Bioenergetics of Pelagic Fish: Theoretical Change in Swimming Speed and Ration with Body Size

1978 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 220-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. M. Ware
Keyword(s):  
Swimming Speed ◽  
Optimal Foraging ◽  
Sockeye Salmon ◽  
Juvenile Fish ◽  
Size Composition ◽  
Pelagic Fish ◽  
The Body ◽  
Fish Feed ◽  
Unit Energy ◽  
Marine Food

It is shown from hydrodynamics theory and the size composition of particles in marine food chains that there are two unique swimming speeds of importance to pelagic fish: (1) the optimal cruising speed, which maximizes the distance traveled per unit energy expenditure and (2) the optimal foraging speed, which maximizes the rate of flow of surplus energy, or production in its broadest sense. With sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) as an example, the optimal cruising and foraging speeds were found to be proportional to the body length raised to the 0.4 power. By analogy, if pelagic fish in general tend to move at either of these speeds, their ration and growth rates relative to the body weight should be proportional to a power that varies between 0.7 and 0.8. These predictions are consistent with field growth measurements for several pelagic species. Therefore, the necessary conditions for a theory of optimal foraging exist since (1) all adaptive swimming speeds are physiologically possible and (2) there is evidence that some juvenile fish feed by moving at the appropriate speed to maximize their production rate. Key words: bioenergetics, swimming speed, optimal foraging

scholarly journals Short Communication: The species and body size composition of pelagic fishes that caught by troll line in the fish landing of Sendang Biru, East Java, Indonesia

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
DEWI HIDAYATI ◽  
BUGGIE OCLANDHI ◽  
NOVA MAULIDINIA ◽  
NOOR NAILIS SA’ADAH ◽  
AWIK PUJI DYAH NURHAYATI
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
Fish Species ◽  
Short Communication ◽  
Size Composition ◽  
Pelagic Fish ◽  
Yellowfin Tuna ◽  
The Body ◽  
Skipjack Tuna ◽  
Pelagic Fishes ◽  
Fish Samples

Abstract. Hidayati D, Oclandhi B, Maulidinia N, Sa’adah NN, Nurhayati APD. 2019. Short Communication: The species and body size composition of pelagic fishes that caught by troll line in the fish landing of Sendang Biru, East Java, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 20: 1764-1769. Troll line is the most used pelagic fishing gear for fishermen in Sendang Biru, the part of Indian ocean at East Java, which have an impact on the catch composition. The study was aimed to obtain data on species composition and size of pelagic fish caught in troll line in Sendang Biru, East Java, Indonesia. Fish samples were collected from nine different vessels landed in Sendang Biru for three days in April 2018. The composition of fish species was measured based on relative abundance. The fish size composition was obtained by measuring fork length which is also used to determine the stage of development of juvenile (Jv) or adult (Ad) fish. The results of the research showed there were four pelagic fish species which dominated by Katsuwonus pelamis or skipjack tuna (50.05%) and Thunnus albacares or yellowfin tuna (47.95%) and a small amount of Coryphaena hippurus and Makaira mazara. According to the body size, the fish caught by troll line in Sendang Biru is dominated by adult skipjack tuna (41-60 cm) and juvenile yellowfin tuna (21-78 cm).

scholarly journals Inter-annual cascade effect on marine food web: A benthic pathway lagging nutrient supply to pelagic fish stock

PLoS ONE ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. e0184512 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lohengrin Dias de Almeida Fernandes ◽  
Eduardo Barros Fagundes Netto ◽  
Ricardo Coutinho ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Food Web ◽  
Nutrient Supply ◽  
Pelagic Fish ◽  
Fish Stock ◽  
Marine Food Web ◽  
Cascade Effect ◽  
Marine Food

scholarly journals Dietary canitine maintains energy reserves and delays fatigue of exercised african catfish (Clarias gariepinus) fed high fat diets

2005 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
pp. 208-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodrigo Ozório ◽  
Vincent Van Ginneken ◽  
Guido van den Thillart ◽  
Martin Verstegen ◽  
Johan Verreth
Keyword(s):  
Lipid Level ◽  
Juvenile Fish ◽  
Clarias Gariepinus ◽  
Energy Charge ◽  
The Body ◽  
African Catfish ◽  
Energy Reserves ◽  
High Fat ◽  
High Fat Diets ◽  
Fat Diets

