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Development and application of methods for investigating the ratio of rheoreaction types of fish in a circular tank

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Methods for evaluating the motivational component of the fish rheoreaction (ratio of rheoreaction types) are developed and tested in a circular hydrodynamic tank for three fish species (Danio rerio, Poecilia reticulata, and Inpaichthys kerri). Three rheoreaction types of fish were distinguished: a positive type (fish movements against water current), a negative type (fish movements along with water current), and a compensatory type (fish maintaining their position in relation to immobile reference points). The main distinguishing features of these new methods are unrestricted distance for fish movements, continuous monitoring of individual fish movements (video recording), and evaluation of ratio between the types of rheoreaction in terms of duration of demonstration of these types by each. The minimum required observation time and water current velocities are determined. It is shown that these methods can be used for investigating the types of rheoreaction in different fish species. Every single individual repeatedly demonstrated all these three rheoreaction types during the test.

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Original Russian Text © V.Yu. Ponomareva, D.S. Pavlov, V.V. Kostin, 2017, published in Biologiya Vnutrennykh Vod, 2017, No. 1, pp. 100–108.

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Ponomareva, V.Y., Pavlov, D.S. & Kostin, V.V. Development and application of methods for investigating the ratio of rheoreaction types of fish in a circular tank. Inland Water Biol 10, 103–111 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995082917010151

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