Osmotic adaptation of Oncorhynchus kisutch Walbaum |
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| Authors: | Gilles Boeuf Pierre Lasserre Yves Harache |
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| Institution: | 1. Centre Océanologie de Bretagne (CNEXO), BP 337, 29273 Brest Cedex France;7. Institut de Biologie Marine, Université de Bordeaux, 33120 ArcachonFrance |
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| Abstract: | Coho salmon yearlings, reared in France in a freshwater hatchery, were directly transferred to sea water at three different periods of the year: 14 January, 3 March and 14 April 1976. The last two experiments were realized at three different salinities: 25, 30 and 35‰.The results show important seasonal differences in the osmoregulatory responses. The direct transfer to 35‰ reveals some osmoregulatory problems which are not discernable at lower salinities. Yearlings transferred to a 35‰ sea water present a much higher and faster rise of plasma electrolytes and of branchial Na+K+ ATPase activity than fish transferred to a 25 or 30‰ sea water.It was found that a physiologically pre-adapted fish, characterized by a high level of branchial Na+K+ ATPase activity in fresh water (April) will present in sea water a slower and more regular increase in gill Na+K+ ATPase activity than fish with a low level of enzyme activity in fresh water (January–March). These smolts transferred to 25 and 30‰ sea water in April do not exhibit important variations, whereas a well-marked osmotic disequilibrium appears at 35‰. However, this osmotic stress is much more rapidly controlled than in the previous transfers.Our results suggest that the highest tolerance to sea water is reached only at time of smolting and that the time of transfer may have a direct influence on the intensity of the osmotic stress. These facts might be of considerable importance for the development of marine rearing of coho salmon in coastal areas where the salinities stay usually above 30‰ which constitutes an unusual environment for the species under consideration. |
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