The effects of acute temperature change on cost of transport at maximal labriform speed in bluegill Lepomis macrochirus.
The effects of acute temperature change on the cost of bluegill Lepomis macrochirus swimming were quantified. At 14 degrees C, maximum labriform swimming speed (U(lab,max)) was reduced relative to that at the acclimation temperature of 22 degrees C, but total cost of transport (T(TC)) remained unchanged. At 30 degrees C, U(lab,max) was the same as at 22 degrees C, but T(TC) was 66% greater.
Lim
S M
SM
Department of Biological Sciences, Wellesley College, 106 Central Street, Wellesley, MA 02482, USA.
Ellerby
D J
DJ
D000064:Acclimatization; D000818:Animals; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D010473:Perciformes / Q000502:physiology*; D013550:Swimming; D013696:Temperature