<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> To create proper living conditions for sea mammals kept in closed systems, one has to make sure that the characteristics of breeding pools, such as their shape, dimensions, the facing of the walls and bottom, as well as the quality and motion of water, resemble as closely as possible the natural environment of the animals. An appropriate system of water exchange plays a very important role here. A complete exchange of water is time-consuming, expensive and troublesome, so it can be performed only periodically and should be supported by a supplementary continuous exchange. This operation improves water quality and can create a proper velocity field in breeding pools. The breeding pools investigated in the present study are located in a sealarium in Hel (Poland), which belongs to the Institute of Oceanography of the Gdansk University. Tracer measurements, carried out in these reservoirs made it possible to evaluate the intensity of continuous water exchange. It was found that this intensity was insufficient (as evidenced by large dead zones in the pools and short detention time), and therefore alterations to the existing system were proposed (i.e. a tangential position of the inlet and a centrally situated outlet). On the basis of a simplified model of circulative water flow, it was shown that the altered hydraulic system can considerably improve the situation.</p></abstract>

To create proper living conditions for sea mammals kept in closed systems, one has to make sure that the characteristics of breeding pools, such as their shape, dimensions, the facing of the walls and bottom, as well as the quality and motion of water, resemble as closely as possible the natural environment of the animals. An appropriate system of water exchange plays a very important role here. A complete exchange of water is time-consuming, expensive and troublesome, so it can be performed only periodically and should be supported by a supplementary continuous exchange. This operation improves water quality and can create a proper velocity field in breeding pools. The breeding pools investigated in the present study are located in a sealarium in Hel (Poland), which belongs to the Institute of Oceanography of the Gdansk University. Tracer measurements, carried out in these reservoirs made it possible to evaluate the intensity of continuous water exchange. It was found that this intensity was insufficient (as evidenced by large dead zones in the pools and short detention time), and therefore alterations to the existing system were proposed (i.e. a tangential position of the inlet and a centrally situated outlet). On the basis of a simplified model of circulative water flow, it was shown that the altered hydraulic system can considerably improve the situation.

Whirling System of Water Exchange in Breeding Pools

Gdansk University of Technology, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, ul. G. Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233 Gdansk,

University of Gdansk, Institute of Oceanology, Marine Station, ul. Morska 2, 84-159 Hel,

Archives of Hydro-Engineering and Environmental Mechanics

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To create proper living conditions for sea mammals kept in closed systems, one has to make sure that the characteristics of breeding pools, such as their...

Whirling System of Water Exchange in Breeding Pools

Published Online: Apr 26, 2017

Page range: 253 - 263

Received: Dec 12, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/heem-2016-0016

Keywords
sea mammal breeding, sealarium, water circulation, breeding pools

© by Karolina Matej

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Whirling System of Water Exchange in Breeding Pools

Published Online: Apr 26, 2017

Page range: 253 - 263

Received: Dec 12, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/heem-2016-0016

Keywordssea mammal breeding, sealarium, water circulation, breeding pools

© by Karolina Matej

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
sea mammal breeding, sealarium, water circulation, breeding pools