Optimal swim speeds for traversing velocity barriers: An analysis of volitional high-speed swimming behavior of migratory fishes

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 421-432

  Castro Santos, Theodore ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anadromy; Burst swimming; Fish passage; Fishway; Migration; Sprinting

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EXERCISE; FISH; MIGRATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING; WATER FLOW;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EXERTION; FISHES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SWIMMING; WATER MOVEMENTS;

ALOSA AESTIVALIS; ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS; ALOSA SAPIDISSIMA; CATOSTOMUS COMMERSONI; CATOSTOMUS COMMERSONII; CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEIDAE; MORONE SAXATILIS; PISCES; STIZOSTEDION; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM;

EID: 14644412957     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01380     Document Type: Article

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