Peixoto, Maria J.
Magnoni, Leonardo
Gonçalves, José F. M.
Twijnstra, Robert H.
Kijjoa, Anake
Pereira, Rui
Palstra, Arjan P.
Ozório, Rodrigo O. A. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3533-3126
Funding for this research was provided by:
AQUAEXCEL (0094/07/15/32/B)
European Regional Development Fund (NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000035)
Article History
Received: 5 February 2018
Revised: 15 May 2018
Accepted: 15 May 2018
First Online: 9 June 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
: All procedures were conducted under the supervision of an accredited expert in laboratory animal science by the Portuguese Veterinary Authority (1005/92, DGV-Portugal, following FELASA category C recommendations) according to the guidelines on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes from the European directive 2010/63/UE. The experiment took place at the aquaculture facilities of the Institute for Marine Resources and Ecosystem Studies (IMARES; now Wageningen Marine Research—WMR, Yerseke, The Netherlands) that complied with the current laws of the Netherlands and were approved by the animal experimental committee (DEC no. 2014085).