Wong, Marian

Overview

My research interests lie in the behavioural ecology and conservation behaviour of social fishes. My lab uses social fishes from both marine and freshwater environments as model species to test key hypotheses related to the evolution of conflict, cooperation, group-living and mating systems. The techniques I use range from observational and experimental approaches in the field, genetic and phylogenetic analyses, and physiological assessments of underlying proximate mechanisms in the laboratory. I am also interested in understanding the impacts of abiotic stressors on the behaviour of social fishes and how this impacts higher levels of their social organisation. Therefore, my lab draws on a wide variety of techniques to address both pure and applied questions in behavioural ecology. I welcome any enquiries from prospective undergraduates, postgraduates, post-docs and collaborators who may be interested in these lines of research.

Geographic Focus

Australia Country

Available as Research Supervisor

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2022	Does habitat complexity and prior residency influence aggression between invasive and native freshwater crayfish? Published In Ethology
2022	Environmental, social and reproductive factors influence the risk¿reward trade-off in a group-living fish Published In Coral Reefs
2022	Social rank and species-specific differences influence cooperation and conflict in anemonefish societies Published In Animal Behaviour
2021	Assessing trap bias in the endemic Australian genus of freshwater crayfish, Euastacus Published In Marine and Freshwater Research
2021	Behavioural plasticity in a native species may be related to foraging resilience in the presence of an aggressive invader Published In Biology Letters
2021	Genetic relatedness in social groups of the emerald coral goby Paragobiodon xanthosoma creates potential for weak kin selection Published In Molecular Ecology
2021	Glucocorticoids do not promote prosociality in a wild group-living fish Published In Hormones and Behavior
2021	Odd one in: Oddity within mixed-species shoals does not affect shoal preference by vagrant tropical damselfish in the presence or absence of a predator Published In Ethology
2021	Rank- and sex-specific differences in the neuroendocrine regulation of glucocorticoids in a wild group-living fish Published In Hormones and Behavior
2021	Single-species subgroups form within mixed-species shoals of tropical and temperate fishes Published In Environmental Biology of Fishes
2021	The Next Frontier in Understanding the Evolution of Coral Reef Fish Societies Published In Frontiers in Marine Science
2021	Uneven declines between corals and cryptobenthic fish symbionts from multiple disturbances Published In Scientific Reports
2020	A New Non-Invasive Technique for Temporarily Tagging Coral Reef Fishes Published In Copeia
2020	Behaviour and aquatic invasions in the 21^st century: Progress, trends and future research Published In Aquatic Invasions
2020	Comparison of efficiency of direct observations by scuba diver and indirect observations via video camera for measuring reef-fish behaviour Published In Journal of Fish Biology
2020	Drivers of sociality in Gobiodon fishes: An assessment of phylogeny, ecology and life-history Published In Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
2020	Elevated CO2 and food ration affect growth but not the size-based hierarchy of a reef fish Published In Scientific Reports
2020	Finding rockpool fishes: a quantitative comparison of non-invasive and invasive methods for assessing abundance, species richness and assemblage structure Published In Environmental Biology of Fishes
2020	Insight into invasion: Interactions between a critically endangered and invasive crayfish Published In Austral Ecology: a journal of ecology in the Southern Hemisphere
2020	Reversal of competitive dominance between invasive and native freshwater crayfish species under near-future elevated water temperature Published In Aquatic Invasions
2020	Size, sex and social experience: Experimental tests of multiple factors mediating contest behaviour in a rockpool fish Published In Ethology
2020	The effect of density on aggression between a highly invasive and native fish Published In Ethology
2020	Towards an ultimate explanation for mixed-species shoaling Published In Fish and Fisheries
2020	Predation avoidance and foraging efficiency contribute to mixed-species shoaling by tropical and temperate fishes Published In Journal of Fish Biology
2020	Predator¿prey interactions and metabolic rates are altered in stable and unstable groups in a social fish Published In Oikos
2020	Substantial plasticity of reproduction and parental care in response to local resource availability in a wild clownfish population Published In Oikos
2019	A New Non-Invasive Technique for Temporarily Tagging Coral Reef Fishes Published In Copeia
2019	Behaviour and aquatic invasions in the 21^st century: Progress, trends and future research Published In Aquatic Invasions
2019	Comparison of efficiency of direct observations by scuba diver and indirect observations via video camera for measuring reef-fish behaviour Published In Journal of Fish Biology
2019	Drivers of sociality in Gobiodon fishes: An assessment of phylogeny, ecology and life-history Published In Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
2019	Elevated CO2 and food ration affect growth but not the size-based hierarchy of a reef fish Published In Scientific Reports
2019	Finding rockpool fishes: a quantitative comparison of non-invasive and invasive methods for assessing abundance, species richness and assemblage structure Published In Environmental Biology of Fishes
