Correction to: The metabolic cost of nesting: body condition and blood parameters of Caiman crocodilus and Melanosuchus niger in Central Amazonia.

Autor: Barão-Nóbrega JAL; Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de Aveiro - UA, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal. joseantonio@ua.pt.; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia - Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazónia (INPA), CP 478, Manaus, AM, 69011-970, Brazil. joseantonio@ua.pt., Marioni B; Programa de Conservação de Crocodilianos Amazónicos - Instituto Piagaçu, Rua UZ no. 8 Cj Morada do Sol, Manaus, AM, 6900-000, Brazil., Botero-Arias R; Programa de Pesquisa em Conservação e Manejo de Jacarés - Instituto de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Mamirauá, Estrada do Bexiga, 2584 - Bairro Fonte Boa, Tefé, AM, CEP 69470-000, Brazil.; Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, 110 Newins-Ziegler Hall, PO Box 110430, Gainesville, FL, 32611-0430, USA., Nogueira AJA; Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de Aveiro - UA, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal.; Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar - CESAM - UA, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal., Lima ES; Laboratório de Atividade Biológica, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Av. Gen, Rodrigo Otávio 6200, Manaus, AM, CEP 69077-070, Brazil., Magnusson WE; Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazónia (INPA), CP 2228, Manaus, AM, 69080-971, Brazil., Da Silveira R; Laboratório de Zoologia-Aplicada à Conservação, Departamento de Biologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Av. Gen, Rodrigo Otávio 6200, Manaus, AM, CEP 69077-070, Brazil., Marcon JL; Laboratório de Fisiologia Animal, Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Av. Gen, Rodrigo Otávio 6200, Manaus, AM, CEP 69077-070, Brazil.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology [J Comp Physiol B] 2018 Nov; Vol. 188 (6), pp. 1029.
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-017-1133-2
Abstrakt: Although nesting ecology is well studied in several crocodilian species, it is not known how nest attendance influences physiology and body condition of nesting females. In this study, we describe body condition and serum biochemical values of nesting female, non-nesting female and male spectacled caiman (Caiman crocodilus) and black caiman (Melanosuchus niger) in two areas of Central Amazonia. We also evaluated the effect of nest age and nest distance to water on body condition and blood parameters of nesting females. Body condition and plasmatic concentrations of glucose, triglycerides, lactate and uric acid of nesting females were significantly different from those of non-nesting females and males in C. crocodilus, but not in M. niger. Our study also demonstrated that nest age and distance to water had a negative effect on female body condition in C. crocodilus, but not in M. niger. Female C. crocodilus attending older nests or nests built further away from permanent water bodies tended to have lower body condition. Our results demonstrate that the nesting strategy of C. crocodilus has a metabolic cost associated with nest attendance for nesting females, which appear to depend on accumulated energetic reserves during nest attendance. In contrast, nest attendance had little effect on the physiology of female M. niger.
Databáze: MEDLINE