Swimming Physiology of Fish

Combating fishes' tendencies in aquaculture to become the equivalent of couch potatoes is a growing issue, addressed by this comprehensive and expert review on using knowledge of fish physiology to farm fitter fish in a sustainable aquaculture operation.

In light of mounting fishing pressures, increased aquaculture production and a growing concern for fish well-being, improved knowledge on the swimming physiology of fish and its application to fisheries science and aquaculture is needed. This book presents recent investigations into some of the most extreme examples of swimming migrations in salmons, eels and tunas, integrating knowledge on their performance in the laboratory with that in their natural environment. For the first time, the application of swimming in aquaculture is explored by assessing the potential impacts and beneficial effects. The modified nutritional requirements of athletic fish are reviewed as well as the effects of exercise on muscle composition and meat quality using state-of-the-art techniques in genomics and proteomics. The last chapters introduce zebrafish as a novel exercise model and present the latest technologies for studying fish swimming and aquaculture applications.

Written by experts

Richly illustrated in color

Sets directions for policy decisions and future research

A fit fish for a healthy consumer!

Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Part I Extreme swimming in the natural environment 1 Salmonid reproductive migration and effects on sexual maturation Hayashida K, Fukaya K, Palstra AP, Ueda H 2 Extreme swimming: the oceanic migrations of anguillid eelsRighton D, Aarestrup K, Jellyman D, Sebert P, van den Thillart GEEJM , Tsukamoto K 3 Physiology of swimming and migration in tunasShadwick RE, Schiller L, Fudge D Part II Potential impacts on swimming fish in aquaculture 4 Forced and preferred swimming speeds of fish ? A methodological approachTudorache C, de Boeck G, Claireaux G 5 Effects of turbulence on fish swimming in aquacultureLiao JC, Cotel A 6 The effect of hypoxia on fish swimming performance and behaviourDomenici P, Herbert, NA, Lefrançois C, Steffensen JF, McKenzie DJ 7 Exercise, stress and welfareHuntingford FA, Kadri S Part III Nutrition, energy metabolism and muscular growth in swimming fish 8 Swimming enhanced growthDavison W, Herbert NA 9 Metabolic fuel utilization during swimming: Optimizing nutritional requirements for enhanced performance Magnoni LJ, Felip O, Blasco J, Planas JV 10 Transcriptomic and proteomic response of skeletal muscle to swimming-induced exercise in fishPlanas JV, Martín-Pérez M, Magnoni LJ, Blasco J, Ibarz A, Fernandez-Borras J, Palstra AP 11 Molecular adaptive mechanisms in the cardiac muscle of exercised fishTakle H, Castro V 12 Exercise effects on fish quality and implications for consumer preferencesRasmussen RS, López Albors O, Alfnes F 13 Swimming effects on developing zebrafish Kranenbarg S, Pelster B 14 Exercise physiology of zebrafish: Swimming effects on skeletal and cardiac muscle growth, on the immune system and the involvement of the stress axisPalstra AP, Schaaf M, Planas JV Part IV Novel technologies for studying fish swimming and aquaculture applications 15 Swimming flumes as a tool for studying swimming behavior and physiology: current applications and future developmentsEllerby DJ, Herskin J 16 Practical aspects of induced exercise in finfish aquacultureHerbert NA 17 Robotic fish to lead the schoolRossi C, Coral W, Barrientos A