2019	Insight into invasion: Interactions between a critically endangered and invasive crayfish Published In Austral Ecology: a journal of ecology in the Southern Hemisphere
2019	Reversal of competitive dominance between invasive and native freshwater crayfish species under near-future elevated water temperature Published In Aquatic Invasions
2019	Size, sex and social experience: Experimental tests of multiple factors mediating contest behaviour in a rockpool fish Published In Ethology
2019	The effect of density on aggression between a highly invasive and native fish Published In Ethology
2019	Towards an ultimate explanation for mixed-species shoaling Published In Fish and Fisheries
2018	Behavioral interactions under multiple stressors: temperature and salinity mediate aggression between an invasive and a native fish Published In Biological Invasions
2018	Repeated cyclone events reveal potential causes of sociality in coral-dwelling Gobiodon fishes Published In PLoS One
2018	Reproductive control via the threat of eviction in the clown anemonefish Published In Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2017	Estuarine characteristics, water quality and heavy metal contamination as determinants of fish species composition in intermittently open estuaries Published In Marine and Freshwater Research
2017	Linking animal contests and community structure using rockpool fishes as a model system Published In Functional Ecology
2017	Social motivation and conflict resolution tactics as potential building blocks of sociality in cichlid fishes Published In Behavioural Processes
2017	Social stability in times of change: effects of group fusion and water depth on sociality in a globally invasive fish Published In Animal Behaviour
2017	Some anemonefish lack personality: a comparative assessment of behavioral variation and repeatability in relation to environmental and social factors Published In Coral Reefs
2017	The right tools for the job: Cooperative breeding theory and an evaluation of the methodological approaches to understanding the evolution and maintenance of sociality Published In Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
2016	The effects of the diel cycle and the density of an invasive predator on predation risk and prey response Published In Animal Behaviour
2016	The four elements of within-group conflict in animal societies: an experimental test using the clown anemonefish, Amphiprion percula Published In Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
2016	Transgenerational plasticity of reproduction depends on rate of warming across generations Published In Evolutionary Applications: evolutionary approaches to environmental, biomedical and socio-economic issues
2015	Body size mediated effects of multiple abiotic stressors on the growth and social behaviour of an estuarine fish, Australian Bass (Macquaria novemaculeata) Published In Environmental Biology of Fishes
2015	Temperature-dependent resolution of conflict over rank within a size-based dominance hierarchy Published In Behavioral Ecology
2014	Developmental exposure of zebrafish (Danio rerio) to bisphenol-S impairs subsequent reproduction potential and hormonal balance in adults Published In Aquatic Toxicology
2014	Two closely related cichlids with divergent social systems differ in socially relevant behaviours and molecular pathways Published In Integrative and Comparative Biology
2014	Why some animals forgo reproduction in complex societies Published In American Scientist: the Magazine of Sigma XI, the Scientific Research Society
2013	Consistent behavioural traits and behavioural syndromes in pairs of the false clown anemonefish Amphiprion ocellaris Published In Journal of Fish Biology
2013	Social systems in habitat-specialist reef fishes: key concepts in evolutionary ecology Published In Bioscience
2012	Abiotic stressors and the conservation of social species Published In Biological Conservation
2012	Discrete and continuous reproductive tactics in a hermaphroditic society Published In Animal Behaviour
2012	Mating systems in cooperative breeders: the roles of resource dispersion and conflict mitigation Published In Behavioral Ecology
2011	Fight for your breeding right: hierarchy re-establishment predicts aggression in a social queue Published In Biology Letters
2011	Group size in animal societies: the potential role of social and ecological limitations in the group-living fish, Paragobiodon xanthosomus Published In Ethology
2011	Rules of engagement for resource contests in a social fish Published In Animal Behaviour
2011	The evolution of cooperative breeding in the African cichlid fish, Neolamprologus pulcher Published In Biological Reviews
2010	Ecological constraints and benefits of philopatry promote group-living in a social but non-cooperatively breeding fish Published In Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2010	The effects of familiarity and social hierarchy on group membership decisions in a social fish Published In Biology Letters
2009	Genetic relatedness in groups of the humbug damselfish Dascyllus aruanus: Small, similar-sized individuals may be close kin Published In Molecular Ecology
2008	Fasting or feasting in a fish social hierarchy Published In Current Biology
2008	Monogamy when there is potential for polygyny: Tests of multiple hypotheses in a group-living fish Published In Behavioral Ecology
2007	The threat of punishment enforces peaceful cooperation and stabilizes queues in a coral-reef fish Published In Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2005	Habitat patch size, facultative monogamy and sex change in a coral-dwelling fish, Caracanthus unipinna Published In Environmental Biology of Fishes

