caa a22 4500 445820128 CHVBK 20180317145241.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00338-011-0737-3 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00338-011-0737-3 Phenotypic plasticity in sex allocation for a simultaneously hermaphroditic coral reef fish [Elektronische Daten] [M. Hart, A. Svoboda, D. Mancilla Cortez] Phenotypic plasticity can facilitate reproductive strategies that maximize mating success in variable environments and lead to differences in sex allocation among populations. For simultaneous hermaphrodites with sperm competition, including Serranus tortugarum a small coral reef fish, proportional male allocation (testis in total gonad) is often greater where local density or mating group size is higher. We tested whether S. tortugarum reduced male allocation when transplanted from a higher density site to a lower density site. After 4months, transplants mirrored the sex-allocation patterns of the resident population on their new reef. Transplants had significantly lower male allocation than representatives from their source population, largely as a result of reduced testis mass relative to body size. Springer-Verlag, 2011 Mating systems nationallicence Sperm competition nationallicence Density nationallicence Body size nationallicence Transplant experiment nationallicence Serranidae nationallicence Hart M. Department of Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA aut Svoboda A. Ecology, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands aut Mancilla Cortez D. College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME, USA aut Coral Reefs Springer-Verlag 30/2(2011-06-01), 543-548 0722-4028 30:2<543 2011 30 338 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-011-0737-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 brief-communication jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-011-0737-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hart M. Department of Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Svoboda A. Ecology, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mancilla Cortez D. College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Coral Reefs Springer-Verlag 30/2(2011-06-01), 543-548 0722-4028 30:2<543 2011 30 338 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer