Cardiorespiratory performance during prolonged swimming tests with salmonids: A perspective on temperature effects and potential analytical pitfalls

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 362, Issue 1487, 2007, Pages 2017-2030

  Farrell, A P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiac output; Cost of swimming; Critical swimming speed; Heart; Oxygen consumption; Temperature optimum

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; FATIGUE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RESPIRATION; SALMONID; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

SALMONIDAE;

EID: 35848931909     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2111     Document Type: Review

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