Evidence against a hydrodynamic function for fish schools
- 1 May 1979
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature
- Vol. 279 (5712) , 418-419
- https://doi.org/10.1038/279418a0
Abstract
THERE are numerous explanations for the formation of fish schools(1,2), one of the most popular being that the members gain hydrodynamic advantage over solitary individuals(3-6). The model proposed by Weihs(5,6) for the first time makes precise predictions about school structure which can be verified. We report here the first empirical test of this model, and demonstrate that three species of schooling fish do not swim in appropriate positions to gain hydrodynamic advantage.Keywords
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