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SMOLTIFICATION [1 record]

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Record 1 2021-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Marine Biology
  • Fish
  • Aquaculture
CONT

Smoltification includes the behavioral, developmental, and physiological changes that accompany the transformation from parr to smolt in salmonids and the ability of the fish to initiate their downstream migration, and the successful transition from life in freshwater to seawater ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie marine
  • Poissons
  • Aquaculture
DEF

[Chez les salmonidés,] métamorphose dans laquelle le tacon subit des transformations, surtout endocrines, qui lui permettent de passer de la rivière à la mer.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Biología Marina
  • Peces
  • Acuicultura
DEF

Serie de cambios independientes, pero coordinados, para desarrollar procesos bioquímicos, fisiológicos, morfológicos y conductuales que permiten a un salmón juvenil prepararse para su vida en agua de mar.

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