{"id":81,"date":"2014-07-29T16:36:01","date_gmt":"2014-07-29T16:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/facultysites.etown.edu\/goldinaa\/?page_id=81"},"modified":"2014-07-29T16:40:43","modified_gmt":"2014-07-29T16:40:43","slug":"past-research-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/facultysites.etown.edu\/goldinaa\/past-research-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Past research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For my dissertation research I studied dynamic regulation of communication signals in Neotropical gymnotiform electric fish in the\u00a0<a title=\"efish lab\" href=\"http:\/\/www2.fiu.edu\/~efish\/\" target=\"_blank\">lab of Philip Stoddard<\/a>. Gymnotiform\u00a0 fish (commonly called knife fish)\u00a0produce very weak electric signals that they use to navigate the murky waters of rivers and streams in\u00a0South America and to communicate with each other.<\/p>\n<p>There are over 250 species of electric fish and each species has a different \u00a0communication\u00a0signal, varying in complexity and plasticity (ability to change in response to changes in the social environment).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_50\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-50 \" style=\"color: #333333;font-style: normal;line-height: 24.375px\" alt=\"Electric fish\" src=\"https:\/\/facultysites.etown.edu\/goldinaa\/files\/2013\/08\/Electric-fish-300x201.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/facultysites.etown.edu\/goldinaa\/files\/2013\/08\/Electric-fish-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/facultysites.etown.edu\/goldinaa\/files\/2013\/08\/Electric-fish.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-50\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Different species of electric fish have different communicaiton signals, exhibit different aggregation patterns, and aggression levels.<br \/>Clockwise from top left: Eigenmannia virescens, Apteronotus leptorhynchus, Electrophorus electricus, Brachyhypopomus gauderio.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"color: #333333;font-style: normal;line-height: 24.375px\">\u00a0I showed that in gymnotiforms\u00a0electric signal plasticity reflects hormone sensitivity and species-specific sociality.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gavassa S, <b>Goldina A<\/b>, Silva A, Stoddard PK. 2013. Behavioral ecology, endocrinology, and signal reliability of electric communication. Journal of Experimental Biology, 216 (13):2403-2411.<\/p>\n<p><b>Goldina A<\/b>, Gavassa S, Stoddard PK. 2011. Testosterone and 11-ketotestosteone have different regulatory effects on electric communication signals of <i>Brachyhypopomus gauderio<\/i>. Hormones and Behavior 60(2):139-147<\/p>\n<p>Markham MR, Allee SJ, <b>Goldina A<\/b>, Stoddard PK. 2009. Melanocortins regulate the electric waveforms of gymnotiform electric fish. Hormones and Behavior. 55: 306-313.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Manuscripts in prep:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Goldina A, Stoddard PK. Hormonally regulated signal plasticity tracks sociality across gymnotiform electric fish. Will be submitted to Hormones and Behavior<\/p>\n<p>Goldina A, Crampton WGR, Markham RM, Stoddard PK. Radiation of dynamic communication signals through differential melanocortin sensitivity in the gymnotiform electric fish. Will be submitted to Journal of Experimental Biology<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For my dissertation research I studied dynamic regulation of communication signals in Neotropical gymnotiform electric fish in the\u00a0lab of Philip Stoddard. Gymnotiform\u00a0 fish (commonly called knife fish)\u00a0produce very weak electric signals that they use to navigate the murky waters of rivers and streams in\u00a0South America and to communicate with each other. 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