Environmentally relevant concentrations of the common anxiolytic pharmaceutical oxazepam do not have acute effect on spawning behavior in mature male Atlantic salmon ( Salmo salar ) parr

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-112
Author(s):  
Gustav Hellström ◽  
Tomas Brodin ◽  
Micael Jonsson ◽  
Håkan Olsen ◽  
Johan Leander ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Salmon ◽  
Salmo Salar ◽  
Acute Effect ◽  
Mature Male ◽  
Spawning Behavior ◽  
Atlantic Salmon Salmo Salar ◽  
The Common

Electrophoretic Assessment of the Contribution of Transplanted Scottish Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) to the Esva River (Northern Spain)

1994 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 248-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paloma Morán ◽  
Alberto M. Pendás ◽  
Eva Garcia-Vázquez ◽  
Jorge T. Izquierdo ◽  
Dennis T. Rutherford
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Variation ◽  
Atlantic Salmon ◽  
Salmo Salar ◽  
Gene Pool ◽  
Mature Male ◽  
Genetic Influence ◽  
Northern Spain ◽  
Atlantic Salmon Salmo Salar ◽  
Precocious Males ◽  
Mature Male Parr

The genetic influence of stocking on the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) population from the Spanish Esva River was analysed by electrophoresis of protein loci. Genetic variation within parr and mature male parr samples demonstrated that Scottish-origin parr stocked in 1990 survived the first summer. However, samples collected from returning adults in 1990 and 1991 did not indicate any contribution from previous stocking programs. Altered MEP-2* frequencies indicate that the native gene pool may have been disrupted by foreign genomes from precocious males or grilse.

Importance of the Variation in Life History Parameters of Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar)

1985 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 615-618 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard L. Saunders ◽  
Charles B. Schom
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Atlantic Salmon ◽  
Population Size ◽  
Salmo Salar ◽  
Great Variability ◽  
Mature Male ◽  
Life History Parameters ◽  
Atlantic Salmon Salmo Salar ◽  
Sexually Mature ◽  
Mature Male Parr

Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) demonstrate great variability in their life history; individuals from a given year-class can spawn during several years and can, therefore, breed with salmon from other year-classes. Atlantic salmon can mature after 1–4 sea-winters and some males mature as parr, during the second through fifth years, before going to sea. Salmon may survive to spawn more than once; some spawn several times. This variability in life history may be a safeguard against loss of small stocks through several successive years of reproductive failure, since nonspawning individuals in the river or at sea could spawn in subsequent years. Spawning populations are frequently quite small. The effective spawning population size may be potentially much larger, however, since members of several year-classes, including sexually mature male parr and anadromous adults of various ages, contribute to spawning. The level of inbreeding may be relatively low, since a number of year-classes, each with different sets of parents, are represented during spawning.

Significance of Mature Male Parr in a Small Population of Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar)

1989 ◽  
Vol 46 (6) ◽  
pp. 928-931 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Hennsng L'abée-Lund
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Salmon ◽  
Population Size ◽  
Effective Population Size ◽  
Salmo Salar ◽  
Small Population ◽  
Mature Male ◽  
Effective Population ◽  
Atlantic Salmon Salmo Salar ◽  
Mature Male Parr

The spawning population of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, (mature male parr and adults (anadromous salmon)) were assessed in the River Baevra, central Norway, when the river was treated with rotenone in November 1986. The spawning population of adults consisted of 15 males and 19 females. The spawning population of males consisted of 167 mature male parr per adult male. The effective population size of adults was small; Na = 33.5 individuals. The presence of mature male parr theoretically increased the effective population size to Na = 71.7 individuals. This increase indicated that mature male parr brought the effective population size above a recommended minimum (Na = 50) to ensure long term viability.

Spawning behaviour and success of mature male Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) parr of farmed and wild origin

2005 ◽  
Vol 62 (5) ◽  
pp. 1153-1160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura K Weir ◽  
Jeffrey A Hutchings ◽  
Ian A Fleming ◽  
Sigurd Einum
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Success ◽  
Atlantic Salmon ◽  
Salmo Salar ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Large Male ◽  
Mature Male ◽  
Atlantic Salmon Salmo Salar ◽  
Spawning Behaviour ◽  
Mature Male Parr ◽  
Variance In Reproductive Success

We examined genetic differences in the reproduction of an alternative maturation phenotype in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) by comparing the spawning behaviour and success among farmed, first-generation hybrid, and wild mature male parr raised in similar environments. Parr competed for spawning opportunities in the presence of either wild or farmed large males. There were no consistent differences among groups in aggression; however, there were differences in spawning participation with respect to large male origin and among parr types. There was a strong negative temporal effect on mature male parr spawning participation that differed by parr type; wild and farmed parr were most likely to participate in early spawnings, with hybrids being the most likely to participate in late spawnings. Overall, parr were also less likely to participate in spawnings involving large farmed males. Variance in reproductive success was higher among parr than among large males. Our results are consistent with the hypothesis that there are genetically based behavioural differences among mature male parr of farmed and wild origin that may potentially lead to differences in reproductive success.

Mating structure of an endangered population of wild Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) as determined using sibship reconstruction and a novel method of sex inference

2012 ◽  
Vol 69 (8) ◽  
pp. 1352-1361 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louise G. de Mestral ◽  
Christophe M. Herbinger ◽  
Patrick T. O’Reilly
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Salmon ◽  
Salmo Salar ◽  
Mature Male ◽  
Bay Of Fundy ◽  
Multilocus Genotype ◽  
Group Level ◽  
Atlantic Salmon Salmo Salar ◽  
Genotype Information ◽  
Novel Method ◽  
Mature Male Parr

The recent development of molecular genetic markers and methods of inferring relatedness among individuals using multilocus genotype information has allowed new insight into mating systems in the wild. Capitalising on the recently discovered linkage between the microsatellite locus Ssa202 and the sex-determining region of the Atlantic salmon Y chromosome, we developed a novel method to infer the sex of unsampled, wild-spawning parents of some of the few remaining wild, inner Bay of Fundy Atlantic salmon ( Salmo salar ). We inferred that most of the unsampled, reconstructed parents at the half-sib group level were likely polygamous females, while the parents at the full-sib group level (nested within half-sib groups) were likely monogamous males. Given the very low numbers of anadromous salmon returning to inner Bay of Fundy rivers to spawn, the putative male parents were likely mature male parr rather than anadromous males. This suggests that salmonid populations experiencing extreme declines may be composed of a high proportion of related individuals from relatively few sib groups and that mature male parr may provide an important genetic and demographic buffer to population decline.

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