Behavioural and kinematic components of the fast-start escape response in fish: Individual variation and temporal repeatability

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 3102-3110

  Marras, Stefano ^a   Killen, Shaun S ^a,d   Claireaux, Guy ^a,b   Domenici, Paolo ^c   McKenzie, David J ^a,e  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

Author keywords

Anaerobic performance; Escape response; Fast start; Fish; Individual variation; Repeatability; Sea bass; Stereotype; Swimming performance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASS; BIOMECHANICS; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; EUROPE; HABITUATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY; STIMULATION; TIME;

ANIMALS; BASS; BIOMECHANICS; ESCAPE REACTION; EUROPE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX; SERRANIDAE;

EID: 80052245110     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.056648     Document Type: Article

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