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A fundamental question of sexual selection theory concerns the causes and consequences of reproductive skew among males. The
priority of access (PoA) model (Altmann, Ann NY Acad Sci 102:338–435, 1962) has been the most influential framework in primates living in permanent, mixed-sex groups, but to date it has only been
tested with the appropriate data on female synchrony in a handful of species. In this paper, we used mating data from one
large semi-free ranging group of Barbary macaques: (1) to provide the first test of the priority-of-access model in this species,
using mating data from 11 sexually active females (including six females that were implanted with a hormonal contraceptive
but who showed levels of sexual activity comparable to those of naturally cycling females) and (2) to determine the proximate
mechanism(s) underlying male mating skew. Our results show that the fit of the observed distribution of matings with sexually
attractive females to predictions of the PoA model was poor, with lower-ranking males mating more than expected. While our
work confirms that female mating synchrony sets an upper limit to monopolization by high-ranking individuals, other factors
are also important. Coalitionary activity was the main tactic used by males to lower mating skew in the study group. Coalitions
were expressed in a strongly age-related fashion and allowed subordinate, post-prime males to increase their mating success
by targeting more dominant, prime males. Conversely, females, while mating promiscuously with several males during a given
mating cycle, were more likely to initiate their consortships with prime males, thus reducing the overall effectiveness of
coalitions. We conclude that high-ranking Barbary macaque males have a limited ability to monopolize mating access, leading
to a modest mating skew among them. 相似文献
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Ioana Chiver Bridget J. M. Stutchbury Eugene S. Morton 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2008,62(12):1981-1990
Extra-pair fertilizations are common in many socially monogamous species, and paternity studies have indicated that females
may use male vocal performance and plumage ornaments as cues to assess male quality. Female off-territory forays may represent
a key component of female choice and male extra-pair mating success, and female foray behaviour is expected to be strongly
influenced by indictors of male quality. In this study, we examined how male song and ornamentation affect how often females
left their territories, which males they visited and extra-pair paternity in a socially monogamous passerine, the hooded warbler
(Wilsonia citrina). We radiotracked 17 females during the fertile period and quantified male vocal performance (song output and rate) and plumage
characteristics (size of the black melanin hood and colour of the black hood, yellow cheeks and breast areas). We obtained
blood samples and determined paternity at 35 nests including those of 14 females that we radiotracked. Eleven (65%) of the
17 females forayed off-territory, whilst fertile and female foray rate was positively correlated with the number of extra-pair
young in the nest. Females that left their territories more frequently were paired with males that sang at a low rate. In
addition, extra-pair mates had higher song rates than the social mates they cuckolded (5.3 songs/min vs. 4.4 songs/min). Female
off-territory forays or extra-pair paternity were not significantly related to male plumage characteristics. Our results indicate
that a high song rate influences both the foray behaviour of a male’s social mate and the likelihood that he will sire extra-pair
offspring with neighbouring females. 相似文献
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In insects, large ejaculate and associated materials, including spermatophores, appear to have evolved via sexual selection acting on males to either delay female remating or to increase the rate of egg-laying. It is also possible, however, that females use nutrients transferred during mating to increase their lifetime fecundity. If so, male ejaculate size may also have evolved under natural selection as a form of paternal investment. In Lepidoptera, males with a greater number of prior matings tend to produce smaller spermatophores. However, the reported effects of male mating history on female fecundity vary widely among species. We therefore performed a meta-analysis using data from 29 studies of 25 species. Overall, the reproductive output of females mated to virgin males was significantly higher than that of females mated to sexually experienced males (Hedges d=0.33, P<0.01). A sample size of around 145 females per male mating type is required to detect an effect of this size with 80% statistical power at =0.05 (two-tailed). There was no difference in mean effect size between butterflies/skippers and moths. After controlling for any effect of taxonomic group, however, the mean effect size for polyandrous species was significantly greater than that for monandrous species (Hedges d=0.45 vs 0.25, P=0.01). We then discuss possible reasons why male mating history, presumably acting through its effect on spermatophore size, might have a stronger effect in polyandrous than monandrous species.Communicated by A. Cockburn 相似文献
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Pawe? R?k 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2012,66(12):1629-1637
