Santori, Claudia http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4535-0568
Spencer, Ricky-John http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8112-4221
Thompson, Michael B. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2496-992X
Whittington, Camilla M. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5765-9699
Van Dyke, James U. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3933-111X
Funding for this research was provided by:
Oatley Flora and Fauna Inc
Royal Society of Zoology NSW
Nature Conservation Society of South Australia
Australian Research Council (LP140100011)
Article History
Received: 2 July 2020
Accepted: 17 November 2020
First Online: 2 January 2021
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interests.
: All of our work was approved by the University of Sydney Animal Ethics Committee (laboratory experiment: 2017/1251; field experiment: 2018/1397). The <i>E. macquarii</i> used in our laboratory experiment were hatched under Western Sydney University Animal Ethics ARA: A11794. The eggs were collected under Victoria DELWP Permit 10008041, Victoria DEPI Fisheries Permit RP1225, and imported to NSW under OEH Licence SL101639. Our field work in South Australia was approved by SA Research Permit M26801-2 and PIRSA ME9903011. The incubation of eggs in NSW was approved through NSW import licence IE1814270 and export licence IE1814271, granted under OEH Licence SL100401.