Naylor, P;
Jacoby, D;
(2016)
Territoriality in the tompot blenny Parablennius gattorugine from photographic records.
Journal of Fish Biology
, 88
(4)
pp. 1642-1647.
10.1111/jfb.12918.
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Abstract
The behaviour of the tompot blenny Parablennius gattorugine was studied from a long-term underwater photographic record from two sites on the south-west coast of the U.K. Repeated observations of individually identifiable P. gattorugine during 112 dives revealed that male P. gattorugine may guard eggs in a particular crevice over subsequent breeding seasons, reside in the same location for up to 4 years and recover from injuries received in disputes over territory. Further observations included resident males wiping eggs with greatly expanded anal glands, adult-type fighting between juveniles and unusual behaviour where a large male manipulated an empty mollusc shell for the attention of two smaller conspecifics.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Territoriality in the tompot blenny Parablennius gattorugine from photographic records |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1111/jfb.12918 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.12918 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2016 The Fisheries Society of the British Isles. All rights reserved. This is the peer reviewed version of the following Naylor, P; Jacoby, D; (2016) Territoriality in the tompot blenny Parablennius gattorugine from photographic records.Journal of Fish Biology , 88 (4) pp. 1642-1647 which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.12918 This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving, http://olabout.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-820227.html#terms |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1502395 |
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