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Photic and circadian regulation of self-feeding activity in ayu

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The self-feeding rhythms of ayu Plecoglossus altivelis altivelis were examined. Individual ayu (mean body weight 40 g) were held in 60-L glass tanks equipped with self-feeders. Six of 14 fish learned self-feeding during the experiment. Under two different light-dark (LD) conditions (16 h:8 h and 8 h:16h LD), self-feeding was synchronized to the LD cycle, and feeding occurred almost exclusively during the light phase. During exposure to constant light (LL), circadian feeding rhythms were observed. These results indicate self-feeding rhythms in ayu are restricted to the light phase under LD conditions and are controlled by the circadian clock under LL conditions.

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  1. School of Fisheries Sciences, Kitasato University, 022-0101, Ofunato, Iwate, Japan

    Masafumi Amano & Kunio Yamamori

  2. Department of Applied Biochemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Utsunomiya University, 321-8505, Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan

    Masayuki Iigo

  3. Department of Aquatic Bioscience, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, 113-3657, Tokyo, Japan

    Kiyoshi Furukawa

  4. Department of Animal Sciences, Teikyo University of Science and Technology, 409-0100, Yamanashi, Japan

    Mitsuo Tabata

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Amano, M., Iigo, M., Furukawa, K. et al. Photic and circadian regulation of self-feeding activity in ayu. Fish Sci 72, 250–255 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1444-2906.2006.01145.x

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