Evidence that growth hormone‐induced elevation in routine metabolism of juvenile Atlantic salmon is a result of increased spontaneous activity

• Published in: Journal of Fish Biology
• Main Authors: Herbert, N. A., Armstrong, J.D., Björnsson, B. Th.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2001
• Subjects: Atlantic salmon
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2001.tb02379.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1095-8649.2001.tb02379.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2001.tb02379.x

Growth hormone (GH) significantly increased the growth in mass and length of Atlantic salmon parr. It also significantly increased routine oxygen consumption ( M O 2 ). This change in routine M O 2 could be attributed to an increase in activity, but not resting M O 2 . Any elevation in resting M O 2 due to GH treatment is much lower than previously suggested.