Context-dependent group size choice in fish
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The context-dependent group size choice in a shoaling fish, the banded killifish, fundulus diaphanus, was experimentally examined. The results support the theoretical predictions that the costs and benefits of group membership vary with the size of groups, and individuals are expected to modify their choice of groups in response to ecological factors such as food availability and predation risk.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2004
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Cleaner fish, Labroides dimidiatus, diet preferences for different types of mucus and parasitic gnathiid isopods
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A study is conducted to test whether the conflict varied with client species and with the presence of blood in the gnathiids. The results suggest that the degree of conflict between cleaners and clients might vary between species, depending on whether the latter have preferred mucus.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2004
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Effects of nutritional state on the shoaling tendency of banded killfish, Fundulus diaphanus, in the field
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The state dependent changes in the size of social groups in fish under field conditions are investigated. It is concluded that, nutritional state seems to affect an individual's decision to continue shoaling once an association is made.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2003
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