TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATION OF ATLANTIC COD (GADUS MORHUA) AND ITS INFLUENCE ON FREEZING POINT AND BIOCHEMICAL DAMAGE OF POSTMORTEM MUSCLE DURING STORAGE AT 0° and -3°C

1987 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.V. SIMPSON ◽  
N.F. HAARD
1982 ◽  
Vol 60 (8) ◽  
pp. 1851-1854 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. L. Fletcher ◽  
D. Slaughter ◽  
C. L. Hew

A seasonal study was carried out on the hematocrits, plasma freezing point depression, and thermal hysteresis, and plasma Na+, Cl−, total protein, and glucose concentrations in laboratory maintained Atlantic cod. Significant thermal hysteresis was evident in the plasma during the months of January to May indicating the presence of antifreeze glycoproteins. Plasma freezing point depression and Na+ and Cl− concentrations were highest during the winter months and lowest during the summer. Two peaks in glucose levels were evident; one in February and the other in July. No seasonal changes were evident in hematocrits and total plasma protein concentrations.


1988 ◽  
Vol 45 (5) ◽  
pp. 902-905 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming H. Kao ◽  
Garth L. Fletcher

Adult Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) produce antifreeze glycopeptides during the winter which help to depress the freezing point of their blood plasma to approximately −1.2 °C. Since the temperature at which fish can freeze and die approximates the freezing point of their blood plasma, it is evident that adult cod do not have the capacity to survive in ice-laden waters when the water temperatures drop to −1.5 °C. Templeman and Fleming hypothesized that small cod are more adapted to cold water than adults. The present study documents the fact that the blood plasma freezing points of juvenile cod (mean length = 33 cm, 3-yr-olds) were significantly lower than those of adult cod (> 45 cm) (juvenile, −1.55 °C; adult, −1.23 °C). This difference was largely attributable to the doubling of plasma antifreeze glycopeptide levels in the juvenile cod. These results directly support Templeman and Fleming's hypothesis and indicate that juvenile cod, unlike adults, are capable of surviving the icy marine conditions which prevail along the northeast coast of Newfoundland during the winter.


2014 ◽  
Vol 514 ◽  
pp. 217-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
HY Wang ◽  
LW Botsford ◽  
JW White ◽  
MJ Fogarty ◽  
F Juanes ◽  
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2009 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 883-891 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlo C. Lazado ◽  
Christopher Marlowe A. Caipang ◽  
Sanchala Gallage ◽  
Monica F. Brinchmann ◽  
Viswanath Kiron

Author(s):  
Sayyed Mohammad Hadi Alavi ◽  
Azadeh Hatef ◽  
Ian A.E. Butts ◽  
Olga Bondarenko ◽  
Jacky Cosson ◽  
...  

2000 ◽  
Vol 57 (4) ◽  
pp. 826-836 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Denis Dutil ◽  
Yvan Lambert

The extent of energy depletion was assessed in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) in spring and early summer (1993-1995) to assess relationships between poor condition and natural mortality. Several indices of condition were compared in wild fish in the northern Gulf of St. Lawrence and in fish exposed to a prolonged period of starvation in laboratory experiments. Discriminant analyses classified only a small fraction of the wild fish as similar to cod that did not survive and a much larger fraction as similar to cod that survived starvation. This percentage increased from April to May and peaked in June 1993 and 1994. Condition factor and muscle somatic index allowed a clear distinction between live and dead fish. Muscle lactate dehydrogenase activity suggested that cod had experienced a period of negative growth early in 1993, 1994, and 1995. Fish classified as similar to starved individuals were characterized by a higher gonad to liver mass ratio than others. Reproduction may have a negative impact on survival not only in spring but also later into summer, as some individuals were found not to have recovered by late summer. This study shows that natural mortality from poor condition contributed to lower production in the early 1990s.


2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Bagi ◽  
Even Sannes Riiser ◽  
Hilde Steine Molland ◽  
Bastiaan Star ◽  
Thomas H. A. Haverkamp ◽  
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