Energetics of fish swimming
(2024) p.471-481- Abstract
In order to move, fish must perform muscular work to overcome the inertial forces exerted on them by the water. This requires energy, and fish have evolved two major muscle types to perform the work, which generate the energy either aerobically (the “red muscle”), or anaerobically (the “white muscle”), and which are used for different types of activity. The energetic costs of these activities have been measured and studied in the laboratory, although only on a relatively limited number of species. Swimming energetics are profoundly influenced by environmental conditions, especially by water temperature. It is now possible to estimate the energetic costs of swimming of fish in their natural environment, in particular with biologging.
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- author
- Thoral, Elisa LU ; Teulier, Loïc and McKenzie, David J.
- organization
- publishing date
- 2024
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Aerobic, Aerobic metabolic scope, Anaerobic, ATP, Bio-logging, Cost of transport, Drag power, Limiting factors, Loading factors, Mitochondria, Oxygen uptake, Red muscle, Respirometry, Temperature, White muscle
- host publication
- Encyclopedia of Fish Physiology
- edition
- 2
- pages
- 11 pages
- publisher
- Elsevier
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85206037482
- ISBN
- 9780323997614
- 9780323908016
- DOI
- 10.1016/B978-0-323-90801-6.00083-5
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- f20da8e8-88fa-4da0-a474-4d1f4e993621
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- 2024-12-18 12:46:02
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- 2025-06-05 02:05:34
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abstract = {{<p>In order to move, fish must perform muscular work to overcome the inertial forces exerted on them by the water. This requires energy, and fish have evolved two major muscle types to perform the work, which generate the energy either aerobically (the “red muscle”), or anaerobically (the “white muscle”), and which are used for different types of activity. The energetic costs of these activities have been measured and studied in the laboratory, although only on a relatively limited number of species. Swimming energetics are profoundly influenced by environmental conditions, especially by water temperature. It is now possible to estimate the energetic costs of swimming of fish in their natural environment, in particular with biologging.</p>}},
author = {{Thoral, Elisa and Teulier, Loïc and McKenzie, David J.}},
booktitle = {{Encyclopedia of Fish Physiology}},
isbn = {{9780323997614}},
keywords = {{Aerobic; Aerobic metabolic scope; Anaerobic; ATP; Bio-logging; Cost of transport; Drag power; Limiting factors; Loading factors; Mitochondria; Oxygen uptake; Red muscle; Respirometry; Temperature; White muscle}},
language = {{eng}},
pages = {{471--481}},
publisher = {{Elsevier}},
title = {{Energetics of fish swimming}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-90801-6.00083-5}},
doi = {{10.1016/B978-0-323-90801-6.00083-5}},
year = {{2024}},
}