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Community ecology

  • Shukla, R., & Bhat, A. 2022. Patterns and drivers of species co-occurrence networks in a tropical stream fish metacommunity. Hydrobiologia, 1-15.

  • Mondal, R. & Bhat, A. 2022. Different mechanisms drive beta diversity of freshwater fishes across similar ecoregions in India. Aquatic Sciences, 10.1007/s00027-022-00859-2.

  • Mondal, R., & Bhat, A. 2021. Investigating the trophic ecology of freshwater fish communities from central and eastern Indian streams using stable isotope analysis. Community Ecology, 1-13.

  • Mondal, R., & Bhat, A. 2021. Comparison of regression-based and machine learning techniques to explain alpha diversity of fish communities in streams of central and eastern India. Ecological Indicators, 129, 107922.

  • Mondal, R., & Bhat, A. 2020. Temporal and environmental drivers of fish-community structure in tropical streams from two contrasting regions in India. PloS one, 15(4), e0227354.

  • Shukla R, Bhat A. 2018. Beta-diversity partitioning and drivers of variations in tropical fish community structure in central India. Aquatic Sciences, 80, 18.

  • Shukla R, Bhat A. 2017. Nestedness patterns and dispersal dynamics in tropical central Indian stream fish metacommunities. Freshwater Science, 37, 

  • Shukla R, Bhat A. 2017 Environmental drivers of α-diversity patterns in monsoonal tropical stream fish assemblages: a case study from tributaries of Narmada basin, India. Environmental Biology of Fishes 100, 749–761. (doi:10.1007/s10641-017-0601-6)

  •  Bhat A. 2017 Towards building conservation prioritization strategies for tropical freshwater systems: A case study based on fish assemblages from the Western Ghats, India. AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM HEALTH & MANAGEMENT 20, 175–187. (doi:10.1080/14634988.2017.1288956)

  • Shukla R, Bhat A. 2017. Morphological divergences and ecological correlates among wild populations of zebrafish (Danio rerio). Environmental Biology of Fishes, 100, 251-264.

  • Bhat A, Magurran AE. 2007 Does disturbance affect the structure of tropical fish assemblages? A test using null models. Journal of Fish Biology 70, 623–629. (doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2006.01252.x)

  •  Bhat A, Magurran AE. 2006 Taxonomic distinctness in a linear system: A test using a tropical freshwater fish assemblage. Ecography 29, 104–110. (doi:10.1111/j.2006.0906-7590.04418.x)

  • Bhat, A. 2005. Ecomorphological correlates of tropical stream fishes of Southern India. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 73(2):211-225.

  • Bhat A. 2004 Patterns in the distribution of freshwater fishes in rivers of Central Western Ghats, India and their associations with environmental gradients. Hydrobiologia 529, 83–97. (doi:10.1007/s10750-004-4949-1)

  •  Dahanukar N, Raut R, Bhat A. 2004 Distribution, Endemism and Threat Status of Freshwater Fishes in the Western Ghats of India. Journal of Biogeography 31, 123–136. (doi:10.1046/j.0305-0270.2003.01016.x)

  • Bhat, A. & K.C. Jayaram 2004. A new species of the genus Batasio Blyth (Siluriformes: Bagridae) from Sharavati River, Uttara Kannada, Karnataka State. Zoos' Print Journal, 19 (2): 1339 - 1342

  •  Bhat A. 2003 Diversity and composition of freshwater fishes in river systems of Central Western Ghats, India. Environmental Biology of Fishes 68, 25–38. (doi:10.1023/A:1026017119070)

  • Bhat, A. 2001. New report of the species, Horabagrus brachysoma in the Uttara Kannada District of Karnataka. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society 98 (2), 294-296

fish behavioral ecology

  • Daniel, D. K., & Bhat, A. 2022. Alone but not always lonely: Social cues alleviate isolation induced behavioural stress in wild zebrafish. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 251, 105623.

  • Daniel, D., & Bhat, A. 2022. Sex and Population Drive Interindividual Variations in a Cognitive Task Across Three Populations of Wild Zebrafish. Frontiers in Psychology, 13.

  • Mukherjee, I., & Bhat, A. 2021. Temporal Patterns in Interactions Across Same-and Mixed-Sex Wild Zebrafish Dyads. Zebrafish, 18(5), 307-315.

