Nabugabo Research Site

Publications

Fish Research

  • Groves, V., E.K. Francispillai, J.E. Reemeyer, and L.J. Chapman. 2025. Chemical risk cues impact fish behaviour and thermal tolerance, but effects vary with predation experience. Current Zoology In Press.
  • Williams, B.L., L.M. Pintor, M.B. Toomey, and S.M. Gray. 2025 (in press). Intraspecific Variation in Color and Carotenoids Across Environmental Extremes in an African Cichlid. Ecology & Evolutionary Physiology.
  • Tiarks, H.J., and S.M. Gray. 2025. Sex-dependent shifts in visual detection thresholds under turbid conditions in an African cichlid. Conservation Physiology 13(1): coaf046; doi:10.1093/conphys/coaf046.
  • Williams, B.L., L.M. Pintor, and S.M. Gray. 2025. Alteration of reproductive behaviors by aromatase inhibition is population-dependent in an African cichlid fish. Journal of Experimental Biology. DOI: 10.1242/jeb.249497
  • Williams, B.L., L.M. Pintor, H.J. Tiarks, and S.M. Gray. 2024. Multiple stressors disrupt sex hormones and fitness outcomes: effects of hypoxia and turbidity on an African cichlid fish, Conservation Physiology 12: coae066, https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coae066
  • Williams, B.L., L.M. Pintor, and S.M. Gray. 2024. Multiple stressors lead to complex responses in reproductive behaviors in an African Cichlid. Current Zoology, zoae033, https://doi.org/10.1093/cz/zoae033
  • Tiarks, H.J., S.M, Gray, and L.J. Chapman. 2024. Eyes and brains respond plastically to divergent turbidity regimes in an African cichlid. Journal of Experimental Biology 227(7):jeb246708. doi: 10.1242/jeb.24670837.
  • Hunt, D.A.G.A., Q. Thomas, S.B. Clarke, and L.J. Chapman. 2024. Biogeographic barriers are differentially permeable based on traits: Movement of hypoxia tolerant mormyrid fish in the Lake Victoria basin. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 12:102485. doi:10.1016/j.jglr.2024.102485
  • Tiarks, J.L., S.M. Gray, and L.J. Chapman. 2024. Turbidity drives plasticity in the eyes and brains of an African cichlid. Journal of Experimental Biology 227(7):jeb246708. doi:10.1242/jeb.246708
  • Mucha, S., L.J. Chapman, and R. Krahe. 2023. Normoxia exposure reduces hemoglobin concentration and gill size in a hypoxia-tolerant tropical freshwater fish. Environmental Biology of Fishes. 106:1405-1423. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-023-01427-9
  • Clarke, S.B., W.A. Nesbitt, J. Efitre, M. Masette, and L.J. Chapman. 2022. Micronutrient composition of small pelagic fishes in the Lake Victoria Basin: Implications for food and nutritional security. Fisheries Research 256:10479  https://dpo/org/10.1016/j.fishres.2022.106479 
  • Nyboer, E., L. Musinguzi, R. Ogutu-Ohwayo, V. Natugonza, S. Cooke, N. Young, and L.J. Chapman. 2022. Climate change adaptation and adaptive efficacy in the inland fisheries of the Lake Victoria basin. People and Nature 4: 1319:1338. https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10388
  • Chapman, L.J.+, E.A. Nyboer+, and V. Fugère. 2022. Fish response to environmental stressors in the Lake Victoria Basin Ecoregion. In: N Fangue and S. Cooke (Editors) Fish Physiology, Volume 39 Conservation Physiology for the Anthropocene – Issues and Applications. (+co-first authors). Pp. 273-324
  • Mucha S., F. Oehlert, L.J. Chapman and R. Krahe. 2022. A spark in the dark: Uncovering natural activity patterns of mormyrid weakly electric fish. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10 – 2022 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.870043
  • Atkinson, T.L., and S.M. Gray. 2022. Intra-population variation in male nuptial coloration and diet across anthropogenically altered visual microhabitats in an African cichlid. Journal of Zoology 317: 294-304. doi.org/10.1111/jzo.12996
  • Groves, V., D.M.T. Sharpe, W. Nkalubo, and L.J. Chapman. 2021. Trends in an emerging artisanal fishery of the African cyprinid Rastrineobola argentea in Lake Nabugabo, Uganda. Fisheries Ecology and Management doi: 10.1111/fme.12527
  • Nesbitt, W.A., S.B. Clarke, and L.J. Chapman. 2021. Calcium concentration of an cyprinid from an ion-limited environment. African Journal of Aquatic Science doi.org/10.2989/16085914.2021.1988888
  • Chapman, L.J. Respiratory ecology of cichlids. 2021. Pp. 683-714. In: M.E. Abate and D.L.G Noakes (eds) The Behavior, Ecology and Evolution of Cichlid Fishes: A Contemporary Modern Synthesis. Springer Academic.
