| Questionnaire on use of experimental channels in fish studies | ||||||||||||
| By an experimental channel we mean any artificial or seminatural (e.g., an enclosure within a natural stream ) channel | ||||||||||||
| that is used to study fish ecology, biotic interactions between fish and other organisms or environment etc. | ||||||||||||
| Country and institution | ||||||||||||
| Contact person | ||||||||||||
| System characteristics: | Tick appropriate | Please specify (e.g., possibility to modify) | ||||||||||
| Channel type | Natural | Seminatural | Artificial | |||||||||
| Location | Indoor | Outdoor | ||||||||||
| Operation period | All-year | Other | ||||||||||
| Channel form | Circular | Rectangular | Other | |||||||||
| Substrate | Artificial | Natural | ||||||||||
| Cover | Riparian | Instream | ||||||||||
| Water circulation | Open | Closed | Semi-closed | |||||||||
| Means of water circulation | Pump | Gravity | Other | |||||||||
| Light regime | Natural | Artificial | ||||||||||
| Food source | Natural | Artificial | ||||||||||
| Water source | From river/lake | Tap water | ||||||||||
| Temperature regime | Natural | User-defined | ||||||||||
| Number of channel units | ||||||||||||
| Unit dimensions | Length | Width | ||||||||||
| Discharge | Min | Max | ||||||||||
| Depth | Min | Max | ||||||||||
| Velocity | Min | Max | ||||||||||
| Slope | ||||||||||||
| Observation methods (e.g., | ||||||||||||
| drop nets, e-fishing, video…) | ||||||||||||
| Resctrictions in the use | ||||||||||||
| Problems encountered | ||||||||||||
| Research topics | ||||||||||||
| Species and life stages studied | ||||||||||||
| References | ||||||||||||
| Comments, clarifications | ||||||||||||
| research needs/ideas | ||||||||||||