Impact of Vertically-Suspended Environmental Enrichment and Two Densities of Fish on Circular Tank Velocity Profiles
Impact of Vertically-Suspended Environmental Enrichment and Two Densities of Fish on Circular Tank Velocity Profiles作者机构：Benedictine College School of Engineering Atchison Kansas USA South Dakota Department of Game Fish and Parks McNenny State Fish Hatchery Spearfish South Dakota USA
出 版 物：《Engineering（科研）》 (工程（英文）（1947-3931）)
年 卷 期：2020年第12卷第10期
页 面：723-738页
学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学]
主 题：Circular Tank Velocity Environmental Enrichment Fish Density
摘 要：Vertically-suspended environmental enrichment has been shown to produce improvements in fish growth during hatchery rearing in circular tanks. This study documented the effects of a novel suspended structure on the velocity profile of a 3.63-m diameter circular tank containing juvenile landlocked fall Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) at two different densities (9.0 and 34.3 kg/m3). The addition of vertically-suspended structure to the tank significantly decreased velocities at nearly every sampling point, with velocities typically dropping from 15 cm/s without structure to less than 6 cm/s when structure was present. Fish density also significantly impacted in-tank velocities, with an inverse relationship observed between the density of fish and water velocity. Significant interactions were present among the presence or absence of structure and fish density. When structure and fish were absent, the velocity at the edge of the tank was 15.63 cm/s, which was significantly higher than the 4.75 cm/s velocity when both structure and the lower fish density were added, which was in turn significantly higher than the 2.29 cm/s velocity observed with structure and higher fish density. Despite the potentially unique features of this study, vertically-suspended environmental enrichment and the presence of fish clearly alter circular tank water velocities, which may at least partially explain the improvements in fish rearing performance observed with the use of suspended structure.
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