Environmental enrichment for fish in captive environments: effects of physical structures and substrates

• Published in: Fish and fisheries (Oxford, England) Vol. 17; no. 1; pp. 1 - 30
• Main Authors: Näslund, Joacim, Johnsson, Jörgen I
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Science 01.03.2016; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: aggression; animal welfare; Aquaculture; aquarium; aquariums; Brackish; captive animals; Cichlidae; disease resistance; energy expenditure; environmental complexity; environmental enrichment; experimental design; fish; fish culture; fish husbandry; Fisheries management; hatcheries; natural history; rearing; Salmonidae; welfare; Zoologi; Zoology

Structural environmental enrichment, that is, a deliberate addition of physical complexity to the rearing environment, is sometimes utilized to reduce the expression of the undesirable traits that fish develop in captivity. Increasing demands and regulations regarding usage of enrichment to promote...