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BIOLOGY LETTERS
Volume 3, Issue 4, Pages 411-413Publisher
ROYAL SOCIETY
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0141
Keywords
anthropogenic disturbance; environmental change; multiple cues; mate preference; olfaction; sexual selection
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Human-induced eutrophication is a serious environmental problem that constrains visual communication and influences the mate choice process in fishes. Eutrophication also changes the chemical environment and the pH of the water, which could influence the use of olfactory cues in mate choice. Here, we show that an increase in pH enhances the use of male olfactory cues in mate choice in three-spined sticklebacks, Gasterosteus aculeatus. In a laboratory choice experiment, gravid females were more attracted to male olfactory cues when pH was raised. This could compensate for impaired visual communication in eutrophied waters and facilitate adaptive mate choice.
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