Towards of a firmer explanation of large shoal formation, maintenance and collective reactions in marine fish

Guillaume Rieucau1, Anders Fernö2, Christos C. Ioannou3, Nils Olav Handegard1
1Institute of Marine Research, Nordnes, Bergen, Norway
2Department of Biology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
3School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

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