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Effect of temperature on the swimming endurance and post-exercise recovery of jack mackerel Trachurus japonicus as determined by ECG monitoring

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The effect of temperature on the swimming performance of jack mackerel Trachurus japonicus was examined in a flume tank by measuring the swimming endurance time and heart rate. The lower swimming performance was observed at 10°C (the lowest temperature tested), manifesting as the shortest endurance time and the slowest maximum sustained speed. ECG measurements of the heart rate under free-swimming conditions at zero flow velocity revealed a temperature effect, with 25.3 beats/min observed at 10°C, 38.9 at 15°C, and 67.2 at 22°C. The heart rate also increased with swimming speed to maximum levels of 60, 125, and 208 beats/min, respectively, at these three temperatures. Heart rate recovery times measured after the fish had been swimming at prolonged speed tended to increase with temperature, while a negative correlation resulting in relatively short recovery times was observed after swimming at close to the burst swimming speed at each water temperature.

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  1. Department of Marine Biosciences, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8477, Japan

    Nofrizal & Takafumi Arimoto

  2. Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada

    Kazutaka Yanase

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Nofrizal, Yanase, K. & Arimoto, T. Effect of temperature on the swimming endurance and post-exercise recovery of jack mackerel Trachurus japonicus as determined by ECG monitoring. Fish Sci 75, 1369–1375 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12562-009-0164-3

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