Male mating experience was shown to play an important role in settling conflicts between males; however, little is known about whether and how prior access to females influences male behavior during intersexual interactions and female choice itself. Here, I experimentally test this relationship in the house cricket (Acheta domesticus) by combining one-on-one interaction between the male and female with direct comparison of males by the female, but precluding aggression between males. I found that solitary males were more active during subsequent courtship displays than paired males, suggesting the detrimental effect of mating on courtship performance. At the same time, females spent significantly more time close to solitary males or playbacks of male's natural courtship songs, and responded positively to the condition of males, ignoring body size of males. In contrast, females responded similarly to computer-modified playbacks of courtship songs of solitary and paired males with standardized rate of phrases and amplitudes; however, when females were additionally allowed to contact with anesthetized males they spent more time close to bigger males, irrespective of the acoustic parameters of courtship songs. These results show that although females were able to differentiate between many behavioral and morphological characteristics of males, including voluntary and intrinsic ones, they preferred traits conditional upon the costliness of male's displays. In addition, mating experience appeared to be a crucial factor in the choice of a particular costly mating strategy by males. 相似文献
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Palestina Guevara-Fiore Jessica Stapley Penelope J. Watt 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2010,64(10):1665-1672
Males vary in the degree to which they invest in mating. Several factors can explain this variation, including differences
in males’ individual condition and the fact that males allocate their energy depending on the context they face in each mating
attempt. Particularly, female quality affects male reproductive success. Here, we studied whether male guppies (Poecilia reticulata) strategically allocated more mating effort, in terms of mating behaviour and male–male competition, when they were matched
with a receptive (R) female than a non-receptive one. In accordance with our prediction, we found that males increased their
mating behaviour when they were with a receptive female. Even though male guppies can inseminate non-receptive females, we
only found high levels of courtship between males that were with a receptive female rather than a non-receptive one. Although
there was little affect of female receptivity on male–male competition, we found that males chased and interrupted courtships
more with receptive females than with non-receptive females regardless of odour. Finally, we also studied whether the sexual
pheromone produced by receptive female guppies is a cue that males use in order to increase their mating effort. We found
that males were more attracted to a female when they perceived the sexual pheromone, but only increased their mating and aggressive
behaviours when females showed receptive behaviour. This strategic increase in mating effort could result in higher male reproductive
success because mating attempts towards receptive females are likely to be less costly and males could have a greater probability
of fertilisation. 相似文献
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Michael R. Kidd Peter D. Dijkstra Callison Alcott Dagan Lavee Jacqualine Ma Lauren A. O’Connell Hans A. Hofmann 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2013,67(8):1307-1315
Hormones play an important role in the regulation of reproductive behavior. Here, we examined the effects of the fatty acid derivative prostaglandin F2α (PGF2) on female sexual behavior as well as the interaction between PGF2-induced mating behavior with male courtship display in the lek-breeding African cichlid fish, Astatotilapia burtoni. In a two-way choice paradigm, we found that nonreproductive females preferred to associate with smaller, less aggressive males over larger, more aggressive males. However, PGF2-treated females dramatically reversed their preference to larger males. In a second experiment, PGF2 treatment dramatically increased sexual behavior in nonreproductive females as measured by time spent in the bower of the stimulus male, even when the female and the stimulus male were separated by a transparent divider. This effect was even more pronounced when the stimulus males were exposed to the putative female pheromone 17α,20β-progesterone (17α,20β-P). Under full-contact conditions, only PGF2-treated females visited a stimulus male’s bower, where they even displayed circling behavior usually only seen during spawning. Interestingly, male performance prior to PGF2 treatment predicted female sexual response. Our study demonstrates the importance of PGF2 in the control of female reproductive behavior in interaction with male performance. 相似文献
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Differential interests between the sexes regarding the number of copulations can result in sexual harassment. Hence, females
may have less time available for foraging. Male sexual harassment often leads to fitness reduction in females. We used the
mating complex of the bisexual fish Poecilia mexicana and the co-occurring all-female Poecilia formosa to study sexual harassment and its incurred cost on female feeding efficiency. P. formosa is a sperm-dependent parthenogen that requires mating with host males to induce embryogenesis, but the male genes are not
used. We therefore predicted P. mexicana males to prefer conspecific females. Hence, costs of male sexual harassment should not occur in unisexuals. While P. formosa are at a disadvantage compared to P. mexicana females due to male mate choice (leading to sperm limitation), this could be traded-off by suffering less from sexual harassment.
