Preliminary information on temporal changes in the blood chemistry of farmed southern bluefin tuna, Thunnus maccoyii (Castelnau), after feeding and repeated sampling disturbance

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 265-267

  Thomas, P M ^a,d   Carter, C G ^b   Carragher, J F ^a   Glencross, B D ^c  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c Fisheries Western Australia   (Australia)

^d NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood chemistry; Cortisol; Insulin like growth factor; Southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii); Stress

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; STRESS; TUNA FISHERY;

SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.; THUNNUS MACCOYII; THUNNUS THYNNUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0242668299     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2109.2003.00812.x     Document Type: Article

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