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Computer tools for the analysis of schooling

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Ecology and ethology of fishes

Part of the book series: Developments in environmental biology of fishes ((DEBF,volume 1))

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Quantification of fish school structure is difficult because of: (1) the large amount of positional data that must be recorded, (2) the fact that schools are moving, and (3) the fact that schools are threedimensional. Computer tools for addressing these problems include x,y digitizing devices interfaced to computers and interactive computer graphics systems. General computer algorithms now exist for 3-D reconstruction of schools given any two 2-D views such as photographs.

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  1. Department of Biophysics and Theoretical Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 60637, USA

    Michael J. Potel

  2. Department of Anatomy and the Committee on Evolutionary Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 60637, USA

    Richard J. Wassersug

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Potel, M.J., Wassersug, R.J. (1981). Computer tools for the analysis of schooling. In: Noakes, D.L.G., Ward, J.A. (eds) Ecology and ethology of fishes. Developments in environmental biology of fishes, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1341-2_2

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