Low-temperature challenges to gilthead sea bream culture: Review of cold-induced alterations and 'Winter Syndrome'

Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 539-556

  Ibarz, Antoni ^a,c   Padrós, Francesc ^b,c   Gallardo, Maria Ángeles ^a,c   Fernández Borràs, Jaume ^a,c   Blasco, Josefina ^a,c   Tort, Lluís ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Immune response; Metabolism; Prevention; Sparus aurata; Winter disease

Indexed keywords

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FISH; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LOW TEMPERATURE; METABOLISM; MORTALITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ARCHOSARGUS RHOMBOIDALIS; SPARUS AURATA;

EID: 78049340699     PISSN: 09603166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11160-010-9159-5     Document Type: Review

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