An Automated Low-Cost Swim Tunnel for Measuring Swimming Performance in Fish.

IF 1.4 4区生物学 Q4 DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Zebrafish Pub Date : 2021-06-01 Epub Date: 2021-04-20 DOI:10.1089/zeb.2020.1975

Tyrone Lucon-Xiccato, Laura Bella, Elena Mainardi, Mattia Baraldi, Michele Bottarelli, Dorianna Sandonà, Cristiano Bertolucci

引用次数: 5

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.

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一种用于测量鱼类游泳性能的低成本自动游泳隧道。

游动行为研究是鱼类生物学研究的重要组成部分，而游动隧道是研究鱼类游动性能和代谢的重要工具。在这项研究中，我们开发了一种用户友好、自动化、模块化和低成本的游泳隧道，可以单独研究一条或多条鱼的表现，也可以研究一小群鱼的表现。为了验证我们的游泳隧道，我们评估了四种不同物种(斑马鱼、medaka、孔雀鱼和洞穴鱼)的游泳活动，记录了游泳行为和表现的可靠数据。由于游泳行为最近被用于从生理学到生态毒理学的不同领域，我们的设置可以帮助研究人员提供低成本的解决方案。

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来源期刊

Zebrafish DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY-ZOOLOGY

CiteScore

3.60

自引率

5.00%

发文量

审稿时长

3 months

期刊介绍： Zebrafish is the only peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the central role of zebrafish and other aquarium species as models for the study of vertebrate development, evolution, toxicology, and human disease. Due to its prolific reproduction and the external development of the transparent embryo, the zebrafish is a prime model for genetic and developmental studies. While genetically more distant from humans, the vertebrate zebrafish nevertheless has comparable organs and tissues, such as heart, kidney, pancreas, bones, and cartilage. Zebrafish introduced the new section TechnoFish, which highlights these innovations for the general zebrafish community. TechnoFish features two types of articles: TechnoFish Previews: Important, generally useful technical advances or valuable transgenic lines TechnoFish Methods: Brief descriptions of new methods, reagents, or transgenic lines that will be of widespread use in the zebrafish community Zebrafish coverage includes: Comparative genomics and evolution Molecular/cellular mechanisms of cell growth Genetic analysis of embryogenesis and disease Toxicological and infectious disease models Models for neurological disorders and aging New methods, tools, and experimental approaches Zebrafish also includes research with other aquarium species such as medaka, Fugu, and Xiphophorus.