High antifreeze protein levels in wolffish (Anarhichas lupus) make them an ideal candidate for culture in cold, potentially ice laden waters

Aquaculture

Volumn 272, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 667-674

  Desjardins, Mariève ^a,c   Le François, Nathalie R ^a,b   Fletcher, Garth L ^c   Blier, Pierre U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b Gouvernement du Quebec   (Canada)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age; Antifreeze protein; Aquaculture; Atlantic wolffish; By products valorisation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; FISH CULTURE; FREEZE TOLERANCE; GROWTH RATE; LOW TEMPERATURE; PERCIFORM; PROTEIN; SEASONALITY; WARM WATER; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANARHICHAS; ANARHICHAS LUPUS;

EID: 35948933891     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2007.08.016     Document Type: Article

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