence of food (Artemia metanauplii). The presence of PE-MPs compromised larval feeding activity at the highest concentration. Under starvation, exposed larvae activated the antioxidant defenses by increasing the total glutathione levels and inhibiting catalase activity, which seemed efficient to prevent oxidative damage. Such larvae also presented increased energy consumption potentially related to oxidative damage prevention and decreased neurotransmission. Biochemical responses of fed larvae showed a similar trend, except for LPO, which remained unaffected, except at 0.1 mg/PE-MPs/L. Our results suggest that small-sized MPs in finfish hatcheries may compromise larvae nutritional requirements, but at considerably higher levels than those reported in marine environments. Nevertheless, cumulative adverse effects due to lower MPs concentrations may occur.

scholarly journals Reproductive strategy and fecundity of meagre Argyrosomus regius Asso, 1801 (Pisces: Sciaenidae): implications for restocking programs

2013 ◽  
Vol 77 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Del Mar Gil ◽  
Amalia Grau ◽  
Gualtiero Basilone ◽  
Rosalia Ferreri ◽  
Miguel Palmer
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Strategy ◽  
Argyrosomus Regius

Reproduction of hatchery-produced meagre Argyrosomus regius in captivity III. Comparison between GnRHa implants and injections on spawning kinetics and egg/larval performance parameters

Aquaculture ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 448 ◽  
pp. 44-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Constantinos C. Mylonas ◽  
Effrosyni Fatira ◽  
Paulina Karkut ◽  
Maria Papadaki ◽  
Irini Sigelaki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Larval Performance ◽  
Performance Parameters ◽  
Argyrosomus Regius ◽  
In Captivity

scholarly journals The rise and fall of dialects in northern elephant seals

2018 ◽  
Vol 285 (1892) ◽  
pp. 20182176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline Casey ◽  
Colleen Reichmuth ◽  
Daniel P. Costa ◽  
Burney Le Boeuf
Keyword(s):  
Mammalian Species ◽  
Structural Complexity ◽  
Mirounga Angustirostris ◽  
Geographical Differences ◽  
Migration Patterns ◽  
Elephant Seals ◽  
The North ◽  
Vocal Behaviour ◽  
Northern Elephant Seals ◽  
The North Pacific

Vocal dialects are fundamental to our understanding of the transmission of social behaviours between individuals and populations, however few accounts trace this phenomenon among mammals over time. Northern elephant seals ( Mirounga angustirostris ) provide a rare opportunity to examine the trajectory of dialects in a long-lived mammalian species. Dialects were first documented in the temporal patterns of the stereotyped vocal displays produced by breeding males at four sites in the North Pacific in 1968 and 1969, as the population recovered from extreme exploitation. We evaluated the longevity of these geographical differences by comparing these early recordings to calls recently recorded at these same locations. While the presence of vocal dialects in the original recordings was re-confirmed, geographical differences in vocal behaviour were not found at these breeding rookeries nearly 50 years later. Moreover, the calls of contemporary males displayed more structural complexity after approximately four generations, with substantial between-individual variation and call features not present in the historical data. In the absence of measurable genetic variation in this species—owing to an extreme population bottleneck—a combination of migration patterns and cultural mutation are proposed as factors influencing the fall of dialects and the dramatic increase in call diversity.

Dietary amino acid profile affects muscle cellularity, growth, survival and ammonia excretion of meagre (Argyrosomus regius) larvae

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 814-820 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Saavedra ◽  
T.G. Pereira ◽  
A. Candeias-Mendes ◽  
L.E.C. Conceição ◽  
B. Teixeira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
Ammonia Excretion ◽  
Amino Acid Profile ◽  
Argyrosomus Regius ◽  
Dietary Amino Acid

Winter Distribution of Bearded Seals (Erignathus barbatus) in the Penny Strait Area, Northwest Territories, as Determined by Underwater Vocalizations

1990 ◽  
Vol 47 (6) ◽  
pp. 1071-1076 ◽  
Author(s):  
Holly J. Cleator ◽  
Ian Stirling
Keyword(s):  
Northwest Territories ◽  
Absolute Number ◽  
Bearded Seal ◽  
Vocal Behaviour ◽  
Winter Distribution ◽  
Odobenus Rosmarus ◽  
Erignathus Barbatus ◽  
Break Up ◽  
A Site ◽  
Bearded Seals

Vocalization surveys conducted in Penny Strait, Northwest Territories, indicated that before ice break-up, bearded seals (Erignathus barbatus) preferred regions of less stable ice where break-up occurred early and avoided stable, landfast ice or areas heavily used by walruses (Odobenus rosmarus). Water depth did not appear to influence distribution. Numbers of calls increased between mid-April and early June, probably because of an increase in rate of calling by individual seals. Vocalization surveys can be used to separate preferred habitats from unsuitable ones. Using a single hydrophone and our current understanding of bearded seal vocal behaviour, it is not possible to determine the absolute number of bearded seals at or near a site using vocalizations. However, it is possible to measure the relative abundance of seals for spatial and temporal comparisons.

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