Eel migration to the Sargasso: Remarkably high swimming efficiency and low energy costs

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1329-1335

  Van Ginneken, Vincent ^a   Antonissen, Erik ^a   Müller, Ulrike K ^b   Booms, Ronald ^b   Eding, Ep ^b   Verreth, Johan ^b   Van Den Thillart, Guido ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anguilla anguilla; Cost of transport; Eel; Metabolic costs; Muscle performance; Swimming efficiency; Swimtunnel; Trout

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOMECHANICS; BODY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EEL; ENERGY METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SWIMMING;

ANGUILLA; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOMECHANICS; BODY COMPOSITION; ENERGY METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SWIMMING;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLIFORMES; ANIMALIA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 17644398460     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01524     Document Type: Article

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