INTERNAL DYNAMICS AND THE INTERRELATIONS OF FISH IN SCHOOLS
INTERNAL DYNAMICS AND THE INTERRELATIONS OF FISH IN SCHOOLS
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DOI:
10.1007/bf00612563
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1981-01-01
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PARTRIDGE, BL
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PARTRIDGE, BL
The 3 dimensional structure of schools of saithe (P. virens) and the interactions between individuals over time were analyzed in 12,240 frames of videotape sampled at 2.7 Hz. Time series analysis of the interactions between identified individuals allowed testing of assumptions of anonymity vs. leadership in schools and investigation of the transfer of information between individuals by which collective decisions are made. Saithe match changes in swimming direction and speed of their neighbors but correlations are greater for swimming speed. Average speed of the school does not greatly affect correlations between neighboring fish although the reaction latencies may be somewhat increased. As shown previously nearest neighbor distance (NND) decreases with increasing school velocity. Saithe simultaneously match the headings and swimming speeds of at least their 1st 2 nearest neighbors within the school (NN1 and NN2). Partialling out the correlation between a fish''s neighbors demonstrates that a fish''s correlation to his 2nd nearest neighbor (NN2) is not simply a transitive function of mutual correlation between the NN1 and NN2. Several sources of individual variation in schooling performance were examined. In all respects except the preferred positions within the school, saithe showed no individual differences, i.e., some were not better schoolers than others. Although fish in the school differed in length by up to a factor of 2.5, no size related effects in NND or nearest neighbor were found. Single Linkage Cluster Analysis of the cross-correlations of fishs'' swimming speeds and directions demonstrated quantitatively the existence of subgroups within schools if they contain 10-11 members. Subgroups acting more-or-less independently in terms of short term variations in speed and direction remained within the school as a whole and were not often apparent to observers since members of 1 group interdigitated with those of another. How individuals know to which subgroup they belong remains unanswered.