A note on interactions between temperature, viscosity, body size and swimming energetics in fish larvae

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 201, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1369-1372

  Wieser, Wolfgang ^a   Kaufmann, Rüdiger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chalcalburnus chalcoides; Danube bleak; Fish; Fish larvae; Hydrodynamics; Metabolic rate; Swimming

Indexed keywords

ALBURNUS ALBURNUS; CHALCALBURNUS CHALCOIDES; CHALCOIDES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031863647     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.201.9.1369     Document Type: Article

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