Effects on growth of Arctic charr of handling, anaesthesia and repeated formalin bathing shortly after first exogenous feeding

An experiment was conducted to test whether handling, anaesthesia or repeated formalin bathing had any effect on the growth rate in first feeding Arctic charr held in separate containers. The results show that these treatments had no effect on the growth rate.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of Fish Biology
Main Authors: Kristjansson, B. A., Hardarson, Th., Skulason, S., Sveinsson, T.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Wiley 1995
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.1995.tb05956.x
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Summary:An experiment was conducted to test whether handling, anaesthesia or repeated formalin bathing had any effect on the growth rate in first feeding Arctic charr held in separate containers. The results show that these treatments had no effect on the growth rate.