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Experiments on Homing in Shoals of the European Minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus (L)
Author(s) -
Kennedy G. J. A.,
Pitcher T. J.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
transactions of the american fisheries society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.696
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1548-8659
pISSN - 0002-8487
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8659(1975)104<454:eohiso>2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - phoxinus , homing (biology) , minnow , shoal , fishery , biology , fish <actinopterygii> , ecology , geology , oceanography
Groups of minnows accepted home ranges in aquarium tanks and did not stray from their home area when an exit route leading to a similar area was available. Minnows actively horned when displaced in a reciprocal transfer between two ranges in the tank. The degree of homing depended on the length of time the minnows had been kept in their home areas initially, and homing was well established after five weeks.