We are studying interactions between sensory systems in zebrafish. In part, we've been inferring the evolution of sensory and social behavior by measuring differences among wild populations of zebrafish in India. Recently, we've also been studying resilience by measuring when and how zebrafish compensate for sensory deficits created by climate change and pollutants (e.g., BPA, cadmium) by switching their reliance on particular sensory modalities. 

Some relevant publications:
  • Shelton DS, Shelton SG, Daniel DK, Raja M, Bhat A, Tanguay RL, Higgs DM, Martins EP. 2020. Collective behavior in wild zebrafish. Zebrafish 17: 243-252. (https://doi.org/10.1089/zeb.2019.1851)
  • Suriyampola PS, Lopez M, Ellsworth BE, Martins EP. 2020 Reversibility of multimodal shift: Zebrafish shift to olfactory cues when the visual environment changes. Integrative and Comparative Biology 60:33-42. (https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icaa036)
  • Roy T, Suriyampola PS, Flores J, Lopez M, Hickey C, Bhat A, Martins EP. 2019. Color preferences affect learning in zebrafish, Danio rerio. Scientific Reports, 14531 (doi:10.1038/s41598-019-51145-5).
  • Shelton DS, Shelton SG, Daniel DK, Raja M, Bhat A, Tanguay RL, Higgs DM, Martins EP. 2020. Collective behavior in wild zebrafish. Zebrafish 17: 243-252. (https://doi.org/10.1089/zeb.2019.1851)
  • Suriyampola PS, Lopez M, Ellsworth BE, Martins EP. 2020 Reversibility of multimodal shift: Zebrafish shift to olfactory cues when the visual environment changes. Integrative and Comparative Biology 60:33-42. (https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icaa036)
  • Roy T, Suriyampola PS, Flores J, Lopez M, Hickey C, Bhat A, Martins EP. 2019. Color preferences affect learning in zebrafish, Danio rerio. Scientific Reports, 14531 (doi:10.1038/s41598-019-51145-5).
  • Suriyampola PS, Cáceres J, Martins EP. 2018. Effects of short-term turbidity on sensory preference and behavior of adult fish. Animal Behavior 146:105-111. (doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2018.10.014).
  • Sykes DJ, Suriyampola PS, Martins EP. 2018. Recent experience impacts social behavior in a novel context by adult zebrafish (Danio rerio). PLoSOne 13(10): e0204994. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0204994)
  • Suriyampola PS, Sykes DJ, Shelton DS, Khemka A, Martins EP. 2016. Water flow impacts group behavior in zebrafish (Danio rerio). Behavioral Ecology 28: 94-100. (doi:10.1093/beheco/arw138).
  • Suriyampola PS, Shelton DS, Shukla R, Roy T, Bhat A, Martins EP. 2016. Zebrafish social behavior in the wild. Zebrafish 13:1-8.(doi:10.1089/zeb.2015.1159)
  • Bhat AM, Greulich MM, Martins, EP. 2015. Behavioral plasticity in response to environmental manipulation among zebrafish (Danio rerio) populations. PLOS One 10(4):e0125097. (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0125097)
  • Shelton DS, Price BC, Ocasio KM, Martins EP. 2015. Density and group size influence shoal cohesion, but not coordination in zebrafish (Danio rerio). Journal Comparative Psychology, 129:72-77. (manuscript) (doi:10.1037/a0038382)
  • Martins EP, Bhat A. 2014. Population-level personalities in zebrafish: aggression-boldness across but not within populations. Behavioral Ecology 25:368-373 (doi:10.1093/beheco/aru007).
  • Vital C, Martins EP. 2013. Socially-central zebrafish influence group behavior more than those on the social periphery. PLOS One 8:355503. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0055503
  • Whiteley AR, Bhat A, Martins EP, Mayden RL, Arunachalam M, Uusi-Heikkila S, Ahmed ATA, Shrestha J, Clark M, Stemple D, Bernatchez L. 2011. Population genomics of wild and laboratory zebrafish (Danio rerio). Molecular Ecology 20:4269-4276. doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X/2011.05272.x
  • Vital C, Martins EP. 2011. Strain differences in zebrafish social roles and their impact on group task performance. Journal Comparative Psychology 125:278-285. doi:10.1037/a0023906
  • Vital, C. and E.P. Martins. 2009. Using graph theory metrics to infer information flow through animal social groups: a computer simulation analysis. Ethology 115:347-355. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0310.2009.01613.x
  • Moretz, J.A., E.P. Martins, and B. D. Robison. 2007. The effects of early and adult social environment on zebrafish (Danio rerio) behavior. Environmental Biology of Fishes 80:91-101 (doi:10.1007/s10641-006-9122-4)
  • Moretz, J.A., E.P. Martins, and B. D. Robison. 2007. Behavioral syndromes and the evolution of correlated behavior in zebrafish. Behavioral Ecology 18:556-562 (doi:10.1093/beheco/arm011).

 

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