Research interests

My main research interest is to understand the social organization inside a fish population by studying the different means of communication as well as the constraints (biotic and abiotic) to which they are submitted. The fish species studied is Pygocentrus natterei (the most common piranha species) which present the ability to produce sound thanks to the contraction of sonic muscles well developed inducing the compression of swimbladder. The purpose of the project is to describe fish behaviours associated with sounds and to identify the factors influencing the emissions, as for example: breeding behaviour, density and interactions between males, females, male/female, and within the whole group.

Domestication, Selection and Behaviour in Sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.): variability in behavioural abilities and stress tolerance in different strains (University of La Rochelle, France).

Millot S., Vandewalle P., Parmentier E. 2011.
Sound production in red-bellied piranhas (Pygocentrus nattereri, Kner):
an acoustical, behavioural and morphofunctional study.
Journal of Experimental Biology 241: 3613-3618.

Millot S., Péan S., Leguay D., Vergnet A., Chatain B., Bégout M.L. 2010.
Evaluation of behavioral changes induced by a first step of domestication or selection for growth in the European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax): a self-feeding approach under repeated acute stress.
Aquaculture 306: 211-217. (abstract)

Bégout M.L., Faucher K., Lefrançois C., Millot S. 2011.
Perception sensorielle et comportement chez la truite arc-en-ciel. In: La truite arc-en-ciel, de la biologie à l’élevage (Jalabert, B. & Fostier, A. eds), pp. 320.
QUAE éditions.

Millot S., Bégout M-L., Chatain B. 2009.
Risk-taking behaviour variation over time in sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax: effects of day-night alternation, fish phenotypic characteristics and selection for growth.
Journal of Fish Biology 75: 1733-1749. (abstract)

Durieux, E.D.H., Le Duigou, M., Millot, S., Sasal, P., Bégout M.-L. 2009.
Sedentary establishment in o-group common sole Solea solea: a laboratory video-tracking study.
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 89: 1-6. (abstract)

Millot S., Bégout M-L. 2009.
Individual fish rhythm directs group feeding: a case study with sea bass juveniles (Dicentrarchus labrax) under self-demand feeding conditions.
Aquatic Living Resources, 22: 363-370. (abstract)

Millot S., Bégout M-L., Chatain B. 2009.
Exploration behavior and flight response toward a stimulus in three sea bass strains (Dicentrarchus labrax L.).
Applied Animal Behaviour Sciences, 119: 108-114. (abstract)

Millot S., Bégout M.L, Person-le Ruyet J., Breuil G., Di-Poï C., Fievet J., Pineau P., Roué M., Sévère A. 2008.
Feed demand behaviour in sea bass juveniles: effects on individual specific growth rate variation and health (inter-individual and inter-group variation).
Aquaculture, 274: 87-95. (abstract)

Lagardère J.P., Millot S., Parmentier E. 2005.
Aspects of sound communication in the pearl fish, Carapus boraborensis and Carapus homei (Carapidae).
Journal of Experimental Zoology, 303A: 1066-1074. (abstract)

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