  •  Nyboer, E.A., E. Chretien, and L.J. Chapman. 2020. Divergence in aerobic scope and thermal tolerance of an introduced piscivore is related to local thermal regime. Journal of Fish Biology Biology 97:231-245. doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14355
  • Moulton, T.L., L.J. Chapman, and R. Krahe. 2019. Effects of hypoxia on aerobic metabolism and active electrosensory acquisition in the African weakly electric fish Marcusenius victoriae (Boulenger, 1906). Journal of Fish Biology 96:496-505 doi: 10.0000/jfb.14234
  •  Clarke, S.B., L.J. Chapman, and R. Krahe. 2019. The effect of normoxia exposure on hypoxia tolerance and sensory sampling in swamp-living fish. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. 240:11058. doi/prg/10.1016/j.cbpa.2019.110586
  • Nyboer, E., C. Liang, and L.J. Chapman. 2019. Assessing the vulnerability of Africa’s freshwater fishes to climate change: a continent-wide trait-based analysis. Biological Conservation 236:505-520. doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2019.05.003
  • McDonnell, L.H.., J.E. Reemeyer, and L.J. Chapman. 2019. Independent and interactive effects of long-term exposure to hypoxia and elevated water temperature on behavior and thermal tolerance of an equatorial cichlid. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 92:253-265 doi: 10.1086/702712
  • Ackerly, K.L., R. Krahe, C.P. Sanford and L.J. Chapman. 2018. Effects of hypoxia on swimming and sensing in a weakly electric fish. Journal of Experimental Biology 221: doi: 10.1242/jeb.172130
  •  Nyboer, E.A. and L.J. Chapman. 2018. Cardiac plasticity influences aerobic performance and thermal tolerance in a tropical, freshwater fish at elevated temperatures. Journal of Experimental Biology 221 doi: 10.1242/jeb.178087
  • Oldham, R.C., L.M. Pintor, and S.M. Gray. 2018. Behavioral differences within and among populations of an African cichlid found in divergent and extreme environments. Current Zoology 1-10. doi: 10.1093/cz/zoy027.
  • Ackerly, K.L., L.J. Chapman, and R. Krahe. 2017. Hypoxia acclimation increases novelty response strength during fast-starts in the African mormyrid, Gnathonemus victoriae. Journal of Comparative and Biochemical Physiology Part A 213: 36-45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2017.08.008
  • Nyboer, E.A. and L.J. Chapman. 2017. Elevated temperature and acclimation time affect metabolic performance and growth in the heavily exploited Nile perch of Lake Victoria. Journal of Experimental Biology 220:3782-3793 doi: 10.1242/jeb.163022
  • Kininmonth, S., B. Crona, Ö. Bodin, I. Vaccaro, L.J. Chapman, and C. Chapman. 2017. Microeconomic relationships between and among fishers and traders influence the ability to respond to socio-ecological changes in a small-scale fishery. Ecology and Society 22:26. doi.org/10.5751/ES-08833-220226
  • Chretien, E. and L.J. Chapman. 2016. Tropical fish in a warming world: thermal tolerance of Nile perch (Lates niloticus L.) in Lake Nabugabo, Uganda. Conservation Physiology 4:co2062. doi: 10.1093/conphys/cow062
  • McDonnell, L.H. and L.J. Chapman. 2016. Effects of thermal increase on aerobic capacity and swim performance in a tropical inland fish. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part A. 199:62-70. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2016.05.018
  • Chretien, E. and L.J. Chapman. 2016. Habitat heterogeneity facilitates coexistence of native fishes with an introduced predator: the resilience of a fish community 50 years after the introduction of Nile perch. Biological Invasions 18:3449-3464. doi: 10.1007/s10530-016-1235-x
  • McNeil G., C. Friesen, S.M. Gray, A. Aldredge, and L.J. Chapman. 2016. Male colour variation in a eurytopic African cichlid: the role of diet and hypoxia. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 118:551-568. Doi: 10.1111/bij.12748
  • Chapman, L.J. and Sharpe, D.M.T. 2016. Harvest-induced phenotypic change in inland fisheries. In. J. Craig (Editor). The Ecology of Freshwater Fisheries, Wiley-Blackwell, Pp 626-640.
