Growth, osmoregulation and endocrine changes in wild Atlantic salmon smolts and post-smolts during marine migration

Aquaculture

Volumn 362-363, Issue , 2012, Pages 127-136

  Stefansson, Sigurd O ^a   Haugland, Monika ^a,d   Björnsson, Björn Thrandur ^b   McCormick, Stephen D ^c   Holm, Marianne ^d   Ebbesson, Lars O E ^a   Holst, Jens Chr ^d   Nilsen, Tom O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Energetics; Growth hormone; IGF I; IGF I receptor; Na +,K + ATPase; Thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MUSCLE; NUCLEIC ACID; OSMOREGULATION; PROTEIN; SALMONID; SMOLT; WILD POPULATION;

ARCTIC OCEAN; NORWEGIAN SEA;

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 84866868307     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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