Effects of temperature on the growth and survival of the European eel, Anguilla anguilla L.
Experiments to determine the growth rate of eels ( Anguilla anguilla L.) at different temperatures are described and show the optimum temperature for growth to be 22–23° C. The ultimate upper lethal temperature was found to be 38° C and the critical thermal maximum varied from 33 to 39° C for fish a...
| Published in: | Journal of Fish Biology |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
1979
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.1979.tb03633.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1095-8649.1979.tb03633.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1095-8649.1979.tb03633.x |
| Summary: | Experiments to determine the growth rate of eels ( Anguilla anguilla L.) at different temperatures are described and show the optimum temperature for growth to be 22–23° C. The ultimate upper lethal temperature was found to be 38° C and the critical thermal maximum varied from 33 to 39° C for fish acclimated at 14 to 29° C. An attempt was also made to determine lower lethal temperatures. Eels enter a state of torpor at temperatures varying from 3° C for fish acclimated at 29° C to less than 1° C for fish acclimated at 23° C or below. The results have been used to estimate the growth rates expected from eels cultured in power station cooling water using different types of temperature control. |
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