Spatial confinement affects the heterogeneity and interactions between shoaling fish
Abstract Living objects are able to consume chemical energy and process information independently from others. However, living objects can coordinate to form ordered groups such as schools of fish. This work considers these complex groups as living materials and presents imaging-based experiments of...
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| author | Gabriel Kuntz Junxiang Huang Mitchell Rask Alex Lindgren-Ruby Jacob Y. Shinsato Dapeng Bi A. Pasha Tabatabai |
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| description | Abstract Living objects are able to consume chemical energy and process information independently from others. However, living objects can coordinate to form ordered groups such as schools of fish. This work considers these complex groups as living materials and presents imaging-based experiments of laboratory schools of fish to understand how activity, which is a non-equilibrium feature, affects the structure and dynamics of a group. We use spatial confinement to control the motion and structure of fish within quasi-2D shoals of fish and use image analysis techniques to make quantitative observations of the structures, their spatial heterogeneity, and their temporal fluctuations. Furthermore, we utilize Monte Carlo simulations to replicate the experimentally observed data which provides insight into the effective interactions between fish and confirms the presence of a confinement-based behavioral preference transition. In addition, unlike in short-range interacting systems, here structural heterogeneity and dynamic activities are positively correlated as a result of complex interplay between spatial arrangement and behavioral dynamics in fish collectives. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-afd9c11a5ebd4c0bbbe60c06bc5567f82025-01-12T12:24:54ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222024-05-0114111010.1038/s41598-024-63245-ySpatial confinement affects the heterogeneity and interactions between shoaling fishGabriel Kuntz0Junxiang Huang1Mitchell Rask2Alex Lindgren-Ruby3Jacob Y. Shinsato4Dapeng Bi5A. Pasha Tabatabai6Department of Physics, Seattle UniversityDepartment of Physics, Northeastern UniversityDepartment of Physics, Seattle UniversityDepartment of Physics, Seattle UniversityDepartment of Physics, Seattle UniversityDepartment of Physics, Northeastern UniversityDepartment of Physics, Seattle UniversityAbstract Living objects are able to consume chemical energy and process information independently from others. However, living objects can coordinate to form ordered groups such as schools of fish. This work considers these complex groups as living materials and presents imaging-based experiments of laboratory schools of fish to understand how activity, which is a non-equilibrium feature, affects the structure and dynamics of a group. We use spatial confinement to control the motion and structure of fish within quasi-2D shoals of fish and use image analysis techniques to make quantitative observations of the structures, their spatial heterogeneity, and their temporal fluctuations. Furthermore, we utilize Monte Carlo simulations to replicate the experimentally observed data which provides insight into the effective interactions between fish and confirms the presence of a confinement-based behavioral preference transition. In addition, unlike in short-range interacting systems, here structural heterogeneity and dynamic activities are positively correlated as a result of complex interplay between spatial arrangement and behavioral dynamics in fish collectives.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-63245-y |
| spellingShingle | Gabriel Kuntz Junxiang Huang Mitchell Rask Alex Lindgren-Ruby Jacob Y. Shinsato Dapeng Bi A. Pasha Tabatabai Spatial confinement affects the heterogeneity and interactions between shoaling fish Scientific Reports |
| title | Spatial confinement affects the heterogeneity and interactions between shoaling fish |
| title_full | Spatial confinement affects the heterogeneity and interactions between shoaling fish |
| title_fullStr | Spatial confinement affects the heterogeneity and interactions between shoaling fish |
| title_full_unstemmed | Spatial confinement affects the heterogeneity and interactions between shoaling fish |
| title_short | Spatial confinement affects the heterogeneity and interactions between shoaling fish |
| title_sort | spatial confinement affects the heterogeneity and interactions between shoaling fish |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-63245-y |
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