Classifications of fish swimming are reviewed as a prelude to discussing functional design
and performance in an ecological context. Webb (1984a, 1998) classified fishes based on …

The terminology and classification of swimming speeds are summarized. The physiological
basis for the classification of swimming speeds is briefly explained with regard to burst …

The energetic costs of different behaviours are critical in modulating the behavioural ecology
of free‐living animals. Despite this, measurement of energy expenditure in the field has …

Most physiological and ecological approaches to animal locomotion are based on steady
state assumptions, yet movements of many animals are interspersed with pauses lasting …

Fish activity costs are often estimated by transforming their swimming speed in energy
expenditures with respirometry models developed while forcing fish to swim against a flow of …

We review intrinsic traits of the early life stages of marine fishes to gain a better
understanding of how climate-driven changes in abiotic (temperature) and biotic (match …

Papers and panel discussions given during a 1992 symposium on bioenergetics models are
summarized. Bioenergetics models have been applied to a variety of research and …

Effective fishway design requires extensive integration of biological and hydraulic data.
Many relevant biological parameters remain poorly characterized, however, and the lack of …

Most larger water bodies worldwide are used for navigation, and the intensity of commercial
and recreational navigation is expected to further increase. Navigation profoundly affects …

Despite the ecological significance of elasmobranchs as top-level predators in most marine
ecosystems (Cortés, 1999), information on their energetics and metabolism is meager …