title: Hypoxia and male behaviour in an African cichlid Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor victoriae.
abstract: This study tested the prediction that hypoxia may reduce the frequency of energetically expensive behaviours by quantifying male mating and aggressive displays in the cichlid Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor victoriae after long-term acclimation (5 months) to either high dissolved oxygen (DO) or low DO. Regardless of DO treatment, males engaged in more aggressive displays than mating displays; however, males acclimated to low DO reduced their total number of displays compared to high DO-acclimated males.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, McGill University, 1205 Docteur Penfield Avenue, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1B1 Canada. kiyoko.gotanda@mail.mcgill.ca
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Gotanda
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Reardon
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Chapman
mesh_terms: D000064:Acclimatization; D000374:Aggression; D000818:Animals; D023681:Cichlids / Q000502:physiology*; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism*; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal; D013312:Stress, Physiological; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D014867:Water; D010100:Oxygen