...C. A. Sepulveda; K. A. Dickson; J. B. Graham SUMMARY A large swim tunnel respirometer was used to quantify the swimming energetics of the eastern Pacific bonito Sarda chiliensis (tribe Sardini) (45–50 cm fork length, FL ) at speeds between 50 and 120 cm s -1 and at 18±2°C. The bonito rate of oxygen...

...Hawkins J. Dowis; Chugey A. Sepulveda; Jeffrey B. Graham; Kathryn A. Dickson SUMMARY The swimming kinematics of the eastern Pacific bonito Sarda chiliensis at a range of sustained speeds were analyzed to test the hypothesis that the bonito's swimming mode differs from the thunniform locomotor mode...

...D. J. Ellerby; J. D. Altringham; T. Williams; B. A. Block ABSTRACT The Pacific bonito, Sarda chiliensis , is anatomically intermediate between mackerel and tuna. The specialisations exhibited by tuna are present in the bonito, but to a lesser degree. Slow-twitch muscle strain and activity patterns...