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Three dimensional characteristics of young–of–year pelagic fish schools in lake

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 June 2006

Jean Guillard ,
Patrice Brehmer ,
Michel Colon  and
Yvon Guennégan
Jean Guillard
Affiliation:
INRA – UMR CARRTEL, BP 511, 74203 Thonon-les-bains, France
Patrice Brehmer
Affiliation:
IRD, CRHMT/UR109, 1 Avenue Jean Monnet, BP 171, 34203 Sète, France
Michel Colon
Affiliation:
INRA – UMR CARRTEL, BP 511, 74203 Thonon-les-bains, France
Yvon Guennégan
Affiliation:
IFREMER, CRHMT, 1 Avenue Jean Monnet, BP 171, 34203 Sète, France
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Abstract

Fish schools are aggregative structures encountered in all types of aquatic environments but have as yet been little studied in freshwaters except at small spatial scales. This study represents the three dimensional description of juvenile fish schools (Perca fluviatilis and Rutilus rutilus) in a lake environment using high resolution multibeam sonar system operating at a frequency of 455 kHz, composed of 60 beams of 1.5° allowing a 90° observation plane. The in situ diurnal schooling behaviour of young-of-the-year fish of both species is confirmed. The morphological, energetic and spatial variables of these schools are described and related to one another. The structures described are of the same order of magnitude as those described in the marine environment. The school shape is elliptical, they are shallow and they display a temporal and spatial stability over the course of a day but a highly variable morphology. The number of vacuoles, a descriptor of the internal morphology of the schools, was found to be significantly (p < 0.01) correlated with the volume of the school, and showed two distinct relationships, with proportions similar to the percentage occurrence of both species sampled by a pelagic trawl. The relation may be efficient for fish species discrimination by 3-D acoustics methods in this lake with two main aggregative fish species.

Keywords

Shoaling behaviour3-D structureSonarPerca fluviatilis / Rutilus rutilusAnnecy Lake
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Research Article
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Aquatic Living Resources , Volume 19 , Issue 2 , April 2006 , pp. 115 - 122
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© EDP Sciences, IFREMER, IRD, 2006

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