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The influence of visual and tactile stimulation on growth and metamorphosis in anuran larvae
dc.contributor.authorRot-Nikcevic, I.en_US
dc.contributor.authorDenver, Robert Johnen_US
dc.contributor.authorWassersug, R. J.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-06-01T21:01:14Z
dc.date.available2010-06-01T21:01:14Z
dc.date.issued2005-12en_US
dc.identifier.citationROT-NIKCEVIC, I.; DENVER, R. J.; WASSERSUG, R. J. (2005). "The influence of visual and tactile stimulation on growth and metamorphosis in anuran larvae." Functional Ecology 19(6): 1008-1016. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/74112>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0269-8463en_US
dc.identifier.issn1365-2435en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/74112
dc.description.abstract1.   Sensory modalities that allow tadpoles to assess their environment, and subsequently mediate their development, are not well understood. 2.   By putting clay model tadpoles into the tanks with live tadpoles we have enhanced tactile and visual stimuli for tadpoles of three species ( Rana sylvatica , Bufo americanus and Xenopus laevis ) in a controlled fashion. The goal was to determine whether visual and tactile cues in the absence of chemical signals influenced tadpole growth and development. 3.   The response to enhanced visual and tactile stimuli was strong in Rana , intermediate in Xenopus , but absent in Bufo tadpoles. Rana tadpoles that experienced both stimuli enhanced developed the fastest and metamorphosed at the smallest body size. Development was slower in the treatments with only one stimulus enhanced, and slowest in the controls. 4.   Our results suggest that tadpoles use both vision and mechanoreception for environment assessment, and that they are able to modify their growth and developmental rates in response to sensory enrichment. 5.   Tadpoles exposed to the combination of visual and tactile stimulation showed the highest whole-body content of the stress hormone corticosterone, suggesting that the enhanced stimuli were experienced as stressful. Corticosterone is known to synergize with thyroid hormone to promote metamorphosis.en_US
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dc.publisherBlackwell Science Ltden_US
dc.rights© 2005 British Ecological Societyen_US
dc.subject.otherCorticosteroneen_US
dc.subject.otherDevelopmenten_US
dc.subject.otherMechanoreceptionen_US
dc.subject.otherTadpolesen_US
dc.subject.otherVisionen_US
dc.titleThe influence of visual and tactile stimulation on growth and metamorphosis in anuran larvaeen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelEcology and Evolutionary Biologyen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelScienceen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationum† Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, 3077 Natural Science Bldg, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109–1048, USAen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationother* Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Dalhousie University, 5850 College St, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 1X5 anden_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1365-2435.2005.01051.xen_US
dc.identifier.sourceFunctional Ecologyen_US
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