Social network analysis of behavioural interactions influencing fin damage development in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) during feed-restriction

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 127, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 139-151

  Cañon Jones, Hernán Alberto ^a   Hansen, Linda A ^b   Noble, Chris ^b   Damsgård, Børge ^b   Broom, Donald M ^a   Pearce, Gareth P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NOFIMA   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aggression; Fin damage; Salmon; Social network; Welfare

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BODY CONDITION; BODY SIZE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GROWTH RATE; MORPHOLOGY; NETWORK ANALYSIS; SALMONID; SOCIAL NETWORK; WEIGHT;

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 77957905063     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2010.09.004     Document Type: Article

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