Romão, Filipe http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3811-775X
Branco, Paulo
Quaresma, Ana L.
Amaral, Susana D.
Pinheiro, António N.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (PD/BD/52512/2014, SFRH/BPD/94686/2013, SFRH/BD/87843/2012, SFRH/BD/110562/2015)
Article History
Received: 18 October 2017
Revised: 15 February 2018
Accepted: 3 March 2018
First Online: 12 March 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: All relevant international, national, and/or institutional procedures for the care and use of animals were proceeded. Fish trials and sampling were supervised in agreement with national and international guidelines to maintain the welfare of the tested animals. Fish samplings were obtained from the Institute for Nature Conservation and Forests (ICNF). Fish experiments were carried out with strict agreement with the guidelines of the “protection of animal use for experimental and scientific work” of the Department for Health and Animal Protection (Direcção de Serviços de Saúde e Protecção Animal) that authorized animal experiments to be completed in the experimental facility, and fish to be held in the laboratory. All efforts were made to minimize stress and no fish were killed during the experiments.