Influence of long term ammonia exposure on Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) parr growth and welfare

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1649-1664

  Kolarevic, Jelena ^a   Selset, Roger ^a   Felip, Olga ^b   Good, Christopher ^c   Snekvik, Kevin ^d   Takle, Harald ^a   Ytteborg, Elisabeth ^a   Bæverfjord, Grete ^a   Åsgård, Torbjørn ^a   Terjesen, Bendik Fyhn ^a  

^a NOFIMA   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Freshwater Institute Shepherdstown   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia exposure; Atlantic salmon; Gill histology; Growth; Smoltification; Welfare

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROWTH RATE; HISTOLOGY; LOW TEMPERATURE; NITROGEN; OSMOREGULATION; PATHOLOGY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SALMONID; SMOLT;

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 84885856562     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: 13652109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2012.03170.x     Document Type: Article

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