Behavioral Response of Multiple Rainbow Trout to Vertically Suspended Environmental Enrichment
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Enrichment | A | B | C | D | χ2 | p | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Naïve | Yes | 9 | 45 | 11 | 15 | 2.057 | 0.561 |
No | 10 | 42 | 17 | 11 | |||
Experienced | Yes | 25 | 36 | 8 | 11 | 19.169 | 0.001 |
No | 10 | 61 | 7 | 2 |
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Huysman, N.; Robidoux, M.; Morris, B.; Voorhees, J.M.; Krebs, E.; Barnes, M.E. Behavioral Response of Multiple Rainbow Trout to Vertically Suspended Environmental Enrichment. Aquac. J. 2022, 2, 180-185. https://doi.org/10.3390/aquacj2020009
Huysman N, Robidoux M, Morris B, Voorhees JM, Krebs E, Barnes ME. Behavioral Response of Multiple Rainbow Trout to Vertically Suspended Environmental Enrichment. Aquaculture Journal. 2022; 2(2):180-185. https://doi.org/10.3390/aquacj2020009
Chicago/Turabian StyleHuysman, Nathan, Michael Robidoux, Benj Morris, Jill M. Voorhees, Eric Krebs, and Michael E. Barnes. 2022. "Behavioral Response of Multiple Rainbow Trout to Vertically Suspended Environmental Enrichment" Aquaculture Journal 2, no. 2: 180-185. https://doi.org/10.3390/aquacj2020009
APA StyleHuysman, N., Robidoux, M., Morris, B., Voorhees, J. M., Krebs, E., & Barnes, M. E. (2022). Behavioral Response of Multiple Rainbow Trout to Vertically Suspended Environmental Enrichment. Aquaculture Journal, 2(2), 180-185. https://doi.org/10.3390/aquacj2020009