Methods for investigating patterns of mortality and quantifying cause-specific mortality in sea-farmed Atlantic salmon Salmo salar

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 99-107

  Aunsmo, A ^a   Bruheim, T ^b   Sandberg, M ^a   Skjerve, E ^a   Romstad, S ^c   Larssen, R B ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c Norwegian Food Safety Authority   (Norway)

Author keywords

Atlantic salmon; Cause specific mortality; Mortality; Patterns of mortality; Salmo salar

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATABASE; SALMONID FISHERY; SMOLT;

ANIMAL; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC SALMON; MORTALITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEA;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; MORTALITY; OCEANS AND SEAS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SALMO SALAR;

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 52649086424     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao01954     Document Type: Article

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