Shawn -- I think the most important application of the cuckoldry research probably is effects of harvest. When the large parental males are harvested, younger males will then begin to mature at a small size, and their growth slows at that point. I've often wondered if the public impoundments with 7 inch bluegills are there for such a reason. We couldn't do this in a public water, but what happens if you release all males and only harvest females? The larger males should re-appear? I know that Philipp and crew actually stocked large, mature males into a water body with earlier-maturing males to see if the smaller males would then delay maturity. Fascinating behavioral stuff.
