TY - JOUR
T1 - Water Quality Impact on Fish Behavior
T2 - A Review From an Aquaculture Perspective
AU - Zhang, Kaisheng
AU - Ye, Zhangying
AU - Qi, Ming
AU - Cai, Wenlong
AU - Saraiva, João L.
AU - Wen, Yanci
AU - Liu, Gang
AU - Zhu, Ze
AU - Zhu, Songming
AU - Zhao, Jian
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd.
PY - 2025/1/1
Y1 - 2025/1/1
N2 - Changes in water quality significantly shape fish behavior, a crucial index reflecting the growth and welfare status of fish. Given the centrality of this relationship to aquaculture practices, a comprehensive understanding of how water quality dynamics influence fish behavior is imperative. While there have been some summaries of the effects of water quality parameters on fish physiology and growth, few reviews on their effects on fish behavior have been reported yet. This article reviews several water quality parameters which are of great concern in aquaculture from multiple facets of actual production, including physical parameters (water temperature and turbidity), chemical parameters (dissolved oxygen, salinity, pH, and inorganic nitrogen), and chemical pollutants (microplastics and crude oil), which have gained increasing attention from the researchers and aquaculture practitioners over the past decades. Variations in these water quality parameters can exert profound effects on fish physiology, metabolism, internal tissues and organs, and sensory perception, which influences fish behaviors such as swimming, schooling, feeding, predation, anti-predation, aggression, courtship, as well as adaptive and stress-related behaviors such as exploration, avoidance response, and anxiety-like behavior. By synthesizing the behavioral changes caused by specific water quality parameters, this review aims to provide strong support for further water quality-related research, thereby fostering environments conducive to both fish welfare and aquaculture productivity.
AB - Changes in water quality significantly shape fish behavior, a crucial index reflecting the growth and welfare status of fish. Given the centrality of this relationship to aquaculture practices, a comprehensive understanding of how water quality dynamics influence fish behavior is imperative. While there have been some summaries of the effects of water quality parameters on fish physiology and growth, few reviews on their effects on fish behavior have been reported yet. This article reviews several water quality parameters which are of great concern in aquaculture from multiple facets of actual production, including physical parameters (water temperature and turbidity), chemical parameters (dissolved oxygen, salinity, pH, and inorganic nitrogen), and chemical pollutants (microplastics and crude oil), which have gained increasing attention from the researchers and aquaculture practitioners over the past decades. Variations in these water quality parameters can exert profound effects on fish physiology, metabolism, internal tissues and organs, and sensory perception, which influences fish behaviors such as swimming, schooling, feeding, predation, anti-predation, aggression, courtship, as well as adaptive and stress-related behaviors such as exploration, avoidance response, and anxiety-like behavior. By synthesizing the behavioral changes caused by specific water quality parameters, this review aims to provide strong support for further water quality-related research, thereby fostering environments conducive to both fish welfare and aquaculture productivity.
KW - aquaculture
KW - behavior
KW - fish
KW - productivity
KW - water quality
KW - welfare
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85208183509&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/raq.12985
DO - 10.1111/raq.12985
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85208183509
SN - 1753-5123
VL - 17
JO - Reviews in Aquaculture
JF - Reviews in Aquaculture
IS - 1
M1 - e12985
ER -