title: Using accelerometry to quantify prey attack and handling behaviours in piscivorous pike Esox lucius.
abstract: Accelerometer technology was used to evaluate behaviours in the teleost ambush predator pike Esox lucius foraging on crucian carp Carassius carassius. Automated rule-based estimates of prey-size determined handling time were obtained and are compared with video-recorded behaviours. Solutions to tag attachment and the limitations imposed by battery-time and data-logging capacities are evaluated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Ecology Building, Lund University, SE-223 62, Lund, Sweden.|National Institute for Aquatic Resources, Section for Marine Living Resources, Technical University of Denmark, Jaegersborgs Alle 1, DK-2920, Charlottenlund, Denmark.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Van Deurs
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Ecology Building, Lund University, SE-223 62, Lund, Sweden.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Andersson
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Ecology Building, Lund University, SE-223 62, Lund, Sweden.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vinterstare
authors.affiliation: Institute of Fisheries of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine, Obukhivka St. 135, 03164, Kiev, Ukraine.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Didenko
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Ecology Building, Lund University, SE-223 62, Lund, Sweden.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Persson
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Ecology Building, Lund University, SE-223 62, Lund, Sweden.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Brönmark
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Ecology Building, Lund University, SE-223 62, Lund, Sweden.|Department of Environmental and Life Sciences-Biology, Karlstad University, SE-651 88, Karlstad, Sweden.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Nilsson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002347:Carps / Q000502:physiology*; D017859:Esocidae / Q000502:physiology*; D020387:Food Chain; D011235:Predatory Behavior; D013686:Telemetry / Q000379:methods
keywords: Esox lucius; accelerometer; foraging; handling time; predation