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Flume length and post-exercise impingement affect anaerobic metabolism in brook charr Salvelinus fontinalis
C Tudorache1, R A O'Keefe, T J Benfey
1University of New Brunswick, Department of Biology, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. christiantudorache@gmail.com
Journal of Fish Biology
|July 30, 2010
Abstract:
The effect of flume length and impingement time on post-exercise lactate concentrations in brook charr Salvelinus fontinalis were examined. Swimming in longer flumes increased lactate concentrations, as does impingement after swimming in short flumes.
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