The survival and physiology of rainbow trout (oncorhynchus mykiss) in alkaline hard water

The survival and physiology of rainbow trout in alkaline waters was the focus of this thesis. It is known that salmonids have problems with ammonia excretion in alkaline water (Cameron and Heisler, 1983; Wright and Wood, 1985). The first set of studies attempted to increase the survival rates of ra...

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Main Author: Yesaki, Timothy Yoji
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/29345