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

Abstract

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

Keywords

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

Published in

Journal of Fish Biology
2017, volume: 90, number: 3, pages: 1112-1117

SLU Authors

• Ahlbeck Bergendahl, Ida

  • Pennsylvania State University

UKÄ Subject classification

Behavioral Sciences Biology

Publication identifier

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

Permanent link to this page (URI)

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