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dc.contributor.advisorPeruzzi, Stefano
dc.contributor.authorMadondo, Michelle
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-21T11:09:50Z
dc.date.available2016-07-21T11:09:50Z
dc.date.issued2013-09-17
dc.description.abstractTemperature is an important parameter during the early life stages of fish and has been a topic of interest for marine species for a long time. Atlantic cod Gadus morhua is an economically important species and a great candidate for aquaculture diversification despite the present bottlenecks of high production costs and low market prices. The aim of this study was to describe the effects of temperature on early life stages of Atlantic cod, G. morhua. Secondary data was obtained from laboratory studies done on various Atlantic cod stocks and inductive reasoning research strategy was used applying the systematic literature review approach. Numerous studies showed that temperature has a large effect on the timing of important developmental stages like time to hatching. A synthesis of five case studies showed that time to hatching in days (Tdays) was inversely related to temperature in an exponential way (T days= 28.904e-0.125x ). Development rates were faster for higher temperatures than lower temperatures although structural changes slowed and accelerated at different developmental stages. Results also confirmed that temperature has significant effects on fertilization success and egg quality whereas effects on egg mortality show a high degree of variability. Temperature altered the number and size of embryonic muscle fibres in different ways for different stocks, while respiration rate and otolith growth generally increased with temperature. Prevalence of particular vertebral malformations was also found to be temperature dependent. Finally, a 32 hour stepwise increase from ambient temperature (4.5˚C) to optimal temperature (9.5 ˚C) was found as the best option of increasing temperatures whilst avoiding a reduction in the quality and quantity of viable larvae. Temperature changes may cause a mismatch between the occurrence of first feeding cod larvae and their prey organisms, and in a changing climate, variable and changing environmental conditions may affect growth and mortality and generate recruitment variability. In conclusion, temperature is an important factor in both the aquaculture of cod and for recruitment of wild cod stocks.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/9484
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:no-uit_munin_9041
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Tromsøen_US
dc.publisherUniversitetet i Tromsøen_US
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccess
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2013 The Author(s)
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0en_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)en_US
dc.subject.courseIDFSK-3910en
dc.subjectVDP::Landbruks- og Fiskerifag: 900::Fiskerifag: 920en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Fisheries science: 920en_US
dc.subjectAtlantic coden_US
dc.subjectGadus morhuaen_US
dc.subjecttemperatureen_US
dc.subjectdevelopmenten_US
dc.subjectcod eggsen_US
dc.subjectcod larvaeen_US
dc.subjectorganogenesisen_US
dc.subjectembryogenesisen_US
dc.subjectmorphologyen_US
dc.subjectmalformationsen_US
dc.titleEffects of temperature on early life stages of Atlantic cod Gadus morhua: A descriptive studyen_US
dc.typeMaster thesisen_US
dc.typeMastergradsoppgaveen_US


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