TY - JOUR T1 - A meta‐analysis of fish behavioural reaction to underwater human presence A1 - Samia,Diogo S. M. A1 - Bessa,Eduardo A1 - Blumstein,Daniel T. A1 - Nunes,José A. C. C. A1 - Azzurro,Ernesto A1 - Morroni,Lorenzo A1 - Sbragaglia,Valerio A1 - Januchowski‐hartley,Fraser A. A1 - Geffroy,Benjamin AD - Department of Ecology, Bioscience Institute University of Sao Paulo Sao Paulo, Brazil AD - Life and Earth Sciences Area, FUP, and Graduate Program in Ecology, Biology Institute University of Brasília Distrito Federal, Brazil AD - Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of California Los Angeles California, USA AD - Laboratório de Ecologia e Conservação Marinha, Centro de Formação em Ciências Ambientais Universidade Federal do Sul da Bahia Itabuna, Brazil AD - Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA) Livorno, Italy AD - Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn Napoles, Italy AD - Department of Biology and Ecology of Fishes Leibniz‐Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries Berlin,Germany AD - MARBEC, Ifremer University Montpellier, CNRS, IRD Palavas‐Les‐Flots ,France AD - MARBEC, Ifremer University Montpellier, CNRS, IRD Palavas‐Les‐Flots ,France UR - https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12378 DO - 10.1111/faf.12378 KW - antipredator behaviour KW - economic escape theory KW - fish size KW - flight initiation distance KW - shoal size N2 - In an increasingly anthropic world, humans have profound impacts on the distribution and behaviour of marine fishes. The increased human presence has modified fishesf antipredator behavioural responses, and consequently flight decisions, as a function of their changed perceptions of risk. Understanding how fish react to human presence can help identify the most vulnerable functional groups/species and estimate impacts caused by human disturbance. Shoal and body size are known to influence fish flight initiation distance (FID; the distance between the predator and prey when the prey begins to escape); however, few studies attempt to test the moderators of these relationships. Here, we present a comprehensive meta]analysis evaluating FID of fish in response to human presence. Specifically, we investigated six candidate moderators that could influence the relationship between FID with shoal and body size. Our results showed that individual fish size was strongly and positively correlated with FID and the most important moderator that explained the variance in individual body size]FID relationship was shoaling behaviour. However, and somehow surprisingly, we detected no significant relationship between shoal size and FID. We discuss how these results can inform the development of fish conservation strategies and ultimately assist in the management of marine protected areas. Y1 - 2019/09 PB - Wiley JF - Fish And Fisheries SN - 1467-2960 VL - 20 IS - 5 SP - 817 EP - 829 ID - 61173 ER -