GABAergic role in the disruption of wild cleaner fish behaviour under high CO2

dc.contributor.authorPaula, Jose Ricardo
dc.contributor.authorCascalheira, Ligia
dc.contributor.authorOliveira, Raul
dc.contributor.authorOtjacques, Eve
dc.contributor.authorFrazao-Santos, Catarina
dc.contributor.authorBeldade, Ricardo
dc.contributor.authorMills, Suzanne C.
dc.contributor.authorRosa, Rui
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-20T20:14:08Z
dc.date.available2025-01-20T20:14:08Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractOcean acidification is considered to affect fish behaviour through the disruption of GABAergic neurotransmission in controlled laboratory conditions, but less is known of the GABAergic role on fish behavioural performance in the wild. Most coral reef fishes engage in complex cleaning interactions, where they benefit from ectoparasite removal and stress relief. Here, we tested whether potential ocean acidification impairment of wild cleaning interactions, between the cleaner fish Labroides dimidiatus and its clients, can be explained by the GABAAR model. We used, the GABAA receptor agonist (muscimol) and antagonist (gabazine) for the first time in the wild and tested their effects on cleaning behaviour in Moorea Island (French Polynesia) to address natural interactions and recovery capacity. After exposure to expected ocean acidification conditions, the proportion of time spent advertising cleaning services, a measure of motivation to interact, dropped significantly relative to controls. Furthermore, the GABAergic antagonist gabazine recovered most CO2-induced behavioural alterations to control levels, consistent with the GABAAR model of altered Cl- fiux in ocean acidification-exposed fish. However, muscimol treatment only produced the same behavioural alterations found with CO2 exposure in time spent advertising cleaning. Our results support the evidence that ocean acidification alters some components of cleaning behaviour through GABAA receptor modulation with potential cascading effects on coral reef health and structure. (c) 2022 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ by/4.0/).
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.anbehav.2022.11.003
dc.identifier.eissn1095-8282
dc.identifier.issn0003-3472
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2022.11.003
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/92174
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000993813300001
dc.language.isoen
dc.pagina.final84
dc.pagina.inicio77
dc.revistaAnimal behaviour
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectcleaner fish
dc.subjectcooperative cleaning behaviour
dc.subjectcoral reef
dc.subjectGABAergic role
dc.subjectLabroides dimidiatus
dc.subjectocean acidification
dc.subjectGABAA receptor agonist muscimol
dc.subjectGABAA receptor antagonist gabazine
dc.subject.ods13 Climate Action
dc.subject.ods14 Life Below Water
dc.subject.odspa13 Acción por el clima
dc.subject.odspa14 Vida submarina
dc.titleGABAergic role in the disruption of wild cleaner fish behaviour under high CO2
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen195
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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