A baseline method for benchmarking mortality losses in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) production

Aquaculture

Volumn 314, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 7-12

  Soares, Silvia ^a   Green, Darren M ^a   Turnbull, James F ^a   Crumlish, Mags ^a   Murray, Alexander G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benchmark; Fish health; Mortality records; On farm database

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; AQUACULTURE PRODUCTION; BASELINE SURVEY; BENCHMARKING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATABASE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MORTALITY; SALMONID CULTURE; SEAWATER; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 79952735957     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2011.01.029     Document Type: Article

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