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Tver Floating Experimental Station
About the laboratory
SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR – ACADEMICIAN RAS D.S. PAVLOV
HEAD – CAND. SCI. (BIOL.) S.G. SOKOLOV
MAIN RESEARCH AREAS
Обработка ихтиологических проб
Объект исследований – хариус
The Floating Experimental Station is a permanently operating department of IEE RAS with the status of a biological station. The experimental station comprises an onshore facility and a houseboat with river-class navigation certification, built in 1975 at the Sokolskaya Shipyard and converted into a floating ichthyological laboratory. The houseboat's home port is Tver, and its area of operation is the Upper Volga basin.
The floating ichthyological laboratory includes an experimental hall of 35 m², an aquarium room, living cabins, a mess room, and a galley, and is equipped with an autonomous power supply. The experimental hall houses a hydrodynamic flume with a water volume of 9 m³. Small-craft vessels support the collection of field material in the study area.
The floating ichthyological laboratory makes it possible to successfully combine experimental study of the behavioral and ecological characteristics of fish with field studies of the patterns of their distribution and migration in rivers and reservoirs. The laboratory carries out a broad range of studies on the patterns and mechanisms of fish behavior in flowing water, the theoretical aspects of which relate to problems of fish migration and the formation of a water body's ichthyofauna.
The experimental station studies the mechanisms of downstream migration of juvenile fish, the effect of current velocity and flow turbulence on fish behavior and feeding, and the features of their distribution in thermal and pressure gradients with and without current. Particular attention in these studies is paid not only to individual elementary fish responses to the stimuli presented, but also to the combined effects of various factors. The results obtained have formed the basis for developing and creating a range of methods, structures, and devices for preserving the natural reproduction of fish under conditions of regulated river flow.
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