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Greenhouse
Fish stocks are maintained in the Aquatic Research Facility
of OU. Tanks of different sized are available outdoor and
indoor in a greenhouse. Stocks are also maintained in two
huge outdoor ponds. The greenhouse offers space for experiments.
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Life-history Setup
For
life-history experiments we have a common-garden setup that can
house up to 100 individual fish. Temperature and lighting can be
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Cave lab
For
the housing of the cave fish, a darkroom is available. This darkroom
houses some of our cave fish stocks, and is fully equipped for
common-garden rearing of up to 100 individual fish.
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Parasite lab
An isolated room with 120 tanks for individual housing of
fish is available for parasitological challenge experiments.
Water and air flow as well as temperature can be regulated
for each tank. Microscopes are equiped with a digital imaging
system.
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Behavior lab
The Behavior lab provides four experimental setups for the
observation and quantification of fish behavior. The setup
includes a computer-mediated individual tracking system, which
can be operated from seperate room, as well as interactive
playback of video images. |
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