The influence of differential swimming speeds on composition of multi-species fish shoals

Authors: Krause, J.; Ward, A. J. W.¹; Jackson, A. L.²; Ruxton, G. D.²; James, R.³; Currie, S.⁴

Source: Journal of Fish Biology, Volume 67, Number 3, September 2005 , pp. 866-872(7)

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Abstract:

The importance of species-specific swim speeds for the formation of multi-species fish shoals in a Canadian freshwater system was investigated. Swim speed was positively correlated with total length and differed between species but was unrelated to shoal size.

Keywords: Fundulus diaphanus; multi-species; shoaling behaviour; swimming speed

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0022-1112.2005.00768.x

Affiliations: 1: Department of Biology, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE17RH, U.K., 2: Division of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, Graham Kerr Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G128QQ, U.K., 3: Department of Physics, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY, U.K. and 4: Department of Biology, University of Mount Allison, Sackville, New Brunswick, E4L 1G7, Canada

Publication date: 2005-09-01