Relationships between metabolic rate, muscle electromyograms and swim performance of adult chinook salmon

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 970-989

  Geist, D R ^a   Brown, R S ^a   Cullinan, V I ^a   Mesa, M G ^b   Vanderkooi, S P ^b   McKinstry, C A ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b WESTERN FISHERIES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Columbia river; Electromyogram; Hydroelectric dams; Metabolic rate; Spring chinook salmon; Swim speed

Indexed keywords

METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SALMONID; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

COLUMBIA RIVER; NORTH AMERICA;

ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA;

EID: 1642317632     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8649.2003.00217.x     Document Type: Article

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