Evidence for the Assumption of Independence between Gastric Emptying Rate and Swimming Activity Using Atlantic Cod, Gadus morhua
Juvenile Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua, were forced to swim at speeds of 0.07, 0.6, and 1.2 body lengths/s after eating measured quantities of food. Higher speeds could not be maintained for more than 2 days. Only the highest speed caused a decrease in gastric emptying rate, but the decrease was not of...
| Published in: | Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Canadian Science Publishing
1977
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f77-325 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f77-325 |
| Summary: | Juvenile Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua, were forced to swim at speeds of 0.07, 0.6, and 1.2 body lengths/s after eating measured quantities of food. Higher speeds could not be maintained for more than 2 days. Only the highest speed caused a decrease in gastric emptying rate, but the decrease was not of sufficient magnitude to interfere with ration estimates based on digestion rate data. Key words: feeding, swimming speed, digestion rate |
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