Forced and preferred swimming speeds of fish: A methodological approach

Swimming Physiology of Fish: Towards Using Exercise to Farm a Fit Fish in Sustainable Aquaculture

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 81-108

  Tudorache, Christian ^a   De Boeck, Gudrun ^b   Claireaux, Guy ^c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Forced swimming; Optimal swimming speed; Physiology; Preferred swimming speed; Volitional swimming

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948093377     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-31049-2_4     Document Type: Chapter

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