Then they compared findings from the flume with real field observations.

然后，他们对比了水槽和实地观。

To test the idea, he and colleagues recreated salmon redds in an experimental flume.

为了验证这个想法，弗莱米和同事在实验水槽中重建了鲑鱼的产卵区。

The bath in question, properly called a flume, is a water-filled receptacle 3 metres by 1.5 metres and 50cm deep, across which carefully crafted trains of ripples can pass.

这里说到的浴缸，更应该称之为水槽，因为它是一个3米乘1.5米，50厘米深的装满水的容器，横跨其中的是精心制作的涟波车队。