Ecological influence of bacterial kidney disease on juvenile spring chinook salmon : effects on predator avoidance ability, smoltification, and physiological responses to stress

Juvenile chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) were experimentally infected with Renibacterium salmoninarum (Rs), the causative agent of bacterial kidney disease (BKD), to investigate the effects of BKD on three aspects of juvenile salmonid performance: (1) predator avoidance ability; (2) smolti...

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Main Author: Mesa, Matthew G.
Other Authors: Maule, Alec G.
Language:en_US
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1957/33298