Larval Zebrafish Exhibit Collective Circulation in Confined Spaces
Collective behavior may be elicited or can spontaneously emerge by a combination of interactions with the physical environment and conspecifics moving within that environment. To investigate the relative contributions of these factors in a small millimeter-scale swimming organism, we observed larval...
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| description | Collective behavior may be elicited or can spontaneously emerge by a combination of interactions with the physical environment and conspecifics moving within that environment. To investigate the relative contributions of these factors in a small millimeter-scale swimming organism, we observed larval zebrafish, interacting at varying densities under circular confinement. If left undisturbed, larval zebrafish swim intermittently in a burst and coast manner and are socially independent at this developmental stage, before shoaling behavioral onset. Our aim was to explore the behavior these larvae as they swim together inside circular confinements. We report here our analysis of a new observation for this well-studied species: in circular confinement and at sufficiently high densities, the larvae collectively circle rapidly alongside the boundary. This is a new physical example of self-organization of mesoscale living active matter driven by boundaries and environment geometry. We believe this is a step forward toward using a prominent biological model system in a new interdisciplinary context to advance knowledge of the physics of social interactions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-03cd855d9c0f4ce585a1aab99c04742e2022-12-21T21:59:28ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Physics2296-424X2021-09-01910.3389/fphy.2021.678600678600Larval Zebrafish Exhibit Collective Circulation in Confined SpacesHaider Zaki0Enkeleida Lushi1Kristen E. Severi2Federated Department of Biological Sciences, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, United StatesDepartment of Mathematical Sciences, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, United StatesFederated Department of Biological Sciences, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, United StatesCollective behavior may be elicited or can spontaneously emerge by a combination of interactions with the physical environment and conspecifics moving within that environment. To investigate the relative contributions of these factors in a small millimeter-scale swimming organism, we observed larval zebrafish, interacting at varying densities under circular confinement. If left undisturbed, larval zebrafish swim intermittently in a burst and coast manner and are socially independent at this developmental stage, before shoaling behavioral onset. Our aim was to explore the behavior these larvae as they swim together inside circular confinements. We report here our analysis of a new observation for this well-studied species: in circular confinement and at sufficiently high densities, the larvae collectively circle rapidly alongside the boundary. This is a new physical example of self-organization of mesoscale living active matter driven by boundaries and environment geometry. We believe this is a step forward toward using a prominent biological model system in a new interdisciplinary context to advance knowledge of the physics of social interactions.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphy.2021.678600/fullzebrafishsocial interactionliving active matterswimmersconfined collective motion |
| spellingShingle | Haider Zaki Enkeleida Lushi Kristen E. Severi Larval Zebrafish Exhibit Collective Circulation in Confined Spaces Frontiers in Physics zebrafish social interaction living active matter swimmers confined collective motion |
| title | Larval Zebrafish Exhibit Collective Circulation in Confined Spaces |
| title_full | Larval Zebrafish Exhibit Collective Circulation in Confined Spaces |
| title_fullStr | Larval Zebrafish Exhibit Collective Circulation in Confined Spaces |
| title_full_unstemmed | Larval Zebrafish Exhibit Collective Circulation in Confined Spaces |
| title_short | Larval Zebrafish Exhibit Collective Circulation in Confined Spaces |
| title_sort | larval zebrafish exhibit collective circulation in confined spaces |
| topic | zebrafish social interaction living active matter swimmers confined collective motion |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphy.2021.678600/full |
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