Lipids, together with proteins, are traditionally considered as primary fuels during aerobic swimming. The effects of dietary fat and carnitine supplements and exercise on the energy metabolism of juvenile fish were investigated. One hundred African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) were fed four isonitrogenous diets containing a fat level of 100 or 190 g kg-1 diet and one of the two levels of carnitine (15 and 1000 mg kg-1). Fish grew from 61 to 162 g in 10 wk. Thereafter, 6 fish per group swam vigorously for 3 h and the results were compared with unexercised groups. Fish receiving 1,000 mg carnitine accumulated 2- to 3-fold more carnitine than fish receiving 15 mg carnitine. Plasma acyl-carnitine level was affected by an interaction between dietary treatment and exercise (P < 0.05). Adenosine triphosphate and phosphocreatine concentrations were higher in the white muscle (WM) of exercised fish fed the high-carnitine supplements, compared with the low-carnitine fed fish (P < 0.05). Adenilate energy charge indexes were higher and ammonia concentrations were lower in WM of fish fed high-carnitine and high-fat diets. Dietary carnitine supplements may be needed in growing fish when dietary lipid level is high. In that case extra dietary carnitine can maintain the body energy reserves at adequate level when fish is exposed to a short-term, exhaustive exercise, a physiologic stress common both in nature and in intensive aquaculture systems.

scholarly journals Juvenile fish in Cystoseira forests: influence of habitat complexity and depth on fish behaviour and assemblage composition

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
AMALIA CUADROS ◽  
JOAN MORANTA ◽  
LUIS CARDONA ◽  
PIERRE THIRIET ◽  
PATRICE FRANCOUR ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Length ◽  
Fish Species ◽  
Habitat Complexity ◽  
Fish Assemblages ◽  
Juvenile Fish ◽  
The Body ◽  
Environmental Drivers ◽  
Independent Effect ◽  
Depth Range ◽  
Canopy Volume

The sublittoral forests formed by the fucoid algae Cystoseira spp. are important juvenile habitats for many Mediterranean fish species. However, the spatial variability of juvenile fish assemblages within the forests and the potential environmental drivers, such as depth and habitat complexity, remain poorly understood. We estimated densities, sizes and behaviours of juvenile fish assemblages in subtidal (0-15 meters) Cystoseira brachycarpa var. balearica forests in north Minorca Island (North-western Mediterranean Sea) over two consecutive autumns (2012 and 2013). Depth and forest complexity, here measured as canopy volume, had both a significant and independent effect on the juvenile fish assemblages in terms of species abundance composition and body size. Assemblages found in the shallowest depth range (3-4m) were characterized by greater densities of the ornate wrasse Thalassoma pavo, while those deeper (10-12m) had higher densities of the rainbow wrasse Coris julis, independently of its size composition. Juveniles of both species were more abundant in less complex forests; conversely juveniles of wrasses of the genus Symphodus were more abundant in more complex forests. The smallest sizes of T. pavo occurred in the most complex forests. On the other hand, our results demonstrated that juvenile fish behaviours were unrelated to the complexity of the Cystoseira forests but mainly related to the body length. The effects of body length on behaviour were however species dependent. Cryptic and transitory behaviours were mostly observed in the smallest and largest juveniles of T. pavo and C. julis, respectively, while the behaviour of Symphodus spp. was unrelated to their body length. Our study emphasises the importance of preserving healthy Cystoseira forests and their intrinsic patchy nature, as this habitat, with its mosaic of different complexity degrees and bathymetrical variability, enable the presence of different fish species at various life stages.

scholarly journals Using tuna fish bone waste as mineral sources in feed formulation of tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)

2021 ◽  
Vol 890 (1) ◽  
pp. 012026
Author(s):  
A Syazili ◽  
K Ahmad ◽  
I Umakaapa
Keyword(s):  
Fish Bone ◽  
The Body ◽  
Fish Growth ◽  
Fish Feed ◽  
Fish Diet ◽  
Tuna Fish ◽  
Feed Formulation ◽  
Bone Powder ◽  
Bone Fraction ◽  
Calcium Phosphorus

Abstract Fish bone is a solid waste that usually found in traditional fish markets of Ternate. The bone fraction contains high minerals such as calcium, phosphorus, and collagen proteins which are important for fish growth. Tuna fish bone waste was processed into dry fish feed and mixed into feed formulation of Tilapia. Four different dose of tuna fish bone powder were applied namely 0%, 1%, 3%, and 5% as mentioned treatment A, B, C, and D. Fish diet were given to Tilapia juvenile for 42 days. Results show that the body weight and specific growth rate are highest in fish which given 3% dose of tuna fish bone than other treatments. It reaches 38.66 g and 9.617% BW/day. The lowest FCR is 1.34 in treatment C and the survival rate is not significantly different among treatments (p>0.05).

