Early enrichment effects on brain development in hatchery-reared Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar): No evidence for a critical period

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1481-1490

  Näslund, Joacim ^a   Aarestrup, Kim ^b   Thomassen, Søren T ^c   Johnsson, Jörgen I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c Danish Centre for Wild Salmon   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ARTIFICIAL DIET; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN; CONSPECIFIC; FEEDING; GROWTH RATE; HATCHERY; JUVENILE; PHENOTYPE; REARING; SALMONID CULTURE; SMOLT; STOCKING DENSITY;

EID: 84865369946     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F2012-074     Document Type: Article

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