  • Hanna, D.E.L., L.J. Chapman, and D.G. Buck. 2016. Effects of habitat on mercury concentrations in fish: a case study of Nile perch (Lates niloticus) in Lake Nabugabo, Uganda. Ecotoxicology 25:178-191. doi: 10.1007/s10646-015-1578-6
  • McDonnell, L.H. and L.J. Chapman. 2015. At the edge of the thermal window: Effects of elevated temperature on the resting metabolism, hypoxia tolerance, and upper critical thermal limit of a widespread African cichlid. Conservation Physiology 3. doi: 10.1093/conphys/cov050
  • Hanna, D.E.L., C.T. Solomon, A.E. Poste, D. Buck, and L.J. Chapman. 2015. Mercury in African freshwater fishes: patterns & predictors. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 34:215-223. DOI: 10.1002/etc.2818.
  • Chapman, L.J. Low-oxygen lifestyles in extremophilic fishes. 2015. In: R. Reisch, M. Plath, M. Tobler (Editors) Extremophile Fishes – Ecology and Evolution of Teleosts in Extreme Environments. Springer, Heidelberg. Pp. 9-33.
  • Nyboer, E.A., S.M. Gray, and L.J. Chapman. 2014. A colourful youth: ontogenetic colour change is habitat-specific in the invasive Nile perch. Hydrobiologia 738: 221-234. doi: 10.1007/s10750-014-1961-y 
  • Vaccaro, I., C. Chapman, E. Nyboer, M. Luke, A. Byekwaso, C. Morgan, D. Mbabazi, D. Twinomugisha, D. and L.J. Chapman. 2013. An interdisciplinary methodology to harmonizing ecology, economy, and co-management: Fisheries exploitation in Lake Nabugabo, Uganda. African Journal of Aquatic Science 38 (Suppl. 1): 97-104.
  • Nyboer, E.A. and L.J. Chapman. 2013. Ontogenetic shifts in phenotype-environment associations in Nile perch, Lates niloticus (Perciformes: Latidae) from Lake Nabugabo, Uganda. Biological Journal of the Linnaen Society 110:449-465. doi: 10.1111/bij.12122.
  • Reid, A.J., M.J. Farrell, M.N. Luke, and L.J. Chapman. 2013. Implications of hypoxia tolerance for wetland refugia use in Lake Nabugabo, Uganda. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 22:421-429. doi: 10.1111/eff.12036
  • Joyner-Matos, J. and L.J. Chapman. 2013. Persisting in papyrus: size, oxidative stress, and fitness in freshwater organisms adapted to sustained hypoxia. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A 165: 405–416. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2013.03.032
  • Reid. A.J., L.J. Chapman, and A. Ricciardi. 2013. Wetland edges as peak refugia from an introduced predator in Lake Nabugabo, Uganda. Aquatic Conservation 23:646-655. DOI: 10.1002/aqc.2328
  • Crocker, C., L.J. Chapman, and M. Martinez. 2013. Natural variation in enzyme activity of the African cichlid Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor victoriae) Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology 164:53-60. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2012.10.003.
  • Nyboer, E.A. and L.J. Chapman. 2013. Movement and home range of introduced Nile perch (Lates niloticus) in Lake Nabugabo, Uganda: Implications for ecological divergence and fisheries management. Fisheries Research 137:18-29. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2012.08.003
  • Friesen, C.N., L.J. Chapman, and N. Aubin-Horth. 2012. Holding water steroid hormones in the African cichlid fish Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor victoriae. General and Comparative Endocrinology 79: 400–405. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2012.07.031
  • ReardonE.E. and L.J. Chapman. 2012 Fish embryo and juvenile size under hypoxia in the mouth-brooding African cichlid Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor. Current Zoology 58:410-412.
