Osmotic cataract causes reduced vision in wild Atlantic salmon postsmolts

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 151-159

  Bjerkås, Ellen ^a   Christian Holst, Jens ^b   Bjerkås, Inge ^a   Ringvold, Amund ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cataract; Eye; Osmotic cataracts; Salmo salar; Salmon; UV absorbance

Indexed keywords

DISEASE; SALMONID; VISION;

SALMO; SALMO SALAR; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0043269910     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao055151     Document Type: Article

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