scholarly journals Swimming performance of sauger (Sander canadensis) in relation to fish passage

2017 ◽  
Vol 74 (12) ◽  
pp. 2035-2044 ◽  
Author(s):  
David R. Dockery ◽  
Thomas E. McMahon ◽  
Kevin M. Kappenman ◽  
Matthew Blank
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
Habitat Fragmentation ◽  
Water Temperature ◽  
High Probability ◽  
Open Channel ◽  
Swimming Performance ◽  
Fish Passage ◽  
Migratory Species ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
Burst Swimming

A lack of information on the swimming abilities of sauger (Sander canadensis), a highly migratory species particularly sensitive to habitat fragmentation, may inhibit the design of effective passage structures for this species. Passage success, maximum ascent distances, and maximum sprint velocities of sauger were estimated in an open-channel flume over a range of water velocities (51, 78, and 92 cm·s−1) and temperatures (10.0, 14.3, and 18.3 °C) to assess swimming performance. Passage success was high (91%) over all test velocities, as was the maximum instantaneous burst velocity (219 cm·s−1). Water temperature and body size had little effect on swimming performance. Sauger transitioned from steady, sustained swimming to unsteady, burst–glide, or steady burst swimming at 97 cm·s−1. Sauger were capable of sustained sprints of 124 cm·s−1 over 15 s duration in a swim chamber. Results suggest passage structures with water velocities less than 97 cm·s−1 should provide high probability of successful passage of adult sauger, whereas structures with water velocities exceeding 219 cm·s−1 may be impassable.

Swimming performance of upstream migrant fishes in open-channel flow: a new approach to predicting passage through velocity barriers

2004 ◽  
Vol 61 (9) ◽  
pp. 1590-1601 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Haro ◽  
Theodore Castro-Santos ◽  
John Noreika ◽  
Mufeed Odeh
Keyword(s):  
Fish Species ◽  
Open Channel ◽  
Swimming Performance ◽  
Fish Passage ◽  
Maximum Distance ◽  
Migratory Fish ◽  
Alosa Pseudoharengus ◽  
Interspecific Differences ◽  
Alosa Aestivalis ◽  
Few Data

The ability to traverse barriers of high-velocity flow limits the distributions of many diadromous and other migratory fish species, yet very few data exist that quantify this ability. We provide a detailed analysis of sprint swimming ability of six migratory fish species (American shad (Alosa sapidissima), alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus), blueback herring (Alosa aestivalis), striped bass (Morone saxatilis), walleye (Stizostedion vitreum), and white sucker (Catostomus commersoni)) against controlled water velocities of 1.5–4.5 m·s–1 in a large, open-channel flume. Performance was strictly voluntary: no coercive incentives were used to motivate fish to sprint. We used these data to generate models of maximum distance traversed, taking into account effects of flow velocity, body length, and temperature. Although the maximum distance traversed decreased with increasing velocity, the magnitude of this effect varied among species. Other covariate effects were likewise variable, with divergent effects of temperature and nonuniform length effects. These effects do not account for all of the variability in performance, however, and behavioral traits may account for observed interspecific differences. We propose the models be used to develop criteria for fish passage structures, culverts, and breached dams.

scholarly journals The use of morphometric analysis to predict the swimming efficiency of two Neotropical long-distance migratory species in fish passage

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 797-804 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucileine de Assumpção ◽  
Maristela Cavicchioli Makrakis ◽  
Sergio Makrakis ◽  
Ricardo Luiz Wagner ◽  
Patrícia Sarai da Silva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Swimming Performance ◽  
Hydroelectric Power Plant ◽  
Fish Passage ◽  
Hydroelectric Power ◽  
Migratory Species ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Prochilodus Lineatus ◽  
Fish Ladder ◽  
Swimming Efficiency ◽  
Ascent Time

