Social hierarchies, growth and brain serotonin metabolism in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) kept under commercial rearing conditions

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 529-535

  Cubitt, K Fiona ^a   Winberg, Svante ^b   Huntingford, Felicity A ^c   Kadri, Sunil ^c,d   Crampton, Vivian O ^e   Øverli, Øyvind ^f  

^a ANIMAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d Aquaculture Innovation   (United Kingdom)

^e CARGILL INC   (United States)

^f NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

5 HT; Brain; Dominance; Growth; Hierarchy; Salmo salar; Salmon; Social groups; Stress

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC SALMON; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN TISSUE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FEEDING; GROWTH; HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL; SEROTONIN METABOLISM; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

EID: 45149119116     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2008.03.009     Document Type: Article

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