ANALYSIS OF MEKONG GIANT CATFISH BEHAVIOR USING A DATA LOGGER
Southeast Asia Sea Turtle Associative Research Bangkok, Thailand, 16-19 December 2002 Temperature and depth data logger was attached to Mekong giant catfish to observe their swimming behavior in a rearing pond. Four artificial seed reared in the Karasin Freshwater Research Station, Thailand were use...
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ftkyotouniv:oai:repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp:2433/44153 2024-09-15T18:14:02+00:00 ANALYSIS OF MEKONG GIANT CATFISH BEHAVIOR USING A DATA LOGGER MITSUNAGAl, Yasushi YAMAGISHl, Yukiko ARAI, Nobuaki SAKAMOTO, Wataru 20252497 2002 846391 bytes application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/2433/44153 eng eng Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University http://hdl.handle.net/2433/44153 Proceedings of the 3rd Workshop on SEASTAR2000 27 30 Mekong giant catfish data logger activity rhythm nocturnal characteristic conference paper 2002 ftkyotouniv 2024-08-12T04:51:57Z Southeast Asia Sea Turtle Associative Research Bangkok, Thailand, 16-19 December 2002 Temperature and depth data logger was attached to Mekong giant catfish to observe their swimming behavior in a rearing pond. Four artificial seed reared in the Karasin Freshwater Research Station, Thailand were used to obtain the body temperature and fish position on water depth. The fish were anesthetized and implanted with a data logger (DST milli, Star-oddi Co., Iceland) into the body cave on 2 May 2002. One data logger was retrieved and body temperature and depth data were obtained for about one month. The fish moved to relatively deeper layer after sunrise and stayed there in the morning. In the afternoon the fish became active gradually and began to move vertically. After sunset the fish got more active and moved vertically from the surface to the bottom of the pond until the next sunrise. At sunrise the fish stopped the vertical movement. It seems that Mekong giant catfish have a nocturnal characteristic and get most active at twilight. Conference Object Iceland Kyoto University Research Information Repository (KURENAI) |
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Southeast Asia Sea Turtle Associative Research Bangkok, Thailand, 16-19 December 2002 Temperature and depth data logger was attached to Mekong giant catfish to observe their swimming behavior in a rearing pond. Four artificial seed reared in the Karasin Freshwater Research Station, Thailand were used to obtain the body temperature and fish position on water depth. The fish were anesthetized and implanted with a data logger (DST milli, Star-oddi Co., Iceland) into the body cave on 2 May 2002. One data logger was retrieved and body temperature and depth data were obtained for about one month. The fish moved to relatively deeper layer after sunrise and stayed there in the morning. In the afternoon the fish became active gradually and began to move vertically. After sunset the fish got more active and moved vertically from the surface to the bottom of the pond until the next sunrise. At sunrise the fish stopped the vertical movement. It seems that Mekong giant catfish have a nocturnal characteristic and get most active at twilight. |
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ANALYSIS OF MEKONG GIANT CATFISH BEHAVIOR USING A DATA LOGGER |
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ANALYSIS OF MEKONG GIANT CATFISH BEHAVIOR USING A DATA LOGGER |
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ANALYSIS OF MEKONG GIANT CATFISH BEHAVIOR USING A DATA LOGGER |
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analysis of mekong giant catfish behavior using a data logger |
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