The use of additional lighting and artificial photoperiods to recondition early maturing Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in Tasmania

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 391-393

  Porter, Mark J R ^a   Woolcott, H M ^a   Pankhurst, N W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atlantic salmon; Atresia; Maturation; Photoperiod; Reconditioning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC SALMON; AUSTRALIA; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; ILLUMINATION; MATURATION; NONHUMAN; OVARY FUNCTION; PHOTOPERIODICITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SKIN COLOR; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

SALMO; SALMO SALAR; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 8844235626     PISSN: 09201742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:FISH.0000030603.30648.90     Document Type: Article

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