What a drag it is getting cold: Partitioning the physical and physiological effects of temperature on fish swimming

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 200, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1745-1755

  Fuiman, Lee A ^a   Batty, Robert S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atlantic herring; Clupea harengus; Drag; Hydrodynamics; Locomotion; Q10; Swimming; Temperature; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030872018     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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