Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: THALLES DA SILVA PINTO

Uma banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
DISCENTE : THALLES DA SILVA PINTO
DATA : 07/03/2018
HORA: 10:00
LOCAL: Sala de Aula do PPg em Psicobiologia
TÍTULO:

Environmental Enrichment: effects on learning and aggression on fish Maiden (Stegastes fuscus)

PALAVRAS-CHAVES:

Environmental enrichment; Damselfish; Learning.

PÁGINAS: 29
GRANDE ÁREA: Ciências Humanas
ÁREA: Psicologia
RESUMO:

One of the striking features of Stegastes fuscus is your territorial behavior. This species has a strong agonistic behavior in defending your territory against intra- and interspecific animals that transit or compete for their resources, are considered "key species" in the reefs in which they are found, because this characteristic makes them capable of mediating competition relations in the reef community, regulating algal diversity, coral zoning and small invertebrates, as well as structuring the benthic community within their territories. The high structural complexity and diversity of colors and shapes of the reef environments requires a good learning ability of the animals that inhabit it, territorial herbivores such as S. fuscus need to respond quickly to threats, to know the most efficient and close escape routes and to identify with potential predators. For it, should be able to respond quickly and from various sensory stimuli. This need makes evident the importance of learning in these animals, and they should be able to obtain new territories, better food resources and/or better areas of protection and spawning in case there is a need. Considering the high anthropogenic action and degradation of reefs that have been evident in recent years, the availability of territory and food for reef species has been threatened and, in this way, the environment imposes pressure that can generate important behavioral changes for the maintenance of this species. Therefore, the objective of our work is to investigate if environmental enrichment is capable of influencing the territoriality and learning of S. fuscus, a reef fish endemic and abundant in the Brazilian coastal reefs.

MEMBROS DA BANCA:
Presidente - 1644341 - ANA CAROLINA LUCHIARI
Externo ao Programa - 2319234 - GUILHERME ORTIGARA LONGO