Stress responses of carp pond fish stock upon hunting activities of the great cormorant(Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis L.)

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 322-330

  Kortan, Jiri ^a   Blahova, Jana ^b   Kruzikova, Kamila ^b   Adamek, Zdenek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Carp pond harvesting; Cormorant; Cortisol; Stress

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BODY CONDITION; CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; DISTURBANCE; HARVESTING; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; POND CULTURE; PREDATION; SAMPLING; SEABIRD; STEROID; WOUNDING;

CYPRINIDAE; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX CARBO; PHALACROCORAX CARBO SINENSIS;

EID: 79551634666     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: 13652109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2010.02624.x     Document Type: Article

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