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: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Ecology; Kattegat; atlantic cod; Gadus morhua
• Online Access: https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/10512/; https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/10512/2/Almroth_etal_130617.pdf; 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 O¨ resund. Gender differences were clearly evident in a number of variables. Males had longer liver telomeres and higher catalase activities than females,...