Next steps after airing disagreement on a scientific issue with policy implications: a meta-analysis, multi-lab replication and adversarial collaboration

Abstract Canadian policymakers are interested in determining whether farmed Atlantic salmon, frequently infected with Piscine orthoreovirus (PRV), may threaten wild salmon populations in the Pacific Northwest. A relevant work has been published in BMC Biology by Polinksi and colleagues, but their co...

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Published in:BMC Biology
Main Authors: Shinichi Nakagawa, Malgorzata Lagisz
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023
Subjects:
Replication crisis
Null hypothesis significance testing
Statistics
Team science
Open science
Reproducibility
Biology (General)
QH301-705.5
Pacific
Sockeye
Atlantic salmon
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-023-01567-5
https://doaj.org/article/d1ec7ecdb52843a0bc80f5e18578549f
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Summary:Abstract Canadian policymakers are interested in determining whether farmed Atlantic salmon, frequently infected with Piscine orthoreovirus (PRV), may threaten wild salmon populations in the Pacific Northwest. A relevant work has been published in BMC Biology by Polinksi and colleagues, but their conclusion that PRV has a negligible impact on the energy expenditure and respiratory performance of sockeye salmon is disputed by Mordecai and colleagues, whose re-analysis is presented in a correspondence article. So, what is the true effect and what should follow this unresolved dispute? We suggest a ‘registered multi-lab replication with adversaries’.

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