In our experiment, we found males to direct significantly more pre-copulatory mating behaviour towards conspecific females,
whereas actual mating attempts did not differ between species. Contrary to our prediction, both types of females started feeding
later and spent less time feeding in the presence of a male partner compared to the time spent feeding with another female,
suggesting that females of both species suffer from male harassment. The focal females' feeding time declined with increasing
body size of the female competitor, and the same pattern was found when a male was present. We discuss that—besides sexual
harassment—other factors such as food competition and female mate choice may affect female feeding efficiency. 相似文献
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Brian J. Olsen Russell Greenberg Robert C. Fleischer Jeffrey R. Walters 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2008,63(2):285-294
Over the past two decades, the combination of molecular and field methods has revealed considerable variation in the level
of extrapair fertilizations among socially monogamous birds. Models predicting extrapair young range in scale from a single
population to multiple Orders, and there is no single, unifying theory for these reproductive tactics. We investigated proximate
explanations of extrapair fertilizations in two subspecies of the swamp sparrow, Melospiza georgiana georgiana and Melospiza georgiana nigrescens, across a range of social and environmental conditions. The presence of extrapair young was best predicted by the size of
two male plumage badges (one correlated with parental care and one with territorial aggression) relative to the badge size
of their immediate neighbors, the interaction of these two measures, mean territory size, and the maximum size of the aggression
badge among neighbors. The size of the male’s parental care badge (relative to neighbors) was negatively correlated with the
probability of lost paternity. The relative size of the aggression badge was positively correlated with the presence of extrapair
young when the parental care badge was small and negatively correlated when the badge was large. Controlling for these crown
measures, males with larger territories were less likely to suffer losses in paternity. There was no effect of breeding density,
breeding synchrony, their interaction, subspecies, or weather during the fertile period on the presence of extrapair young.
These results suggest that female preference for males that provide more parental care (or preference for genes that convey
this trait) plays a dominant role in extrapair interactions among swamp sparrows. Models based on female assessments of relative
mate quality offer a promising explanation of patterns in extrapair fertilizations among bird species. 相似文献
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Julie E. Elie Nicolas Mathevon Clémentine Vignal 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2011,65(12):2197-2208
Same-sex sexual behaviors are well documented in both captive and wild animals. In monogamous species, these behaviors are
often exclusive, each individual having only one same-sex partner. A bias in sex ratio has been proposed as a social context
yielding same-sex pair-bonding, but this hypothesis has rarely been tested. Focusing on a life-long pair-bonding songbird,
the zebra finch Taeniopygia guttata, we tested whether same-sex pairing results from a shortage of individuals of the opposite sex. By experimentally skewing
the sex ratio towards members of one sex, we observed a greater proportion of same-sex pair-bonds of that sex. Moreover, we
assessed whether the quality and stability of social interactions were equivalent in same-sex and male–female pairs. Male–male
and female–female same-sex bonds display the same behavioral characteristics as male–female ones: they are intense, highly
selective, and stable affinitive relationships involving the same behavioral displays already described in wild birds. Moreover,
same-sex male bonds were sufficiently strong not to split up when individuals were given the opportunity to reproduce with
females. Because the pair-bond in socially monogamous species represents a partnership that may give advantages for survival
(e.g., resources defense, fighting against predators, etc.), we propose that same-sex pairing in the zebra finch may result
from the pressure to find a social partner. 相似文献
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For dioecious species, choosing a mate of the same sex can have reproductive costs. For sex-changing animals, however, a lack
of sex recognition may not carry a reproductive cost, as pairs that were initially same-sex can become opposite-sex pairs
as one partner changes sex. The strength of sex discrimination in sex changers, then, should depend on the duration of mating
associations and whether the time of sex change is influenced by social situation (“flexible” sex change). We studied two
species of marine snails that change sex from male to female, one with flexible sex change and long-term or permanent mating
associations (Crepidula fornicata) and one with short-term pairings and relatively fixed time of sex change (Crepidula convexa), to determine whether either species exhibits sex recognition and whether members of C. convexa show stronger sex discrimination. In laboratory experiments, small males, the choosing animals, were placed with either a
male or a female conspecific (no-choice experiments) or given a choice of a male or female (choice experiments). We controlled
for shell length in all experiments, as relative size may influence sex change or choice. Males of both species paired more
often with females than males, but, as predicted, males of C. convexa showed stronger discrimination: When given a choice, no C. convexa male paired with another male. In contrast, some C. fornicata males always chose other males even when given the choice of a female. These results suggest that sex recognition can be
