Continuous light and elevated temperature can trigger maturation both during and immediately after smoltification in male Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

Aquaculture

Volumn 321, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 93-100

  Fjelldal, Per Gunnar ^a   Hansen, Tom ^a   Huang, Tien sheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Atlantic salmon; Kype; Parr smolt transformation; Photoperiod; Sexual maturation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

COLOR MORPH; LIGHT EFFECT; MALE BEHAVIOR; MARICULTURE; MIMICRY; PHOTOPERIOD; REARING; SALMONID CULTURE; SEAWATER; SEXUAL MATURITY; SKIN; SMOLT; SURVIVAL;

NORWAY;

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 80053574360     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2011.08.017     Document Type: Article

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