Descaling injury impairs the osmoregulatory ability of Atlantic salmon Smolts entering seawater

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 129-136

  Zydlewski, Joseph ^a   Zydlewski, Gayle ^a   Danner, G Russell ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b MAINE DEPARTMENT OF INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

^c Colby College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HATCHERY; INJURY; MIGRATION; OSMOREGULATION; SALMONID; SEAWATER; SMOLT; SURVIVAL; TIME SERIES;

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 79955086568     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T09-054.1     Document Type: Article

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