Title
The swimming speed of adult pink salmon, (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha), at 20°C and a comparison with sockeye salmon (O. nerka)
Publication Date
1982
Keywords
adult, pink salmon, salmon, sockeye salmon, swimming, swimming speeds, flume, sustained speed
Report number
1143
Series Title
Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
Abstract
Prolonged swimming speeds of female pink salmon (55 cm, 1879 g) were determined in a 27-cm diameter steel tunnel at 20 + or – 1 oC. The speeds were corrected for cross-sectional blocking effect of the fish by comparing tailbeat frequencies for the same velocities in the tunnel and in an open flume. The mean maximum sustained speed (10-h test time) was 1.12 m/s (2.04 l/s). Compared with sockeye salmon, pink salmon could only perform at approximately 80% of the level of prolonged speed achieved in the same tunnel by sockeye of comparable size.