  • Kelly, J. R., Shelton, S. G., Daniel, D. K., Bhat, A., Mondal, R., Nipple, F., ... & Shelton, D. S. 2021. Wild Zebrafish Sentinels: Biological Monitoring of Site Differences Using Behavior and Morphology. Toxics, 9(7), 165.

  • Ghoshal, A., & Bhat, A. 2021. Group size and aquatic vegetation modulates male preferences for female shoals in wild zebrafish, Danio rerio. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 1-10.

  • Shelton, D. S., Shelton, S. G., Daniel, D. K., Raja, M., Bhat, A., Tanguay, R. L., ... & Martins, E. P. (2020). Collective Behavior in Wild Zebrafish. Zebrafish, 17, 243-252. 

  • Daniel, D. K., & Bhat, A. 2020. Bolder and Brighter? Exploring Correlations Between Personality and Cognitive Abilities Among Individuals Within a Population of Wild Zebrafish, Danio rerio. Front. Behav. Neurosci. 14:138. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2020.00138 

  • Roy, T., Suriyampola, P. S., Flores, J., López, M., Hickey, C., Bhat, A., & Martins, E. P. (2019). Color preferences affect learning in zebrafish, Danio rerio. Scientific reports, 9. 

  • Deacon, A. E., Ghosh, S. A., Bhat, A. & Magurran, A. E. 2019. Predatory behaviour of female guppies (Poecilia reticulata) in a mosquito control context: the importance of social and habitat factors. Aquatic Invasions, in press.

  • Ghoshal, A., Daniel, D. K., & Bhat, A. 2019. Temporal patterns and sex differences in dyadic interactions in a wild zebrafish population. Behavioural Processes, 166, 103896.

  • Sekhar, M. A., Singh, R., Bhat, A., & Jain, M. 2019. Feeding in murky waters: acclimatization and landmarks improve foraging efficiency of zebrafish (Danio rerio) in turbid waters. Biology Letters, 15(7), 20190289.

  • Roy, T and Bhat A. 2018. Repeatability in boldness and aggression in wild zebrafish (Danio rerio) from two differing predation and flow regimes. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 132(4), 349-360. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/com0000150 

  • Roy T, Bhat A. 2018. Population, sex and body size: determinants of behavioural variations and behavioural correlations among wild zebrafish Danio rerio. Royal Society Open Science, 5, 170978.

  • Roy T, Bhat A. 2017. Divergences in learning and memory among wild zebrafish: do sex and body-size play a role? Learning & Behavior, -, 1-10.

  • Roy T, Bhat A. 2017 Social learning in a maze? Contrasting individual performance among wild zebrafish when associated with trained and naïve conspecifics. Behavioural Processes 144, 51–57. (doi:10.1016/j.beproc.2017.09.004)

  • Roy T, Shukla R, Bhat A. 2017 Risk-Taking During Feeding: Between- and Within-Population Variation and Repeatability Across Contexts Among Wild Zebrafish. Zebrafish , zeb.2017.1442. (doi:10.1089/zeb.2017.1442)

  • Roy T, Bhat A. 2016 Learning and Memory in Juvenile Zebrafish: What makes the Difference - Population or Rearing Environment? Ethology 122, 308–318. (doi:10.1111/eth.12470)

  •  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)

  • Suriyampola PS, Sykes DJ, Khemka A, Shelton DS, Bhat A, Martins EP. 2016 Water flow impacts group behavior in zebrafish (Danio rerio). Behavioral Ecology , arw138. (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)

  • Roy T, Bhat A. 2015. Can outcomes of dyadic interactions be consistent across contexts among wild zebrafish? Royal Society Open Science, 2, 150282.

  • Bhat A, Greulich MM, Martins EP. 2015 Behavioral plasticity in response to environmental manipulation among zebrafish (Danio rerio) populations. PLoS ONE 10. (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0125097)

  • Martins, E.P & 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)

  • Whiteley AR et al. 2011 Population genomics of wild and laboratory zebrafish (Danio rerio). Molecular Ecology 20, 4259–4276. (doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05272.x)

  • Bhat, A. & A. E. Magurran (2006). Benefits of familiarity persist after prolonged isolation in guppies. Journal of Fish Biology, 68, 759-766. (doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2006.00963.x)

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