Coordinated gas release among the physostomous fish sprat (Sprattus sprattus)
Abstract Previous experimental studies suggest that the production of sound associated with expelling gas from an open swimbladder may play a role in communication. This would suggest non-random gas release. We used deployed echosounders to study patterns of gas release among a fjord population of s...
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| author | Stein Kaartvedt Karl I. Ugland Jan Heuschele Ingrid Solberg |
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| description | Abstract Previous experimental studies suggest that the production of sound associated with expelling gas from an open swimbladder may play a role in communication. This would suggest non-random gas release. We used deployed echosounders to study patterns of gas release among a fjord population of sprat (Sprattus sprattus). The echosounder records concurrently revealed individual fish and their release of gas. The gas release primarily occurred at night, partly following recurrent temporal patterns, but also varying between nights. In testing for non-randomness, we formulated a data-driven simulation approach. Non-random gas release scaled with the length of the analyzed time intervals from 1 min to 6 h, and above 30 min the release events in more than 50% of the intervals were significantly connected. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3e2d4a9345cb4003ba4ab7be87143b4e2022-12-21T20:34:28ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222021-06-011111810.1038/s41598-021-92585-2Coordinated gas release among the physostomous fish sprat (Sprattus sprattus)Stein Kaartvedt0Karl I. Ugland1Jan Heuschele2Ingrid Solberg3Department of Biosciences, University of OsloDepartment of Biosciences, University of OsloDepartment of Biosciences, University of OsloNorwegian Institute for Nature ResearchAbstract Previous experimental studies suggest that the production of sound associated with expelling gas from an open swimbladder may play a role in communication. This would suggest non-random gas release. We used deployed echosounders to study patterns of gas release among a fjord population of sprat (Sprattus sprattus). The echosounder records concurrently revealed individual fish and their release of gas. The gas release primarily occurred at night, partly following recurrent temporal patterns, but also varying between nights. In testing for non-randomness, we formulated a data-driven simulation approach. Non-random gas release scaled with the length of the analyzed time intervals from 1 min to 6 h, and above 30 min the release events in more than 50% of the intervals were significantly connected.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-92585-2 |
| spellingShingle | Stein Kaartvedt Karl I. Ugland Jan Heuschele Ingrid Solberg Coordinated gas release among the physostomous fish sprat (Sprattus sprattus) Scientific Reports |
| title | Coordinated gas release among the physostomous fish sprat (Sprattus sprattus) |
| title_full | Coordinated gas release among the physostomous fish sprat (Sprattus sprattus) |
| title_fullStr | Coordinated gas release among the physostomous fish sprat (Sprattus sprattus) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Coordinated gas release among the physostomous fish sprat (Sprattus sprattus) |
| title_short | Coordinated gas release among the physostomous fish sprat (Sprattus sprattus) |
| title_sort | coordinated gas release among the physostomous fish sprat sprattus sprattus |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-92585-2 |
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