Growth, osmoregulation and sexual maturation of underyearling Atlantic salmon smolt Salmo salar L. exposed to different intensities of continuous light in sea cages

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 491-499

  Oppedal, F ^a   Taranger, G L ^a   Juell, J E ^a,b   Hansen, T ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; LIGHT INTENSITY; OSMOREGULATION; SEXUAL MATURITY; WEIGHT;

SALMO SALAR; SALMONID;

EID: 0032877530     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2109.1999.00362.x     Document Type: Article

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