University of South Bohemia in České Budĕjovice

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Behavior

Continuous Noninvasive Measuring of Crayfish Cardiac and Behavioral Activities

Iryna Kuklina^*1, Filip Ložek^*1, Petr Císař¹, Aliaksandr Pautsina¹, Miloš Buřič¹, Pavel Kozák¹

¹Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, South Bohemian Research Center of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, University of South Bohemia in České Budĕjovice

This article presents a noninvasive biomonitoring system for the continuous recording and analyses of crayfish cardiac and locomotor activities. This system consists of a near-infrared optical sensor, a video-tracking module, and software for evaluating crayfish heartbeats that reflects its physiological condition and characterizes crayfish behavior during heartbeat fluctuations.