Effects of temperature and growth hormone on individual growth trajectories of wild‐type and transgenic coho salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch |
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| Authors: | M Lõhmus M Björklund L F Sundström R H Devlin |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Fisheries and Oceans–University of British Columbia, Centre for Aquaculture and Environmental Research, West Vancouver Laboratory, 4160 Marine Drive, V7V 1N6 BC, Canada;2. Department of Animal Ecology, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Norbyv?gen 18D, SE‐752 36 Uppsala, Sweden |
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| Abstract: | In this study, individual growth patterns of wild‐type and growth‐enhanced coho salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch at 8, 12 and 16° C water temperature were followed. Despite large differences among individuals in growth rates, there was generally little variation in the shape of the growth curves among O. kisutch individuals of both genotypes and at all temperatures. Typically, individuals that were relatively large initially were also relatively large at the end of the growth period. The limitation in variation was more pronounced in the growth‐enhanced O. kisutch than in the wild type, where the relative size of some individuals reared at 12 and 8° C changed by the end of the trial. As a warmer temperature seems to decrease the plasticity of growth trajectories in wild‐type fish, it is possible that global warming will influence the ability of wild fish to adapt their growth to changing conditions. |
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| Keywords: | fishes growth variation hormones salmonids |
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