READ ME File For 'Collective behaviour of the European minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus) is influenced by signals of differing acoustic complexity'

Dataset DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/D1182

ReadMe Author: Helen A.L. Currie, University of Southampton ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5792-3488

This dataset supports the thesis entitled "Group behavioural responses of cyprinid fishes to artificial acoustic stimuli:Implications for 
fisheries management"
AWARDED BY: University of Southampton
DATE OF AWARD: ongoing 

DESCRIPTION OF THE DATA
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This dataset contains: Human driven disturbance (e.g. anthropogenic noise) can affect behaviour and physiology of individual animals, however,
the disruption to groups of fish remains poorly understood. Anthropogenic noise differs in it's acoustic structure, dominant frequencies, and
spectral complexity owing to a variety of sound sources, and the response of groups of fish may differ greatly, depending on the type of noise,
and how it is perceived. We investigated the group responses (startle response, group swimming speed, cohesion, orientation, shoal distribution)
of European minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus) to signals of differing acoustic complexity (sinewave tones vs octave band noise) under low (150 Hz) and
high (2200 Hz) frequencies. Data concerning behavioural responses were collected through high resolution video tracking using Matlab script
and can be viewed as an excel file.

Date of data collection: August 2016

Information about geographic location of data collection: International Centre for Ecohydraulics Research (ICER), Chilworth Laboratories (Building 89), 
University of Southampton Science Park, Venture Road, Chilworth, Southampton, SO16 7NP 

Related projects/Funders:
Natural Environment Research Council Award No. NE/K007769/1 and industrial sponsors Fishtek Consulting Ltd.

Related publication:
Currie, H.A.L., White, P.R., Leighton, T.G., & Kemp, P.S. (2021). Collective behaviour of the European minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus) is influenced
by signals of differing acoustic complexity. Behav. Process.

Date that the file was created: May 2021