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Development of shy/bold behaviour in southern dumpling squid (Euprymna tasmanica)
Behavioural syndromes are important in the context of understanding the evolution of behaviour. This study examines the lifetime development of shy/bold behaviour of dumpling squid (Euprymna tasmanica). The first component examined correlations of shy/bold behaviour across two test contexts - a threat and a feeding test, measured 5 times during the lifetime of the squid. The second component examined developmental plasticity in shy/bold phenotypes with age and sexual maturity.
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Identification info
- Date (Creation)
- 2008-11-17T00:00:00
Principal investigator
School of Zoology, University of Tasmania (UTAS) - Sinn, David (Postgraduate student)
Private Bag 5
Hobart
TAS
7001
Australia
- Purpose
- To describe the development of shy/bold behaviour of dumpling squid (Euprymna tasmanica) across their lifetime. Within this, the aims were to examine correlations of shy/bold behaviour across different functional contexts, and to examine whether shy/bold phenotypes showed (relative) developmental plasticity in response to age and sexual maturity.
- Credit
- Gosling, S.D.
- Credit
- Moltschaniwskyj, N.A.
- Credit
- Schools of Aquaculture and Plant Science at UTAS
- Credit
- Holsworth Wildlife grant provided partial funding
- Status
- Completed
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- Oceans
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Temporal extent
- Time period
- 2002-08-01T16:57:00 2003-01-31T16:57:00
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Not planned
Resource format
- Title
- Microsoft Excel
- Date
- Edition
- 2003
- Global Change Master Directory Earth Science Keywords v.5.3.8
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- Biosphere | Zoology | Mollusks
- CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota v2.
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- 23 609001
- Euprymna tasmanica
- Keywords (Theme)
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- animal personality
- behavioural syndromes
- developmental plasticity
- shy/bold
- Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC): Fields of Research
Resource constraints
- Classification
- Unclassified
Resource constraints
- Use limitation
- The data described in this record are the intellectual property of D. Sinn.
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- Linkage
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- Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Australia License
- Website
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/au/
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- Please contact researcher for access to the data.
Associated resource
- Title
- Behaviour in southern dumpling squid Euprymna tasmanica
- Date (Creation)
- 2011-09-19T00:00:00
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
- Supplemental Information
- Sinn, DL and Gosling, SD and Moltschaniwskyj, NA (2008) Development of shy/bold behaviour in squid: contaxt-specific phenotypes associated with development plasticity. Animal Behaviour, 75 (2). pp. 433-442. ISSN 003-3472 this work is part of D. Sinn's PhD thesis: Sinn, DL (2005) From Individuals to Populations: Personality traits in Southern Dumpling Squid (Euprymna tasmanica Pfeffer, 1884) and their life history correlates. PhD thesis, University of Tasmania. http://eprints.utas.edu.au/255/
Distribution Information
- Distribution format
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- Microsoft Excel
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Resource lineage
- Statement
- Animals for this study were laboratory reared, and were bread from wild-caught adults collected from Kelso, Tasmania. BEHAVIOURAL TESTS Squid were housed in individual containers - 14cm diameter and 13 cm deep until 10 weeks posthatching, at which time they were moved to larger containers 34x29x13 cm; both contained 1-3 cm of sand. Behavioural experiments occurred in the same containers that squid were housed in. Behaviours were recorded using a audiocassette recorded and handheld timer 5 min after the stimulus was introduced. Tests were run on 2 days within a week at ages 3, 6, 9, 12 and 16 weeks of age. Results within each week were aggregated to create weekly results for single behaviours for each squid, for each test. 1. Threat test The threat stimulus consisted of the experimenter touching the squid with a prod on its arms, up to 10 times or until it retreated. Five behaviours were measured: - number of touches before retreat - first response (a categorical variable) - frequency of jetting - number of times the prod was grabbed - frequency of arm flower postures 2. Feeding test These consisted of live food presentation (mysid shrimp). All test squid were starved for 48h prior to testing. Three behaviours were recorded: - latency to feed - number of feeding attempts - handling time
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- Dataset
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- Metadata identifier
- 3822fd99-bc68-42f4-9093-367ad0c33c18
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
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- Resource scope
- Dataset
- Metadata linkage
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https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/3822fd99-bc68-42f4-9093-367ad0c33c18
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- Date info (Creation)
- 2021-03-30T00:29:29
- Date info (Revision)
- 2021-03-30T00:29:29
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO 19115-3:2018
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