The effect of disparate information on individual fish movements and emergent group behavior

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1150-1160

  Stienessen, Sarah C ^a,b   Parrish, Julia K ^b  

^a NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

decision making; emergent properties; fish; heterogeneity; information transfer; quorum; schooling; swim metrics.

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CYPRINID; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCE; GROUP BEHAVIOR; HETEROGENEITY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MOVEMENT; NATIVE SPECIES; SCHOOLING BEHAVIOR; THRESHOLD;

EID: 84882320785     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/art042     Document Type: Article

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