Cost of transport and optimal swimming speed in farmed and wild European silver eels (Anguilla anguilla)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-44

  Palstra, Arjan ^a   van Ginneken, Vincent ^a   van den Thillart, Guido ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anguilliform locomotion; Oxygen consumption; Swim tunnel; Swimming efficiency; Swimming performance

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; SEA WATER;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EEL; EUROPE; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLIFORMES;

EID: 47949114407     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2008.05.011     Document Type: Article

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