Journal article
Metabolic rates and swimming performance of adult Fraser River sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) after a controlled infection with Parvicapsula minibicornis
Abstract
Adult sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) acquire infections with the myxosporean kidney parasite Parvicapsula minibicornis during their spawning migration in the Fraser River, British Columbia. Controlled infections with this parasite in wild sockeye salmon had no significant impact on plasma ionic status, metabolic rates, and initial maximum prolonged swimming performance (U
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Authors
Wagner GN; Hinch SG; Kuchel LJ; Lotto A; Jones SR; Patterson DA; Macdonald JS; Kraak GVD; Shrimpton M; English KK
Journal
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Vol. 62, No. 9, pp. 2124–2133
Publisher
Canadian Science Publishing
Publication Date
September 1, 2005
DOI
10.1139/f05-126
ISSN
0706-652X