title: Muscle temperature in free-swimming giant Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus L.).
abstract: Muscle temperature was measured by telemetry in giant Atlantic bluefin tuna whilst the tuna were free-swimming in large pounds. Muscle temperature tended to remain steady at about 24 degrees C; water temperature ranged from 9 to 17 degrees C. Muscle temperature was much less variable than stomach temperature in these fish. Muscle temperature varied less than 3 degrees C whereas stomach temperature varied by as much as 14 degrees C.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, University of Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Guelph, Canada
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Stevens
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Kanwisher
authors.lastname: Careymaltese cross FG