The DOI matches its Crossref record; 9 of the 9 references it cites were found in a registry or an index.
Optimal fish cruising speed.
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“Therefore, the speed recorded in this study might be their optimal speed that minimizes the cost required to travel a unit distance [22].”
From Functional Dorsoventral Symmetry in Relation to Lift-Based Swimming in the Ocean Sunfish Mola mola (2008) · cites this paper as [22]
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Cites
The Respiratory Metabolism and Swimming Performance of Young Sockeye Salmon
Brett, J. R. (1964) · Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada · doi:10.1139/f64-103 · Cited by 2,131
The Speed of Swimming of Fish as Related to Size and to the Frequency and Amplitude of the Tail Beat
Bainbridge, R. (1958) · Journal of Experimental Biology · doi:10.1242/jeb.35.1.109 · Cited by 767
Hydromechanics of Fish Schooling
WEIHS, D. (1973) · Nature · doi:10.1038/241290a0 · Cited by 689
Self-citationAlexander, R. M. (1967) · Medical Entomology and Zoology · Cited by 438
The Swimming Energetics of Trout
Webb, P. W. (1971) · Journal of Experimental Biology · doi:10.1242/jeb.55.2.489 · Cited by 284
The Swimming Energetics of Trout
Webb, P. W. (1971) · Journal of Experimental Biology · doi:10.1242/jeb.55.2.521 · Cited by 269
Oxygen consumption and efficiency of swimming goldfish
Smit, H., Amelink-Koutstaal, J. M., Vijverberg, J., & Von Vaupel-Klein, J. C. (1971) · Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Physiology · doi:10.1016/0300-9629(71)90343-4 · Cited by 183
Hydrostatic Equilibrium of Euthynnus affinis, a Pelagic Teleost without a Gas Bladder
Magnuson, J. J. (1970) · Copeia · doi:10.2307/1441976 · Cited by 92
Relationship between Oxygen Consumption and Swimming Speed in the Haddock, Melanogrammus aeglefinus
Tytler, P. (1969) · Nature · doi:10.1038/221274a0 · Cited by 46
Research works printed but not linked: 6
- Breder, C. M., jun., Zoologica, 4, 159 (1926).
- Breder, C. M., jun., Zoologica, 52, 25 (1967).
- Hunter, J. R., and Zweifel, J. R., Fish. Bull., 69, 253 (1971).
- Blaxter, J. H. S., FAO Fish. Rep., 62, 69 (1969).
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Cited by
Priede, I. G. (1985) · Fish Energetics · doi:10.1007/978-94-011-7918-8_2 · Cited by 316
Sustained swimming abilities of the late pelagic stages of coral reef fishes
Stobutzki, I., & Bellwood, D. (1997) · Marine Ecology Progress Series · doi:10.3354/meps149035 · Cited by 310
Functional Dorsoventral Symmetry in Relation to Lift-Based Swimming in the Ocean Sunfish Mola mola
Watanabe, Y., & Sato, K. (2008) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0003446 · Cited by 57
“Therefore, the speed recorded in this study might be their optimal speed that minimizes the cost required to travel a unit distance [22].”
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Metadata
- Authors
- WEIHS, D.
- Affiliations
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- Corresponding author
- WEIHS, D.
- ORCID
- WEIHS, D.
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 1973-09
- Volume
- 245
- Issue
- 5419
- Pages
- 48-50
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- OpenAlex
- W1975027295
- Cited by
- 164
- References
- 9
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 5 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 5 · 2012: 10
- FWCI
- 6.25
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Nature (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Aerospace Engineering › Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Physiological and biochemical adaptations
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Ichthyology and Marine Biology
- Keywords
- fish swimming speed, swimming efficiency, fish migration, energy conservation, locomotion, speed regulation, carangiform swimming, school education
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