Fake spawns and floating particles : a rebuttal of Karkarey et al. "Alternative reproductive tactics and inverse size-assortment in a high-density fish spawning aggregation"

Erisman, Brad  E.; Barreiros, João P.; Rhodes, Kevin L.; Warner, Robert R.

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Fake spawns and floating particles : a rebuttal of Karkarey et al. "Alternative reproductive tactics and inverse size-assortment in a high-density fish spawning aggregation"

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dc.contributor.author	Erisman, Brad E.
dc.contributor.author	Barreiros, João P.
dc.contributor.author	Rhodes, Kevin L.
dc.contributor.author	Warner, Robert R.
dc.date.accessioned	2018-12-12T12:47:15Z
dc.date.available	2018-12-12T12:47:15Z
dc.date.issued	2018
dc.date.updated	2018-11-27T18:21:33Z
dc.description.abstract	Courtship and spawning behaviors of coral reef fishes are very complex, and sufficient sampling effort and proper methods are required to draw informed conclusions on their mating systems that are grounded in contemporary theories of mate choice and sexual selection. We reviewed the recent study by Karkarey et al. (BMC Ecol 17:10, 2017) on the spawning behavior of Squaretail coralgrouper (Plectropomus areolatus) from India and found no evidence to support their findings of alternative reproductive tactics, unique school-spawning involving a single male with multiple females, or inverse size-assortment. The study lacks scientific credibility due to a lack of rigor in the methodology used, misinterpretation of observed behaviors, misinterpretation of the literature, and insufficient data. Their approach led the authors to produce spurious results and profound, invalid conclusions that violate the most basic assumptions of mate choice and sexual selection theory as applied to mating systems in marine fishes.	pt_PT
dc.description.version	info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion	pt_PT
dc.identifier	1472-6785	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Brad Erisman; J. P. Barreiros; Kevin L. Rhodes; Robert R. Warner. Fake spawns and floating particles: a rebuttal of Karkarey et al. “Alternative reproductive tactics and inverse size-assortment in a high-density fish spawning aggregation”, «BMC Ecology», 18:48, 1-7, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12898-018-0206-8	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1186/s12898-018-0206-8	pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn	1472-6785
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/4932
dc.language.iso	eng	pt_PT
dc.peerreviewed	yes	pt_PT
dc.publisher	BMC	pt_PT
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	pt_PT
dc.subject	Epinephelidae	pt_PT
dc.subject	Plectropomus areolatus	pt_PT
dc.subject	Rebbutal Paper	en
dc.title	Fake spawns and floating particles : a rebuttal of Karkarey et al. "Alternative reproductive tactics and inverse size-assortment in a high-density fish spawning aggregation"	en
dc.type	journal article
dspace.entity.type	Publication
oaire.citation.endPage	7	pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage	1	pt_PT
oaire.citation.title	BMC Ecology	en
oaire.citation.volume	18	pt_PT
rcaap.rights	openAccess	pt_PT
rcaap.type	article	pt_PT