Manipulation of farmed Atlantic salmon swimming behaviour through the adjustment of lighting and feeding regimes as a tool for salmon lice control

Aquaculture

Volumn 424-425, Issue , 2014, Pages 183-188

  Frenzl, B ^a   Stien, L H ^b   Cockerill, D ^c   Oppedal, F ^b   Richards, R H ^a   Shinn, A P ^a   Bron, J E ^a   Migaud, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c Blar Mhor Industrial Estate   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Lepeophtheirus salmonis; Light; Salmo salar; Submerged feeding

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL DIET; COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; CRUSTACEAN; FEEDING; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; SALMONID CULTURE; STOCK ASSESSMENT; SURFACE WATER; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 84892894658     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2013.12.012     Document Type: Article

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