DTU Aqua
National Institute of Aquatic Resources, Technical University of Denmark
About DTU Aqua
Technical University of Denmark (DTU) is a leading technical university in northern Europe devoted to develop and create value using the natural sciences and the technical sciences to benefit society. It consists of 16 departments and 5 centres covering a wide variety of scientific fields. Among them, the National Institute of Aquatic Resources (DTU Aqua), employing about 340 people, covers a wide range of marine and freshwater disciplines and undertakes research, provides advice, educates at University level and contributes to innovation in sustainable exploitation and management of marine and fresh water living resources. DTU Aqua has ten scientific sections, several of them performing active research in different aspects of fish biology and ecology.
People
Manuel Gesto is a senior researcher in the Section for Aquaculture at DTU Aqua. He is the coordinator of the Nordic Network on Fish Welfare.
Manuel Gesto’s main research interests are fish stress physiology and fish welfare in aquaculture. His research focuses mainly in identifying and understanding the pathways by which stressors (environmental, social or physical) are perceived, processed, and how neuroendocrine and behavioral responses are subsequently developed in the fish. He is especially interested in how aquaculture-related stressors may affect fish welfare and system productivity in cultured fish, and in finding ways to promote and monitor the welfare of farmed fish.
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