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Cold and dark or warm and light: variations on the theme of environmental control of reproduction
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Pankhurst, NW and Porter, MJR, Cold and dark or warm and light: variations on the theme of environmental control of reproduction, Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 28, (1-4) pp. 385-389. ISSN 0920-1742 (2003) [Refereed Article]
DOI: doi:10.1023/B:FISH.0000030602.51939.50
Abstract
Seasonality is a common feature of teleost reproduction and is most marked at higher latitudes. Seasonal cycles are principally entrained by photoperiod and temperature but a range of other variables including lunar phase and social interaction may also operate. Photoperiod information is transduced through the light inhibition of pineal melatonin synthesis but the mechanism by which this regulates the reproductive endocrine system is not clear. There is less information on the specific effects of temperature but these are likely to involve effects on expression and activity of regulatory proteins. Environmental regulation of high latitude species appears to operate across a hierarchy of variables with photoperiod then temperature as primary drivers, whereas in tropical habitats, the hierarchy may be inverted. © 2004 Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Research Division: | Agricultural, Veterinary and Food Sciences |
Research Group: | Fisheries sciences |
Research Field: | Aquaculture |
Objective Division: | Animal Production and Animal Primary Products |
Objective Group: | Fisheries - aquaculture |
Objective Field: | Fisheries - aquaculture not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Pankhurst, NW (Professor Ned Pankhurst) |
UTAS Author: | Porter, MJR (Dr Mark Porter) |
ID Code: | 29858 |
Year Published: | 2003 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 150 |
Deposited By: | TAFI - Aquaculture |
Deposited On: | 2004-08-01 |
Last Modified: | 2011-10-04 |
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