caa a22 4500 445819499 CHVBK 20180317145239.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00338-011-0768-9 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00338-011-0768-9 Growth history and intrinsic factors influence risk assessment at a critical life transition for a fish [Elektronische Daten] [O. Lönnstedt, M. McCormick] Making the appropriate decision in the face of predation risk dictates the fate of prey, and predation risk is highest at life history boundaries such as settlement. At the end of the larval phase, most coral reef fishes enter patches of reef containing novel predators. Since vision is often obscured in the complex surroundings, chemical information released from damaged conspecific is used to forewarn prey of an active predator. However, larvae enter the reef environment with their own feeding and growth histories, which will influence their motivation to feed and take risks. The present study explored the link between recent growth, feeding history, current performance and behavioural risk taking in newly settling stages of a coral reef damselfish (Pomacentrus amboinensis). Older and larger juveniles in good body condition had a stronger response to chemical alarm cues of injured conspecifics; these fish spent a longer time in shelter and displayed a more dramatic decrease in foraging behaviour than fish in lower body condition. Feeding experiments supported these findings and emphasized the importance of body condition in affecting risk assessment. Evidently, larval growth history and body condition influences the likelihood of taking risks under the threat of predation immediately after settlement, thereby affecting the probability of survival in P. amboinensis. Springer-Verlag, 2011 Chemical alarm cues nationallicence Pomacentrus amboinensis nationallicence Body condition nationallicence Risk assessment nationallicence Lönnstedt O. ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, and School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, 4811, Townsville, QLD, Australia aut McCormick M. ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, and School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, 4811, Townsville, QLD, Australia aut Coral Reefs Springer-Verlag 30/3(2011-09-01), 805-812 0722-4028 30:3<805 2011 30 338 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-011-0768-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-011-0768-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lönnstedt O. ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, and School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, 4811, Townsville, QLD, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- McCormick M. ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, and School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, 4811, Townsville, QLD, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Coral Reefs Springer-Verlag 30/3(2011-09-01), 805-812 0722-4028 30:3<805 2011 30 338 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer