{"id":5897,"date":"2017-10-10T15:41:26","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T15:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/?p=5897"},"modified":"2017-10-10T15:41:26","modified_gmt":"2017-10-10T15:41:26","slug":"impact-of-coral-reef-fish-personalities-on-species-persistence-under-environmental-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/2017\/impact-of-coral-reef-fish-personalities-on-species-persistence-under-environmental-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Impact of coral reef fish personalities on species persistence under environmental change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Coral reefs are undergoing substantial change around the world as mass coral bleaching\u00a0and other disturbance events disrupt ecological communities. Animal behaviour is thought\u00a0to be a crucial mechanism underlying this disruption, which could shape the potential for\u00a0species to cope with on-going environmental change, yet our understanding of these links\u00a0is in its infancy. One particularly interesting aspect of behaviour is personality, whereby\u00a0individuals display distinct, repeatable suites of behaviours. Certain personalities could\u00a0provide a selective advantage under environmental change e.g., bold and explorative\u00a0individuals might have increased potential to exploit novel conditions. This project aims to\u00a0explore the relationship between personality traits of individual butterflyfishes (Chaetodon\u00a0spp.), and their influence on population persistence under changing environmental\u00a0conditions. Butterflyfishes are iconic reef fish that are particularly susceptible to\u00a0environmental change because they depend directly on corals as food. This project will\u00a0ask:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How variable is personality amongst individuals, within and across reefs?;<\/li>\n<li>How does\u00a0this variation relate to habitat complexity?;<\/li>\n<li>Do fish populations on reefs that\u00a0 have\u00a0undergone recent mass coral mortality have a higher frequency of bold, explorative\u00a0individuals?; and<\/li>\n<li>How do these differences in personality frequency scale up to impact\u00a0the potential for species to track changing climate?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You will address these questions\u00a0using a combination of existing data, novel manipulative field experiments, and cuttingedge\u00a0modelling techniques. With supervisory and project support at Lancaster University\u00a0and the University of Nottingham, and collaboration with field scientists in Japan and the\u00a0Philippines, the project offers unique opportunities for research and training in coral reef\u00a0science.<\/p>\n<p>Applicants should hold a minimum of a UK Honours Degree at 2:1 level or equivalent in\u00a0subjects such as Ecology, Marine Biology or Natural Sciences. Applicants with Masters\u00a0degrees, relevant research experience, or publications will be highly competitive.\u00a0Exposure to statistical analyses and ecological modelling desirable.<\/p>\n<p>For further details please contact Dr Sally A. Keith (<a href=\"mailto:sally.keith@lancaster.ac.uk\">sally.keith@lancaster.ac.uk<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coral reefs are undergoing substantial change around the world as mass coral bleaching\u00a0and other disturbance events disrupt ecological communities. Animal behaviour is thought\u00a0to be a crucial mechanism underlying this disruption, which could shape the potential for\u00a0species to cope with on-going environmental change, yet our understanding of these links\u00a0is in its infancy. One particularly interesting aspect&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/2017\/impact-of-coral-reef-fish-personalities-on-species-persistence-under-environmental-change\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Impact of coral reef fish personalities on species persistence under environmental change<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":363,"featured_media":5898,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[51],"tags":[12],"class_list":["post-5897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-51","tag-lancaster"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/files\/2017\/10\/Sally-Keith-Image-400x400px.jpg?fit=400%2C400","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8kFzn-1x7","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/363"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5897"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5899,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5897\/revisions\/5899"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}