Rose Penfold
Position: Honours student (graduated 2006)
Education:
Research Interests: Parental care, parasites.
Research Project:
- Honours Project: "The effect of parental crea on the susceptibility of juvenile Acanthochromis polyacanthus (spiny chromis) to parasites". Most coral reef fish have a pelagic larval period as part of their lifecyle. The benefit of this is unclear but it has been suggested to be to allow the young fish to avoid reef-based parasites. Rose's project tested how one reef fish species that has no pelagic period potentially deals with reef-based parasites. The aims were to determine if the parasite composition and load of juvenile A.polyacanthus changed ontogenetically; and to investigate whether juvenile A.polyacanthus were more susceptible to parasites than juvenile fish that have a pelagic larval period and no parental care.
Publications:
Nilsson GE, Ostlund-Nilsson S, Penfold R, et al. (2007) From record performance to hypoxia tolerance: respiratory transition in damselfish larvae settling on a coral reef PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 274 (1606): 79-85
Penfold, R. Grutter, A.S, Kuris, A.M., McCormick, M.I., Jones, C. (in press) Interactions between Acanthachromis polyacanthus and gnathiid isopods – Predation or Parasitism? Marine Ecology Progress Series.
Contact Details: Rose.Penfold@nrw.qld.gov.au
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| Rose with larval fish trials | A.polyacanthus parent guarding a brood of juveniles |
Last updated August 4, 2007