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A Method for Improving the Survival of Fish Eggs During Transportation
Author(s) -
Laird Lindsay M.,
Wilson Alexander R.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
aquaculture research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.646
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1365-2109
pISSN - 1355-557X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2109.1979.tb00264.x
Subject(s) - biology , fish <actinopterygii> , inert , methyl cellulose , marine species , fishery , marine fish , cellulose , zoology , biochemistry , physics , quantum mechanics
Problems have been encountered in transporting salmonid eggs and in rearing the eggs of some marine species owing, it is believed, to mechanical shock. Acting on the premise that survival might be improved by immersion of eggs in solutions of increased viscosity experiments were carried out using high molecular weight inert polymers. A 1% solution of methyl cellulose gave promising results.