Smolting and seasonal variation in the smolt characteristics of one- and two-year-old Saimaa landlocked salmon under fish farm conditions

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1015-1030

  Kiiskinen, P ^a,b   Hyvarinen H ^a   Piironen, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Desmolting; Gill Na+; Hyperosmoregulation; Hypoosmoregulation; K+ ATPase; Landlocked salmon; Smolting

Indexed keywords

OSMOREGULATION; SALMONID CULTURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SMOLT;

SALMO; SALMO SALAR;

EID: 0036557625     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2002.tb02425.x     Document Type: Article

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