Monitoring escape and feeding behaviours of cruiser fish by inertial and magnetic sensors.
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SUBMITTER: Noda T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3827357 | biostudies-literature | 2013
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Monitoring escape and feeding behaviours of cruiser fish by inertial and magnetic sensors.
Noda Takuji T Kawabata Yuuki Y Arai Nobuaki N Mitamura Hiromichi H Watanabe Shun S
PloS one 20131113 11
A method was developed and applied for monitoring two types of fast-start locomotion (feeding and escape) of a cruiser fish, Japanese amberjacks Seriola quinqueradiata. A data logger, which incorporated a 3-axis gyroscope, a 3-axis accelerometer and a 3-axis magnetometer, was attached to the five fish. The escape, feeding and routine movements of the fish, which were triggered in tank experiments, were then recorded by the data logger and video cameras. The locomotor variables, calculated based ...[more]
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