A field study of homing and orientation to the home site in Ulvaria subbifurcata (Pisces: Stichaeidae)
- 1 September 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Zoology
- Vol. 55 (9) , 1551-1556
- https://doi.org/10.1139/z77-200
Abstract
The movements, homing behavior, and initial orientation to the capture site were investigated in Ulvaria subbifurcata using an underwater habitat and scuba. Field experiments showed that this benthic species restricts its activity to a small home range, less than 3 m2, is capable of returning to that home area after being displaced at least 270 m, and can orient in the direction of the home site after displacements of at least 30 m. The conditions under which the orientation experiments were conducted indicate that visual cues are not necessary for the orientational response.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
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