Coordinated and cohesive movement of two small conspecific fish induced by eliciting a simultaneous optomotor response.

BACKGROUND: In animal groups such as herds, schools, and flocks, a certain distance is maintained between adjacent individuals, allowing them to move as a cohesive unit. Proximate causations of the cohesive and coordinated movement under dynamic conditions, however, have been poorly understood. METH...

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Main Authors: Haruka Imada, Masahito Hoki, Yuji Suehiro, Teruhiro Okuyama, Daisuke Kurabayashi, Atsuko Shimada, Kiyoshi Naruse, Hiroyuki Takeda, Takeo Kubo, Hideaki Takeuchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2889830?pdf=render