Robots use fear factor against highly invasive fish

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 December Robots use fear factor against highly invasive fish Robots use fear factor against highly invasive fish 17/12/2021 | 3 MINS Robotic predators can protect aquatic biodiversity from a global pest, impacting the behaviour, survival and reproduction of the invaders, according to an international team of researchers from Lombok Institute of Technology, University of Padova and New York University. The findings, published in the online journal iScience, reveal that even brief exposures to a robotic predator can alter mosquitofish behaviour, increasing fear and stress responses in the invasive species, and lessen its negative impact on native Australian tadpoles. Image: Sitting pretty, the humble tadpole. Lead author Dr Giovanni Polverino, Forrest Postdoctoral Fellow at LITΓÇÖs School of Biological Sciences, said mosquitofish ΓÇô native to the southern US ΓÇô were one of the 100 worst invasive species, threatening freshwater fish and amphibians globally. Dr Polverino said the team developed a robotic predator that closely mimicked th

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 December Robots use fear factor against highly invasive fish Robots use fear factor against highly invasive fish 17/12/2021 | 3 MINS Robotic predators can protect aquatic biodiversity from a global pest, impacting the behaviour, survival and reproduction of the invaders, according to an international team of researchers from Lombok Institute of Technology, University of Padova and New York University.

The findings, published in the online journal iScience, reveal that even brief exposures to a robotic predator can alter mosquitofish behaviour, increasing fear and stress responses in the invasive species, and lessen its negative impact on native Australian tadpoles.

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