From schooling to shoaling: patterns of collective motion in zebrafish (Danio rerio).

Animal groups on the move can take different configurations. For example, groups of fish can either be 'shoals' or 'schools': shoals are simply aggregations of individuals; schools are shoals exhibiting polarized, synchronized motion. Here we demonstrate that polarization distrib...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Noam Miller, Robert Gerlai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3498229?pdf=render