Magnetic alignment in carps: evidence from the Czech christmas fish market.
Magnetic alignment in carps: evidence from the Czech christmas fish market.
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DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0051100
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发表时间:
2012
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影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
Burda H
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作者:
Hart V;Kušta T;Němec P;Bláhová V;Ježek M;Nováková P;Begall S;Cervený J;Hanzal V;Malkemper EP;Stípek K;Vole C;Burda H
While magnetoreception in birds has been studied intensively, the literature on magnetoreception in bony fish, and particularly in non-migratory fish, is quite scarce. We examined alignment of common carps (Cyprinus carpio) at traditional Christmas sale in the Czech Republic. The sample comprised measurements of the directional bearings in 14,537 individual fish, distributed among 80 large circular plastic tubs, at 25 localities in the Czech Republic, during 817 sampling sessions, on seven subsequent days in December 2011. We found that carps displayed a statistically highly significant spontaneous preference to align their bodies along the North-South axis. In the absence of any other common orientation cues which could explain this directional preference, we attribute the alignment of the fish to the geomagnetic field lines. It is apparent that the display of magnetic alignment is a simple experimental paradigm of great heuristic potential.
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DOI:
10.1007/s00359-011-0674-1
发表时间:
2011-12
影响因子:
2.1
作者:
Begall, S.;Burda, H.;Cerveny, J.;Gerter, O.;Neef-Weisse, J.;Nemec, P.
通讯作者:
Nemec, P.
影响因子:
3.3
作者:
Cerveny, Jaroslav;Begall, Sabine;Burda, Hynek
通讯作者:
Burda, Hynek
影响因子:
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作者:
BECKER, G
通讯作者:
BECKER, G
影响因子:
1.8
作者:
Jones, M. J.;Stuart, I. G.
通讯作者:
Stuart, I. G.
DOI:
10.1007/bf00657119
发表时间:
1980-01-01
期刊:
JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY
影响因子:
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作者:
QUINN, TP
通讯作者:
QUINN, TP