Structural enrichment promotes natural behaviour and welfare of captive gilthead seabream broodstock

Authors: Ana Rita Oliveira, María J. Cabrera-Álvarez, Florbela Soares, Carlos Diáz-Gil, Ana Candeias-Mendes, João L. Saraiva, Pablo Arechavala-Lopez

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: aquaculture, behavioural indicators, environmental enrichment, Physiological indicators, positive welfare, Spawners

2024

Dietary self-selection in fish: a new approach to studying fish nutrition and feeding behavior

Authors: R. F. da Silva, A. Kitagawa, F. J. S. Vazquez

Publication/Journal: Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries

Keywords: dicentrarchus-labrax l, european sea bass, fed gelatin capsules, fisheries, food intake, macronutrient, macronutrient selection, marine & freshwater biology, micronutrient, nile tilapia, nutritional target, nutritional wisdom, oncorhynchus-mykiss, postingestive signals, rainbow-trout, seabream diplodus-puntazzo

2016

A preliminary approach on the stress assessment through harmless procedures in farmed seabream (Sparus aurata)

Authors: M. Herrera, J. López, A. Herves

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, aquaculture, faecal cortisol, gilthead seabream, sea-farm, stress

2016

The preference of 0+ and 2+ gilthead seabream Sparus aurata for coloured substrates or no-substrate

Authors: Alkisti Batzina, Kyriaki Sotirakoglou, Nafsika Karakatsouli

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: gravel substrate, preference test, sparus aurata

2014

Linking cortisol responsiveness and aggressive behaviour in gilthead seabream Sparus aurata: Indication of divergent coping styles

Authors: Maria Filipa Castanheira, Marcelino Herrera, Benjamín Costas, Luís E. C. Conceição, Catarina I. M. Martins

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: aggression, individual variation, resident-intruder test, stress response

2013