Fluctuating asymmetry in farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) juveniles: Also a maternal matter?

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 87-99

  Eriksen, Marit Skog ^a   Espmark, Åsa Marie ^b   Poppe, Trygve ^a   Braastad, Bjarne Olai ^a   Salte, Ragnar ^a   Bakken, Morten ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NOFIMA   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Cortisol; Developmental stability; Prenatal stress; Salmon; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; AQUACULTURE; DEVELOPMENTAL STABILITY; JUVENILE; MATERNAL EFFECT; PHENOTYPE; SALMONID; SPAWNING;

ANIMALIA; SALMO SALAR;

EID: 35948933063     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-006-9174-5     Document Type: Article

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