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Forced and Preferred Swimming Speeds of Fish: A Methodological Approach

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Swimming Physiology of Fish

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Swimming exercise is believed to have a range of positive effects on fish, including the enhancement of muscle growth and flesh quality, the reduction in aggressive interactions between fish and in stress response. Moreover, standardised swimming tests have shown to provide an integrated assessment of fish cardio-respiratory performance. The classical methods to measure aerobically powered swimming endurance and energetics are by determination of sustained swimming speed, and critical swimming speed. Anaerobic swimming performance can be estimated by measuring acceleration of bursts and maximum swimming speed. However, these classical methods came increasingly under critique since they carry a strong behavioural component, and are not only an indicator for purely physiological measurements. Alternative methods are presented, taking the behavioural factors during measurement into account.

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    Christian Tudorache

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  3. Biology Department, Brest University, Brest, France

    Guy Claireaux

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Tudorache, C., de Boeck, G., Claireaux, G. (2013). Forced and Preferred Swimming Speeds of Fish: A Methodological Approach. In: Palstra, A., Planas, J. (eds) Swimming Physiology of Fish. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31049-2_4

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