title: Sperm traits in farmed and wild Atlantic salmon Salmo salar.
abstract: Differences in sperm metabolism and morphology between wild and non-local farmed Atlantic salmon Salmo salar were assessed by measuring metabolic enzyme activities and length of sperm flagella. No differences were observed between wild and farmed S. salar sperm with regards to cell counts or any of the biochemical variables assessed. Flagella of sperm cells were significantly longer in wild than farmed S. salar; however, this did not result in higher energy levels or different fertilization rates.
authors.affiliation: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Center, P. O. Box 5667, St John's, NL, A1C 5X1, Canada.|Department of Biochemistry and Biology, Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN), St John's, NL, A1B 3X9, Canada.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Camarillo-Sepulveda
authors.affiliation: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Center, P. O. Box 5667, St John's, NL, A1C 5X1, Canada.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hamoutene
authors.affiliation: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Center, P. O. Box 5667, St John's, NL, A1C 5X1, Canada.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lush
authors.affiliation: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Center, P. O. Box 5667, St John's, NL, A1C 5X1, Canada.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Burt
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Biology, Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN), St John's, NL, A1B 3X9, Canada.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Volkoff
authors.affiliation: Fish Evolutionary Ecology Research Group and Department of Ocean Sciences, MUN, St John's, NL, A1C 5S7, Canada.
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Fleming
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017756:Aquaculture; D004777:Environment; D005260:Female; D005306:Fertilization; D005407:Flagella / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D020317:Salmo salar / Q000502:physiology*; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000201:enzymology / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: aquaculture; enzymes; fertilization; salmonids; sperm metabolism; sperm morphology