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ArticleBiology letters2017

Long-term UVB exposure promotes predator-inspection behaviour in a fish.

Simon Vitt, Janina E Zierul, Theo C M Bakker, Ingolf P Rick

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Article in Biology letters, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Early ultraviolet exposure disrupts late dorsal fin skeletal development in zebrafish.Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists · 2026
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  2. Evaluation of UV-B protective properties of leaves and seeds of Achyranthes aspera in Asian catfish Clarias batrachus (Linn.).Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Simon VittInstitute for Evolutionary Biology and Ecology, University of Bonn, An der Immenburg 1, 53121 Bonn, Germany svitt@evolution.uni-bonn.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5403-8827
Janina E ZierulInstitute for Evolutionary Biology and Ecology, University of Bonn, An der Immenburg 1, 53121 Bonn, Germany.
Theo C M BakkerInstitute for Evolutionary Biology and Ecology, University of Bonn, An der Immenburg 1, 53121 Bonn, Germany.
Ingolf P RickInstitute for Evolutionary Biology and Ecology, University of Bonn, An der Immenburg 1, 53121 Bonn, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ultraviolet-B radiation (UVB) reaching the earth's surface has increased due to human-caused stratospheric ozone depletion. Whereas the harmful effects of UVB on aquatic organisms are well studied at the molecular and cellular level, recent studies have also begun to address behavioural changes caused by sublethal amounts of UVB. However, the behavioural consequences of long-term exposure to ecologically relevant UVB levels over several life stages are virtually unknown, particularly with regard to predator-prey behaviour. We found increased predator-inspection behaviour together with a smaller body length in three-spined sticklebacks (

Indexed as

Food ChainUltraviolet RaysAnimalsBody SizeEscape ReactionFemaleMaleSmegmamorphaTime Factorsantipredator behaviourGasterosteus aculeatuspredation riskthree-spined sticklebackultraviolet-B radiation

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PMID29237811
PMCPMC5746532

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