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The effect of raising conditions on behavior of juvenile roach Rutilus rutilus (L.) (Cyprinidae)

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The behavior of juvenile 4.5-month-old roach Rutilus rutilus (L.) raised (starting on the 12th day after hatching) at different levels of habitat informational diversity (feeding with live and immobilized zooplankton and benthos, the presence of a predator, and a constant water flow in the nursery aquarium) was studied. The fish’s exploratory behavior and locomotor activity were tested in a circular chamber; swimming activity was tested in a hydrodynamic conduit. It was experimentally shown that juvenile roach raised in the presence of a predator differed significantly (p < 0.05) in regards to behavioral characteristics from the fries raised in a water current and in conditions of a high level of environmental deprivation.

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Original Russian Text © E.S. Smirnova, 2010, published in Biologiya Vnutrennikh Vod, No. 3, 2010, pp. 75–81.

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Smirnova, E.S. The effect of raising conditions on behavior of juvenile roach Rutilus rutilus (L.) (Cyprinidae). Inland Water Biol 3, 275–281 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995082910030119

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