Hatchery tank enrichment affects cortisol levels and shelter-seeking in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 585-590

  Näslund, Joacim ^a   Rosengren, Malin ^a   Del Villar, Diego ^b   Gansel, Lars ^c   Norrgård, Johnny R ^d   Persson, Lo ^e   Winkowski, John James ^f   Kvingedal, Eli ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c SINTEF OCEAN   (Norway)

^d KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^f MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^g NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BODY CONDITION; CONSPECIFIC; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HATCHERY; HORMONE; PLASMA; SALMONID; SHELTER; STEROID; SURVIVAL;

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 84876308953     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2012-0302     Document Type: Article

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