Effects of Social Isolation on the Aggression of Male Xiphophorus multilineatus

Presenter Information

Caden Beegan

Abstract

Our project explores the effects of social isolation on male X. multilineatus (a species of swordtail fish). Through mirror image stimulation tests, we measured the aggression levels of males that had been isolated for varying periods of time.

Keywords:

biological sciences, animal behavior, fish, social isolation, aggression

Status

Undergraduate

Department

Biological Sciences

College

College of Arts and Sciences

Campus

Athens

Faculty Mentor

Morris, Molly

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Effects of Social Isolation on the Aggression of Male Xiphophorus multilineatus

Our project explores the effects of social isolation on male X. multilineatus (a species of swordtail fish). Through mirror image stimulation tests, we measured the aggression levels of males that had been isolated for varying periods of time.