Enrichment promotes learning in fish
Captive birds and mammals reared in enriched rearing environments have been shown to behave more flexibly compared to animals reared in impoverished or plain environments. Recent evidence has shown that this is also true for fish; enrichment promotes faster recovery after a stressful experience, a h...
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ftunivbergen:oai:bora.uib.no:1956/4147 2023-05-15T16:19:01+02:00 Enrichment promotes learning in fish Strand, David A. Utne-Palm, Anne Christine Jakobsen, Per Johan Braithwaite, Victoria A. Jensen, Knut Helge Salvanes, Anne Gro Vea 2010-08-18 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/1956/4147 https://doi.org/10.3354/meps08682 eng eng Inter-Research urn:issn:1616-1599 (online version) urn:issn:0171-8630 (print version) https://hdl.handle.net/1956/4147 https://doi.org/10.3354/meps08682 Inter-Research Copyright 2010 Inter-Research. All rights reserved. Behaviour Cod Gadus morhua Habitat enrichment Social learning Feeding behaviour Conservation Stock enhancement VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Marinbiologi: 497 Peer reviewed Journal article 2010 ftunivbergen https://doi.org/10.3354/meps08682 2023-03-14T17:44:45Z Captive birds and mammals reared in enriched rearing environments have been shown to behave more flexibly compared to animals reared in impoverished or plain environments. Recent evidence has shown that this is also true for fish; enrichment promotes faster recovery after a stressful experience, a higher propensity for exploration of novel areas and the development of more sophisticated social behaviour. Here we report how enrichment influences social learning in juvenile cod Gadus morhua that were reared in either spatially enriched or plain tanks. Naïve juvenile cod were allowed to repeatedly observe experienced tutors as they foraged on gammarid or mysid prey, or control tutors that acted as social stimuli but did not forage. The naïve fish then received a mixture of mysid and gammarid prey. Enriched-reared fish improved their ability to consume live prey in the presence of foraging tutors, but plain-reared fish did not. Although gammarids were consumed more often and more quickly than mysids, both among tutors and naïve fish, social learning from tutors demonstrating mysid hunting and consumption had its greatest effect on social learning in the enriched fish. Published version Article in Journal/Newspaper Gadus morhua University of Bergen: Bergen Open Research Archive (BORA-UiB) Marine Ecology Progress Series 412 273 282 |
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Behaviour Cod Gadus morhua Habitat enrichment Social learning Feeding behaviour Conservation Stock enhancement VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Marinbiologi: 497 Strand, David A. Utne-Palm, Anne Christine Jakobsen, Per Johan Braithwaite, Victoria A. Jensen, Knut Helge Salvanes, Anne Gro Vea Enrichment promotes learning in fish |
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Captive birds and mammals reared in enriched rearing environments have been shown to behave more flexibly compared to animals reared in impoverished or plain environments. Recent evidence has shown that this is also true for fish; enrichment promotes faster recovery after a stressful experience, a higher propensity for exploration of novel areas and the development of more sophisticated social behaviour. Here we report how enrichment influences social learning in juvenile cod Gadus morhua that were reared in either spatially enriched or plain tanks. Naïve juvenile cod were allowed to repeatedly observe experienced tutors as they foraged on gammarid or mysid prey, or control tutors that acted as social stimuli but did not forage. The naïve fish then received a mixture of mysid and gammarid prey. Enriched-reared fish improved their ability to consume live prey in the presence of foraging tutors, but plain-reared fish did not. Although gammarids were consumed more often and more quickly than mysids, both among tutors and naïve fish, social learning from tutors demonstrating mysid hunting and consumption had its greatest effect on social learning in the enriched fish. Published version |
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Strand, David A. Utne-Palm, Anne Christine Jakobsen, Per Johan Braithwaite, Victoria A. Jensen, Knut Helge Salvanes, Anne Gro Vea |
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Strand, David A. Utne-Palm, Anne Christine Jakobsen, Per Johan Braithwaite, Victoria A. Jensen, Knut Helge Salvanes, Anne Gro Vea |
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Strand, David A. |
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Enrichment promotes learning in fish |
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Enrichment promotes learning in fish |
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Enrichment promotes learning in fish |
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Enrichment promotes learning in fish |
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enrichment promotes learning in fish |
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