Issue |
Bull. Fr. Pêche Piscic.
Number 376-377, 2005
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Page(s) | 787 - 793 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae:2005033 | |
Published online | 01 April 2008 |
SHELTERING BEHAVIOUR OF SPINYCHEEK CRAYFISH (ORCONECTES LIMOSUS) IN THE PRESENCE OF AN ARTIFICIAL MAGNETIC FIELD
COMPORTEMENT DE CACHE DE L’ÉCREVISSE AMÉRICAINE (ORCONECTESLIMOSUS) SOUMIS A UN CHAMP MAGNÉTIQUE ARTIFICIEL
1
Agricultural University of Szczecin, Department of Fish Anatomy and Embryology 4 Kazimierza Królewicza St., 71-550 Szczecin, Poland.
2
University of Szczecin, Department of Ecology, ul. Wďska 13, 71-412 Szczecin, Poland.
Received:
18
January
2005
Accepted:
6
June
2005
The potential of artificial hideouts, outfitted with magnets or their imitations (control), to attract spinycheek crayfish Orconectes limosus was studied. The experiments were carried out within 1999-2002 in an 80-hectar natural lake. There were three parallel setups, with three experimental treatments (hideouts) each. The presently acquired results suggest explicitly that the magnetic field generated at the entrance to the hideouts (made of ceramic pipes), affects the movement direction of crayfish. This was evident from statistically significant differences between the numbers of crayfish attracted to the pipes equipped with magnets and to the control ones.
Résumé
L’attractivité de caches artificielles, équipées de sondes magnétiques ou de leurres, a été étudiée chez les écrevisses américaines. Les expériences ont été menées de 1999 à 2000 dans un lac naturel de 80 hectares. Trois lots expérimentaux ont été réalisés avec trois types de traitements (caches). Les résultats suggèrent que le champ magnétique généré à l’entrée des caches (structure en céramique) affecte le sens du déplacement des écrevisses. Il existe des différences significatives sur le nombre d’écrevisses attirées entre des caches équipées de sondes magnétiques et celles des lots témoin.
Key words: Spinycheek crayfish / sheltering / artificial magnetic field / magnetoreception
Mots clés : écrevisse américaine / cache / champ magnétique artificiel / réception magnétique
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