Sentences with phrase «fish schooling behavior»
Funded by NSF, DARPA, and the Office of Naval Research, members of the lab are studying fish schooling behavior and the vertebral columns in sharks and bony fish.
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They also determined whether a group's movement exhibited collective behavior — think schools of fish, flocks of geese flying in formation, even herds of wildebeests, all of whom sense cues from their individual members to help guide their collective movement.
From flocks of starlings to schools of fish, nature is full of intricate dynamics that emerge from the collective behavior of individuals.
Scientists have long known that schooling fish observe and learn from each other's failures and successes, behaviors that stimulate neural development, especially in the part of the brain responsible for memory and learning.
Recent studies from two research teams at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU - Poly) demonstrate how underwater robots can be used to understand and influence the complex swimming behaviors of schooling fish.
«Underwater robots influence complex swimming behaviors of schooling fish.»
«Indonesia's tough stance on illegal fishing not only jump - started recovery in their waters but also provided a viable example for countries all over the world that are plagued by overfishing driven by illegal behavior,» said co-author and Bren School professor Christopher Costello.
Some negative effects that scientists have discovered when fish consume plastic include reduced activity rates and weakened schooling behavior, as well as compromised liver function.
The findings could help explain group behavior of other animals, such as schooling fish, says evolutionary biologist Iain Couzin of Princeton University.
However, my interest in reproductive behaviors and fishes can be blamed on George Barlow, my undergraduate advisor whose excitement about science, teaching and mentorship shifted my plans from veterinary school to graduate study in evolutionary biology at the University of California Santa Barbara with Robert Warner (bringing me even closer to the ocean!).
This is concerning for a lot of reasons, not least of which is the passing on of toxic compounds in plastic to human eaters through bio-accumulation in fish tissues, as well as the impact on fish behavior, from reduced activity rates to weakened schooling behavior to compromised liver function.
Purse seiner behavior is distinct in that vessels move very quickly in a circle around a school of fish to set the net, then move very slowly for a period of time, drifting as they haul up their nets.
«Collective behavior is all around us; we see bird flocks, fish schools, animal herds,» Couzin explains.
But now scientists are getting some insight into collective behavior by studying the schooling of fish.