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Swimming ability of pre-feeding striped bass larvae

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Swimming ability and changes in shape of striped bass (Moronesaxatilis) larvae were measured daily for the first 5 dpost-hatch. The critical swimming speed increased from 0.54 cm/s(1.3 body lengths per second (bl/s)) on day 1 to 2.64 cm/s (4.3bl/s) on day 5. The post-anal larval length represented 60% of thetotal length increase over this time. The use of critical swimming speed tocalculate acceptable drainage screen areas and through-screen velocities forlarval rearing tanks is demonstrated.

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  1. Biological Station, Fisheries and Oceans, 531 Brandy Cove Road, St. Andrews, E5B 2L9, Canada

    R.H. Peterson & P. Harmon

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Peterson, R., Harmon, P. Swimming ability of pre-feeding striped bass larvae. Aquaculture International 9, 361–366 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020533316106

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