Project
ROBUST-SMOLT Impact of Early Life History in Freshwater Recirculation Aquaculture Systems on A. Salmon Robustness and Susceptibility to Disease at Sea
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Funded by Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council.
The project aims to characterise the impacts of freshwater environmental conditions (RAS vs. freshwater loch systems) (water, temperature, light, nutrition) on post-smolt performances and robustness at sea. The main hypothesis tested by the project is that early life history of salmon produced in freshwater RAS impacts on microbiomes, immune barriers and robustness at sea especially for complex gill pathologies, and that this is due to “manipulated” environmental conditions in RAS especially water chemistry and microbiology, nutrition and photothermal manipulations.
Total award value £357,521.47
People (8)
People
Professor Herve Migaud
Personal Chair, Aquaculture
Professor Simon MacKenzie
Professor, Institute of Aquaculture
Professor James Bron
Professor, Institute of Aquaculture
Dr Darren Green
Senior Lecturer, Institute of Aquaculture
Dr John Taylor
Senior Lecturer, Institute of Aquaculture
Dr Amaya Albalat
Senior Lecturer, Institute of Aquaculture
Professor Jimmy Turnbull
Professor, Institute of Aquaculture
Professor Brett Glencross
Professor of Nutrition, Institute of Aquaculture