adaptive even for sex changers but demonstrate that the level of sex recognition will depend on other aspects of reproductive
behavior. 相似文献
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Functions of the major cheliped in pagurid hermit crabs have been studied in fights for shells. The major cheliped often shows
sexual size dimorphism, suggesting that sexual selection favors the development of the male major cheliped. The function of
the major cheliped in male–male competition was examined in Pagurus nigrofascia collected from April to June 2009 on the intertidal rocky shore in southern Hokkaido, Japan (41°N, 140°E). Sexual size dimorphism
of the major cheliped was observed, and precopulatory guarding males had larger major chelipeds than solitary ones. Guarding
males used the major cheliped to deter intruders during competitive interactions. Males without a major cheliped were disadvantaged
even if they were larger than opponents and had ownership. Cheliped size affected the outcomes of contests between similar
sized males. This suggests that the male major cheliped in P. nigrofascia protects mates from competitors and, consequently, enhances male mating success. Sexual selection may favor the development
of the major cheliped in male pagurids. 相似文献
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Jose Martín Pilar López Pablo Iraeta José A. Díaz Alfredo Salvador 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2016,70(10):1657-1668
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Kevin E. Langergraber John C. Mitani David P. Watts Linda Vigilant 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2013,67(6):861-873
Recent research on primates and other taxa has shown that the relationships individuals form with members of the same sex affect their reproductive success. Evidence showing that intersexual relationships also influence reproduction, however, is more equivocal. Here, we show that male chimpanzees living in an exceptionally large community display long-term tendencies to associate with particular females. These association patterns are likely to arise because individuals of both sexes selectively range in specific areas of the communal territory, with males inheriting the ranging patterns of their mothers. These differentiated male–female socio-spatial relationships involved males of widely varying ranks, and their effect on reproduction is as strong as that of male dominance rank, which in turn is as strong a predictor of reproductive success at Ngogo as in other smaller chimpanzee communities. These results show that male–female socio-spatial relationships can play a large role in chimpanzee male reproductive strategies, although they probably neither weaken nor strengthen the relationship between male dominance rank and reproductive success. Our results linking male–female socio-spatial relationships to reproduction in chimpanzees suggest that the gap between the social and mating systems of humans and their closest living relatives may not be as large as previously thought. 相似文献
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This study examines negative and positive infant handling behavior in 24 free-ranging yellow baboon infants (Papio cynocephalus) studied over a 5-year period in Mikumi National Park, Tanzania. We test predictions of the female reproductive competition hypothesis to explain patterns of infant handling behavior by adult females (excluding the infants mother) in relation to observed cases of infant mortality by age 3 months (25% of infants in this study). Results show that: (1) low-ranking infants received more negative infant handling than high-ranking infants; conversely high-ranking infants received more positive infant handling; (2) female kin engaged in higher levels of positive infant handling than did non-kin, whereas non-kin showed higher levels of negative infant handling; (3) rates of negative infant handling varied by season, with high levels at the onset of the rainy season; and (4) high level of negative infant handling was a significant predictor of infant mortality by age 3 months (infant rank and sex did not predict survival). We discuss how the occurrence and interpretation of infant handling behavior in the literature has likely been confused by different definitions of this behavior, as well as differences in the socio-ecological context in which this behavior occurs.Communicated by C. Nunn 相似文献
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Ximena E. Bernal Karin L. Akre Alexander T. Baugh A. Stanley Rand Michael J. Ryan 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2009,63(9):1269-1279
We investigated the natural dynamics in a sexual signal that combines different call components and explored the role of call
complexity in sexual selection using a neotropical frog. Male túngara frogs, Physalaemus pustulosus, facultatively add up to seven short, multi-harmonic components (chucks) to the simple form of their calls (whines). Female
túngara frogs are preferentially attracted to whines with chucks over whines without chucks, and males also call more in response
to calls containing chucks. Because acoustic predators prefer complex calls, in the context of simple (no chucks) versus complex
(any number of chucks) calls, the variably complex call appears to have evolved in response to the opposing selective forces
of natural and sexual selection. There is no evidence, however, for the function of increasing the number of chucks within
complex calls. We tested two aspects of increasing call complexity: natural patterns of use of call types in males and how
both sexes respond to variation in multi-chuck calls. Males incrementally change call complexity by the addition or subtraction
of a single chuck and usually do not produce more than two chucks. Variation in call complexity, for calls with at least one
chuck, does not influence response calling in males or phonotaxis in females. Our results suggest that one reason for not
increasing call complexity beyond a single chuck is the diminishing effectiveness on the responses of both sexes.
