The critical swimming speed of Iberian barbel Barbus bocagei in relation to size and sex

The swimming capacity of Barbus bocagei was measured with the critical swimming speed (Ucrit) standard test in a modified Blazka-type swim tunnel. Sixty B. bocagei were tested and they exhibited a mean S.D. Ucrit of 0.81 +/- 0.11 m/s or 3.1 +/- 0.86 total lengths per second (LT/s). Sex had no effect...

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Main Author: Mateus, Catarina (author)
Other Authors: Quintella, Bernardo R. (author), Almeida, Pedro R. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10174/1419
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:dspace.uevora.pt:10174/1419