Swimming performance is a key feature that mediates fitness and survival in aquatic
animals. Dispersal, habitat selection, predator–prey interactions and reproduction are …

Turbulence is a complex phenomenon which commonly occurs in river and fishway flows. It
is a difficult subject to study, especially biologically, yet turbulence may affect fish …

Salmonids undertake long and strenuous migrations, which require aerobic endurance and
anaerobic burst swimming. Anthropogenic activity and natural disasters can make already …

The restoration of fish passage has been focused on anadromous fish species, whilst
studies accommodating passage of coarse species have often been considered incidental …

The construction of pool-type fishways has greatly increased in recent years in response to
widespread river fragmentation by man-made structures. However, the performance of such …

Adequately designed vertical slot fishways (VSF) mitigate the impact of anthropogenic
obstructions on fish migrations. Until now, most studies on VSF were conducted focusing on …

This paper presents sprinting data from Iberian barbel (Luciobarbus bocagei) and northern
straight-mouth nase (Pseudochondrostoma duriense), volitionally swimming against high …

Energy metabolism fuels swimming and other biological processes. We compared the
swimming performance and energy metabolism within and across eight freshwater fish …

Retrofitting, or the addition of features to existing fishways to make them more suitable for
upstream fish passage, is an issue of increasing interest in fishway science. Despite its …

Fish are particularly sensitive to connectivity loss as their ability to reach spawning grounds
is seriously affected. The most common way to circumvent a barrier to longitudinal …