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Herring Behaviour in the Dark: Responses to Stationary and Continuously Vibrating Obstacles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

J. H. S. Blaxter  and
R. S. Batty
J. H. S. Blaxter
Affiliation:
Scottish Marine Biological Association, Dunstaffnage Marine Research Laboratory, P.O. Box 3, Oban, Argyll PA34 4AD
R. S. Batty
Affiliation:
Scottish Marine Biological Association, Dunstaffnage Marine Research Laboratory, P.O. Box 3, Oban, Argyll PA34 4AD
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The behaviour of herring subjected to stationary and vibrating obstacles in their swimming path was recorded in daylight and darkness using an infra-red sensitive TV system. The herring avoided stationary obstacles using visual stimuli and usually collided with such obstacles in darkness. They showed strong avoidance to a continuously vibrating sound source in darkness but the speed of turning was relatively slow and there was no evidence for habituation. As they approached the source they usually responded when the sound pressure reached 10–20 Pa, about 70 dB above the threshold. Particle velocity within the lateral line canals was calculated and was 40–60 dB above threshold. Herring seem to be able to adapt their avoidance behaviour to suit the urgency of the situation.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 65 , Issue 4 , November 1985 , pp. 1031 - 1049
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1985

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