🚨New paper out now! Excited to see this commentary, led by @shaunkillen.bsky.social, showing that social context is key in comparative physiology and must be integrated! Read more here: doi.org/10.1242/jeb.... #ComparativePhysiology #Behaviour #Ecophysiology @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk @jexpbiol.bsky.social

Further integrating social context into comparative and environmental physiology

Summary: Social environments affect all aspects of animal physiology. We highlight how overlooking social effects might lead to inaccurate physiology-based predictions of species’ responses to environ...

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We face two potential missteps in ecophysiology: 1) measuring animals under socially unrealistic conditions & 2) extrapolating results to nature, where social dynamics alter trait expression, plasticity, & evolutionary outcomes. Our new commentary in @jexpbiol.bsky.social : doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

When studying animal physiology we carefully control temperature, oxygen…but often ignore who animals live with. Social context such as parents (1), social environment (2), litter mates (3) can shape physiology and later plasticity (4). We discuss it in this commentary 👉 doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

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Shaun Killen@shaunkillen.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🧵1/9 There are 35,000+ fish species, but we have formal social-behaviour classifications for a tiny fraction. Most knowledge lives in the experience of researchers, fishers, divers, aquarists, naturalists, and Indigenous communities, but almost none of it is centralised. So we built ShoalBase.org.

Our new study: territorial cichlids ramped up metabolic rate around conspecifics, while cardinal tetras showed little change. And only in tetras did individual sociability relate to metabolic rate. Energetic consequences of “social living” depend on social system. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

🧵THREAD: (1/7) Standard metabolic rate (SMR) is one of biology's most measured traits. We argue it isn't the constant baseline it's assumed to be. Our preprint discusses how sleep-wake cycles create a 'metabolic mosaic' that requires us to rethink how we interpret SMR. ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...

If anyone at #SEBconference in Antwerp this week wants to hear about field metabolic rates in pelagic fishes (from otolith isotope analysis), I'll be talking on Wednesday - and happy to meet up / chat if schedules allign and you reply to this!

Pelagic Fish Session at SEB: Only a few days left to submit your abstract if your research brings new insights into pelagic species biology and conservation! Check it out 👇 Session: lnkd.in/eu4iQcHw Abstract: lnkd.in/ejV9rRyx

Do you work on small or big pelagic fishes? Check out our session at SEB 2025 @sebiology.bsky.social: A11 - Open water: The Biology of Pelagic Fishes 🐟 www.sebiology.org/events/seb-a... Abstract submittion here ⬇️ www.sebiology.org/events/seb-a...

Join Davide at the #SEBconference in Antwerp. Book your place now ⬇️ sebiology.org/events/seb-a... Submit your abstract now ⬇️ sebiology.org/events/seb-a... Check out our animal sessions ⬇️ sebiology.org/events/seb-a... More information ⬇️ www.sebiology.org/events/seb-a...

It's amazing to see this book out! Proud to have contributed a chapter, led by Amelia Munson, and with @shaunkillen.bsky.social, on the effects of multiple stressors on animal behaviour. Thank you @bbmwong.bsky.social and @ulrikacandolin.bsky.social for the huge work 🙏

Bob Wong@bbmwong.bsky.social · 2y ago

🧵1/4. New book finally coming out on 26 December 2024. This has been a monumental effort and I take the opportunity to thank my co-editor @ulrikacandolin.bsky.social, all of the amazing contributors, chapter reviewers and the team at Oxford Academic. global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Outstanding meta-analysis of 165 studies led by Izzy Tiddy, examining effects of pollutants on individual sociability and group cohesion in fish. Complex effects observed across various pollutant classes. With Amelia Munson, @cortesedaphne.bsky.social @drtblew.bsky.social ! doi.org/10.1016/j.en...

A few keywords about my research and images of some study species I've been working with 🤿🐟🐠

Habitat size changes can influence reproductive output and offspring traits in wild anemonefish populations - thrilled to see this large field work study from my PhD finally out doi.org/10.1016/j.sc... With @claradiaz @ricardobeldade @shaunkillen @zoescholz & @suzannemills!