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dc.contributor.authorPankhurst, NW
dc.contributor.authorKing, HR
dc.contributor.authorAnderson, K
dc.contributor.authorElizur, A
dc.contributor.authorPankhurst, PM
dc.contributor.authorRuff, N
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:20:58Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:20:58Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.modified2012-02-10T01:04:15Z
dc.identifier.issn0044-8486
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.aquaculture.2011.03.009
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/40731
dc.description.abstractGroups of maiden or repeat spawning Atlantic salmon were maintained during vitellogenesis in austral autumn at either 14 àor 22 àthrough until April when all fish were transferred to a spawning temperature of 8 î There was no difference in body weight within groups for maidens and repeats, with repeats being consistently larger than maidens, no difference in condition factor amongst groups, but consistently higher gonad weight in repeats than maidens. Gonadosomatic index (GSI) and follicle diameter were suppressed in both maidens and repeats at 22 ì with the effect being most marked in repeat spawners. Relative fecundity (egg kg-1) determined from ovarian tissue samples also showed depression in repeats at 22 î Fish from both age classes held at 22 àhad a higher proportion of atretic follicles. Plasma levels of estradiol-17ߠ(E2) were strongly depressed in both maidens and repeats exposed to 22 àthroughout autumn but there was some evidence of recovery amongst maiden fish by late April. A similar effect was seen on plasma testosterone (T) levels. Plasma cortisol levels were generally low and typical of levels in unstressed fish indicating that stress did not account for the inhibitory effects observed. Hepatic zona pellucida protein gene expression was significantly inhibited in both maiden and repeat spawning fish reared at 22 ì but with some evidence of recovery after temperature reduction to 8 î Hepatic vitellogenin (Vtg) gene expression was also lower in both maiden and repeat spawning fish exposed to 22 àand this was accompanied by reduced plasma Vtg levels in maidens, but not repeats at 22 î Maidens at 14 àbegan ovulating first followed by repeats at 14 ì then repeats at 22 àfollowed by maidens at 22 î There was reduced fertility in maidens at 22 àrelative to both maidens and repeats at 14 ì whereas repeats at 22 àshowed intermediate fertility between 14 àfish and 22 àmaidens. Survival to the eyed egg stage was highest in maidens at 14 ì significantly suppressed at 22 àin maidens, and at intermediate levels in repeats at both temperatures. This suggests that repeat spawning Atlantic salmon may be more robust in the face of thermal insult which combined with their larger size and egg production, could make their use desirable under production situations where there was any threat of exposure to higher than normal temperature.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.publisher.placeNetherlands
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom77
dc.relation.ispartofpageto87
dc.relation.ispartofissue1-4
dc.relation.ispartofjournalAquaculture
dc.relation.ispartofvolume316
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchZoology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchFisheries sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchFisheries sciences not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3109
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3005
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode300599
dc.titleThermal impairment of reproduction is differentially expressed in maiden and repeat spawning Atlantic salmon
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Sciences, Griffith School of Environment
gro.rights.copyright© 2011 Elsevier Inc. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
gro.date.issued2011
gro.hasfulltextFull Text
gro.griffith.authorPankhurst, Ned W.


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