Chapter

Year	Title
2017	Sociality in fishes Published In Comparative Social Evolution Publisher Cambridge University Press

Investigator On

Year	Title
2020 - 2022	Burrowing Behaviour, Mating System and Population Genetics of the Burrowing Mud Shrimp, Trypaea australiensis Awarded by: NSW Department of Primary Industries Funding Scheme: Recreational Fishing Trusts
2018 - 2020	Why finding Nemo is wrong: the evolution of despotism in a coral reef fish Awarded by: Sea World Research and Rescue Foundation Inc Funding Scheme: Grant
2013 - 2015	The evolution of sociality in habitat-specialist reef fishes: exceptions that prove the rule? Awarded by: Hermon Slade Foundation Funding Scheme: Research Grants
2014	Interactions between Australian Bass and the invasive Eastern Mosquito Fish: Implications for Stocking Programs Awarded by: NSW Department of Primary Industries Funding Scheme: Recreational Fishing Trusts
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Available as Research Supervisor

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy	Behaviour, Social Structure and Mating System of Burrowing Mud Shrimp, Trypaea australiensis
Doctor of Philosophy	Assessing Biodiversity on Rocky Shore of Lord Howe Island	Woods, Caitlin
Doctor of Philosophy	The evolution and variability of social behaviour in anemonefishes (genus Amphiprion)	Heatwole, Siobhan
Doctor of Philosophy	Investigating the Causes and Consequences of Sociality in the Coral-Dwelling Gobies (genus Gobiodon)	Froehlich, Catheline
Doctor of Philosophy	Assessing Key Threatening Processes to the Critically Endangered Fitzroy Falls Spiny Crayfish	O'Hea Miller, Sarah
Doctor of Philosophy	Effect of Coral Complexit and Architecture on the Evolution of Sociality in Coral Dwelling Fishes	Hildebrandt, Courtney
Doctor of Philosophy	Assessing Impacts of Anchoring Commercial Vessels Near Australian Ports	Broad, Allison

