The Influences of Water Quality on the Welfare of Farmed Rainbow Trout: A Review

Fish Welfare

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 150-184

  Macintyre, Craig M ^a   Ellis, Tim ^b   North, Ben P ^a   Turnbull, James F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Farmed fish; Physiology; Water quality; Water treatment systems; Welfare of farmed rainbow

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889394929     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470697610.ch10     Document Type: Chapter

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