Flume choice experiments with Bicolor damselfish and Mahi Mahi

This dataset is derived from a series of flume choice experiments using Bicolor Damselfish (Stegastes partitus) and Mahi Mahi (Coryphaena hippurus). Flume choice experiments used an experimental chamber with two streams of water, control seawater and seawater with an olfactory cue, moving through the chamber and kept separate by laminar flow. Fish position in the chamber, in or out of the cue, was recorded every five-seconds for two minutes and the percent time that an individual fish spent in the olfactory cue was calculated. Bicolor Damselfish and Mahi Mahi were tested with a chemical alarm cue derived from the skin of conspecifics and with dilutions of crude oil. Bicolor Damselfish were additionally pre-exposed to a 24-hr incubation of a crude oil dilution and re-tested in the flume choice system with the conspecific chemical alarm cue and control seawater. Mahi Mahi were additionally pre-exposed to a 24-hr incubation of crude oil dilutions and re-tested in the flume choice system with dilutions of crude oil and control seawater.