 Culum is an Australian Research Fellow, Senior Lecturer at Macquarie University, Cosulting Editor for Animal Behaviour and Assistant Editor of the Journal of Fish Biology. For years he has studied the behavioural ecology of fishes with a special interest in learning and memory. Culum did his undergraduate degree at Melbourne University. His Honours and PhD research at the Universtiy of Queensland examined the behavioural ecology of predator avoidance in rainbowfish (Melanotaenia spp). Culum moved to Cambridge University where he worked on social learning in a range of fishes and developed life skills training for hatchery-reared salmonids. A further post-doc at the University of Edinburgh, expanded on his background learning by examining the ecological correlates of cognition in Poeciliid fishes. This work was conducted in collaboration with the Smithsonian Research Insititute in Panama. During this time he developed a guide to the fishes of the pipeline road.
Culum won the Young Tall Poppy Award in 2008 and from the young researcher award from Australian Academy of Science in 2007
Culum was the guest editor of a special issue on learning and memory in fishes in the review journal Fish and Fisheries. This collection of work was later released as a book entitled Fish Cognition and Behavior, published by Blackwell Scientific. The Second Edition now available.
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Brown, C. (2011) Tool use in fishes. Fish and Fisheries, Online Early. Bool, J., Witcomb, K., Kydd, E. & Brown, C. (2011) Learned recognition and avoidance of invasive mosquitofish by the shrimp, Paratya australiensis. Marine and Freshwater Research, 62, 1230-1236. Raoult, V., Brown, C. & Williamson, J. (2011) Superglue is not super: An assessment of superglue for suturing tag incisions in a cultured marine fish. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society, In Press. Zuberi, A., Ali, S. & Brown, C. (2011) A non-invasive assay for monitoring stress responses: A comparison between wild and captive-reared rainbowfish (Melanoteania duboulayi). Aquaculture, 321, 267-272. Wiszniewski, J., Brown, C.& Möller, L.M. (2011) Complex patterns of male alliance formation in a dolphin social network. Journal of Mammalogy, In press. Raoult, V., Zuberi, A, Brown, C. & Williamson, J. (2011) Blood cortisol concentrations predict boldness in juvenile mulloway (Argyosomus japonicus). Journal of Ethology, Online Early Brown, C & Magat, D. (2011) The evolution of lateralized foot use in parrots: a phylogenetic approach. Behavioural Ecology 22, 1201-1208. Jones, A.M., Brown, C. & Gardner, S. (2011) Tool use in the tuskfish Choerodon schoenleinii? Coral Reefs, 30, 865. See write up in Science and National GeographicBrown, C & Magat, D. (2011) Cerebral Lateralisation determines hand preferences in Australian parrots. Biology Letters, 7, 496-498. Colleter, M. & Brown, C (2011) Personality traits predict hierarchy rank in male rainbowfish (Melanotaenia duboulayi) social groups. Animal Behaviour, 81, 1231-1237. Snoyman & Brown (2010) Microclimate preferences in the grey-headed flying fox in the Sydney region. Australian Journal of Zoology, 58, 376-383. Baldwin et al (2010). Non-invasive genetic sampling of faecal material and hair from the grey-headed flying-fox, pteropus poliocephalus, Australian Mammalogy 32, 56-61.Magat, D. and Brown, C. (2009) Laterality enhances cognition in Australian parrots Proceedings of the Royal Society B Early Online. Read the reviews in Science and New Scientist. Kydd, E. and Brown, C. (2009) Loss of shoaling preference for familiar individuals in captive-reared crimson spotted rainbowfish Melanotaenia duboulayi. Journal of Fish Biology, 74, 2187-2195. Keller, K. and Brown, C. (2008) Behavioural interactions between the introduced plague minnow, Gambusia holbrooki and the vulnerable native Australian rainbowfish, Rhadinocentrus ornatus, under experimental conditions. Journal of Fish Biology, 73, 1714-1724. Jones F.C., Brown, C. and Braithwaite, V.A. (2008) Lack of assortative mating between anadromous and freshwater sticklebacks from a hybrid zone. Behavior. 145, 463-484. Brown, C., Jones F.C and Braithwaite, V.A. (2007) Correlation between boldness and bodymass in natural populations of the poeciliid, Brachyraphis episcopi. Journal of Fish Biology, 71, 1590-1601. Brown C., Burgess, F. and Braithwaite, V.A. (2007) Heritable and experiential effects on boldness in a tropical peociliid. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology, 62, 237-243. Brown, C., Western, J. and Braithwaite, V.A. (2007) The influence of early experience on, and inheritance of, cerebral lateralization. Animal Behaviour, 74, 231-238. Read the New Scientist Review When Fish Get Emotional Harding J., Brown C., Jones F.C. & Taylor R. (2007)Distribution & habitats of mosquito larvae in the kingdom of Tonga. Australian Journal of Entomology, 46, 332-338 Jones F.C, Brown, C., Pemberton, J.M. and Braithwaite, V.A. (2006) Reproductive isolation in a three-spine stickleback hybrid zone. