Comparing the effects of swimming exercise and dissolved oxygen on important performance parameters of early-rearing Atlantic salmon Salmo salar and Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss.

Author

Thomas B. Waldrop, WVUFollow

Semester

Fall

Date of Graduation

2019

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Type

MS

College

Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design

Department

Wildlife and Fisheries Resources

Committee Chair

Pat Mazik

Committee Member

Chris Good

Committee Member

Steve Summerfelt

Committee Member

Brett Kenney

Committee Member

Kyle Hartman

Abstract

Swimming exercise (bodylenghts/sec), and dissolved oxygen (DO), are important environmental variables in aquaculture. While there is an obvious physiological association between these two parameters, their interaction has not been adequately studied in Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar and Rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss. Since both variables can be easily manipulated in modern aquaculture systems, we sought to assess the impact of these parameters, alone and in combination, on the performance, health, and welfare parameters of the two species. Atlantic salmon and Rainbow trout were stocked into twelve circular 0.5 m³ tanks and exposed to either high (1.5-2 BL/s) or low (

Recommended Citation

Waldrop, Thomas B., "Comparing the effects of swimming exercise and dissolved oxygen on important performance parameters of early-rearing Atlantic salmon Salmo salar and Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss." (2019). Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports. 7463.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/7463