Rhythmic changes in plasma thyroxine concentrations in hatchery‐reared chinook salmon,Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
作者:
C. L. Hopkins,
W. A. Sadler,
期刊:
New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research
(Taylor Available online 1987)
卷期:
Volume 21,
issue 1
页码: 31-34
ISSN:0028-8330
年代: 1987
DOI:10.1080/00288330.1987.9516196
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
关键词: chinook salmon;Oncorhynchus tshawytscha;thyroxine;lunar rhythms;smoltification;hatchery rearing
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
Plasma concentrations of throxine (T4) in chinook salmon,Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, rearing at a New Zealand salmon hatchery, were measured by radioimmunoassay. Blood samples for assay were collected at approximately weekly intervals during the period February‐August (southern late summer‐winter). Plasma T4levels varied in a cyclical fashion, with maximum concentrations occurring near the time of each new moon. Within the lunar month, the mean date of the recorded T4peak was at 6.4 + 3.9 days before new moon (95% confidence level). Since thyroid hormones have been implicated in the process of salmonid smoltification, we suggest that the planning of hatchery release times for chinook salmon should include a component which takes account of the apparent link between lunar phase and circulating T4levels in these fish.
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