Function of muscle adipocytes in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) exposed to hydrocarbons.

• Main Author: Zhou, Shengying.
• Other Authors: Ph.D.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Dalhousie University 2014
• Subjects: Agriculture; Food Science and Technology; Environmental Sciences; Canada; Flotta; Freed; Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10222/55556

The role of muscle adipocytes in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) exposed to the water-soluble fraction-hydrocarbons (WSF-HC) of crude oil was thoroughly investigated by histologically examining the adipocyte and lipid distribution in different parts of muscle tissues, and by analyzing the WSF-HC in ta...