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Swimming Performance Assessment in Fishes
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The lives of the majority of fish are predicated on swimming. This protocol describes techniques for capturing a range of swimming modes available to individual and schooling fish, and includes metrics associated with swimming physiology and behaviour.
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Tierney, K. B. Swimming Performance Assessment in Fishes. J. Vis. Exp. (51), e2572, doi:10.3791/2572 (2011).
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