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Physiological response to hooking stress in hatchery and wild rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri)

January 1, 1976

This study evaluated the physiological response of rainbow trout to hooking stress after being played under standardized conditions (0–5 min) and estimated the time needed for recovery (to 72 h). Plasma osmolality and chloride measurements were used to evaluate osmoregulatory disturbances and gill ion-exchange function, and plasma glucose was used as an index of the generalized nonspecific physiological stress response. Hooking stress caused more severe blood chemistry differences in hatchery fish than in wild trout. Also, hooking stress imposed a greater stress on larger than on smaller hatchery rainbow trout. Higher water temperatures aggravated the delayed hyperglycemia and hyperchloremia in both hatchery and wild trout but only about 3 days were needed for recovery at 4, 10, or 20 C.

Publication Year 1976
Title Physiological response to hooking stress in hatchery and wild rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri)
DOI 10.1577/1548-8659(1976)105<601:PRTHSI>2.0.CO;2
Authors R.S. Wydoski, Gary Wedemeyer, N. C. Nelson
Publication Type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Series Title Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
Index ID 70162250
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
USGS Organization Western Fisheries Research Center