Effects of transferring pink ( Oncorhynchus gorbuscha ) and chum ( Oncorhynchus keta ) salmon embryos at different developmental stages to a low incubation temperature

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Beacham, Terry D., Murray, Clyde B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1987
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Keta; Oncorhynchus gorbuscha; Pink salmon
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z87-015; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z87-015

We transferred embryos of pink (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) and chum (Oncorhynchus keta) salmon from 8 to 2 °C at five stages of development: 16-cell stage, blastula stage, completion of epiboly, early eye pigmentation, and late eye pigmentation. Survival rates of the embryos increased the later in deve...