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2022	Does habitat complexity and prior residency influence aggression between invasive and native freshwater crayfish? Published In Ethology
2022	Environmental, social and reproductive factors influence the risk¿reward trade-off in a group-living fish Published In Coral Reefs
2022	Social rank and species-specific differences influence cooperation and conflict in anemonefish societies Published In Animal Behaviour
2021	Assessing trap bias in the endemic Australian genus of freshwater crayfish, Euastacus Published In Marine and Freshwater Research
2021	Behavioural plasticity in a native species may be related to foraging resilience in the presence of an aggressive invader Published In Biology Letters
2021	Genetic relatedness in social groups of the emerald coral goby Paragobiodon xanthosoma creates potential for weak kin selection Published In Molecular Ecology
2021	Glucocorticoids do not promote prosociality in a wild group-living fish Published In Hormones and Behavior
2021	Odd one in: Oddity within mixed-species shoals does not affect shoal preference by vagrant tropical damselfish in the presence or absence of a predator Published In Ethology
2021	Rank- and sex-specific differences in the neuroendocrine regulation of glucocorticoids in a wild group-living fish Published In Hormones and Behavior
2021	Single-species subgroups form within mixed-species shoals of tropical and temperate fishes Published In Environmental Biology of Fishes
2021	The Next Frontier in Understanding the Evolution of Coral Reef Fish Societies Published In Frontiers in Marine Science
2021	Uneven declines between corals and cryptobenthic fish symbionts from multiple disturbances Published In Scientific Reports
2020	A New Non-Invasive Technique for Temporarily Tagging Coral Reef Fishes Published In Copeia
2020	Behaviour and aquatic invasions in the 21^st century: Progress, trends and future research Published In Aquatic Invasions
2020	Comparison of efficiency of direct observations by scuba diver and indirect observations via video camera for measuring reef-fish behaviour Published In Journal of Fish Biology
2020	Drivers of sociality in Gobiodon fishes: An assessment of phylogeny, ecology and life-history Published In Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
2020	Elevated CO2 and food ration affect growth but not the size-based hierarchy of a reef fish Published In Scientific Reports
2020	Finding rockpool fishes: a quantitative comparison of non-invasive and invasive methods for assessing abundance, species richness and assemblage structure Published In Environmental Biology of Fishes
2020	Insight into invasion: Interactions between a critically endangered and invasive crayfish Published In Austral Ecology: a journal of ecology in the Southern Hemisphere
2020	Reversal of competitive dominance between invasive and native freshwater crayfish species under near-future elevated water temperature Published In Aquatic Invasions
2020	Size, sex and social experience: Experimental tests of multiple factors mediating contest behaviour in a rockpool fish Published In Ethology
2020	The effect of density on aggression between a highly invasive and native fish Published In Ethology
2020	Towards an ultimate explanation for mixed-species shoaling Published In Fish and Fisheries
2020	Predation avoidance and foraging efficiency contribute to mixed-species shoaling by tropical and temperate fishes Published In Journal of Fish Biology
2020	Predator¿prey interactions and metabolic rates are altered in stable and unstable groups in a social fish Published In Oikos
2020	Substantial plasticity of reproduction and parental care in response to local resource availability in a wild clownfish population Published In Oikos
2019	A New Non-Invasive Technique for Temporarily Tagging Coral Reef Fishes Published In Copeia
2019	Behaviour and aquatic invasions in the 21^st century: Progress, trends and future research Published In Aquatic Invasions
2019	Comparison of efficiency of direct observations by scuba diver and indirect observations via video camera for measuring reef-fish behaviour Published In Journal of Fish Biology
2019	Drivers of sociality in Gobiodon fishes: An assessment of phylogeny, ecology and life-history Published In Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
2019	Elevated CO2 and food ration affect growth but not the size-based hierarchy of a reef fish Published In Scientific Reports
2019	Finding rockpool fishes: a quantitative comparison of non-invasive and invasive methods for assessing abundance, species richness and assemblage structure Published In Environmental Biology of Fishes
2019	Insight into invasion: Interactions between a critically endangered and invasive crayfish Published In Austral Ecology: a journal of ecology in the Southern Hemisphere
2019	Reversal of competitive dominance between invasive and native freshwater crayfish species under near-future elevated water temperature Published In Aquatic Invasions
2019	Size, sex and social experience: Experimental tests of multiple factors mediating contest behaviour in a rockpool fish Published In Ethology
2019	The effect of density on aggression between a highly invasive and native fish Published In Ethology
2019	Towards an ultimate explanation for mixed-species shoaling Published In Fish and Fisheries
2018	Behavioral interactions under multiple stressors: temperature and salinity mediate aggression between an invasive and a native fish Published In Biological Invasions
2018	Repeated cyclone events reveal potential causes of sociality in coral-dwelling Gobiodon fishes Published In PLoS One
2018	Reproductive control via the threat of eviction in the clown anemonefish Published In Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2017	Estuarine characteristics, water quality and heavy metal contamination as determinants of fish species composition in intermittently open estuaries Published In Marine and Freshwater Research
2017	Linking animal contests and community structure using rockpool fishes as a model system Published In Functional Ecology
2017	Social motivation and conflict resolution tactics as potential building blocks of sociality in cichlid fishes Published In Behavioural Processes
2017	Social stability in times of change: effects of group fusion and water depth on sociality in a globally invasive fish Published In Animal Behaviour
2017	Some anemonefish lack personality: a comparative assessment of behavioral variation and repeatability in relation to environmental and social factors Published In Coral Reefs
2017	The right tools for the job: Cooperative breeding theory and an evaluation of the methodological approaches to understanding the evolution and maintenance of sociality Published In Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
2016	The effects of the diel cycle and the density of an invasive predator on predation risk and prey response Published In Animal Behaviour
2016	The four elements of within-group conflict in animal societies: an experimental test using the clown anemonefish, Amphiprion percula Published In Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
2016	Transgenerational plasticity of reproduction depends on rate of warming across generations Published In Evolutionary Applications: evolutionary approaches to environmental, biomedical and socio-economic issues
2015	Body size mediated effects of multiple abiotic stressors on the growth and social behaviour of an estuarine fish, Australian Bass (Macquaria novemaculeata) Published In Environmental Biology of Fishes
2015	Temperature-dependent resolution of conflict over rank within a size-based dominance hierarchy Published In Behavioral Ecology
2014	Developmental exposure of zebrafish (Danio rerio) to bisphenol-S impairs subsequent reproduction potential and hormonal balance in adults Published In Aquatic Toxicology
2014	Two closely related cichlids with divergent social systems differ in socially relevant behaviours and molecular pathways Published In Integrative and Comparative Biology
2014	Why some animals forgo reproduction in complex societies Published In American Scientist: the Magazine of Sigma XI, the Scientific Research Society
2013	Consistent behavioural traits and behavioural syndromes in pairs of the false clown anemonefish Amphiprion ocellaris Published In Journal of Fish Biology
2013	Social systems in habitat-specialist reef fishes: key concepts in evolutionary ecology Published In Bioscience
2012	Abiotic stressors and the conservation of social species Published In Biological Conservation
2012	Discrete and continuous reproductive tactics in a hermaphroditic society Published In Animal Behaviour
2012	Mating systems in cooperative breeders: the roles of resource dispersion and conflict mitigation Published In Behavioral Ecology
2011	Fight for your breeding right: hierarchy re-establishment predicts aggression in a social queue Published In Biology Letters
2011	Group size in animal societies: the potential role of social and ecological limitations in the group-living fish, Paragobiodon xanthosomus Published In Ethology
2011	Rules of engagement for resource contests in a social fish Published In Animal Behaviour
2011	The evolution of cooperative breeding in the African cichlid fish, Neolamprologus pulcher Published In Biological Reviews
2010	Ecological constraints and benefits of philopatry promote group-living in a social but non-cooperatively breeding fish Published In Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2010	The effects of familiarity and social hierarchy on group membership decisions in a social fish Published In Biology Letters
2009	Genetic relatedness in groups of the humbug damselfish Dascyllus aruanus: Small, similar-sized individuals may be close kin Published In Molecular Ecology
2008	Fasting or feasting in a fish social hierarchy Published In Current Biology
2008	Monogamy when there is potential for polygyny: Tests of multiple hypotheses in a group-living fish Published In Behavioral Ecology
2007	The threat of punishment enforces peaceful cooperation and stabilizes queues in a coral-reef fish Published In Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2005	Habitat patch size, facultative monogamy and sex change in a coral-dwelling fish, Caracanthus unipinna Published In Environmental Biology of Fishes

