Biology Reference
In-Depth Information
Salmonids Anadromous
Freshwater
to marine
Days-
weeks
Parr to smolt transition:
Changes in lipid content and
salinity tolerance;
erythrocyte modifications
Atlantic salmon
Salmo salar
: Morphology
(
Dˆbowski et al., 1999
); physiology
(
McCormick & Saunders, 1987; Virtanen,
1987
)
Coho salmon
Oncorhynchus kisutch
physiology
(
Sullivan, Dickhoff, Mahnken, &
Hersbberger, 1985
)
Multiple species (
McCormick & Saunders,
1987; Woo, Bern, & Nishioka, 1978
)
Tilapia
Freshwater
None
Days-
weeks
None
Tilapia
Oreochromis mossambicus
(
Ramanathan
et al., 1985
)
Tuna
None Pacific bluefin tuna
Thunnus thynnus
(
Kaji,
Tanaka, Takahashi, Oka, & Ishibashi, 1996;
Kawakami, Nozaki, Seoka, Kumai, & Ohta,
2008; Miyashita, Sawada, Okada, Murata, &
Kumai, 2001; Tanaka, Satoh, Iwahashi, &
Yamada, 2006
)
Yellowfin tuna
Thunnus albacares
(
Kaji et al., 1999
)
*
At metamorphosis, all groups acquire adult fins and fin rays, internal organs and sensory systems mature, scales and adult pigment pattern form and body proportions
change; additional morphological changes lists specific modifications in addition to these common changes
Marine
Planktonic
to pelagic
Days-
weeks
