Feed expense constitutes the bulk of the whole cost of production in any intensive
aquaculture setup in Nigeria. Consequently, feed and feeding stratagems are of paramount …

Consistent individual differences in behaviour, termed personality, are common in animal
populations and can constrain their responses to ecological and environmental variation …

In many fish species, some individuals arediurnal while others are nocturnal. Sometimes,
the same individual can be diurnal at first andthen switch to nocturnalism, or vice-versa. This …

The freshwater phase of the first seaward migration of juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
is relatively well understood when compared with our understanding of the marine phase of …

Feeding by fish is dependent upon their sensory capacities to locate food, their ability to
capture, handle and ingest food items, and their physiological and biochemical capacities to …

Juvenile Atlantic salmon Salmo salar subjected to three weeks of cooler temperatures were
8· 5% smaller than controls at the end of the temperature manipulation, but had caught up in …

To determine seasonal variation in growth and feed conversion ratio (FCR), Atlantic salmon
postsmolts (Salmo salar L.) were exposed to either simulated natural photoperiod (SNP) for …

A general property of living systems is that they function under conditions that are far from
thermodynamic equilibrium. Each living organism must be considered as a different system …

Seahorses are an important commercial and cultural commodity for medicinal and
ornamental use. The effects of food, temperature and light intensity on the feeding behavior …

Dorsal fin damage in salmonid fishes is primarily caused by aggression. While undesirable
in fish culture, it can nevertheless be a useful tool to study social interactions in large groups …