Pectoral fin locomotion in the striped surfperch. I. Kinematic effects of swimming speed and body size

1996 ◽  
Vol 199 (10) ◽  
pp. 2235-2242 ◽  
Author(s):  
E Drucker ◽  
J Jensen
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
Swimming Speed ◽  
Beat Frequency ◽  
Limited Range ◽  
The Body ◽  
Small Fish ◽  
Large Fish ◽  
Pectoral Fin ◽  
Transition Speed ◽  
Speed Up

Swimming trials at increasing velocity were used to determine the effects of steady swimming speed on pectoral fin kinematics for an ontogenetic series of striped surfperch Embiotoca lateralis, ranging from 6 to 23 cm in standard length (SL). The fin stroke cycle consisted of a propulsive period, the duration of fin abduction and adduction, and a 'refractory' period, during which the fin remained adducted against the body. Pectoral fin-beat frequency (fp) measured as the inverse of the entire stride period, as in past studies, increased curvilinearly with speed. Frequency, calculated as the reciprocal of the propulsive period alone, increased linearly with speed, as shown previously for tail-beat frequency of fishes employing axial undulation. Fin-beat amplitude, measured as the vertical excursion of the pectoral fin tip during abduction, increased over a limited range of low speeds before reaching a plateau at 0.35&shy;0.40 SL. Pectoral fin locomotion was supplemented by intermittent caudal fin undulation as swimming speed increased. At the pectoral&shy;caudal gait transition speed (Up-c), frequency and amplitude attained maxima, suggesting that the fin musculature reached a physiological limit. The effects of body size on swimming kinematics differed according to the method used for expressing speed. At a given absolute speed, small fish used higher stride frequencies and increased frequency at a faster rate than large fish. In contrast, the relationship between fp and length-specific speed (SL s-1) had a greater slope for large fish and crossed that for small fish at high speeds. We recommend that comparisons across size be made using speeds expressed as a percentage of Up-c, at which kinematic variables influencing thrust are size-independent.

Kinematics and efficiency of steady swimming in adult axolotls (Ambystoma mexicanum)

1997 ◽  
Vol 200 (13) ◽  
pp. 1863-1871 ◽  
Author(s):  
K D'Août ◽  
P Aerts
Keyword(s):  
Swimming Speed ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Natural Habitat ◽  
Total Body Length ◽  
Ambystoma Mexicanum ◽  
The Body ◽  
Entire Body ◽  
Amplitude Profile ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Tail Tip

The kinematics of steady swimming at a wide range of velocities was analysed using high-speed video recordings (500 frames s-1) of eight individuals of Ambystoma mexicanum swimming through a tunnel containing stationary water. Animals in the observed size range (0.135&shy;0.238 m total body length) prefer to swim at similar absolute speeds, irrespective of their body size. The swimming mechanism is of the anguilliform type. The measured kinematic variables &shy; the speed, length, frequency and amplitude (along the entire body) of the propulsive wave &shy; are more similar to those of anguilliform swimming fish than to those of tadpoles, in spite of common morphological features with the latter, such as limbs, external gills and a tapering tail. The swimming speed for a given animal size correlates linearly with the tailbeat frequency (r2=0.71), whereas the wavelength and tail-tip amplitude do not correlate with this variable. The shape of the amplitude profile along the body, however, is very variable between the different swimming bouts, even at similar speeds. It is suggested that, for a given frequency, the amplitude profile along the body is adjusted in a variable way to yield the resulting swimming speed rather than maintaining a fixed-amplitude profile. The swimming efficiency was estimated by calculating two kinematic variables (the stride length and the propeller efficiency) and by applying two hydrodynamic theories, the elongated-body theory and an extension of this theory accounting for the slope at the tail tip. The latter theory was found to be the most appropriate for the axolotl's swimming mode and yields a hydromechanical efficiency of 0.75&plusmn;0.04 (mean &plusmn; s.d.), indicating that Ambystoma mexicanum swims less efficiently than do anuran tadpoles and most fishes. This can be understood given its natural habitat in vegetation at the bottom of lakes, which would favour manoeuvrability and fast escape.

