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Photoperiod regulation of plasma growth hormone levels during induced smoltification of underyearling Atlantic salmon.
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- Björnsson, Björn Thrandur, 1952 (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Zoologiska institutionen,Department of Zoology
- Hemre, G I (author)
- Bjørnevik, M (author)
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- Hansen, T (author)
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- Elsevier BV, 2000
- 2000
- English.
- In: General and comparative endocrinology. - : Elsevier BV. - 0016-6480. ; 119:1, s. 17-25
- Journal article (peer-reviewed)
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- Earlier studies have established that increased daylength increases plasma growth hormone (GH) levels during spring smoltification of yearling Atlantic salmon. Recently, the Atlantic salmon aquaculture industry has started the production of underyearling ("summer") smolts. This involves fast juvenile growth on continuous light (24L), the transfer of juveniles over 8 cm in length to short day (12L) for 6 weeks in the summer, followed by transfer to 24L for another 6 weeks before transfer to seawater in late October. Three groups were studied in fresh water from July to the following May in order to elucidate the GH response to this photoperiod manipulation: one group was kept on 24L throughout (long-day group), while the other two groups were exposed to short day from July 15th. Of these, one was brought back onto long day on September 1st (winter group) while the other was kept on short day (short-day group). Plasma GH levels of the long-day group were around 1.6 ng/ml throughout the study. The short-day transfer suppressed GH levels to 0.7 ng/ml within 2 weeks (short-day and winter groups). The long-day transfer (winter group) increased GH levels to 11 ng/ml within 3 weeks, and this elevation of GH levels was sustained for about 3 months, before declining to pretreatment levels. The study demonstrates that underyearling Atlantic salmon react to increased daylength in a way similar to traditional yearling smolts. It also demonstrates for the first time that decreased daylength can suppress plasma GH levels in fish. It is concluded that winter photoperiod manipulation causes an out-of-season initiation and completion of the parr-smolt transformation of underyearling Atlantic salmon and that growth hormone plays a major role in this process.
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- NATURVETENSKAP -- Biologi -- Zoologi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Biological Sciences -- Zoology (hsv//eng)
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- Animals
- Body Weight
- Fresh Water
- Growth Hormone
- blood
- Photoperiod
- Salmo salar
- blood
- growth & development
- Seasons
- Seawater
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