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A LINEAR relationship between the logarithm of oxygen consumption and swimming speed has been found for a few species of freshwater teleosts1,2. There is little or no such information for marine species, although there is an urgent need for such data for marine, particularly fishery, ecologists.
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TYTLER, P. Relationship between Oxygen Consumption and Swimming Speed in the Haddock, Melanogrammus aeglefinus. Nature 221, 274–275 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/221274a0
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