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Using accelerometry to quantify prey attack and handling behaviours in piscivorous pike Esox lucius
M Van Deurs1,2, A Andersson1, J Vinterstare1
1Department of Biology, Ecology Building, Lund University, SE-223 62, Lund, Sweden.
Journal of Fish Biology
|April 11, 2017
Abstract:
Accelerometer technology was used to evaluate behaviours in the teleost ambush predator pike Esox lucius foraging on crucian carp Carassius carassius. Automated rule-based estimates of prey-size determined handling time were obtained and are compared with video-recorded behaviours. Solutions to tag attachment and the limitations imposed by battery-time and data-logging capacities are evaluated.

