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Sensory deprivation and sensory input in rearing experiments

Entzug sensorischer Einflüsse und sensorische Aufnahme bei Zuchtversuchen

Helgoländer wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen volume 20, pages 642–654 (1970)Cite this article

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Marine Organismen, besonders Fischlarven, die in entsprechenden Kulturgefäßen gezüchtet werden, sind vor sensorischen Einflüssen nahezu abgeschirmt. Diese sind jedoch für eine entsprechende Entwicklung der Sinnesorgane und der ihnen zugeordneten Koordinations- und Assoziationszentren wichtig. Gezüchtete Meerestiere sind zudem oft einem ungünstigen Einfluß durch Übervölkerung ausgesetzt. Als Ergebnis derartiger sozialer Stressituationen können u. a. abnorme Verhaltensweisen, morphologische Veränderungen und Wachstumsdepressionen durch intraspezifische Konkurrenz auftreten. Insbesondere für die Aufzucht empfindlicher Meeresfische erscheint es angebracht, in den Zuchtbehältern eine natürliche Umwelt zu schaffen.

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1. Marine organisms reared in tanks, especially larval fish, are almost certainly deprived of sufficient sensory input for the proper development of the sense organs and their associated areas in the central nervous system. Input is also inadequate for the development of learned behavioural and physiological responses.

2. Input of a deleterious kind, as a result of social stress in crowded conditions, may also be present, leading to abnormal behaviour and undesirable morphological consequences. Specific inhibitors may also retard the growth of smaller individuals.

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  2. Dunstaffnage Marine Research Laboratory, Oban, Argyll, Scotland

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Blaxter, J.H.S. Sensory deprivation and sensory input in rearing experiments. Helgolander Wiss. Meeresunters 20, 642–654 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01609937

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