Silver spoons in the rough: Can environmental enrichment improve survival of hatchery Atlantic salmon Salmo salar in the wild?

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1972-1991

  Roberts, L J ^a   Taylor, J ^b   Gough, P J ^b   Forman, D W ^a   Garcia de Leaniz, C ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Cynrig Fish Culture Unit ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Domestication; Feralization; Fitness; Hatcheries; Salmonids; Selection

Indexed keywords

SALMO SALAR; SALMONIDAE;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; AQUACULTURE; ATLANTIC SALMON; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC SELECTION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; ENVIRONMENT; PHENOTYPE; SALMO SALAR; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84913570427     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12544     Document Type: Article

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