The critical swimming speed of Iberian barbel Barbus bocagei in relation to size and sex

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2008

Authors

Mateus, CS (Author) Other; Quintella, BR (Author) Other; Pedro Almeida (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Journal of Fish Biology

Vol. 73

Pages: 1783-1789

ISSN: 0022-1112

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

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Other information

Authenticus ID: P-003-V77

DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.02023.x

Abstract (EN): The swimming capacity of Barbus bocagei was measured with the critical swimming speed (U(crit)) standard test in a modified Blazka-type swim tunnel. Sixty B. bocagei were tested and they exhibited a mean +/- s.d. U(crit) of 0.81 +/- 0.11 m s(-1) or 3.1 +/- 0.86 total lengths per second (L(T) s(-1)). Sex had no effect on U(crit) but significant differences were found between the swimming performance of fish with distinct sizes.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 7