Learning and anticipatory behaviour in a "sit-and-wait" predator: The Atlantic halibut

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 257-266

  Nilsson, Jonatan ^a   Kristiansen, Tore S ^a   Fosseidengen, Jan Erik ^a   Stien, Lars Helge ^a   Fernö, Anders ^b   van den Bos, Ruud ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Flatfish; Foraging; Pavlovian conditioning; Response systems

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLATFISH; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PREDATOR;

ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC HALIBUT; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FISH; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MOTION; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; FLOUNDER; FOOD; LEARNING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME FACTORS;

HIPPOGLOSSUS HIPPOGLOSSUS; PLEURONECTIFORMES;

EID: 77649178897     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2009.12.008     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Boakes R.A. Performance on learning to associate a stimulus with positive reinforcement. In: Davis H., and Hurwitz H.M. (Eds). Operant-Pavlovian Interactions (1977), Erlbaum, Hillsdale, NJ 67-97
2. Brawn V.M. Feeding behaviour of cod (Gadus morhua). Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 26 (1969) 583-596
3. Brown P.L., and Jenkins H.M. Auto-shaping of pigeon's key-peck. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior 11 (1968) 1-8
4. Brown C., and Laland K. Social learning in fishes. In: Brown C., Laland K., and Krause J. (Eds). Fish Cognition and Behavior (2006), Blackwell Publishing, Oxford 186-202
5. In: Brown C., Laland K., and Krause J. (Eds). Fish cognition and behavior (2006), Blackwell Publishing, Oxford 328 pp.
6. Bull H.O. Studies on conditioned responses in fishes. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 15 (1928) 485-533
7. Croy M.I., and Hughes R.N. The role of learning and memory in the feeding-behavior of the 15-spined stickleback, Spinachia spinachia L. Animal Behaviour 41 (1991) 149-159
8. de Groot S.J. Digestive system and sensorial factors in relation to feeding behaviour of flatfish (Pleuronectiformes). Journal Du Conseil International pour l'Exploration de la Mer 32 (1969) 385-394
9. Gallistel C.R., and Gibbon J. Time, rate, and conditioning. Psychological Review 107 (2000) 289-344
10. Gibson R.N. The behaviour of flatfishes. In: Gibson R.N. (Ed). Flatfishes: Biology and Exploitation (2005), Blackwell Publishing, Oxford 213-239
11. Haug T. Biology of the Atlantic halibut, Hippoglossus hippoglossus (L, 1758). Advances in Marine Biology 26 (1990) 1-70
12. Hearst E., and Jenkins H.M. Sign-tracking: The Stimulus-Reinforcer Relation and Directed Actions (1974), Psychonomic Society, Austin, TX 49 pp.
13. Kristiansen T.S., and Fernö A. Individual behaviour and growth of halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus L.) fed sinking and floating feed: evidence of different coping styles. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 104 (2007) 236-250
14. Kristiansen T.S., Fernö A., Holm J.C., Privitera L., Bakke S., and Fosseidengen J.E. Swimming behaviour as an indicator of low growth rate and impaired welfare in Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus L.) reared at three stocking densities. Aquaculture 230 (2004) 137-151
15. Lieberman D.A. Learning: Behavior and Cognition. third edition (2000), Wadsworth, Belmont, CA 595 pp.
16. Nilsson J., Kristiansen T.S., Fosseidengen J.E., Fernö A., and van den Bos R. Learning in cod (Gadus morhua): long trace interval retention. Animal Cognition 11 (2008) 215-222
17. Nilsson J., Kristiansen T.S., Fosseidengen J.E., Fernö A., and van den Bos R. Sign- and goal-tracking in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua). Animal Cognition 11 (2008) 651-659
18. Purdy J.E., Roberts A.C., and Garcia C.A. Sign tracking in cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis). Journal of Comparative Psychology 113 (1999) 443-449
19. Steingrund P., and Fernö A. Feeding behaviour of reared and wild cod and the effect of learning: two strategies of feeding on the two-spotted goby. Journal of Fish Biology 51 (1997) 334-348
20. Stokes M.E., Davis C.H., and Koch G.G. Categorical Data Analysis Using the SAS System. second edition (2000), SAS Institute, Cary, NC 648 pp.
21. van den Bos R., Meijer M., van Renselaar J., van der Harst J., and Spruijt B. Anticipation is differently expressed in rats (Rattus norvegicus) and domestic cats (Felis silvestris catus) in the same Pavlovian conditioning paradigm. Behavioural Brain Research 141 (2003) 83-89
22. Warburton K. Learning of foraging skills by fishes. In: Brown C., Laland K., and Krause J. (Eds). Fish Cognition and Behavior (2006), Blackwell Publishing, Oxford 9-27
23. Waxman H.M., and McCleave J.D. Auto-shaping in archer fish (Toxotes chatareus). Behavioral Biology 22 (1978) 541-544
24. Yacoob S.Y., and Browman H.I. Prey extracts evoke swimming behavior in juvenile Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus). Aquaculture 270 (2007) 570-573