pawznfinz Posted July 30, 2007 Report Share Posted July 30, 2007 Could anyone please suggest a really good book(s) about fish...what i am actually after is ALL about the egg fanning behaviour in fish...it is for one of my assignments....have googled but nothing substantial there...also spent some time in the library...no luck there either....i need at least a 1000 words and all i got off the internet was a few lines ... i am sure there is bound to be more info out there....but where??? :0 *sigh* any help/suggestions appreciated..... thanks ...the particular info i am looking for is 1. Identify the behaviour and describe when and how it is performed. 2. Explain what the evolutionary significance of the behaviour is in terms of survival of the species concerned. 3. Explain how living in human society and interactions with humans may or may not have an effect on the performance of the behaviour and why such changes may or may not occur. I would appreciate if anyone could please suggest where i would find more on the above... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted July 30, 2007 Report Share Posted July 30, 2007 Hello :lol: There is not much information on it anywhere likes bristlenose males use it for display to atract females to caves. then to fan the eggs to keep oxygen flow and even temperature over them knife fish, with the areas they breed in use fanning to keep the silt off the eggs, of course increasing the survival you will pick up lost of information out of books, but it will be little bits from each books think most of your words will end up being about how people might have influenced any behavour changes if any i am out west auckland and have a large library of books and magzines that you are welcome to come look threw and read here if you want if that is of any help, not sure about loaning books out thow, as have lost a few doing that :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxglove Posted July 30, 2007 Report Share Posted July 30, 2007 Hiya, I found this http://beheco.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/co ... l/16/2/389 which is a good start for your own research. After all, you should be able to describe the behaviour (Q1) from your own observations, surely? I also typed in a search in the Behavioural Ecology website itself, using egg-fanning, and got about 25 articles which would cover all aspects of your essay. You just have to read them and decipher... http://beheco.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/ If you look at nest-tending and brood care as other possible search categories, I'm sure you will find what you need. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidb Posted July 30, 2007 Report Share Posted July 30, 2007 Firstly- Welcome to FNZAS!!! Secondly- what level is this for??? I could recommend a heap of sources but if it is for a NCEA level 3 essay or something they might be a little more info than you need... Simply though- (If you haven't got this far already) 1. Fanning is a form of Parental care in Fish. They fan their eggs to keep fresh water flowing past them, Thus removing detritus and keeping fungus and bacteria from settling on, and destroying the egg. 2. The fish which fans its eggs is more likely to have a greater hatch-rate. It pretty much goes from there 3. ??? I don't get that question. I suppose it is talking about Natural selection. Essentially, with Natural selection, the most "fit" organisms are likely to have more offspring. By fit i am not referring to athleticism, but rather reproductive success. In modern human society, what is happening is that this is being distorted. For example, a Woman of higher intellect is likely to have fewer babies than a women of lower intellect, simply because their professional life gets in the way of their childbearing "potential". There are many more examples of this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pawznfinz Posted July 30, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2007 Animal Welfare Investigations....this is the topic i chose for my Animal Behaviour assignment.....i am required to write 1000 words on it and also give a presentation.....so i suppose any and all and as much information would do me good.... thanks all for your help so far...will have a look into those websites... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rozski Posted July 31, 2007 Report Share Posted July 31, 2007 *waves to pawfinz* good luck with your essay :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pawznfinz Posted July 31, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2007 thanks rozski Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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