  • Gotanda, K., E.E. Reardon, S. Murphy, and L.J. Chapman. 2012. Critical swim speed and fast-start response in an African Cichlid: Convergent performance in divergent oxygen regimes. Canadian Journal of Zoology 90:545-554. doi: 10.1139/A2012-019
  • O’Connor, C.M., E.E. Reardon, and L.J. Chapman. 2012. Shorter gills in mouth-brooding females of the cichlid Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor. Copeia 2012:382-388.
  • Friesen, C.N., N. Aubin-Horth, and L.J. Chapman. 2012. The effect of hypoxia on sex hormones in an African cichlid Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor victoriae. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A 162:22-30. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2012.01.019
  • Sharpe, D., S.B. Wandera, and L.J. Chapman. 2012. Life history change in response to fishing and an introduced predator in the East African cyprinid Rastrineobola argentea. Evolutionary Applications 5:677-93. doi: 10.1111/j.1752-4571.2012.00245.x
  • Gray, S.M., L.H. McDonnell, F.G. Cinquemani, and L.J. Chapman. 2012. As clear as mud: turbidity decreases social behavior and increases aggression in the African cichlid Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor. Current Zoology 58:146−157.
  • Friesen, C.N., L.J. Chapman, and N. Aubin-Horth. 2012. Holding water steroid hormones in the African cichlid fish Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor victoriae. General and Comparative Endocrinology 79: 400–405. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2012.07.031
  • ReardonE.E. and L.J. Chapman. 2012 Fish embryo and juvenile size under hypoxia in the mouth-brooding African cichlid Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor. Current Zoology 58:410-412.
  • Gotanda, K., E.E. Reardon, S. Murphy, and L.J. Chapman. 2012. Critical swim speed and fast-start response in an African Cichlid: Convergent performance in divergent oxygen regimes. Canadian Journal of Zoology 90:545-554. doi: 10.1139/A2012-019
  • O’Connor, C.M., E.E. Reardon, and L.J. Chapman. 2012. Shorter gills in mouth-brooding females of the cichlid Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor. Copeia 2012:382-388.
  • Friesen, C.N., N. Aubin-Horth, and L.J. Chapman. 2012. The effect of hypoxia on sex hormones in an African cichlid Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor victoriae. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A 162:22-30. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2012.01.019
  • Sharpe, D., S.B. Wandera, and L.J. Chapman. 2012. Life history change in response to fishing and an introduced predator in the East African cyprinid Rastrineobola argentea. Evolutionary Applications 5:677-93. doi: 10.1111/j.1752-4571.2012.00245.x
  • Gotanda, K.M., E.E. Reardon, and L.J. Chapman. 2011. Hypoxia and male behaviour in an African cichlid. Journal of Fish Biology 78:2085-2092.
  • Crispo, E. and L.J. Chapman. 2011. Hypoxia drives divergence in cichlid body shape.  Evolutionary Ecology 25:949-964. doi: 10.1007/s10682-010-9445-7
  • Binning, S.A., L.J. Chapman, and J. Dumont. 2010. Feeding and breathing: Trait correlations in an African cichlid fish.  Journal of Zoology 282:140-149. doi: 10.1111/j. 1469-7998.2010.00725.x .
  • Reardon, E.E. and L.J. Chapman. 2010. Mouthbrooding under hypoxia:  Is parental care a costly affair?  Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology – Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology.  156: 400–406. doi:10.1016/j.cbpa.2010.03.007
  • Paterson, J.A. and L.J. Chapman. 2010. Intraspecific variation in gill morphology of juvenile Nile perch, Lates niloticus, in Lake Nabugabo, Uganda. Environmental Biology of Fishes. 88:97-104. doi:  10.1007/s10641-010-9600-6
  • Reardon, E.E. and L.J. Chapman. 2010. Energetics of hypoxia in a mouth-brooding cichlid:  Evidence for interdemic and developmental effects. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 8:414-423. doi:  10.1086/651100
  • Reardon, E.E. and L.J. Chapman. 2009. Hypoxia and life-history traits in a eurytopic African cichlid. Journal of Fish Biology  75:1683-1699.
