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Title

Chemosensory Ecology & Behavior in Brachyrhaphis rhabdophora Fish

Authors

Kaelamae Topham, Brigham Young University - ProvoFollow
Alexandra G. Duffy, Brigham Young University - Provo
Audrey L. Chou, Brigham Young University - Provo
Jerald B. Johnson, Brigham Young University - ProvoFollow

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Keywords

animal behavior, chemical ecology, chemoreception, olfaction

Abstract

• Organism use their various senses to gather, process, and store information from their fluctuating environment, using that information to make key daily and life decisions.

• Fish use chemical odors unique to an individual’s identity in the context of socialization structure, mate choice, and other behaviors.

• Even fish with a well adapted sense of vision use chemicals, like sex steroids, when searching for mature, conspecific (same species) mates [1].

• However, we still lack much insight into the comparative chemosensory behavior between females and males of the same species.

• To address this gap, we examine the behavioral response in males and females of the same species when exposed to two different chemical odors.

BYU ScholarsArchive Citation

Topham, Kaelamae; Duffy, Alexandra G.; Chou, Audrey L.; and Johnson, Jerald B., "Chemosensory Ecology & Behavior in Brachyrhaphis rhabdophora Fish" (2021). Library/Life Sciences Undergraduate Poster Competition 2021. 29.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/library_studentposters_2021/29

Document Type

Video

Publication Date

2021

Language

English

College

Life Sciences

Department

Biology

University Standing at Time of Publication

Senior

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