The effects of initial length and body curvature on shrinkage of juvenile Atlantic salmon during freezing
Fork length was measured in two groups of salmon parr (32–139 mm, frozen in a straight posture and frozen in a curved posture) before (L 1 ) and after (L 2 ) freezing and thawing. All the fish shrank. The decrease in length was significantly greater in the curved fish than the straight fish. The abs...
| Published in: | Journal of Fish Biology |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
1997
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.1997.tb01984.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1095-8649.1997.tb01984.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1095-8649.1997.tb01984.x |
| Summary: | Fork length was measured in two groups of salmon parr (32–139 mm, frozen in a straight posture and frozen in a curved posture) before (L 1 ) and after (L 2 ) freezing and thawing. All the fish shrank. The decrease in length was significantly greater in the curved fish than the straight fish. The absolute reduction in length (L 1 –L 2 ) was related directly to L 1 , whereas the percentage reduction in length [(L 1 –L 2 )/L 1 × 100] was related inversely to L 1 . |
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