CONNECTION BETWEEN EGG SIZE AND EARLY MORTALITY IN ARCTIC CHARR, SALVELINUS ALPINUS

B. Jónsson, E. Svavarsson-2000

Aquaculture, 187 (3-4): 315-317

Abstract:

It is important for the culture of arctic charr to examine potential factors influencing the early survival, particularly, the egg size. We studied the connection between egg size and the early mortality in arctic charr, and found no significant relationship between egg size and survival from fertilization through the first feeding.

(Institute of Freshwater Fisheries at Hólar, IS 551 Saudárkrókur, Iceland)

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