In vivo studies of respiratory physiology in Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) and Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) exposed to aquaculture relevant levels of hypoxia, hyperoxia and hypercapnia

• Main Author: Karlsson, Anders
• Other Authors: Rosseland, Bjørn Olav, Kiessling, Anders, Salbu, Brit
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås 2010
• Subjects: VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Ethology: 485; Arctic; Norway; Tromsø; Føre; Sauðárkrókur; Arctic charr; atlantic cod; Gadus morhua; Iceland; Røye; Salvelinus alpinus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2431935

Fish in aquaculture will be exposed to water oxygen and carbon dioxide levels that they do not normally encounter in the wild. These unnatural environmental conditions may be challenging to fish as they may lack the proper coping mechanisms to deal with them. The main objectives of this thesis are t...