novel acoustic technology for studying free-ranging shark social behaviour by recording individuals interactions新型声学技术研究自由放养的鲨鱼社会行为通过记录个人的交互.pdfVIP

Novel Acoustic Technology for Studying Free-Ranging Shark Social Behaviour by Recording Individuals’ Interactions 1,2 2,3 4 5,6 Tristan L. Guttridge *, Samuel H. Gruber , Jens Krause , David W. Sims 1 Institute for Integrative and Comparative Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, 2 Bimini Biological Field Station, South Bimini, Bahamas, 3 Division of Marine Biology and Fisheries, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, Miami, Florida, United States of America, 4 Department of Biology and Ecology of Fishes, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany, 5 The Laboratory, Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Citadel Hill, Plymouth, United Kingdom, 6 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Centre, Marine Institute, School of Marine Sciences and Engineering, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth, United Kingdom Abstract Group behaviours are widespread among fish but comparatively little is known about the interactions between free-ranging individuals and how these might change across different spatio-temporal scales. This is largely due to the difficulty of observing wild fish groups directly underwater over long enough time periods to quantify group structure and individual associations. Here we describe the use of a novel technology, an animal-borne acoustic proximity receiver that records close-spatial associations between free-ranging fish by detection of acoustic signals emitted from transmitters on other individuals. Validation trials, held within enclosures in the natural environment, on juvenile lemon sharks Negaprion brevirostris fitted with external receivers and transmitters, showed re