Table of Contents

Fish Performance Section of FishXing Helpfile

1.      Fish Movement

2. The Analysis Species   
3. Overview of Swimming Capabilities     
1. Swim Categories         
2. Swim Speed Tests       
3. Time to Exhaustion      
4. Fish Length  3di. Measures of Fish Length    
5. Other Factors Affecting Swim Speed   
6. Swim Speed Equations
7. Occupied Velocity       
8. Water Depth for Swimming
4. Leaping Abilities
1. Leaping from Plunge Pools

5.      Fish Passage Calculations

1. Minimum Plunge Pool Depth

b.      Culvert Outlet - Leaping verses Swimming

                                                               i.      Swim-in Calculations

                                                             ii.      Leaping Calculations

c.       Insufficient Depth

 i     . Estimating Body Depth

d.      Swimming Algorithm

6. Fish Passage Flow   
1. a.Flow Guidelines for Fish Passage      
7. Affects of Turbulence on Fish Passage

8.      References