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Sedentary behaviour establishment in O-group common sole Solea solea: a laboratory video-tracking study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2009

Eric D.H. Durieux ,
Mathieu Le Duigou ,
Sandie Millot ,
Pierre Sasal  and
Marie-Laure Begout
Eric D.H. Durieux*
Affiliation:
IFREMER, Laboratoire Ecologie et Modèles pour l'Halieutique, rue de l'Ile d'Yeu, BP 21105, 44311 Nantes, France IFREMER, Laboratoire Ressources Halieutiques, Place du Séminaire, BP5, 17137 L'Houmeau, France
Mathieu Le Duigou
Affiliation:
IFREMER, Laboratoire Ressources Halieutiques, Place du Séminaire, BP5, 17137 L'Houmeau, France
Sandie Millot
Affiliation:
IFREMER, Laboratoire Ressources Halieutiques, Place du Séminaire, BP5, 17137 L'Houmeau, France
Pierre Sasal
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Biologie et d'Ecologie Tropicale et Méditerranéenne, UMR 5244 CNRS–EPHE–UPVD, Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, 52 Avenue Paul Alduy, 66860 Perpignan, France UMS 2978 CNRS–EPHE, CRIOBE, BP 1013 Moorea, French Polynesia
Marie-Laure Begout
Affiliation:
IFREMER, Laboratoire Ressources Halieutiques, Place du Séminaire, BP5, 17137 L'Houmeau, France
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: E.D.H. Durieux, IFREMER, Laboratoire Ecologie et Modèles pour l'Halieutique, rue de l'Ile d'Yeu, 44311 Nantes, France email: edh.durieux@gmail.com
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Abstract

Spontaneous swimming activity of O-group common sole (Solea solea) was evaluated using a video-tracking system under laboratory conditions. An experiment was conducted during two consecutive days on individuals sampled in June, July, September and November (2004) in a coastal nursery ground (Pertuis Charentais, Bay of Biscay, France). The measured behavioural variables were: distance travelled and frequency of occurrence of burying, swimming and immobility. O-group sole showed a relatively clear circadian activity in line with the artificial light conditions (day, twilight and night). Swimming activity of O-group sole decreased drastically from June to July, thereafter remaining at a very low level in September and November. Such important changes reflect the transition between the exploratory behaviour of the post-colonization period and a well established sedentary behaviour remaining until the onset of winter. These results highlight the potential limitation in habitat use capacities of O-group sole once settled in coastal nursery grounds.

Keywords

behaviourflatfishjuvenileswimming activityvideo-tracking
Type
Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 90 , Special Issue 6: In Honour of Sir Frederick Stratten Russell, FRS , September 2010 , pp. 1257 - 1262
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2009

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