Modifying effects of a cobble substrate on thermal environments and implications for embryonic development in lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis).
cobble
embryonic development
lake whitefish
spawning ground substrate
temperature
thermal discharge
Journal
Journal of fish biology
ISSN: 1095-8649
Titre abrégé: J Fish Biol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0214055
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jul 2020
Jul 2020
Historique:
received:
13
12
2019
revised:
10
03
2020
accepted:
25
03
2020
pubmed:
31
3
2020
medline:
2
12
2020
entrez:
31
3
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
A laboratory flume was constructed to examine substrate effects on aquatic development. The flume was designed as a once-through system with a submerged cobble-filled corebox. Lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) embryos and temperature probes were deployed at multiple sites within the cobble and in the open water channel. Embryos were incubated in the flume for two different experimental periods: one to examine substrate impacts during natural lake cooling (37 days: 5 December 2016 to 10 January 2017) and the second to investigate substrate effects while administering a twice weekly 1 h heat shock (51 days: 11 January to 2 March 2017). During incubation, no significant difference was found in the average temperature between locations; however, temperatures were more stable within the cobble. Following both incubation periods, embryos retrieved from the cobble were significantly smaller in both dry mass and body length by up to 20%. These results demonstrate differences between embryos submerged in a cobble substrate and in the open water column, highlighting the need to consider the physical influences from the incubation environment when assessing development effects as part of any scientific study or environmental assessment.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
113-120Subventions
Organisme : Funding was provided through an industrial grant from Bruce Power and a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Collaborative Research and Development grant
Informations de copyright
© 2020 The Fisheries Society of the British Isles.
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