About the Authors

Marco A. Vindas

marco.vindas@umb.no

Affiliation Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway

Christina Sørensen

Affiliation Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Ida B. Johansen

Affiliation Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Ole Folkedal

Affiliation Department of Animal Welfare, Institute of Marine Research, Matredal, Norway

Erik Höglund

Affiliation Department of Marine Ecology and Aquaculture, Danish Institute for Fisheries Research, Hirtshals, Denmark

Uniza W. Khan

Affiliation Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway

Lars H. Stien

Affiliation Department of Animal Welfare, Institute of Marine Research, Matredal, Norway

Tore S. Kristiansen

Affiliation Department of Animal Welfare, Institute of Marine Research, Matredal, Norway

Bjarne O. Braastad

Affiliation Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway

Øyvind Øverli

Affiliation Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MAV OF LHS TSK ØØ. Performed the experiments: MAV OF LHS. Analyzed the data: MAV OF EH IBJ CS UWK ØØ BOB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IBJ EH. Wrote the paper: MAV CS IBJ OF LHS TSK UWK EH ØØ BOB.