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SHORT COMMUNICATION: Group ‘resting’ behaviour in a population of captive bull huss (Scyliorhinus stellaris)

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Aquarium Sciences and Conservation

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Captive bull huss, Scyliorhinus stellaris (L.), ‘rest’ in groups more often than alone. These groups are of fluid composition, suggesting that there is no special need to maintain group membership when translocating animals.

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  1. CERCI, The School of Environmental Sciences, University College Scarborough, Scarborough, N. Yorkshire, YO11 3AZ, United Kingdom

    G.W. Scott & J. Holding

  2. The Sea Life Centre, Scarborough, N. Yorkshire, YO12 6RP, United Kingdom

    K. Gibbs

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Scott, G., Gibbs, K. & Holding, J. SHORT COMMUNICATION: Group ‘resting’ behaviour in a population of captive bull huss (Scyliorhinus stellaris). Aquarium Sciences and Conservation 1, 251–254 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018364424195

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