  • Paterson, J.A. and L.J. Chapman. 2009. Fishing down and fishing hard: Ecological change in the Nile perch of Lake Nabugabo, Uganda. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 18:380-394. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2009.00355.x
  • Martinez, M.L., L.J. Chapman, and B.B. Rees. 2009. Population variation in hypoxic responses of the cichlid Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor victoriae. Canadian Journal of Zoology 87:188-194. doi: 10.1139/Z09-002
  • Chapman, L.J. and D. McKenzie. 2009. Behavioural responses and ecological consequences. 2009.  Invited book chapter Pp. 26-77. In: Richards, J.G., A.P. Farrell, and C.J. Brauner (editors).  Hypoxia in Fishes. Elsevier, San Diego.
  • Chapman, L.J., C.A. Chapman, F. Witte, L. Kaufman, and J. Balirwa. 2008. Biodiversity conservation in African inland waters:  Lessons of the Lake Victoria Basin. Plenary Paper: Verhandlungen Internationale Vereinigung Limnologie 30 (Part I):16-34.
  • Crispo, E. and L.J. Chapman. 2008. Population genetic structure across dissolved oxygen regimes in an African cichlid fish. Molecular Ecology 17:2134-2148. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03729.x
  • Wen-Chi Corrie, L., L.J. Chapman, and E.E. Reardon. 2008. Brood protection at a cost:  Mouthbrooding under hypoxia in an African cichlid. Environmental Biology of Fishes 82:41-49. doi: 10.1007/s10641-007-9251-4
  • Reardon, E.E. and L.J. Chapman. 2008. Reproductive seasonality in a swamp-locked African cichlid.  Ecology of Freshwater Fish 17:20-29. 
  • Bwanika, G.N., D.J. Murie, and L.J. Chapman. 2007. Comparative age and growth of Oreochromis niloticus LINNE (Nile tilapia) in lakes Nabugabo and Wamala, Uganda. Hydrobiologia 589:278-301.
  • Seifert, A.W. and L.J. Chapman. 2007. The relationship between temperature and resting metabolism in the African lungfish Protopterus aethiopicus. African Journal of Aquatic Science32:299-303.
  • Chapman, L.J.  Morpho-physiological divergence across oxygen gradients in fishes. 2007. Pp. 14-39. In:  M.N. Fernandes, F.T. Rantin, M.L. Glass, and B.G. Kapoor (editors). Fish Respiration and the Environment. Science Publishers, Inc., Enfield, NH.
  • Bwanika, G.N., L.J. Chapman, and Y. Kizito. 2006. Cascading effects of introduced Nile Perch (Lates niloticus) on the foraging ecology of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). Ecology of Freshwater Fish  15:470-481.
  • Seifert, A.W. and L.J. Chapman. 2006. Respiratory allocation and standard rate of metabolism in the African lungfish, Protopterus aethiopicus. Journal of Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology  Part A 143:142-148.
  • Randle, A.R. and L.J. Chapman. 2005. Morphological and behavioral allocation to air and water breathing in the anabantid fish Ctenopoma muriei. Journal of Fish Biology 67:292-298.
  • Olowo, J.P., L.J. Chapman, C.A. Chapman, and R. Ogutu-Ohwayo. 2004. The spatio-temporal distribution and feeding ecology of the characid Brycinus sadleri:  Implications for persistence with Nile perch (Lates niloticus). African Journal of Aquatic Science 29:13-23.
  • Randle, A.R. and L.J. Chapman. 2004. Habitat use by the air-breathing fish Ctenopoma muriei:    Implications for costs of breathing. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 13:37-45.
  • Balirwa, J.S., C.A. Chapman, L.J. Chapman, I.G. Cowx, K. Geheb, L. Kaufman, R.H. Lowe-McConnell, O. Seehausen, J.H. Wanink, R.L. Welcomme, and F. Witte. 2003. Biodiversity and fishery sustainability in the Lake Victoria Basin: An unexpected marriage? Bioscience 53:703-715. Order of authorship alphabetical.