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 19, 1531-1544. Brown, C., Gardner, G. and Braithwaite, V.A. (2005) Differential stress responses in fish from areas of high and low predation pressure. Journal of Comparative Physiology, 175, 305-312. Brown, C., Jones F.C and Braithwaite (2005) In situ examination of boldness-shyness traits in the tropical poeciliid, Brachyraphis episcopi. Animal Behaviour, 70, 1003-1009. Brown, C. (2005) Cerebral lateralisation; Social constraints and coordinated antipredator responses. Behavioural and Brain Sciences, 28(4), 591-592. Brown, C. and Braithwaite, V.A. (2005) Effects of predation pressure on the cognitive ability of the poeciliid Brachyraphis episcopi. Behavioural Ecology, 16(2), 482-487. Brown, C., Gardner, G. and Braithwaite, V.A. (2004) Population variation in lateralised eye use in the poeciliid Brachyraphis episcopi. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B (suppl), 271, S455–S457. Brown, C. and Braithwaite, V.A. (2004) Size matters: A test of boldness in eight populations of bishop, Brachyraphis episcopi Animal Behaviour, 68(6) 1325-1329. Brown, C., Davidson, T. and Laland K. (2003) Environmental enrichment and prior experience improve foraging behaviour in hatchery-reared Atlantic salmon. Journal of Fish Biology, 63 (s1), 187-196. Brown, C. and Laland, K. (2003) Social learning in fishes: A review. Fish and Fisheries, 4 (3), 280-288. Laland, K., Brown, C. and Krause J. (2003) Learning in Fishes: An introduction. Fish and Fisheries, 4 (3), 199-202. Brown, C., Markula, A. and Laland, K. (2003) Social learning of prey location in hatchery-reared Atlantic salmon. Journal of Fish Biology, 63(3), 738-745. Brown, C. (2003) Habitat-predator association and avoidance in rainbowfish (Melanotaenia spp.). Ecology of Freshwater Fishes, 12(2), 118-126. Brown, C. and Laland, K. (2002) Social enhancement and social inhibition in a novel foraging task in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Journal of Fish Biology, 61(4), 987-998. Brown, C. and Laland, K. (2002) Social learning of a novel avoidance task in the guppy, P.reticulata: Conformity and social release. Animal Behaviour, 64(1) 41-47. Brown, C. and Day, R. (2002) The future of stock enhancements: Bridging the gap between hatchery practice and conservation biology. Fish and Fisheries,3(2), 79-94. Brown, C. (2002) Do female rainbowfish (Melanotaenia spp.) prefer to shoal with familiar individuals under predation pressure? Journal of Ethology, 20 (2), 89-94. Brown, C. (2001) Familiarity with the test environment improves escape responses in the crimson spotted rainbowfish, Melanotaenia duboulayi. Animal Cognition, 4, 109-113. Brown, C. and Laland, K.N.(2001) Social learning and life skills training for hatchery reared fish. Journal of Fish Biology, 59, 471-493. Read the review of the hatchery paper in New Scientist Day, R. MacDonald, T., Brown, C., Laland, K., and Reader, S.M. (2001) Interactions between shoal size and conformity in guppy social foraging. Animal Behaviour, 62, 917-925. Swaney, W., Kendal, J., Capon, H., Brown, C. and Laland, K. (2001) Familiarity facilitates social learning of foraging behaviour in the guppy. Animal Behaviour, 62, 591-598. Brown,C. and Warburton, K. (1999a) Differences in timidity and escape responses between predator-naïve and predator-sympatric rainbowfish populations. Ethology, 105(6), 491-502. Brown,C. and Warburton, K. (1999b) Social mechanisms enhances escape responses in the rainbowfish Melanotaenia duboulayi. Env. Biol. Fish. 56, 455-459. Brown,C. and Warburton, K. (1997) Predator recognition and anti-predator responses in the rainbowfish, Melanotaenia eachamensis. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 41(1): 61-68.
Book Chapters: Brown, C. (2011). Experience and learning in changing environments. In: Behavioural Responses to a Changing World: Mechanisms and Consequences (B. Wong & U. Candolin) pp ?? Oxford University Press, UK. Brown, C., Laland K. & Krause, J. (2011) Fish cognition and behaviour. In: Fish Cognition and Behaviour 2nd Edition (Brown, C., Laland K. & Krause, J. eds). Pp1-8, Wiley Publishing, Cambridge, UK. Brown, C. & Laland K. (2011) Social learning in fishes. In: Fish Cognition and Behaviour 2nd Edition (Brown, C., Laland K. & Krause, J. eds). Pp186-202, Blackwell Publishing, Cambridge, UK. Bisazza, A. & Brown, C. (2011) Lateralization of cognitive function in fish In: Fish Cognition and Behaviour 2nd Edition (Brown, C., Laland K. & Krause, J. eds). Pp, Blackwell Publishing, Cambridge, UK. Budeav, S. & Brown, C. (2011) Personality traits and behaviour In: Fish Cognition and Behaviour 2nd Edition (Brown, C., Laland K. & Krause, J. eds). Pp, 135-165. Blackwell Publishing, Cambridge, UK. Kelley, J. & Brown, C. (2011) Predation risk and decision making in poeciliid prey. In: Ecology and Evolution of Poeciliid Fishes. University of Chicago Press, Chicago Pp 174-184 Brown, C., Laland K. & Krause, J. (2006) Fish cognition and behaviour. In: Fish Cognition and Behaviour (Brown, C., Laland K. & Krause, J. eds). Pp1-8, Blackwell Publishing, Cambridge, UK. Brown, C. & Laland K. (2006) Social learning in fishes. In: Fish Cognition and Behaviour (Brown, C., Laland K. & Krause, J. eds). Pp186-202, Blackwell Publishing, Cambridge, UK. Edited volumes: Brown, C., Laland K. & Krause, J. (2006) Fish Cognition and Behaviour, Blackwell Publishing, Cambridge, UK. Brown, C., Laland, K. & Krause J. (2003) Learning and Memory in Fishes: Why fish are smarter than you think. Blackwell Scientific, London. Special Edition on Learning in Fishes. Fish and Fisheries Volume 4 No.3 2003.
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