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dc.contributor.authorSvendsen, MBS
dc.contributor.authorDomenici, P
dc.contributor.authorMarras, S
dc.contributor.authorKrause, J
dc.contributor.authorBoswell, KM
dc.contributor.authorRodriguez-Pinto, I
dc.contributor.authorWilson, Alexander
dc.contributor.authorKurvers, RHJM
dc.contributor.authorViblanc, PE
dc.contributor.authorFinger, JS
dc.contributor.authorSteffensen, JF
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-09T09:18:43Z
dc.date.available2018-05-09T09:18:43Z
dc.date.issued2016-10-15
dc.identifier.issn2046-6390
dc.identifier.issn2046-6390
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/11436
dc.description.abstract

<jats:title>ABSTRACT</jats:title><jats:p>Billfishes are considered to be among the fastest swimmers in the oceans. Previous studies have estimated maximum speed of sailfish and black marlin at around 35 m s−1 but theoretical work on cavitation predicts that such extreme speed is unlikely. Here we investigated maximum speed of sailfish, and three other large marine pelagic predatory fish species, by measuring the twitch contraction time of anaerobic swimming muscle. The highest estimated maximum swimming speeds were found in sailfish (8.3±1.4 m s−1), followed by barracuda (6.2±1.0 m s−1), little tunny (5.6±0.2 m s−1) and dorado (4.0±0.9 m s−1); although size-corrected performance was highest in little tunny and lowest in sailfish. Contrary to previously reported estimates, our results suggest that sailfish are incapable of exceeding swimming speeds of 10-15 m s−1, which corresponds to the speed at which cavitation is predicted to occur, with destructive consequences for fin tissues.</jats:p>

dc.format.extent1415-1419
dc.format.mediumElectronic
dc.languageen
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherCompany of Biologists
dc.subjectMuscle twitch
dc.subjectMaximum swimming speed
dc.subjectIstiophorus platypterus
dc.subjectSphyraena barracuda
dc.subjectEuthynnus alletteratus
dc.subjectCoryphaena hippurus
dc.titleMaximum swimming speeds of sailfish and three other large marine predatory fish species based on muscle contraction time and stride length: a myth revisited
dc.typejournal-article
dc.typeJournal Article
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plymouth.issue10
plymouth.volume5
plymouth.publication-statusPublished
plymouth.journalBiology Open
dc.identifier.doi10.1242/bio.019919
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Faculty of Science and Engineering
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Faculty of Science and Engineering/School of Biological and Marine Sciences
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dc.publisher.placeEngland
dcterms.dateAccepted2016-08-16
dc.identifier.eissn2046-6390
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