Chapter Title
Behavioral Barriers and Guidance Systems
Publication Date
1980
Keywords
acoustics, air bubbles, attraction, avoidance behavior, barriers, behavior, behavioral barriers, bubble curtain, bubbles, chains, curtain, electricity, guidance, history, illumination, intake, intake structures, power plant, repulsion, screens, structures
Chapter number
7
Start Page
183
End Page
205
Book Title
Power Plants--Effects on Fish and Shellfish Behavior
Editors
Hocutt CH;Stauffer JR;Edinger JE;Hall LW;Morgan RP;
Publication Place
New York
Publisher
Academic Press
Abstract
Behavioral barriers and guidance systems have been employed at power facilities in an attempt to attract or to repel fish away from intake structures. Fishes respond to stimuli by either a preference or avoidance reaction. Broad categories of behavioral stimuli which have been employed at power plants include: electrical screens, air bubble curtains, illumination, acoustics and changes in current and velocity. The ways fish orient and migrate using various environmental cues still remain largely a mystery.