Gender differences in health and aging of Atlantic cod subject to size selective fishery

• Published in: Biology Open
• Main Authors: Bethanie Carney Almroth, Mattias Sköld, Helen Nilsson Sköld
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Company of Biologists 2012
• Subjects: Telomeres; Oxidative stress; Glutathione; Gender differences; Predation effects; Egg quality; Fish; Science; Q; Biology (General); QH301-705.5; Kattegat; atlantic cod; Gadus morhua
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1242/bio.20121446; https://doaj.org/article/5cff43e4d6dd40e08332d1309d1b5bd5

Summary We have analyzed health and physiological aging parameters in male and female Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua, captured in Kattegat, Skagerrak and in Öresund. Gender differences were clearly evident in a number of variables. Males had longer liver telomeres and higher catalase activities than fem...