Stress-reducing methods for releases of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) smolts in Norway

Aquaculture

Volumn 222, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 203-214

  Finstad, Bengt ^a   Iversen, Martin ^a,b   Sandodden, Roar ^a,c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORDLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c VESO Trondheim   (Norway)

Author keywords

Atlantic salmon; Brackish water; Marine survival; Metomidate; Migration; Physiology; Recaptures; Recovery; Transport

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; SALMONID CULTURE; SMOLT; SURVIVAL; TRANSPORTATION;

HALSELVA RIVER; NORWAY;

SALMO; SALMO SALAR;

EID: 0038712217     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0044-8486(03)00112-1     Document Type: Article

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