Method of Counting Tailbeats of Free-Swimming Fish by Ultrasonic Telemetry Techniques

1976 ◽  
Vol 33 (11) ◽  
pp. 2596-2598 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. B. Stasko ◽  
R. M. Horrall
Keyword(s):  
Swimming Speed ◽  
Doppler Effect ◽  
Continuous Wave ◽  
The Body ◽  
Ultrasonic Telemetry ◽  
Free Swimming ◽  
White Bass ◽  
Ultrasonic Signals ◽  
Morone Chrysops

Rhythmic beats in ultrasonic signals from free-swimming fish fitted with continuous-wave transmitters were noted during tracking of four species. Such signal beats corresponded with visually observed tailbeats of salmon and are presumed to have resulted from a Doppler effect due to undulations of the body and tail. The beats cannot be detected from pulsed transmitters. Tailbeat frequencies of white bass (Morone chrysops) were higher than those of salmon for the same swimming speed in body lengths per second.

Selective predation by brown bears (Ursus arctos) foraging on spawning sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)

2000 ◽  
Vol 78 (6) ◽  
pp. 974-981 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory T Ruggerone ◽  
Renn Hanson ◽  
Donald E Rogers
Keyword(s):  
Sockeye Salmon ◽  
Ursus Arctos ◽  
Oncorhynchus Nerka ◽  
The Body ◽  
Upstream Migration ◽  
Selective Predation ◽  
Bristol Bay ◽  
Brown Bears ◽  
Risk Of Predation ◽  
Salmon Population

Selective predation by and predation rates of brown bears (Ursus arctos) foraging on spawning sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) in a small shallow creek in the Wood River lake system near Bristol Bay, Alaska, were quantified during 1986 and 1990–1992. Bears killed a high proportion of spawning salmon when few salmon entered the creek (92% of 505 fish) and a much smaller proportion when the spawning population reached a historical high (16% of 15 631 fish). Selective predation on salmon that differed in length, sex, and spawning condition was measured by tagging salmon at the mouth of the creek immediately prior to upstream migration and then recovering dead tagged fish during daily surveys of the entire creek. The relative frequencies of large, medium-sized, and small salmon killed by bears indicated that the risk of predation was more than 150% greater for large than for small salmon. A higher proportion of the male salmon population was killed and a greater proportion of male bodies were consumed than female salmon. Selectivity for male salmon increased as the spawning season progressed, possibly because male salmon weakened earlier and lived longer in a weakened state than female salmon. Male salmon were attacked mostly along the dorsal hump area, whereas female salmon tended to be attacked along the abdomen, where eggs could be exposed. Bears selectively killed female salmon prior to spawning during 1 of the 3 years, but only 6.1–7.8% of the female spawning populations were killed prior to spawning. These data support the hypothesis that selective predation by bears may influence the body morphology of spawning salmon.

Escape Responses of Herring Larvae to Visual Stimuli

1989 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 647-654 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.S. Batty
Keyword(s):  
Startle Response ◽  
Larval Fish ◽  
Fish Larvae ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Juvenile Fish ◽  
Reciprocal Inhibition ◽  
Contralateral Side ◽  
The Body ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Trunk Musculature

Predation is now considered the main cause of mortality in larval and juvenile fish (Hunter, 1984) and is therefore the most important factor controlling recruitment to the adult population. Marine fish larvae are prey for many different types of predator including medusae, crustaceans and larger fish. When predatory attacks are sensed both adult and larval fish may respond by making a 'C-start', a very fast, simultaneous contraction of the trunk musculature that deforms the body into a C-shape within 20 ms (Eaton & Hackett, 1984). This startle response is mediated by the Mauthner cells, a pair of prominent neurones in the hind brain or by other reticulo-spinal cells located in the same region. As a result of reciprocal inhibition and decussation of the cell axon, stimulation on one side of the body results in contraction of all the muscle on the contralateral side.

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