PUBLICATION
An Automated Low-Cost Swim Tunnel for Measuring Swimming Performance in Fish
- Authors
- Lucon-Xiccato, T., Bella, L., Mainardi, E., Baraldi, M., Bottarelli, M., Sandonà, D., Bertolucci, C.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-210421-4
- Date
- 2021
- Source
- Zebrafish 18(3): 231-234 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Bertolucci, Cristiano, Lucon-Xiccato, Tyrone
- Keywords
- Ucrit, cavefish, fish, medaka, swimming behavior, swimming performance, zebrafish
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Fishes/physiology*
- Oryzias/physiology
- Poecilia/physiology
- Swimming*/physiology
- Zebrafish/physiology
- PubMed
- 33877911 Full text @ Zebrafish
Citation
Lucon-Xiccato, T., Bella, L., Mainardi, E., Baraldi, M., Bottarelli, M., Sandonà, D., Bertolucci, C. (2021) An Automated Low-Cost Swim Tunnel for Measuring Swimming Performance in Fish. Zebrafish. 18(3):231-234.
Abstract
The study of swimming behavior is an important part of fish biology research and the swim tunnel is used to study swimming performance as well as metabolism of fish. In this investigation, we have developed a user-friendly, automated, modular, and low-cost swim tunnel that permits to study the performance of one or more fish separately, as well as a small group of individuals. To validate our swim tunnel, we assessed swimming activity of four different species (zebrafish, medaka, guppy, and cavefish) recording reliable data of swimming behavior and performance. Because swimming behavior has been recently used in different fields from physiology to ecotoxicology, our setup could help researchers with a low-cost solution.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping