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The influence of differential swimming speeds on composition of multi‐species fish shoals |
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| Authors: | J. Krause&dagger ,A. J. W. Ward&Dagger ,A. L. Jackson§ ,G. D. Ruxton§ ,R. James¶ , S. Currie |
| Affiliation: | School of Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, U.K.,; Department of Biology, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE17RH, U.K.,; Division of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, Graham Kerr Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G128QQ, U.K.,; Department of Physics, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY, U.K. and; Department of Biology, University of Mount Allison, Sackville, New Brunswick, E4L 1G7, Canada |
| Abstract: | The importance of species‐specific swim speeds for the formation of multi‐species fish shoals in a Canadian freshwater system was investigated. Swim speed was positively correlated with total length and differed between species but was unrelated to shoal size. |
| Keywords: | Fundulus diaphanus multi‐species shoaling behaviour swimming speed |