Becoming a better swimmer: structural complexity enhances agility in a captive-reared fish

Sammanfattning

To test whether swimming skills can be improved by exposure to structurally complex environments, juvenile rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss were reared in either physically enriched or plain tanks for 2 months and were then screened to test their ability to swim along a channel while avoiding obstructions. The results show that even a relatively short exposure period to enrichment improves O. mykiss swimming agility. (C) 2016 The Fisheries Society of the British Isles

Nyckelord

environmental enrichment; hatchery-reared; Oncorhynchus mykiss; physical enrichment; release

Publicerad i

Journal of Fish Biology
2017, volym: 90, nummer: 3, sidor: 1112-1117

SLU författare

• Ahlbeck Bergendahl, Ida

  • Pennsylvania State University

UKÄ forskningsämne

Etologi

Publikationens identifierare

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.13232

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https://res.slu.se/id/publ/83528