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Effects of Time and Velocity Increments on the Critical Swimming Speed of Largemouth Bass (Micropterus salmoides)
Author(s) -
Farlinger S.,
Beamish F. W. H.
Publication year - 1977
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(1977)106<436:eotavi>2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - micropterus , bass (fish) , critical ionization velocity , fishery , critical speed , zoology , environmental science , biology , mathematics , physics , mechanics , acoustics , vibration
Critical swimming speed was measured for largemouth bass and found to be related to the increments of both time and water velocity. Critical speed decreased with increase in time interval, and reached a peak and declined thereafter with increasing velocity increment.