期刊
BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH
卷 207, 期 2, 页码 368-376出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2009.10.023
关键词
Electrotaxis; Gymnotiformes; Electrosensory; Social behavior
资金
- National Science Foundation (NSF) [0543985, 0817918]
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
- Direct For Biological Sciences
- Division Of Integrative Organismal Systems [0543985] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Direct For Biological Sciences
- Division Of Integrative Organismal Systems [0817918] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
In animals with active sensory systems, group size can have dramatic effects on the sensory information available to individuals. In wave-type weakly electric fishes there is a categorical difference in sensory processing between solitary fish and fish in groups: when conspecifics are within about 1 m of each other, the electric fields mix and produce interference patterns that are detected by electroreceptors on each individual. Neural circuits in these animals must therefore process two streams of information-salient signals from prey items and predators and social signals from nearby conspecifics. We investigated the parameters of social signals in two genera of sympatric weakly electric fishes, Apteronotus and Stemopygus, in natural habitats of the Napo River valley in Ecuador and in laboratory settings. Apteronotus were most commonly found in pairs along the Napo River (47% of observations; maximum group size 4) and produced electrosensory interference at rates of 20-300 Hz. In contrast, Sternopygus were alone in 80% of observations (maximum group size 2) in the same region of Ecuador. Similar patterns were observed in laboratory experiments: Apteronotus were in groups and preferentially approached cons pecific-like signals in an electrotaxis experiment whereas Sternopygus tended to be solitary and did not approach cons pecific-like electrosensory signals. These results demonstrate categorical differences in social electrosensory-related activation of central nervous system circuits that may be related to the evolution of the jamming avoidance response that is used in Apteronotus but not Stemopygus to increase the frequency of electrosensory interference patterns. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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