This is a posthumous publication for A. Stanley Rand 相似文献
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Caitlin R. Gabor Rosalinda Gonzalez Michelle Parmley Andrea S. Aspbury 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2010,64(5):783-792
Male sailfin mollies (Poecilia latipinna) are sexually parasitized by gynogenetic Amazon mollies (Poecilia formosa). In areas of sympatry, Amazon mollies are frequently larger than female sailfin mollies. In sympatry, selection may favor males that prefer smaller conspecific mates (avoid mismating with Amazon mollies), or selection may favor males that prefer larger conspecific mates (higher fecundity). To explore this potential species and mate-quality recognition conflict, we examined male preference variation across populations. Males from one sympatric population showed stabilizing preference functions, whereas in another sympatric population, males showed directional preference functions. Variation across sympatric populations may be related to the length of time of co-evolution with Amazon mollies. In the allopatric populations, we found flat preference functions. Variation in male preferences could have important ramifications for the maintenance of Amazon mollies, as well as for the evolution of female size. 相似文献
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Jonathan N. Pruitt Susan E. Riechert David J. Harris 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2011,65(10):1957-1966
Relatively few investigations explicitly test for concordant versus conflicting selection pressures from intrasexual versus
intersexual selection. Here, we examine the effects of male body mass and behavioral type (BT) on reproductive success in
the spider Anelosimus studiosus, with emphasis placed on the potential interaction between intrasexual and intersexual selection influences. Female A. studiosus exhibit either an aggressive-active or docile-passive BT, both of which co-occur in multifemale colonies. Males, in contrast, exhibit a more continuous distribution of
behavioral tendencies. We investigated the male traits favored by females in five trial types: one docile female, one aggressive
female, four docile females, four aggressive females, and two docile and two aggressive females. Male reproductive success
was estimated by the number eggs produced by females following staged mating trials. In previous work, it was established
that large aggressive males are favored in male–male contests, an intrasexual effect. However, large aggressive males were
not universally favored here. We failed to detect an effect of male body mass or aggressiveness on reproductive success in
trials with all docile females; however, in situations involving aggressive females, large aggressive males experienced diminished
reproductive success relative to small docile males. Large, aggressive males were also more likely to be attacked and killed
by aggressive females in the first 20 min of staged encounters and were more likely to be found dead after 72 h of unobserved
interactions. Taken together, our data suggest that the reproductive consequences of male traits differ based on (1) the aspect
of sexual selection being considered (intrasexual versus intersexual) and (2) the BT of their prospective mates: large aggressive
males enjoy advantages in intrasexual selection and when courting docile females and small docile males experience reduced
risk of cannibalism and increased reproductive success with aggressive females. 相似文献
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To test the hypothesis that stable isotope ratios from marine organisms vary, the δ15N and δ13C values from fish and squid collected in Alaskan waters were measured across years (1997, 2000, and 2005), seasons, geographic
locations, and different size/age classes, and between muscle tissue and whole animals. Temporal, geographic, and ontogenetic
differences in stable isotope ratios ranged from 0.5–2.5‰ (δ15N) to 0.5–2.0‰ (δ13C). Twenty-one comparisons of stable isotope values between whole organisms and muscle tissue revealed only four small differences
each for δ15N and δ13C, making costly and space prohibitive collection of whole animals unnecessary. The data from this study indicate that significant
variations of stable isotope values from animals in marine systems necessitates collection of prey and predator tissues from
the same time and place for best interpretation of stable isotope analysis in foraging ecology studies. 相似文献
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Time budgets and foraging in a Malagasy primate: do sex differences reflect reproductive condition and female dominance? 总被引:5,自引:0,他引:5
Claire A. Hemingway 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》1999,45(3-4):311-322
Female mammals commonly employ behavioral tactics of modulating activity levels and foraging behavior to counter the energetic
burden of reproduction; these behavioral changes are reflected as intersexual differences. Traditional views of Malagasy primates
posit that high reproductive costs select for female dominance which guarantees to energetically stressed females priority
of resource access. I tested predictions regarding reproductive influences on sex differences in time budgets and foraging
behavior using two groups of Milne-Edwards' sifaka (Propithecus diadema edwardsi) in southeastern Madagascar. Compared to males, females increased neither feeding nor resting time during gestation or lactation.
