The lateral line can mediate rheotaxis in fish

Montgomery, John C.; Baker, Cindy F.; Carton, Alexander G.

doi:10.1038/40135

Cited by 475 publications

(422 citation statements)

References 15 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

404

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…For benthic ¢shes, additional information is available from contact slippage with the substrate, induced by passive movement in the current. In addition to visual and tactile information, a recent study shows that super¢cial neuromasts of the mechanosensory lateral line make a signi¢cant contribution to rheotaxis (Montgomery et al 1997).…”

Section: The Role Of Superficial Neuromastsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sensory processing of water currents by fishes

Montgomery

Carton

Voigt

et al. 2000

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B

109

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Water currents are extremely important in the aquatic environment and play a very signi¢cant role in the lives of ¢shes. Sensory processing of water currents involves a number of sensory modalities including the inner ear, vision, tactile sense and the mechanosensory lateral line. The inner ear will detect whole-body accelerations generated by changes in £ow, or by turbulence, whereas visual and tactile inputs will signal translational movement with respect to an external visual or tactile reference frame. The super¢cial neuromasts of the mechanosensory lateral line detect £ow over the surface of the body and have the appropriate anatomical distribution and physiological properties to signal the strength and the direction of £ow and, hence, contribute to the detection of regional di¡erences in £ow over di¡erent parts of the body.

show abstract

Section: The Role Of Superficial Neuromastsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sensory processing of water currents by fishes

Montgomery

Carton

Voigt

et al. 2000

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B

109

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Despite its primitive nature, this unique distributed hydrodynamic sensing device is instrumental for many specific behaviours; for instance, prey detection, predator avoidance, schooling behaviour, courtship and spawning, rheotaxis, station holding and spatial orientation (Montgomery et al 1997(Montgomery et al , 2002Liao 2006Liao , 2007. Montgomery et al (2001) reported the central role played by the LLS in the global sensory system of hypogean fishes, such as the Mexican blind cave fish (BCF).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Hydrodynamic object recognition using pressure sensing

2010

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Hydrodynamic sensing is instrumental to fish and some amphibians. It also represents, for underwater vehicles, an alternative way of sensing the fluid environment when visual and acoustic sensing are limited. To assess the effectiveness of hydrodynamic sensing and gain insight into its capabilities and limitations, we investigated the forward and inverse problem of detection and identification, using the hydrodynamic pressure in the neighbourhood, of a stationary obstacle described using a general shape representation. Based on conformal mapping and a general normalization procedure, our obstacle representation accounts for all specific features of progressive perceptual hydrodynamic imaging reported experimentally. Size, location and shape are encoded separately. The shape representation rests upon an asymptotic series which embodies the progressive character of hydrodynamic imaging through pressure sensing. A dynamic filtering method is used to invert noisy nonlinear pressure signals for the shape parameters. The results highlight the dependence of the sensitivity of hydrodynamic sensing not only on the relative distance to the disturbance but also its bearing.

show abstract

“…In the near field, vision and the lateral line system are of primary importance (Giske et al, 1998). The mechanosensory lateral line is used to monitor the local hydrodynamic environment, and is sensitive to water velocity and thus important for rheotaxis (Montgomery et al, 1997;Baker and Montgomery, 1999) and the acceleration component of oscillatory water flow (Montgomery et al, 1997;. Studies designed to identify the relative roles of vision and the lateral line system have often relied on experimental manipulation of the fish, e.g.…”

Section: What Is the Optimal Design For Fish Passage Structures?mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Karlsen and Sand, 1987;Kaus, 1987;Song et al, 1995) or physical (e.g. Montgomery et al, 1997; ablation of the lateral line submodalities. However, the destructive effects associated with these techniques could influence motivational state and consequent behaviour exhibited by the subjects.…”

Section: What Is the Optimal Design For Fish Passage Structures?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Experimentation at the interface of fluvial geomorphology, stream ecology and hydraulic engineering and the development of an effective, interdisciplinary river science

Rice

Lancaster

Kemp

2009

Earth Surf Processes Landf

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

One "2020 vision" for fluvial geomorphology is that it sits alongside stream ecology and hydraulic engineering as a key element of an integrated, interdisciplinary river science. A challenge to this vision is that scientists from these three communities may approach problems from different perspectives with different questions and have different methodological outlooks. Refining interdisciplinary methodology is important in this context, but raises a number of issues for geomorphologists, ecologists and engineers alike. In particular, we believe that it is important that there is greater dialogue about the nature of mutually-valued questions and the adoption of mutually-acceptable methods. As a contribution to this dialogue we examine the benefits and challenges of using physical experimentation in flume laboratories to ask interdisciplinary questions. Working in this arena presents the same challenges that experimental geomorphologists and engineers are familiar with (scaling up results, technical difficulties, realism) and some new ones including recognising the importance of biological processes, identifying hydraulically meaningful biological groups, accommodating the singular behaviour of individuals, understanding biological as well as physical stimuli, and the husbandry and welfare of live organisms. These issues are illustrated using two examples from flume experiments designed (1) to understand how the movement behaviours of aquatic insects through the near-bed flow field of gravelly river beds may allow them to survive flood events, and (2) how an understanding of the way in which fish behaviours and swimming capability are affected by flow conditions around artificial structures can lead to the design of effective fish passages. In each case, an interdisciplinary approach has been of substantial mutual benefit and led to greater insights than discipline-specific work would have produced. Looking forward to 2020, several key challenges for experimentalists working on the interface of fluvial geomorphology, stream ecology and hydraulic engineering are identified.3

show abstract

The lateral line can mediate rheotaxis in fish

Cited by 475 publications

References 15 publications

Sensory processing of water currents by fishes

Sensory processing of water currents by fishes

Hydrodynamic object recognition using pressure sensing

Experimentation at the interface of fluvial geomorphology, stream ecology and hydraulic engineering and the development of an effective, interdisciplinary river science

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About