This study investigated the external body morphology (based on morphometric data) and the swimming efficiency in fish passages (based on the ascent time in a fish ladder) of two Neotropical long-distance migratory species. The fish were collected in the fish ladder of the Porto Primavera Hydroelectric Power Plant (known as Engenheiro Sergio Motta), upper Paraná River, Brazil. The species differ in several morphometric ratios related to swimming performance. Prochilodus lineatus exhibited a higher muscle ratio and caudal fin length ratio. However, Leporinus elongatus showed higher values for the fineness ratio, a higher length from snout to pectoral fin base ratio, and a higher caudal peduncle depth factor. Although both species show good swimming performance, the characteristics listed above may enable L. elongatus to apply greater power and propulsion, allowing it to reach a high swimming speed and to exhibit greater efficiency than P. lineatus. Leporinus elongatus moves faster than P. lineatus and has a lower mean ascent time (1.39 hours) than P. lineatus (3.76 hours). Prochilodus lineatus would require a somewhat longer time to pass through the fish ladder.

scholarly journals Swimming Performance of Four Carps on the Yangtze River for Fish Passage Design

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 1575
Author(s):  
Junjun Tan ◽  
Hong Li ◽  
Wentao Guo ◽  
Honglin Tan ◽  
Senfan Ke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Length ◽  
Swimming Speed ◽  
Swimming Performance ◽  
Fish Habitat ◽  
Silver Carp ◽  
Fish Passage ◽  
The Body ◽  
Bighead Carp ◽  
Black Carp ◽  
Burst Swimming

Anthropogenic engineered structures alter the local ecological connectivity of river and survival habitat of native fishes. The swimming performance is critical for establishing fish passage or fish habitat. This study evaluated the swimming performance of four carps (black carp, grass carp, silver carp and bighead carp) with smaller body lengths (1.0–9.0 cm) in a swimming flume. The results showed that the critical and burst swimming speed (m/s) of the four carps increased with the increased body length, and the relative (critical and burst) swimming speed (the critical and burst swimming speed divided by the body length, BL/s) decreases with body length. The critical and burst swimming speed of each species at two individual length groups (1.0–5.0 cm, 5.1–9.0 cm) was significantly different (p < 0.05), and the water velocities in fish passage should be less than the fish burst swimming speed. The results further provided the swimming performance data of juvenile carps and provided technical reference for the construction of fish passage and the restoration of ecological habitat.

scholarly journals Swimming Performance of Rainbow Trout and Westslope Cutthroat Trout in an Open-Channel Flume

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 217-225
Author(s):  
Matt D. Blank ◽  
Kevin M. Kappenman ◽  
Kathryn Plymesser ◽  
Katharine Banner ◽  
Joel Cahoon
Keyword(s):  
Rainbow Trout ◽  
Confidence Interval ◽  
Open Channel ◽  
Swimming Performance ◽  
Weighted Least Squares ◽  
Fork Length ◽  
Cutthroat Trout ◽  
Fish Passage ◽  
Least Squares Regression ◽  
Westslope Cutthroat Trout

Abstract We used an open-channel flume to characterize the swimming performance of Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss and Westslope Cutthroat Trout Oncorhynchus clarki lewisi ranging nominally in fork length from 15 to 30 cm. With an open-channel flume, we observed volitional swim performance of wild-caught Rainbow Trout and Westslope Cutthroat Trout; the fish were not coerced, prodded, or spooked into action. We also observed the maximum short-duration swim speed of the fish, providing important effective leap or velocity challenge information for the design of intentional barriers. We conducted the experiment with a consistently low water velocity challenge and characterized swim speeds by using weighted least-squares regression, revealing no evidence of a difference in swim speeds between the two species. We estimated the overall average swim speed for Rainbow Trout to be 0.84 m/s (SE = 0.02), with a 95% confidence interval of 0.79–0.89 m/s, and that for Westslope Cutthroat Trout to be 0.84 m/s (SE = 0.03), with a 95% confidence interval of 0.78–0.90 m/s. The maximum swim speeds observed were 2.72 m/s for Rainbow Trout and 3.55 m/s for Westslope Cutthroat Trout. The project results provide new information on the swimming ability of wild Rainbow Trout and Westslope Cutthroat Trout that can be used to improve fish passage or barrier design.

