Use of a ramp velocity test to measure critical swimming speed in rainbow trout (Onchorhynchus mykiss)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Physiology

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 441-444

  Jain, K E ^a   Hamilton, J C ^a   Farrell, A P ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Critical swimming speed; Oncorhynchus mykiss; Rainbow trout; U(crit) exercise

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAINBOW TROUT; SWIMMING; VELOCITY;

ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS;

EID: 0031214676     PISSN: 03009629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9629(96)00234-4     Document Type: Article

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