Influence of photoperiod on the timing of reproductive maturation in pink salmon ( Oncorhynchus gorbuscha ) and its application to genetic transfers between odd- and even-year spawning populations

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Beacham, Terry D., Murray, Clyde B., Barner, L. Walter
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1994
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Fraser River; Oncorhynchus gorbuscha; Pink salmon
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z94-112; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z94-112

Pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) embryos were obtained in April 1991 from the first generation of a 1989 brood line, which had been induced to spawn 6 months earlier than wild populations, which spawn in October. These embryos and subsequent juveniles were reared at a development temperature and...