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Dolphin swimming – a review.

1991
Pay-walled Peer Reviewed Publication

Mammal Review

Fish, F. E. and Hui, C. A.

Research into dolphin swimming has historically been guided by false assumptions of ‘effortless’, ‘high-speed’ swimming. These assumptions have instigated the development of drag-reduction hypotheses but tests...
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Keywords: Dolphins, Swimming speed

Endurance at intermediate swimming speeds of Atlantic mackerel, Scomber scombrus L., herring, Clupea harengus L., and saithe, Pollachius virens L.

1988
Pay-walled Peer Reviewed Publication

Journal of Fish Biology

He, P. and Wardle, C. S.

Endurance and swimming speed were measured in mackerel, herring and saithe when they were induced by the optomotor response to swim at prolonged speeds along a...
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Keywords: Atlantic mackerel, Endurance, Herring, Saithe, Swimming speed

Swimming Speed of a Harbor Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) During Playbacks of Offshore Pile Driving Sounds.

2018
Pay-walled Peer Reviewed Publication

Aquatic Mammals

Kastelein, R.A., Van de Voorde, S. and Jennings, N.

The loud sounds produced under water during offshore percussion pile driving for the construction of wind turbines may affect harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena). Kastelein et al....
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Keywords: Harbour porpoise, Pile driving, Swimming speed