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![]() Dr Karen L CheneyPosition: ARC Postdoctoral Fellow Education:
Research Interests: Coral reef fish mimicry, the role of colour in animal signaling, cleaning behaviour, ectoparasites. Awards & Grants: 2006-2007 UQ Early Career Research Grant ‘ The role of bright colours in marine nudibranchs: aposematic or camouflage?' 2006-2008: ARC Discovery Grant, “ The function and maintenance of aggressive mimics: the cleaner fish-fangblenny system'. 2005-2006: Royal Society Visiting Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Queensland 2005: Fisheries Society British Isles Small Research Grant, ‘Role of colour in the communication between cleaner fish and their clients'. 2004: NERC Small Research Grant (Côté & Cheney) ‘Aggressive Mimicry of Fish' 2004: Royal Society Travel Grant to Australia 2000-2003: BBSRC 3-year PHD funding Research Projects: 1. How reef fish mimics are maintained in coral reef ecosystems, including: the role of avoidance learning in aggressive mimicry, the importance of perceptual ability by duped individuals, the role of colour changes in mimicry. 2. Signal design in multispecific interactions; including whether clients in cleaning interactions recognise cleaner organisms by their colour. 3. The evolution and signal design of aposematically coloured nudibranchs.
Publications: Cheney, K.L., Bshary, R., Grutter, A.S. (in press 17/05/08) Cleaner fish cause predators to reduce aggression towards bystanders at cleaning stations. Behavioral Ecology. Cheney, K.L. (2008) The role of avoidance learning in an aggressive mimicry system. Cheney, K.L., Eckes M.J. (2008) Cleaners clean cleaner mimics. Coral Reefs, 27(3): 527. Cheney, K.L., Grutter A.S. & Marshall, N.J. (2008) Facultative mimicry: cues for colour change and colour accuracy in a coral reef fish. Proceedings of Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences, 275 (1631): 117-122 Cheney, K.L. & Côté, I.M. (2007) Aggressive mimics profit from a model-signal receiver mutualism. Proceedings of Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences, 274 (1622): 2087-2091 Côté, I.M. & Cheney, K.L. (2007) A protective function for aggressive mimicry? Proceedings of Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences, 274 (1624): 2445-2448 Cheney, K.L. & Côté, I.M. (2005) Frequency-dependent success of aggresive mimics in a cleaning symbiosis. Proceedings of Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences, 272 (1581): 2635-2639 Cheney, K.L. & Côté, I.M. (2005) Mutualism or parasitism? The variable outcome of cleaning symbioses. Biology Letters, 1 (2): 162-165 Côté, I. M. & Cheney, K.L. 2005. Choosing when to be a cleaner-fish mimic. Nature, 433: 211-212 Côté, I. M. & Cheney, K.L. 2004. Distance-dependent costs and benefits of aggressive mimicry in a cleaning symbiosis. Proceedings of Royal Society of London Series B -Biological Sciences, 271 (1557): 2627-2630 Sikkel, P., Cheney, K.L. & Côté, I.M. 2004. In situ evidence for ectoparasites as the proximate cause of cleaning interactions in reef fish. Animal Behaviour, 68: 241-247 Cheney, K.L. & Côté, I.M. 2003d. Do ectoparasites determine cleaner fish abundance? Evidence on two spatial scales. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 263: 177-188 Cheney, K.L. & Côté, I.M. 2003c. The ultimate effect of being cleaned: does ectoparasite removal increase reproductive success in a damselfish client? Behavioral Ecology, 14: 892-896 Cheney, K.L. & Côté, I.M. 2003b. Indirect consequences of parental care: Sex differences in ectoparasite burden and cleaner-seeking activity in longfin damselfish. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 262: 267-275 Cheney, K.L. & Côté, I.M. 2003a. Habitat choice in adult longfin damselfish: territory characteristics and relocation times. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 287: 1-12 Cheney, K.L. & Côté, I.M. 2001. Are Caribbean cleaning symbioses mutualistic? Costs and benefits of visiting cleaning stations to longfin damselfish. Animal Behaviour, 62: 927-933 Kaiser MJ, Cheney K, Spence FE, Edwards DB, Radford K. 1999. Fishing effects in northeast Atlantic shelf seas: patterns in fishing effort, diversity and community structure VII. The effects of trawling disturbance on the fauna associated with the tubeheads of serpulid worms. Fisheries Research, 40 (2): 195-205 Contact Details: k.cheney@uq.edu.au Link to personal webpage: http://profiles.bacs.uq.edu.au/Karen.Cheney.html
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