University of Groningen
Experimental analysis and modelling of the behavioural interactions underlying the
coordination of collective motion and the propagation of information in fish schools
Lecheval, Valentin Jacques Dominique
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Experimental analysis and modelling of the
behavioural interactions underlying the
coordination of collective motion and the
propagation of information in fish schools
PhD thesis
to obtain the degree of PhD at the University of Groningen
on the authority of the Rector Magnificus Prof. E. Sterken
and in accordance with the decision by the College of Deans.
and
to obtain the degree of PhD of the University of Toulouse 3 Paul Sabatier.
Double PhD degree
This thesis will be defended in public on Tuesday 5 December 2017 at 11.00 hours
by
Valentin Lecheval
born on 4 June 1990 in Nantes, France
Supervisors Prof. dr. C.K. Hemelrijk Prof. dr. G. Theraulaz Assessment committee Prof. dr. N. Destainville Prof. dr. L.C. Verbrugge Prof. dr. S. Verhulst Prof. dr. J. Halloy Dr. C.C. Ioannou Dr. C.J. Torney
Contents
1 General introduction 1
1.1 Collective motion in fish . . . 1
1.2 Analysing collective motion in fish . . . 3
1.3 Propagation of information in animal groups . . . 5
1.4 Communication in fish schools . . . 9
1.5 Thesis overview . . . 10
I What are the individual-level interactions and behavioural rules that give rise to coordinated swimming? 15 2 Disentangling and modelling interactions in fish with burst-and-coast swimming 17 Daniel S. Calovi, Alexandra Litchinko, Valentin Lecheval, Ugo Lopez, Al-fonso P´erez Escudero, Hugues Chat´e, Cl´ement Sire, Guy Theraulaz 2.1 Introduction . . . 18
2.2 Results . . . 22
2.3 Discussion and conclusion . . . 35
Appendix 2.A Intelligent and dumb active matter . . . 38
Appendix 2.B Experimental procedures and data collection . . . 40
Appendix 2.C Data extraction and pre-processing . . . 42
Appendix 2.D Analysis of the interactions . . . 47
Appendix 2.E Parameter estimation and simulations . . . 51
3 A data-driven method to investigate the integration of in-formation in fish schools 57 Valentin Lecheval, Hanno Hildenbrandt, Cl´ement Sire, Guy Theraulaz and Charlotte K. Hemelrijk 3.1 Introduction . . . 58
3.2 Material and methods . . . 59
3.3 Results . . . 70 i
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3.4 Discussion . . . 81
II How does information propagate in groups of fish in response to perturbations? 87 4 Domino-like propagation of collective U-turns in fish schools 89 Valentin Lecheval, Li Jiang, Pierre Tichit, Cl´ement Sire, Charlotte K. Hemel-rijk and Guy Theraulaz 4.1 Introduction . . . 90
4.2 Material and Methods . . . 91
4.3 Results . . . 96
4.4 Modelling collective U-turns . . . 98
4.5 Discussion . . . 102
Appendix 4.A Experimental procedures & data collection . . . . 106
Appendix 4.B Supplemental figures . . . 110
5 Conditioning an avoidance response in groups of rummy-nose tetra (Hemigrammus rhodostomus) 125 Valentin Lecheval, Patrick Arrufat, St´ephane Ferrere, Charlotte K. Hemel-rijk and Guy Theraulaz 5.1 Introduction . . . 126
5.2 Material and methods . . . 127
5.3 Results . . . 132
5.4 Discussion . . . 139
6 General discussion 141 6.1 Overview of the main results . . . 141
6.2 Outlook and future work . . . 147
Summary 151
R´esum´e 153
Samenvatting 155
Acknowledgements 157
Bibliography 159
Appendix A Informative and misinformative interactions in a
CONTENTS iii
Emanuele Crosato, Li Jiang, Valentin Lecheval, Joseph T. Lizier, X. Rosalind Wang, Pierre Tichit, Guy Theraulaz, Mikhail Prokopenko
Appendix B Identifying influential neighbors in animal
flock-ing 199
Li Jiang, Luca Giuggioli, Andrea Perna, Ram´on Escobedo, Valentin Lecheval, Cl´ement Sire, Zhangang Han, Guy Theraulaz
