Temperature effects on swimming performance, energetics, and aerobic capacities of mature adult pink salmon ( Oncorhynchus gorbuscha ) compared with those of sockeye salmon ( Oncorhynchus nerka )

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: MacNutt, Meaghan J, Hinch, Scott G, Lee, Chris G, Phibbs, James R, Lotto, Andrew G, Healey, Michael C, Farrell, Anthony P
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2006
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Sockeye; Fraser River; Oncorhynchus gorbuscha; Pink salmon
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z05-181; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z05-181

We assessed the prolonged swimming performance (U crit ), metabolic rate (M-dotO 2-min and M-dotO 2-max ), and oxygen cost of transport (COT) for upper Fraser River pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha (Walbaum, 1792); 53.5 ± 0.7 cm FL) and sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka (Walbaum, 1792); 59.3 ± 0...