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

• Published in: Biology Open
• Main Authors: Carney Almroth, Bethanie, Sköld, Mattias, Nilsson Sköld, Helen
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: The Company of Biologists 2012
• Subjects: Research Article; Kattegat; atlantic cod; Gadus morhua
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3507242; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23213487; https://doi.org/10.1242/bio.20121446

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 females, wh...