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Título: The effect of structural enrichment in hatchery tanks on the morphology of two neotropical fish species
Palavras-chave: Artificial macrophytes
Brycon orbignyanus
Phenotypic plasticity
Prochilodus lineatus
Submersed logs
Data do documento: Dez-2014
Editor: Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia (SBI)
Citação: SARAIVA, S. de O.; POMPEU, P. S. The effect of structural enrichment in hatchery tanks on the morphology of two neotropical fish species. Neotropical Ichthyology, [S.l.], v. 12, n. 4, p. 891-901, Oct./Dec. 2014. DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-20130201.
Resumo: Reared fish differ from wild fish in several aspects, including morphology, because they are adapted to captive conditions that are totally different from natural conditions. To minimize the influence of the hatchery environment on the morphology of fish, the use of environmental enrichment through the incorporation of natural designs in captivity, has been proposed. In the present study, we performed the physical structuring of fish farming tanks to verify the enrichment effect on the morphology of two species of neotropical fishes: Prochilodus lineatus and Brycon orbignyanus. Each species was subjected to four different treatments over two months: tanks with submersed logs, with artificial aquatic plants, with both structures and without any structure. Results showed that the structural enrichment had a strong effect on the morphology of the cultured fish, which varied with each species analyzed and with the type of structural complexity added to the tanks. There was an increase of morphological variability in the population of P. lineatus and an increase of the average length in the population of B. orbignyanus. This shows that the environmental enrichment is capable to induce morphological differentiation through phenotypic plasticity, probably generating phenotypes more adapted to exploiting a complex environment.
URI: http://repositorio.ufla.br/jspui/handle/1/39585
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