Blood sampling through the caudal vasculature is a widely used technique in fish biology for
investigating organismal health and physiology. In live fishes, it can provide a quick, easy …

Freshwater ecosystems and fishes are enormous resources for human uses and biodiversity
worldwide. However, anthropogenic climate change and factors such as dams and …

Common carp, Cyprinus carpio, are a non-native species that established within the
Laurentian Great Lakes more than a century ago and are abundant in some locations …

Both percussive and electrical stunning have been highlighted as methods that can be used
to quickly render fish unconscious before being killed. However, accurately assessing …

There is global acknowledgment that humane methods in animal research are a priority, but
few environmental effects monitoring programs use nonlethal methods for fish. The goal of …

During spawning, adult Pacific salmonids (Oncorhynchus spp.) complete challenging
upriver migrations during which energy and oxygen delivery must be partitioned into …

Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) is a facultatively anadromous fish species that is critically
important to many Inuit communities in the Canadian Arctic. Plasticity in life history has …

Because of growing interest in deploying newer very low head (VLH) turbine technology to
generate electricity in rivers, there is a need to assess how fish fare in interactions with VLH …

The essential oil of Magnolia denudate (MDO) is an effective anesthetic and sedative on
spotted seabass (Lateolabrax maculatus). To improve animal welfare and transportation …

Each year, thousands of fishes are tagged with electronic devices to study their biology and
inform fisheries management. Such research assumes that the process of capturing …