Sex differences were essentially absent in all foraging time variables examined (time, duration, rate). In contrast, dietary
composition diverged between the sexes in some months. The possibility that females selected particular food items to boost
nutrient and energetic intake to meet increased requirements during reproduction must be further clarified with nutritional
analyses. Sex differences in plant part choices coincided with lactation in one of the two study groups. Thus, the timing
of sex differences in feeding patterns of P. d. edwardsi only partially supports the prediction that sex differences are most pronounced during the period of greatest female energetic
demand. A comparative review indicated no tight association between female dominance and sex differences in foraging among
Malagasy primates. Traditional female dominance theory falls short of explaining the observed patterns. The results of my
study coupled with recent evidence suggest that non-behavioral tactics involving energy conservation and storage require further
attention as mechanisms by which female lemurs cope with reproductive costs.
Received: 12 June 1998 / Accepted after revision: 10 October 1998 相似文献
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Eduard A. Titlyanov Serguei I. Kiyashko Tamara V. Titlyanova Tatyana L. Kalita John A. Raven 《Marine Biology》2008,155(4):353-361
In summer 1998, shallow water corals at Sesoko Island, Japan (26°38′N, 127°52′E) were damaged by bleaching. In August 2003,
partially damaged colonies of the massive Porites lutea and the branching P. cylindrica were collected at depths of 1.0–2.5 m. The species composition of epilithic algal communities on dead skeletal surfaces of
the colonies (‘red turfs’, ‘green turfs’, ‘red crusts’) and the endolithic algae (living in coral skeletons) growing close
to and away from living coral polyps was determined. Carbon and nitrogen stable isotope values of organic matter (δ13C and δ15N) from all six of these biological entities were determined. There were no significant differences in the isotope composition
of coral tissues of the two corals, with P. lutea having δ13C of −15.3 to −9.6‰ and δ15N of 4.7–6.1‰ and P. cylindrica having similar values. Polyps in both species living close to an interface with epilithic algae had similar isotope values
to polyps distant from such an interface. Despite differences in the relative abundance of the algal species in red turfs
and crusts, their δ13C and δ15N values were not significantly different from each other (−18.2 to −13.9, −20.6 to −16.2, 1.1–4.3, and 3.3 to 4.9‰, respectively).
The green algal turf had significantly higher δ13C values (−14.9 to −9.3‰) than that of red turfs and crusts but similar δ15N (1.2–4.1‰) to the red algae. The data do not suggest that adjoining associations of epilithic algae and coral polyps exchange
carbon- and nitrogen-containing metabolites to a significant extent. The endolithic algae in the coral skeletons had δ13C values of −14.8 to −12.3‰ and δ15N of 4.0–5.4‰. Thus they did not differ significantly from the coral polyps in their carbon and nitrogen isotope values. The
similarity in carbon isotope values between the coral polyps and endolithic algae may be attributed to a common source of
CO2 for zooxanthellae and endolithic algae, namely, from respiration by the coral host. While it is difficult to fully interpret
similarity in the nitrogen isotope composition of coral tissue and of green endolithic algae and the difference in δ15N between green epilithic and endolithic algae, the data are consistent with nitrogen-containing metabolites from the scleractinian
coral serving as a significant source of nitrogen for the endolithic algae. 相似文献