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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2017.18.2.390

Analysis on the Bluegill Blocking Effects using Bubbles  

Kang, Joon-Gu (River Experiment Center, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology)
Kim, Jong-Tae (Nature & Tech Inc.)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.18, no.2, 2017 , pp. 390-397 More about this Journal
Abstract
The introduction of exotic fish species may reduce the number of native fish species and disturb the aquatic ecosystem. Therefore, measures to block and manage fish species are required. Accordingly, a fish species blocking system using bubbles was developed in this study to block exotic fish species. An experimental channel was produced and the possibility of blocking such exotic fish species was evaluated. The bubble generator is a system that produces a bubble curtain by generating air with an air compressor that blocks fish species. Bluegill, which is an exotic fish species in the country, was tested with this generator. The size of bluegill was between 0.10 m and 0.15 m and the depth of water was maintained at 0.70 m. The flow velocity of the experiment channel was classified into 3 levels (0.20 m/s, 0.10 m/s, and 0.05 m/s) considering the natatorial ability of the fish species. The results revealed that 70.07% of bluegill showed movements to swim upstream before applying the bubble, but it is considered that the ascending rate would be higher given that the fish species thinks downstream is a habitat and showed almost no movement. However, when the blocking facility was installed, most fish species showed movements to return to the downstream again by the bubble curtain, indicating a very high blocking effect. In particular, when the generating bubble was terminated, the fish species swam back to the upstream area very soon, so the fish species blocking effect using the bubble was excellent.
Keywords
Bluegill; Bubble curtain; Exotic fishes; Fish blocking effect; Velocity;
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