Swimming behavior in relation to buoyancy in an open swimbladder fish, the Chinese sturgeon

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 275, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 381-390

  Watanabe, Y ^b   Wei, Q ^a   Yang, D ^a   Chen, X ^a   Du, H ^a   Yang, J ^a,b   Sato, K ^b   Naito, Y ^c   Miyazaki, N ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Buoyancy; Data logger; Physostome; Release system; Sturgeon; Swim speed; Swimbladder; Tailbeat

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; PREDICTION; SECRETION; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; TELEOST; WATER DEPTH;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YANGTZE RIVER;

ACIPENSER SINENSIS; ACIPENSERIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 48249122006     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2008.00451.x     Document Type: Article

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