Fish swimming in schools save energy regardless of their spatial position
For animals, being a member of a group provides various advantages, such as reduced vulnerability to predators, increased foraging opportunities and reduced energetic costs of locomotion. In moving groups such as fish schools, there are benefits of group membership for trailing individuals, who can...
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2014
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4293471/ |