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ESOX Behavioral Research
REPRODUCTION
DIET & FEEDING PHOTOPERIODISM
http://cas.bellarmine.edu/tietjen/Animal%20Behavior/circadian_rhythms.htm
Researchers prove that a non-visual light sensor sets our daily clock; a likely candidate for that role appears to fulfill other clock functions too.
INSTINCT VS. CONDITIONING
http://www.epub.org.br/cm/n09/fastfacts/comportold_i.htm
Instinctive Behavior: Fixed Action Patterns, Silvia Helena Cardoso, PhD
http://www.educationau.edu.au/archives/cp/04j.htm
The theory of B.F. Skinner is based upon the idea that learning is a function of change in overt behavior.
http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/col/behsys/operant.html
Operant (Instrumental) Conditioning
http://tip.psychology.org/skinner.html
Operant Conditioning
http://www.nida.nih.gov/MeetSum/NS99/Cahillabs.html
Mutations That Alter Circadian Rhythms of Behavior in Zebrafish
http://stammhirn.biologie.uni-ulm.de/w4priewe/scorpy.htm
Circadian Rhythms
http://www.ultranet.com/~jkimball/BiologyPages/I/InnateBehavior.html
Behavior is action that alters the relationship between an organism and its environment
http://www.ifisiol.unam.mx/Brain/behav.htm
Behavior defined as a motor act
http://hamilton.voorhees.k12.nj.us/CARROLL/page6.html
Systems and Interactions: What makes Animals behave the way they do?
http://faculty.ed.uiuc.edu/g-cziko/wm/08.html
8 Adapted Behaviors as the Control of Perception
http://www.aquariacentral.com/articles/school.shtml
Schooling Fish and Schooling Behavior
http://vcs.abdn.ac.uk/BIO_SOIL/trout/contents.html
Fish Behavior Associated with Dominance Hierarchies
LOCATION
http://www.picknowl.com.au/homepages/djb/How_SMART.htm
There still remains a huge amount to be studied about the intelligence of the more flexible and adaptable reef fishes