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| Title: | Critical swimming speed of yellow- and silver-phase European eel (Anguilla anguilla, L.). |
| Authors: | Quintella, B.R.
Mateus, C.S.
Costa, J.L.
Domingos, I.
Almeida, Pedro R. |
| Keywords: | Anguilla anguilla
Swimming performance
silver eels
yellow eels |
| Issue Date: | 2010 |
| Publisher: | Blackwell Verlag |
| Citation: | Quintella, B.R.; C.S. Mateus, J.L. Costa, I. Domingos & P.R. Almeida (2010) Critical swimming speed of yellow- and silver-phase European eel (Anguilla anguilla, L.). Journal of Applied Ichthyology. 26: 432-435. |
| Abstract: | The prime objective of this study was to evaluate differences between the swimming performance of two distinct life stages of European eels. The critical swimming speed (Ucrit) of 29 yellow- and 33 silver-phase eels was evaluated in a swim tunnel. Silver-phase eels showed a better swimming performance (Ucrit = 0.66 ms/1) than yellow individuals (Ucrit = 0.43 ms/1). Male and female silver eels reached an identical Ucrit despite their different sizes, which may be a strategy to increase the synchronization of arrival at the spawning grounds. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10174/5805 |
| Type: | article |
| Appears in Collections: | BIO - Publicações - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais Com Arbitragem Científica
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