Schooling behaviour of juvenile Pacific bluefin tuna Thunnus orientalis depends on their vision development

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1291-1303

  Torisawa, S ^a   Fukuda, H ^b   Suzuki, K ^c   Takagi, T ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN FISHERIES RESEARCH AND EDUCATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Early life stages; Ethology; Light intensity; Retinomotor response; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS ORIENTALIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING; TUNA; VISION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; LIGHT; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, VERTEBRATE; SWIMMING; TUNA; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 84855733633     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03113.x     Document Type: Article

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