Metabolic enzyme activities in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) embryos respond more to chronic changes in oxygen availability than to environmental temperature

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 115-123

  Matschak, T W ^a   Tyler, D D ^a   Stickland, N C ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytochrome c oxidase; Development; Lactate dehydrogenase; Oxygen; Salmon; Temperature

Indexed keywords

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 0008263772     PISSN: 09201742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007706108365     Document Type: Article

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