Effects of fish size, time-to-fatigue, and turbulence on swimming performance: a case study of Galaxias maculatus (inanga).

Vladimir Ivanovich Nikora; J. Aberle; B. J. F. Biggs; I. Jowett; J. Sykes

doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2003.00241.x

Effects of fish size, time-to-fatigue, and turbulence on swimming performance: a case study of Galaxias maculatus (inanga).

Vladimir Ivanovich Nikora, J. Aberle, B. J. F. Biggs, I. Jowett, J. Sykes

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Abstract

A simple relationship for the inanga Galaxias maculatus swimming velocity is suggested and tested in low and high turbulence channels. The relationship connects the swimming velocity with fish Reynolds and Froude numbers and can be used in both ecological analysis (e.g. habitat requirements) and management strategies (e.g. fishways design). Contrary to some previous studies and intuition, effects of turbulence on swimming performance appeared to be negligible. The most likely explanation for this result relates to mechanics of fish-turbulence interactions that may be dependent on both the turbulence scales and energy. The data suggest that future studies of turbulence effects on fish behaviour should involve, in addition to turbulence energetics, consideration of fish dimensions in relation to the spectrum of turbulence scales. (C) 2003 The Fisheries Society of the British Isles

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1365-1382
Number of pages	17
Journal	Journal of Fish Biology
Volume	63
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2003.00241.x
Publication status	Published - 2003

Keywords

fish morphometry
swimming velocity
time-to-fatigue
turbulence
STREAM PERIPHYTON
ADV

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Effects of fish size, time-to-fatigue, and turbulence on swimming performance: a case study of Galaxias maculatus (inanga).

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