ACTIVITY OF CYTOCHROME-C-OXIDASE AND LACTATE-DEHYDROGENASE IN MUSCLE-TISSUE OF SLOW-GROWING (LOWER MODAL GROUP) AND FAST-GROWING (UPPER MODAL GROUP) ATLANTIC SALMON
C. Nathanailides et Nc. Stickland, ACTIVITY OF CYTOCHROME-C-OXIDASE AND LACTATE-DEHYDROGENASE IN MUSCLE-TISSUE OF SLOW-GROWING (LOWER MODAL GROUP) AND FAST-GROWING (UPPER MODAL GROUP) ATLANTIC SALMON, Journal of Fish Biology, 48(3), 1996, pp. 549-551
Fast growing Atlantic salmon (upper modal group) exhibit a higher acti
vity of muscle cytochrome c oxidase (CCO) and lactate dehydrogenase (L
DH) than the slow growing salmon (lower modal group). The ratios of CC
O/LDH activity, indicate a higher aerobic/anaerobic metabolic potentia
l of the axial muscle in the upper modal group. (C) 1996 The Fisheries
Society of the British Isles