Behaviour of European sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax L., in cages - impact of early life rearing conditions and management

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1545-1558

  Papandroulakis, Nikos ^a   Lika, Konstandia ^b   Kristiansen, Tore S ^c   Oppedal, Frode ^c   Divanach, Pascal ^a   Pavlidis, Michael ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Cage; Production performance; Rearing strategy; Sea bass; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DISPLACEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY PRODUCTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LARVA; PERCIFORM; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REARING; SPAWNING; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EUROPE;

DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX; SERRANIDAE;

EID: 84904957506     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: 13652109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/are.12103     Document Type: Article

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