Effects of Temperature Acclimation on the Swimming Ability of Smallmouth Bass Fry

摘要: Abstract Entire year classes of smallmouth bass are frequently lost in midwestern streams during floods that occur when the fry less than 25 mm long. Since changes air and water temperatures often accompany these floods, effects temperature on swimming ability 20–25 length were measured laboratory related to floodwater conditions. Groups acclimated 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35 C tested for at each temperatures. The maximum speed fish a particular increased with successively higher test temperatures, level above which declined rapidly. Swimming speeds attained progressively acclimation exception those from upper extreme C. best performance was all except 30 failed swim above...