Each Personality Performs Its Own Function: Boldness and Exploration Lead to Differences in the Territoriality of Swimming Crabs (<i>Portunus trituberculatus</i>)
The boldness and exploration of animals are closely related to their territoriality, with relevant studies having important applications in wildlife conservation. The present study establishes a behavior observation system measuring the boldness and exploration of swimming crabs (<i>Portunus t...
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| author | Boshan Zhu Xin Wang Ziwen Ren Hanzun Zhang Dapeng Liu Fang Wang |
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| description | The boldness and exploration of animals are closely related to their territoriality, with relevant studies having important applications in wildlife conservation. The present study establishes a behavior observation system measuring the boldness and exploration of swimming crabs (<i>Portunus trituberculatus</i>) to clarify the relationship between boldness, exploration, and territoriality, as well as to provide a behavioral basis for the construction of marine ranching. The behavioral tests of crabs in a safe environment (predator absence), a dangerous environment (predator presence), and habitat selection (complex and simple habitat) are analyzed. A territorial behavior score is calculated as an evaluation index of territoriality. The correlation between the swimming crabs’ boldness, exploration, and territoriality is analyzed. The results show that there is no boldness-exploratory behavioral syndrome. In predator absence or presence environments, boldness is dominant in territorial behavior and positively correlates with territoriality. Exploration plays a vital role in habitat selection tests but has no significant correlation with territoriality. The experimental results preliminarily show that boldness and exploration jointly develop the difference in the space utilization ability of crabs with different personalities, improving the adaptability of swimming crabs in different conditions. The results of this study supplement the behavior rules of the dominant species of typical fishery resources in marine ranches, providing a basis for achieving animal behavior management function in marine ranches. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6ce513e1a6c44a81b704ffacefe54cdc2023-11-18T09:23:51ZengMDPI AGBiology2079-77372023-06-0112688310.3390/biology12060883Each Personality Performs Its Own Function: Boldness and Exploration Lead to Differences in the Territoriality of Swimming Crabs (<i>Portunus trituberculatus</i>)Boshan Zhu0Xin Wang1Ziwen Ren2Hanzun Zhang3Dapeng Liu4Fang Wang5The Key Laboratory of Mariculture, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, ChinaMarine Science Research Institute of Shandong Province (National Oceanographic Center, Qingdao), Qingdao 266104, ChinaShandong Yellow River Delta Marine Technology Co., Ltd., Dongying 257000, ChinaThe Key Laboratory of Mariculture, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, ChinaThe Key Laboratory of Mariculture, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, ChinaThe Key Laboratory of Mariculture, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, ChinaThe boldness and exploration of animals are closely related to their territoriality, with relevant studies having important applications in wildlife conservation. The present study establishes a behavior observation system measuring the boldness and exploration of swimming crabs (<i>Portunus trituberculatus</i>) to clarify the relationship between boldness, exploration, and territoriality, as well as to provide a behavioral basis for the construction of marine ranching. The behavioral tests of crabs in a safe environment (predator absence), a dangerous environment (predator presence), and habitat selection (complex and simple habitat) are analyzed. A territorial behavior score is calculated as an evaluation index of territoriality. The correlation between the swimming crabs’ boldness, exploration, and territoriality is analyzed. The results show that there is no boldness-exploratory behavioral syndrome. In predator absence or presence environments, boldness is dominant in territorial behavior and positively correlates with territoriality. Exploration plays a vital role in habitat selection tests but has no significant correlation with territoriality. The experimental results preliminarily show that boldness and exploration jointly develop the difference in the space utilization ability of crabs with different personalities, improving the adaptability of swimming crabs in different conditions. The results of this study supplement the behavior rules of the dominant species of typical fishery resources in marine ranches, providing a basis for achieving animal behavior management function in marine ranches.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/12/6/883<i>Portunus trituberculatus</i>territorialitypersonalitybehavioral syndromemarine ranch |
| spellingShingle | Boshan Zhu Xin Wang Ziwen Ren Hanzun Zhang Dapeng Liu Fang Wang Each Personality Performs Its Own Function: Boldness and Exploration Lead to Differences in the Territoriality of Swimming Crabs (<i>Portunus trituberculatus</i>) Biology <i>Portunus trituberculatus</i> territoriality personality behavioral syndrome marine ranch |
| title | Each Personality Performs Its Own Function: Boldness and Exploration Lead to Differences in the Territoriality of Swimming Crabs (<i>Portunus trituberculatus</i>) |
| title_full | Each Personality Performs Its Own Function: Boldness and Exploration Lead to Differences in the Territoriality of Swimming Crabs (<i>Portunus trituberculatus</i>) |
| title_fullStr | Each Personality Performs Its Own Function: Boldness and Exploration Lead to Differences in the Territoriality of Swimming Crabs (<i>Portunus trituberculatus</i>) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Each Personality Performs Its Own Function: Boldness and Exploration Lead to Differences in the Territoriality of Swimming Crabs (<i>Portunus trituberculatus</i>) |
| title_short | Each Personality Performs Its Own Function: Boldness and Exploration Lead to Differences in the Territoriality of Swimming Crabs (<i>Portunus trituberculatus</i>) |
| title_sort | each personality performs its own function boldness and exploration lead to differences in the territoriality of swimming crabs i portunus trituberculatus i |
| topic | <i>Portunus trituberculatus</i> territoriality personality behavioral syndrome marine ranch |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/12/6/883 |
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