  • Chapman, L.J., C.A. Chapman, J.P. Olowo, P.J. Schofield, L.S. Kaufman, O. Seehausen, and R. Ogutu-Ohwayo. 2003. Fish faunal resurgence in Lake Nabugabo, East Africa. Conservation Biology 17:500-511.
  • Crisman, T.L., L.J. Chapman, C.A. Chapman. 2003. Incorporating wetlands and their ecotones in the conservation and management of freshwater ecosystems of Africa. Pp. 210-228. (In)   Conservation, Ecology, and Management of African Freshwaters. T.L. Crisman, L.J. Chapman, C.A. Chapman, and L.S. Kaufman (editors). University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
  • Chapman, L.J., C.A. Chapman, F.G. Nordlie, and A.E. Rosenberger. 2002. Physiological refugia:  Swamps, hypoxia tolerance, and maintenance of fish biodiversity in the Lake Victoria Region. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 133 (A):421-437.
  • Goudswaard, K., F. Witte, and L.J. Chapman. 2002. Decline of the African lungfish (Protopterus aethiopicus) in Lake Victoria (East Africa). Journal of African Ecology 40:42-52.
  • Efitre, J., L.J. Chapman, and B. Makanga. 2001. The inshore benthic macroinvertebrates of Lake Nabugabo, Uganda: Seasonal and spatial patterns. African Zoology 36:205-216.
  • Chapman, L.J. and K. Hulen. 2001. Implications of hypoxia for the brain size and gill surface area of mormyrid fishes. Journal of Zoology 254:461-472.
  • Chapman, L.J., J. Balirwa, F.W.B. Bugenyi, C.A. Chapman, and T.L. Crisman. 2001. Wetlands of East Africa:  Biodiversity, exploitation, and policy perspectives. Pp. 101-132. (In). B. Gopal (editor)  Wetlands Biodiversity.  Backhuys Publisher, Leiden.
  • Chapman, L.J., F. Galis, and J. Shinn. 2000. Phenotypic plasticity and the possible role of genetic assimilation:  Hypoxia-induced trade-offs in the morphological traits of an African cichlid. Ecology Letters 3:388-393.
  • Rosenberger A.E. and L.J. Chapman. 2000. Respiratory characters of three haplochromine cichlids:  Implications for persistence in wetland refugia. Journal of Fish Biology 57:483-501.
  • Schofield, P.J. and L.J. Chapman. 2000. Hypoxia tolerance of introduced Nile perch:  Implications for survival of indigenous fishes in the Lake Victoria Basin. African Zoology 35:35-42.
  • Olowo, J.P. and L.J. Chapman. 1999. Trophic shifts in predatory catfishes following the introduction of Nile perch into Lake Victoria. African Journal of Ecology 37:457-470.
  • Rosenberger, A.E. and L.J. Chapman. 1999. Hypoxic wetland tributaries as faunal refugia from an introduced predator. Ecology of Freshwater Fish  8:22-34.
  • Schofield, P.J. and L.J. Chapman. 1999. Interactions between Nile perch, Lates niloticus, and other fishes in Lake Nabugabo, Uganda. Environmental Biology of Fishes 55:343-358.
  • Chapman, L.J. and C.A. Chapman.1998. Hypoxia tolerance of the mormyrid Petrocephalus catostoma:  Implications for persistence in swamp refugia. Copeia 1998:762-768.
  • Chapman, L.J., C.A. Chapman, and M. Chandler.1996. Wetland ecotones as refugia for endangered fishes. Biological Conservation 78:263-270.
  • Chapman, L.J., C.A. Chapman, R. Ogutu-Ohwayo, M. Chandler, L. Kaufman, and A. Keiter. 1996. Refugia for endangered fishes from an introduced predator in Lake Nabugabo, Uganda. Conservation Biology 10:554-561.

