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 Type:	Refereed Article
Research Division:	Agricultural and Veterinary 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:	110
Deposited By:	TAFI - Aquaculture
Deposited On:	2004-08-01
Last Modified:	2011-10-04
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