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Modelling energetic costs of fish swimming

✍ Scribed by Ohlberger, Jan ;Staaks, Georg ;van Dijk, Peter L.M. ;Hölker, Franz

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2005
Tongue
English
Weight
176 KB
Volume
303A
Category
Article
ISSN
1548-8969

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✦ Synopsis

The oxygen consumption rates of two cyprinid fishes, carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) and roach (Rutilus rutilus (L.)), were analysed for a wide range of body mass and swimming speed by computerized intermittent-flow respirometry. Bioenergetic models were derived, based on fish mass (M) and swimming speed (U), to predict the minimal speed and mass-specific active metabolic rate (AMR) in these fishes (AMR=aMbUc). Mass and speed together explained more than 90% of the variance in total swimming costs in both cases. The derived models show that carp consume far more oxygen at a specific speed and body mass, thus being less efficient in energy use during swimming than roach. It was further found that in carp (AMR=0.02M0.8U0.95) the metabolic increment during swimming is more strongly effected by speed, whereas in roach (AMR=0.02M0.93U0.6) it is more strongly effected by body mass. The different swimming traits of carp and roach are suitable for their respective lifestyles and ecological demands.

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