Domestication is associated with reduced burst swimming performance and increased body size in clonal rainbow trout lines

Aquaculture ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 420-421 ◽  
pp. 154-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristy L. Bellinger ◽  
Gary H. Thorgaard ◽  
Patrick A. Carter
Keyword(s):  
Rainbow Trout ◽  
Body Size ◽  
Swimming Performance ◽  
Burst Swimming

scholarly journals Size Matters, but Species Do Not: No Evidence for Species-Specific Swimming Performance in Co-Occurring Great Basin Stream Fishes

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (18) ◽  
pp. 2570
Author(s):  
John R. Aedo ◽  
Keith R. Otto ◽  
Russell B. Rader ◽  
Rollin H. Hotchkiss ◽  
Mark C. Belk
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
Habitat Use ◽  
Great Basin ◽  
Swimming Performance ◽  
Fish Passage ◽  
Stream Fishes ◽  
Species Identity ◽  
Trade Off ◽  
Critical Measure ◽  
Species Specific

For fishes, swimming performance is an important predictor of habitat use and a critical measure for the design of effective fish passage systems. Few studies have examined burst and prolonged types of swimming performance among several co-occurring species, and swimming performance in many fish communities is undocumented. In this study, we characterize both burst (c-start velocity) and prolonged speed (critical swim speed) across a poorly documented, co-occurring group of stream fishes within the Great Basin of the western USA. We documented the variation in swim speed associated with species, habitat, and body size. Body size had an overwhelming effect on both burst speed and prolonged speed, whereas habitat use and species identity were not significant predictors. Among species, there is no evidence of a trade-off between burst swim speed and prolonged swim speed. Lack of a trade-off in performance between burst swim speed and prolonged swim speed among species may be due to unexpectedly high prolonged swim speeds exhibited by species that used substrate-bracing behaviors. Incorporating body size and variation in behavior, such as substrate-bracing behaviors, into fish passage models will likely be sufficient to ensure the passage of all species without the need to account for species-specific swimming abilities. However, these results characterize the swimming performance for threatened and common fish species such that other comparisons can be made and species-specific studies can access accurate data.

scholarly journals Water temperature drives variability in salmonfly abundance, emergence timing, and body size

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (7) ◽  
pp. 1013-1022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heidi E. Anderson ◽  
Lindsey K. Albertson ◽  
David M. Walters
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
Water Temperature

Intraspecific body size increases with habitat fragmentation in wild bee pollinators

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (7) ◽  
pp. 1449-1455 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniela Warzecha ◽  
Tim Diekötter ◽  
Volkmar Wolters ◽  
Frank Jauker
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
Habitat Fragmentation ◽  
Wild Bee

Annual variations in body-size spectra of planktonic ciliate communities and their relationships to environmental conditions: a case study in Jiaozhou Bay, northern China

2012 ◽  
Vol 93 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henglong Xu ◽  
Yong Jiang ◽  
Wei Zhang ◽  
Mingzhuang Zhu ◽  
Khaled A. S. Al-Rasheid ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
Water Temperature ◽  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Jiaozhou Bay ◽  
Northern China ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Yellow Sea ◽  
Size Spectra ◽  
Annual Variations ◽  
Planktonic Ciliate

The annual variations in body-size spectra of planktonic ciliate communities and their relationships to environmental conditions were studied based on a 12-month dataset (June 2007 to May 2008) from Jiaozhou Bay on the Yellow Sea coast of northern China. Based on the dataset, the body sizes of the ciliates, expressed as equivalent spherical diameters, included five ranks: S1 (5–35 μm); S2 (35–55 μm); S3 (55–75 μm); S4 (75–100 μm); and S5 (100–350 μm). These body-size ranks showed a clear temporal succession of dominance in the order of S2 (January–April) → S1 (May–July) → S4 (August–September) → S3 (October–December). Multivariate analyses showed that the temporal variations in their body-size patterns were significantly correlated with changes in environmental conditions, especially water temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen concentration (DO) and nutrients. In terms of abundance, rank S2 was significantly correlated with water temperature, DO and nutrients, whereas ranks S4 and S5 were correlated with the salinity and nutrients respectively (P < 0.05). These results suggest that the body-size patterns of planktonic ciliate communities showed a clear temporal pattern during an annual cycle and significantly associated with environmental conditions in marine ecosystems.

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