title: Becoming a better swimmer: structural complexity enhances agility in a captive-reared fish.
abstract: To test whether swimming skills can be improved by exposure to structurally complex environments, juvenile rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss were reared in either physically enriched or plain tanks for 2 months and were then screened to test their ability to swim along a channel while avoiding obstructions. The results show that even a relatively short exposure period to enrichment improves O. mykiss swimming agility.
authors.affiliation: Center for Brain, Behavior & Cognition, Departments of Ecosystem Science and Management, and Biology, Penn State University, University Park, PA, 16802, U.S.A.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ahlbeck Bergendahl
authors.affiliation: Center for Brain, Behavior & Cognition, Departments of Ecosystem Science and Management, and Biology, Penn State University, University Park, PA, 16802, U.S.A.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.affiliation: Center for Brain, Behavior & Cognition, Departments of Ecosystem Science and Management, and Biology, Penn State University, University Park, PA, 16802, U.S.A.|Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona, Altoona, PA, 16601, U.S.A.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Depasquale
authors.affiliation: Center for Brain, Behavior & Cognition, Departments of Ecosystem Science and Management, and Biology, Penn State University, University Park, PA, 16802, U.S.A.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Giralico
authors.affiliation: Center for Brain, Behavior & Cognition, Departments of Ecosystem Science and Management, and Biology, Penn State University, University Park, PA, 16802, U.S.A.
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Braithwaite
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017756:Aquaculture; D006799:Housing, Animal; D017686:Oncorhynchus mykiss / Q000502:physiology*; D013550:Swimming / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: Oncorhynchus mykiss; environmental enrichment; hatchery-reared; physical enrichment; release