Primate Research

  • Upadhayay P, Chapman CA, Mastromonaco GF, Schoof VAM. 2025.  The effects of gastrointestinal parasites on fecal glucocorticoids and behaviour in vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus pygerythrus). PLoS ONE 20(1): e0316728 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0316728
  • Snyder KP, Greenberg D, Fane T, Filazzola A, Mastromonaco G, Schoof VAM. 2025. Sexual signaling and sociosexual behaviours in male vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) and the relation to age, rank, hormones, and parasites. American Journal of Primatology 87:e23711, https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.2371
  • Teichroeb JA, Huang P, Adams FV, Habumuremyi S, Mujjuzi E & Landry F. 2024. Exploratory analysis of interunit dominance relationships in a Rwenzori colobus multilevel society: the importance of social network position. International Journal of Primatology doi.org/10.1007/s10764-024-00444-4
  • Schwegel MA, Filazzola A, Chapman CA, Schoof VAM. 2023. Breeding seasonality in female vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) living in an anthropogenic landscape. International Journal of Primatology. 44: 45–70. DOI: 10.1007/s10764-022-00313-y
  • Arseneau-Robar TJM§, Anderson KA§, Sicotte P & Teichroeb JA. 2023. Monkeys who experience more competition utilize social information to learn foraging skills quicker. Scientific Reports, 13: 11624. §Co-first authors.
  • L’Allier S, Schwegel MA, Filazzola A, Mastromonaco G, Chapman CA, Schoof VAM. 2022. How individual, social, and ecological conditions influence dispersal decisions in male vervet monkeys. American Journal of Primatology 84(9): e23426. DOI:10.1002/ajp.23426
  • Kumpan LT§, Vining AQ§, Joyce MM, Aguado WD, Smeltzer EA, Turner SE & Teichroeb JA. 2022. Mild movement sequence repetition in five primate species and evidence for a taxonomic divide in cognitive mechanisms. Scientific Reports 12: 14503. §Co-first authors.
  • Arseneau-Robar TJM, Anderson KA, Vasey EN, Sicotte P & Teichroeb JA. 2022. Think fast!: Vervet monkeys calculate the risk of being displaced by a dominant competitor when making foraging decisions. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10: 775288.
  • Teichroeb JA, Adams FV, Khwaja A, Stapelfeldt K & Stead SM. 2022. Tight quarters: ranging and feeding competition in a Colobus angolensis ruwenzorii multilevel society occupying a fragmented habitat. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 76: 60.
  • Stead SM, Bădescu I, Raboin DL, Sicotte P, Rothman JM, Baden AL & Teichroeb JA. 2021. High levels of infant handling by adult males in Rwenzori Angolan colobus (Colobus angolensis ruwenzorii) compared to two closely related species, C. vellerosus and C. guereza. Primates 62: 637-646.
  • Li MF, Arseneau-Robar TJM, Smeltzer EA & Teichroeb JA. 2021. Be early or be tolerated: vervet monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) foraging strategies in a dispersed resource. Animal Behaviour 176: 1-15.
  • Adams FV, Arseneau-Robar TJM, Bonnell TR, Stead SM & Teichroeb JA. 2021. Temporal patterns in the social network of core units in an African colobine multi-level society. Ecology and Evolution 11(7): 3251-3263.
  • Arseneau-Robar TJM, Changasi AH, Turner E & Teichroeb JA. 2021. Diet and activity budget in Colobus angolensis ruwenzorii at Nabugabo, Uganda: Are they energy maximizers? Folia Primatologica 92: 35-48.
  • Poirier-Poulin S & Teichroeb JA. 2020. The vocal repertoire of an African colobine, Colobus angolensis ruwenzorii: a multi-level society compared to congeners in stable groups. Behaviour 157: 597-628.
  • Kuhn, J.H., Samuel D. Sibley, Colin A. Chapman, Nick J. Knowles, Michael Lauck, Joshua C. Johnson, Cristine Campos Lawson, Matthew G. Lackemeyer, Kim Valenta, Patrick Omeja, Peter B. Jahrling, David H. O’Connor, and Tony L. Goldberg.  Discovery of lanama virus, a distinct member of species Kunsagivirus C (Picornavirales: Picornaviridae), in wild vervet monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus). Viruses. 12: 1436 https://doi.org/10.3390/v12121436
  • Teichroeb JA, Stead SM, Edwards PD, Landry F, Palme R & Boonstra R. 2020. Anogenital distance as an indicator of competitive ability in Rwenzori Angolan colobus. American Journal of Primatology 82(3): e23111.
