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With a Little Help from My Friends: Group Orientation by Larvae of a Coral Reef Fish.
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- Evidence for a consistent use of external cues by marine fish larvae for orientation.Communications biology · 2022Pooled it
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- Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) larvae are attracted by low-frequency noise simulating that of operating offshore wind farms.Communications biology · 2023Article
- An integrative investigation of sensory organ development and orientation behavior throughout the larval phase of a coral reef fish.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Effects of Exposure to Low Concentrations of Oil on the Expression of Cytochrome P4501a and Routine Swimming Speed of Atlantic Haddock (Environmental science & technology · 2020Article
- Rules of collective migration: from the wildebeest to the neural crest.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2020Review
- The relationship between the moon cycle and the orientation of glass eels (Royal Society open science · 2019Article
- Glass eels (Communications biology · 2019Article
- Collective animal navigation and migratory culture: from theoretical models to empirical evidence.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2018Review
- Glass eels (Science advances · 2017Article
- Long-term aggregation of larval fish siblings during dispersal along an open coast.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2016Article
- Collective behavior as a driver of critical transitions in migratory populations.Movement ecology · 2016Article
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4 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
Theory and some empirical evidence suggest that groups of animals orient better than isolated individuals. We present the first test of this hypothesis for pelagic marine larvae, at the stage of settlement, when orientation is critical to find a habitat. We compare the in situ behaviour of individuals and groups of 10-12 Chromis atripectoralis (reef fish of the family Pomacentridae), off Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef. Larvae are observed by divers or with a drifting image recording device. With both methods, groups orient cardinally while isolated individuals do not display significant orientation. Groups also swim on a 15% straighter course (i.e. are better at keeping a bearing) and 7% faster than individuals. A body of observations collected in this study suggest that enhanced group orientation emerges from simple group dynamics rather than from the presence of more skilful leaders.
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