Journal
CURRENT ZOOLOGY
Volume 59, Issue 6, Pages 754-760Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/59.6.754
Keywords
Shoaling behavior; Zebrafish; Danio rerio; Variation
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute Undergraduate Science Education Grant
- Saint Joseph's University chapter of Sigma Xi
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Shoaling intensity in zebrafish Danio rerio is believed to vary throughout subjective day and night horn's. This experiment examines long term variations in shoaling behavior. Adult zebrafish Danio rerio were maintained under a 12:12 LD cycle (with dim red light serving as reduced visibility during subjective dark hours), and their shoaling behavior was monitored every hour for a three-day period of time. Our results show that zebrafish perform shoaling behavior throughout subjective day and under reduced visibility conditions, although mean shoaling times during the light phase were significantly higher than mean shoaling times during the dark phase. However, on the 3rd day of the experiment, mean shoaling times during the subjective night had increased and mean shoaling times during the subjective day had decreased. This shift in intensity was not seen on the first two days of the study, and may represent the influence of experience on the behavior of the test fish. We believe this study shows that shoaling behavior changes with light/dark cycles and that fish shoal even during reduced visibility conditions.
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