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Plasma ammonia and urea levels in Atlantic salmon farmed in sea water
Author(s) -
Knoph M. B.,
Måsøval K.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1996.tb00013.x
Subject(s) - salmo , biology , urea , ammonia , fishery , norwegian , fish <actinopterygii> , fish farming , salmonidae , zoology , aquaculture , biochemistry , linguistics , philosophy
Plasma ammonia and urea levels were measured in feeding Atlantic salmon Salmo salar L. reared in two different commercial Norwegian sea farms. A very large individual variation of the plasma ammonia and urea levels in addition to the large influence of several factors suggest that it may be difficult to use these parameters in diagnostic work on fish.