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Benhaim, David; Begout, Marie-laure; Chatain, Beatrice. |
The present work compared wild-caught and domesticated sea bass juveniles swimming activity, exploration and visual attraction induced by an unfamiliar congener located behind a transparent wall at the end of one arm of a T-maze. This cognitive challenge was based on the hypothesis that placed into a novel and therefore stressful environment; the fish would adopt a gregarious behaviour even though they were not familiar with the present congener. Twenty individuals of similar size from both origins were individually tested. After a 5min acclimatization period, the wall of the start-box was removed and the maze was filmed during 20 min. Different swimming variables including angular velocity (Vang), total distance travelled (Dtot), velocity mean (Vel), time... |
Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Domestication; Maze; Visual cue; Personality; Swimming activity. |
Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00192/30322/28793.pdf |
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