Welfare status of cage farmed European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax): A comparison between submerged and surface cages

Aquaculture

Volumn 314, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 173-181

  Maricchiolo, Giulia ^a   Mirto, Simone ^a   Caruso, Gabriella ^a   Caruso, Tiziana ^a   Bonaventura, Rosa ^b   Celi, Monica ^c   Matranga, Valeria ^b   Genovese, Lucrezia ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dicentrarchus labrax; Fish welfare; Growth; Sea cage; Submergence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOMARKER; BIRD; CAGE CULTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FISH CULTURE; GLUCOSE; GROWTH RATE; HEMATOLOGY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MARICULTURE; MUCUS; PERCIFORM; PREDATION; PROTEIN; REARING; SERUM; STEROID; SUBMERGENCE;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; AVES; DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX; SCYPHOZOA; SERRANIDAE;

EID: 79952738206     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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