@article{fdi:010085153, title = {{S}hort-range movement pattern of amphidromous lagoon fish schools : ecological applications}, author = {{B}rehmer, {P}atrice and {S}oria, {M}arc and {D}avid, {V}. and {P}inzon, {P}. {I}. {C}. and {B}ach, {P}ascal and {D}iogoul, {N}. and {G}uillard, {J}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{H}igh-resolution multibeam sonar allows estimating movements of pelagic fish schools at short range. {T}aking advantage of this methodology, we calculated a {S}traightness {I}ndex ({SI}) to quantify the proportion of schools migrating actively from those residents in lagoon channels. {T}his information enhances our knowledge of both fish school displacements and migration processes, which are essential to improve our understanding of ecosystem functioning. {M}ost fish schools (65%) exhibited a {SI} value demonstrating oriented swimming behavior through the channels displayed by schools reaching the sea during fall migration. {T}his trend appears as an intrinsic property of school movements, allowing monitoring of the school migration process in a channel to provide information for manager vs. fishing regulation measures or lagoon planning. {T}he result strengthens the 'multi-transit' hypothesis, as 35% of schools show sinuous trajectories representative of schools staying in the channel or displaying high exploratory behaviors. {L}astly, the fish school {E}xploration {S}wimming {S}peed ({ESS}) was tested as a fishery-independent sampling method to evaluate the proportion of different fish species monitored using hydroacoustics. {T}his approach demonstrates the interest in using swimming behavioral characteristics of fish schools for ecological and management purposes.}, keywords = {fish displacement ; migration ; path sinuosity ; straightness index ; swimming speed ; swimming behavior ; fisheries acoustics ; hydroacoustics ; fish species identification ; {FRANCE} ; {MEDITERRANEE} ; {INGRIL} {ETANG} ; {PREVOST} {ETANG}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{W}ater}, volume = {14}, numero = {9}, pages = {1463 [14 ]}, year = {2022}, DOI = {10.3390/w14091463}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010085153}, }