Location
CSU Ballroom
Start Date
21-4-2014 10:00 AM
End Date
21-4-2014 11:30 AM
Student's Major
Biological Sciences
Student's College
Science, Engineering and Technology
Mentor's Name
Shannon Fisher
Mentor's Email Address
shannon.fisher@mnsu.edu
Mentor's College
Science, Engineering and Technology
Description
Estrogen concentrations are increased in aquatic environments due to the addition of pharmaceutical drugs (i.e. birth control) through runoff water. This manipulates maturation of sexes within many species that inhabit aquatic enviornments, including fresh and marine habitats. Amphiprion percula exhibit a hierarchal system behavioral pattern, which determines the social status of individuals within a group. Multiple clown anemonefish, A. percula were studied via a controlled environment and hierarchal succession was observed under estrogenic additions. From this study, data on sex change of a hermaphroditic protandrous species was observed under the influence of three concentrations of natural estrogen. Based on sex changes and aggression observed by A. percula, it is suggested that estrogen introduced to an aquatic system through external means, influences female-like characteristic within the species. Implications of estrogen entering marine environments through run-off water, may induce the same qualities and allow for a decrease of Amphiprion spp. overall because of the protandrousity of wild populations
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Estrogen concentrations are increased in aquatic environments due to the addition of pharmaceutical drugs (i.e. birth control) through runoff water. This manipulates maturation of sexes within many species that inhabit aquatic enviornments, including fresh and marine habitats. Amphiprion percula exhibit a hierarchal system behavioral pattern, which determines the social status of individuals within a group. Multiple clown anemonefish, A. percula were studied via a controlled environment and hierarchal succession was observed under estrogenic additions. From this study, data on sex change of a hermaphroditic protandrous species was observed under the influence of three concentrations of natural estrogen. Based on sex changes and aggression observed by A. percula, it is suggested that estrogen introduced to an aquatic system through external means, influences female-like characteristic within the species. Implications of estrogen entering marine environments through run-off water, may induce the same qualities and allow for a decrease of Amphiprion spp. overall because of the protandrousity of wild populations
Recommended Citation
Burns, Randall and Katie Dose. "Estrogenic effects on a protandrous hermaphroditic species: Amphiprion percula." Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mankato, MN, April 21, 2014.
https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/urs/2014/poster_session_A/8
