Oral Presentations

The George Barlow EEEF Commemorative Symposium

Parental care, paternity, and mate choice: lessons from fishes
Suzanne H. Alonzo

Cooperation and conflict in a social world. The impact of vasotocin on social behaviour in the cichlid fish Neolamprologus pulcher, a cooperatively breeding fish from Lake Tanganyika.
Sigal Balshine*, Susan Marsh Rollo, Julie Desjardins, John Fitzpatrick, and Andrew Bass

(In)direct benefits of female multiple mating
Miguel Barbosa* and Anne E. Magurran

Surviving the storms: Egg size and reproductive strategies in riverine tropical cichlids
Ronald M. Coleman*, Samantha Hilber and Allison Berke

Lovers and fighters: male threespine stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus, vary in their responses to conflicting stimuli
Teresa L. Dziewczynski* and Colleen L. Mack

Heterospecific recognition in a tropical stream fish: a precursor of boldness for exploration?
Douglas F. Fraser*, Christopher Brousseau, Kristina Cohen, Summer Morse

Sexual selection determines parental care patterns in cichlid fishes
Alejandro Gonzalez-Voyer*, J. L. Fitzpatrick and N. Kolm

The effect of brood reduction on subsequent mate preference in the biparental convict cichlid
Samantha A. Hilber* and Colette M. St. Mary

Sexual selection and the evolution of premating isolating mechanisms in pupfishes
Astrid Kodric-Brown

Grey triggerfish (Balistes capriscus) dominance hierarchies and their implication for social cooperation
Kari L. Lavalli* and David Cleveland

A review of fish sex and sounds
Philip S. Lobel

Dyadic Interactions in the mixed-mating strategies of the mangrove rivulus, Kryptolebias marmoratus. I. The role of hermaphrodite-male and hermaphrodite-hermaphrodite dyads.
Kelly N. Luke* and David L. Bechler

Sex Role Differentiation and Breeding Behaviors of the Cichlid Fish Hypsophyrus nicaraguense in Lake Xiloá, Nicaragua
Mona Schweighofer, Kenneth R. McKaye* and Eric P. van den Berghe

No free choice in brook trout: spawning densities in a pristine river follow a despotic distribution
Craig F. Purchase* and Jeffrey A. Hutchings

Monogamy when there is potential for polygyny: tests of multiple hypotheses in a group-living fish
Marian Y.L. Wong*, Philip L. Munday, Peter M. Buston and Geoffrey P. Jones


Brains, Genes, and Behavior of Fishes symposium

Genomic and endocrine basis of social climbing in males of the African cichlid Astatotilapia burtoni
Nadia Aubin-Horth*, Flora Hinz, Lin Huffman, Sophie Wojcik, Hans A. Hofmann

Kryptolebias marmoratus, the mangrove rivulus, as a model organism for research
Brian Ring, John F. Elder, and David L. Bechler*

Context dependent behavioral plasticity among populations of zebrafish
Anuradha Bhat*, Melissa M. Greulich, Emília P. Martins

What makes a brainy child? Diet, single mothers, and brain size in Taganyikan cichlids
Alejandro Gonzalez-Voyer*, S. Winberg and N. Kolm

Interpopulation variation in gross forebrain morphology and cognitive map use in ecologically contrasting populations of threespine stickleback fish
Peter J. Park* and Michael A. Bell

Neurogenomic comparisons across alternate sexual phenotypes in the bluehead wrasse (Thalassoma bifasciatum): a fish with socially-controlled sex change
G. Passador-Gurgel, J. Allmond, K.E. Marsh, M.B. Hawkins, and John Godwin*

Circadian rhythms in cichlids using changes in “skylight” color as a zeitgeber
Michael J. Pauers*, James A. Kuchenbecker, Maureen Neitz, and Jay Neitz

Gene expression comparison of sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) adults spawning in ecologically divergent habitats
Scott A. Pavey*, Troy R. Hamon, Jennifer L. Nielsen and Felix Breden

Molecular modules for maternal aggression in the African cichlid Astatotilapia burtoni
Suzy C.P. Renn


Cichlid Fishes Symposium

Is search behavior and prey detection mediated by the widened lateral line canal system in the Lake Malawi cichlid, Aulonocara hansbaenchi?
Daniel K. Basset*, Jacqueline F. Webb

Food provisioning of prospective mates in a cichlid fish
Alexander Kotrschal

The Reproductive Biology of a Central American Cichlid (Neetroplus nematopus) in Lake Xiloá, Nicaragua
Kenneth R. McKaye*, Jeremy Hale, and Eric P. van den Berghe

Female colour polymorphisms and male mating preferences in East African Lake cichlids: their role in sexual selection and speciation studies
Michele Pierotti

Reproduction of fishes in extreme environments: interdemic variation across an oxygen gradient
Erin E. Reardon* and Lauren J. Chapman

How ecological and social forces affect cichlid brains and behavior
Caroly Shumway

Female mating preference functions predict sexual selection against hybrids between sibling species of cichlid fish
Inke van der Sluijs*, Tom J. M. Van Dooren, Kees D. Hofker, Jacques J. M. van Alphen, Rike B. Stelkens and Ole Seehausen


Biodiversity: Acoustics

Cyprinella trichroistia as river whisperers: communication without the hassle of being eaten
Daniel E. Holt* and Carol E. Johnston

Evolutionary patterns and characteristics of acoustic signals in darters (Percidae)
Carol E. Johnston* and Patricia A. Speares

A literature and phylogenetic review of the evidence for sound communication in neotropical catfishes of the Family Callichthyidae
Ingrid M. Kaatz*, Donald J. Stewart, Aaron N. Riceand Phillip S. Lobel

Diversity of toadfish boatwhistle calls
Kathryn E. Kovitvongsa* and Phillip S. Lobel

Diversity and evolution of sound production in Mediterranean gobies (Perciformes, Gobiidae)
Stefano Malavasi*, Christos Gkenas and Patrizia Torricelli

First survey of the underwater soundscape of New England rivers
Rodney A. Rountree


The Biodiversity of Fishes: Mechanisms, Maintenance, and Threats.

Gillnet injury and altered reproductive behavior in sockeye salmon
Matthew R. Baker*, Daniel E. Schindler, and Graham Young

Stable isotope signature patterns in groundfish assemblages of Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary
Briana Brown* and Les Kaufman

The behavioural and life-history traits contributing to the remarkable colonisation ability of the guppy (Poecilia reticulata).
Amy E. Deacon*, Indar W. Ramnarine and Anne E. Magurran

Unique evolutionary scenario. Trends in variability and morphological development among threespine sticklebacks in Iceland.
Eik Elfarsdóttir* and Bjarni Jónsson

Conservation of population complexes: cryptic threats to biodiversity as illustrated by the adaptive radiation of threespine stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus
Susan A. Foster*, John A. Baker, Rachel Y. Chock and Matthew A. Wund

Site fidelity and homing behaviour in coral reef fish: limiting resilience to habitat change?
Naomi M. Gardiner

A comparison of feeding mechanics in a trophic generalist and a specialist shark species
Shannon P. Gerry

Impacts of three road crossing types on fish passage and habitat utilization in Iceland
Guðmundur I. Guðbrandsson* and Bjarni Jónsson

Genetic divergence in life history, body shape, swimming performance, and mating behavior between lake and stream stickleback
Andrew P. Hendry*, Diana Sharpe, Lauren Chapman, Kate Hudson, John Baker, Matthieu Delcourt, Katja Räsänen, and Daniel Berner

The State of the Fishes Report-a hopeful view from the trenches
Les Kaufman

Why intraspecific diversity matters: linking fish population diversity and contemporary evolution to ecological dynamics
Michael Kinnison*, Dylan Weese and Eric Palkovacs

Morphological diversity of Icelandic small benthic Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus)
Bjarni K. Kristjansson

Evidence for an inherent variation in behaviour of Arctic charr juveniles based on isolation versus group experiments
Camille Leblanc*, David Benhaïm, Broddi R. Hansen and Skuli Skulason

Behaviour of juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) parr in relation to ice conditions in small natural streams
Tommi Linnansaari* and Richard A. Cunjak

Movements and behaviour of escaped farmed cod (Gadus morhua) on a spawning ground
Justin J. Meager*, Jon E. Skjæraasen, Anders Fernö, Ørjan Karlsen and Svein Løkkeborg

A preliminary survey and test of alternative evolutionary hypotheses about visual trait diversity among sunfish in the family Centrarchidae
Jessica M. Paige* and Beren W. Robinson

Evolution of diversity and speciation in freshwater fish: current trends in ideas and research
Sk?li Sk?lason* and Sigurdur S. Snorrason

Evolutionary origins of a widespread small Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) morph in Icelandic freshwater habitats
Kalina Kapralova, Bjarni K. Kristjánsson, Guðbjörg Ásta Ólafsdóttir, Michael Morrissey, Sigurdur S. Snorrason* and Moira Ferguson

Changes in the Mediterranean marine fish biodiversity due to Lessepsian migration and climate change
Ehud Spanier

Foraging mode of young-of-the-year salmonids in Icelandic streams
Tyler D. Tunney & Stefan O. Steingrimsson*

Behavioral plasticity in Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) juveniles
Ran Sturlaugsdottir* and Skúli Skúlason

The role of premating isolation in mediating the co-occurrence of two Gambusia species
Daniella M. Swenton-Olson

Patterns of evolution in a polymorphic fish: a challenge for conervation and management
Pamela J. Woods*, Skúli Skúlason and Sigurdur Snorrason


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