The effects of flow on schooling Devario aequipinnatus: School structure, startle response and information transmission

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1401-1421

  Chicoli, A ^a   Butail, S ^b   Lun, Y ^c   Bak Coleman, J ^d   Coombs, S ^d   Paley, D A ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective behaviour; Information transmission; Predator avoidance; Rheotaxis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOUR; COMMUNICATION THEORY; CYPRINIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATOR AVOIDANCE; RHEOTAXIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STARTLE REFLEX; STATISTICAL MODEL; WATER FLOW;

COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOUR; INFORMATION TRANSMISSION; PREDATOR AVOIDANCE; RHEOTAXIS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CUES; CYPRINIDAE; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STARTLE REACTION; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 84899518908     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12365     Document Type: Article

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