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Kolok, A. S. (1992). The swimming performance of individual largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides are repeatable. Journal of Experimental Biology. 170:265- 270.
Previous studies have shown that critical swimming speed (Ucrit) of the largemouth bass, Micropterus salmoides Lacepede, is significantly influenced by a number of factors including body mass, training, water temperature and photoperiod. Recent research into locomotor performance of amphibians and reptiles has suggested that individual variation is substantial and repeatable. The results of this study suggests that variation in the swimming performance of individual and juvenile largemouth bass is substantial and repeatable for fish tested twice at one temperature, tested at different temperatures, or tested after a 4 week acclimation to different temperature. These results strongly suggested that individual variation in Ucrit is more than statistical noise and that it is a source of variation that can be exploited when designing future experiments.
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