  • Kumpan LT, Smeltzer EA & Teichroeb JA. 2020. Animal cognition in the field: performance of wild vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) on a reversal learning task. Animal Cognition 23: 523-534.
  • Adams FV & Teichroeb JA. 2020. Microhabitat use by Rwenzori Angolan colobus monkeys (Colobus angolensis ruwenzorii) at Lake Nabugabo, Uganda demonstrates interspecific variability. International Journal of Primatology 41(1): 24-44.
  • Teichroeb JA, Bridgett GR, Corriveau A & Twinomugisha D. 2019. The immediate impact of selective logging on Angolan colobus (Colobus angolensis ruwenzorii) at Lake Nabugabo, Uganda. In: Primate Research and Conservation in the Anthropocene, Behie AM, Teichroeb JA & Malone N, eds. Cambridge University Press, UK. Pp. 120-140.
  • Kumpan LT, Rothman JM, Chapman CA & Teichroeb JA. 2019. Playing it safe? Solitary vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) choose high-quality foods more than those in competition. American Journal of Primatology 81:e23002.
  • Stead SM & Teichroeb JA. 2019. A multi-level society comprised of one-male and multi-male core units in an African colobine, Colobus angolensis ruwenzorii. PLoS One 14(10): e0217666.
  • Cancelliere. E.C., C.A. Chapman, D. Twinomugisha, and J.M. Rothman. 2018. The nutritional value of feeding on crops: Diets of vervet. African Journal of Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/aje.12496
  • Teichroeb JA & Smeltzer EA. 2018. Vervet monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) behavior in a multi-destination route: evidence for planning ahead when heuristics fail. PLoS One 15(5): e0198076.
  • Arseneau-Robar TJM, Joyce MM, Stead SM & Teichroeb JA. 2018. Proximity and grooming patterns reveal opposite-sex bonding in Rwenzori Angolan colobus monkeys (Colobus angolensis ruwenzorii). Primates 59: 267-279.
  • Reyna-Hurtado RA, Teichroeb JA, Bonnell TR, Hernández-Sarabia RU, Vickers SM, Serio-Silva JC, Sicotte P & Chapman CA. 2018. Primates adjust movement strategies due to changing food availability. Behavioral Ecology 29: 368-376.
  • Valenta K, Twinomugisha D, Godfrey K, Liu C, Schoof VAM, Goldberg TL, Chapman CA. 2017. Comparison of gastrointestinal parasite communities in vervet monkeys. Integrative Zoology 12:512-520. DOI: 10.1111/1749-4877.12270
  • Chapman CA, Friant S, Godfrey K, Liu C, Sarkar D, Schoof VAM, Sengupta R, Twinomugisha D, Valenta K, Goldberg TL. 2016. Social behaviours and networks of vervet monkeys are influenced by gastrointestinal parasites. PLoS ONE 11(8): e0161113. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0161113
  • Chapman, C.A., D. Twinomugisha, J.A. Teichroeb, K. Valenta, R. Sengupta, D. Sarkar, and J.M. Rothman. 2016. How do primates survive among humans? Mechanisms employed by vervet monkeys at Lake Nabugabo, Uganda. In: M.T. Waller (ed). Ethnoprimatology. Primate conservation in the 21st century. pp. 77-94. Springer Press, New York.
  • Lee HC & Teichroeb JA. 2016. Partially-shared consensus decision-making and distributed leadership in vervet monkeys: older females lead the group to forage. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 161: 580-590.
  • Teichroeb JA & Aguado WD. 2016. Foraging vervet monkeys optimize travel distance when alone but prioritize high-reward sites in competition. Animal Behaviour 115: 1-10.
  • Teichroeb JA. 2015. Vervet monkeys use paths consistent with context-specific spatial movement heuristics. Ecology and Evolution 5: 4706-4716.
  • Teichroeb JA, White MMJ & Chapman CA. 2015. Vervet monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) intragroup spatial positioning: dominants trade-off predation risk for increased food acquisition. International Journal of Primatology 36: 154-176.
  • Teichroeb JA & Chapman CA. 2014. Sensory information and associative cues used in food detection by wild vervet monkeys. Animal Cognition 17: 517-528.

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