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Tropical larval and juvenile fish critical swimming speed (U-crit) and morphology data

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posted on 2023-05-21, 05:44 authored by Fisher, R, Jeffrey LeisJeffrey Leis, Hogan, JD, Bellwood, DR, Wilson, SK, Job, SD
Fish swimming capacity is a key life history trait critical to many aspects of their ecology. U-crit (critical) swimming speeds provide a robust, repeatable relative measure of swimming speed that can serve as a useful surrogate for other measures of swimming performance. Here we collate and make available one the most comprehensive datasets on U-crit swimming abilities of tropical marine fish larvae and pelagic juveniles, most of which are reef associated as adults. The dataset includes U-crit speed measurements for settlement stage fishes across a large range of species and families obtained mostly from field specimens collected in light traps and crest nets; and the development of swimming abilities throughout ontogeny for a range of species using reared larvae. In nearly all instances, the size of the individual was available, and in many cases, data include other morphological measurements (e.g. “propulsive area”) useful for predicting swimming capacity. We hope these data prove useful for further studies of larval swimming performance and other broader syntheses.

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Publication title

Scientific Data

Volume

9

Article number

45

Number

45

Pagination

1-16

ISSN

2052-4463

Department/School

Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies

Publisher

Nature Publishing Group

Place of publication

United Kingdom

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Socio-economic Objectives

Coastal or estuarine biodiversity; Marine biodiversity; Rehabilitation or conservation of marine environments

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