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Swimming Performance of Juvenile Sockeye Salmon in Salt and Fresh Water
Author(s) -
Groves Alan B.
Publication year - 1960
Publication title -
transactions of the american fisheries society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.696
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1548-8659
pISSN - 0002-8487
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8659(1960)89[218:spojss]2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - oncorhynchus , salt water , juvenile , fishery , fresh water , fish <actinopterygii> , biology , environmental science , ecology , environmental engineering
An experiment was conducted to explore the hypothesis that the swimming performance of salmonoids in sea water is higher than that of similar fish in fresh water. Young sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) swam longer in salt water. Duration of swimming increased with size of fish.