Chapter

Year	Title
2017	Sociality in fishes Published In Comparative Social Evolution Publisher Cambridge University Press

Investigator On

Year	Title
2020 - 2022	Burrowing Behaviour, Mating System and Population Genetics of the Burrowing Mud Shrimp, Trypaea australiensis Awarded by: NSW Department of Primary Industries Funding Scheme: Recreational Fishing Trusts
2018 - 2020	Why finding Nemo is wrong: the evolution of despotism in a coral reef fish Awarded by: Sea World Research and Rescue Foundation Inc Funding Scheme: Grant
2013 - 2015	The evolution of sociality in habitat-specialist reef fishes: exceptions that prove the rule? Awarded by: Hermon Slade Foundation Funding Scheme: Research Grants
2014	Interactions between Australian Bass and the invasive Eastern Mosquito Fish: Implications for Stocking Programs Awarded by: NSW Department of Primary Industries Funding Scheme: Recreational Fishing Trusts
	missing activity
	missing activity

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy	Behaviour, Social Structure and Mating System of Burrowing Mud Shrimp, Trypaea australiensis
Doctor of Philosophy	Assessing Biodiversity on Rocky Shore of Lord Howe Island	Woods, Caitlin
Doctor of Philosophy	The evolution and variability of social behaviour in anemonefishes (genus Amphiprion)	Heatwole, Siobhan
Doctor of Philosophy	Investigating the Causes and Consequences of Sociality in the Coral-Dwelling Gobies (genus Gobiodon)	Froehlich, Catheline
Doctor of Philosophy	Assessing Key Threatening Processes to the Critically Endangered Fitzroy Falls Spiny Crayfish	O'Hea Miller, Sarah
Doctor of Philosophy	Effect of Coral Complexit and Architecture on the Evolution of Sociality in Coral Dwelling Fishes	Hildebrandt, Courtney
Doctor of Philosophy	Assessing Impacts of Anchoring Commercial Vessels Near Australian Ports	Broad, Allison

Orcid Id

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6393-6453 (confirmed)

Web Of Science Researcher Id

H-1871-2013

Scopus Id

9243611300

Wong, Marian Dr

Senior Lecturer

Overview

Overview

Geographic Focus

Available as Research Supervisor

Publications

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Chapter

Funding

Investigator On

Supervision

Available as Research Supervisor

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Identity

Orcid Id

Web Of Science Researcher Id

Scopus Id

Overview

Geographic Focus

Publications

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Chapter

Funding

Investigator On

Supervision

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Identity

Orcid Id

Web Of Science Researcher Id

Scopus Id

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Geographic Focus