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We investigated the feasibility of measuring differential pressure of tail undulation of 6 European sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax, averaging 0.25 kg in the laboratory and of two 1.5-kg sea bass in a salt marsh pond. Tail beat pressure was determined for sea bass swimming in a recirculating “Brett style” respirometer. Average or integrated and maximum-minimum (max-min) pressure increased as a power function with swimming speed (r2>0.95). Pressure ranged from 0 to 100 pascals (Pa) and 0 to 1000 Pa for average and for max-min pressure respectively for speeds up to 0.45 m s−1 or 2 body length s−1. Small changes in swimming speed of less than 0.05 m s−1 were readily detected as differences in tail beat pressure. We designed an ultrasonic transmitter that sampled the tail pressure and put out 10 millisecond acoustic pulses. The time between pulses was correlated to average and max-min pressure generated by the caudal peduncle.
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Webber, D.M., Mckinnon, G.P., Claireaux, G. (2001). Evaluating Differential Pressure in the European Sea Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) as a Telemetered Index of Swimming Speed. In: Sibert, J.R., Nielsen, J.L. (eds) Electronic Tagging and Tracking in Marine Fisheries. Reviews: Methods and Technologies in Fish Biology and Fisheries, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1402-0_16
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