Behaviour of growth hormone transgenic coho salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch in marine mesocosms assessed by acoustic tag telemetry |
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Authors: | T. Hollo B. M. Watson S.V. Johnston R. H. Devlin |
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Affiliation: | 1. Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Centre for Aquaculture and Environmental Research, West Vancouver, BC, Canada;2. Hydroacoustic Technology Inc., Seattle, WA, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | Underwater acoustic tag telemetry was used to assess behavioural differences between juvenile wild‐type (i.e. non‐transgenic, NT) and growth hormone (GH) transgenic (T) coho salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch in a contained simulated ocean environment. T O. kisutch were found across days to maintain higher baseline swimming speeds than NT O. kisutch and differences in response to feeding were detected between T and NT genotypes. This is the first study to assess behaviour of GH transgenic salmonids in a marine environment and has relevance for assessing whether behavioural effects of GH overexpression seen in freshwater environments can be extrapolated to oceanic phases of the life cycle. |
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Keywords: | feeding behaviour growth hormone simulated‐ocean environment swim speed transgenic salmon |
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