The impact of a pesticide on the physiology and behaviour of hatchery-reared Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, smolts during the transition from fresh water to the marine environment

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 385-392

  Moore, Andy ^a   Cotter, D ^b   Quayle, V ^a   Rogan, G ^b   Poole, R ^b   Lower, N ^a   Privitera, L ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b MARINE INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Atlantic salmon; Atrazine; Migration; Pesticides; Smolt

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC ARRAY; ATRAZINE; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HATCHERY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PESTICIDE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTION EFFECT; SMOLT;

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 54949125673     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2008.00622.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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