Dipole source localization by mottled sculpin. I. Approach strategies |
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Authors: | Sheryl Coombs Ruth A Conley |
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Institution: | (1) Parmly Hearing Institute, Loyola University of Chicago, 6525 N. Sheridan Rd., Chicago, IL 60626, USA Tel.: +1-773/508-2720, Fax: +l-773/508-2719, e-mail: scoombs@luc.edu, US |
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Abstract: | Lake Michigan mottled sculpin respond to a chemically-inert vibrating sphere (a dipole source) with an initial orientation
towards the source followed by a step-wise progression towards and final strike at the source. An analysis of videotape recordings
of this behavior indicate that although pathways to the source varied, they tended to be influenced by the fish's position
at signal onset. Fish heading toward the source at signal onset approached the source in an indirect fashion by either (a)
keeping the source to one side in a smoothly arching path to the source or (b) alternating between keeping the source to the
left and to the right. When the source was to the side of the fish at the time of stimulus onset, fish tended to approach
the source in a more direct path. Most (79%) initial orienting responses placed the fish within 45° of the source, but response
angles were not strongly correlated with initial source angle. Most (83%) unsuccessful strikes (misses) occurred when the
source was directly in front of the fish (± 20°) and source angles associated with misses were significantly smaller than
source angles associated with successful strikes. Approach strategies used by mottled sculpin in finding dipole sources appear
to include (1) moving in a direction that increases the pressure difference along the head while keeping it consistently low
(between 1 and 10 Pa) across the head, (2) narrowing the fish-to-source gap with each successive step in the pathway, (3)
keeping the source lateralized (on average, 30° to one or the other side of the head) and (4) avoiding approach positions
that are perpendicular to the flow line or that place the fish in the pressure null area of the dipole field. These results
are consistent with the hypothesis that spatial excitation patterns along the lateral line system play a major role in encoding
both source direction and distance.
Accepted: 23 October 1996 |
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Keywords: | Lateral line Excitation patterns Source localization Dipole flow field Lateralization |
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