Maximum swimming speed predictions for Mullus barbatus (Linnaeus, 1758) and Diplodus annularis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Authors

HÜSEYİN ÖZBİLGİN
MURAT PEHLİVAN
FATİH BAŞARAN

DOI

10.3906/zoo-0811-6

Abstract

Maximum swimming speed of red mullet (Mullus barbatus) and annular sea bream (Diplodus annularis) was estimated based on muscle twitch experiments. The maximum estimated speed of red mullet (mean length: 16.9 cm) was 3.14 m/s (18.6 bl/s) at 26 °C. At 20 °C the maximum estimated speed of annular sea bream (mean length: 11.5 cm) was 1.92 m/s (16.7 bl/s). Maximum swimming speed of annular sea bream decreased as the temperature decreased.

Keywords

Red mullet, annular sea bream, maximum speed, muscle contraction, temperature

First Page

79

Last Page

85

Recommended Citation

ÖZBİLGİN, HÜSEYİN; PEHLİVAN, MURAT; and BAŞARAN, FATİH (2011) "Maximum swimming speed predictions for Mullus barbatus (Linnaeus, 1758) and Diplodus annularis (Linnaeus, 1758)," Turkish Journal of Zoology: Vol. 35: No. 1, Article 11. https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-0811-6
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/vol35/iss1/11