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Growth-enhanced salmon modify stream ecosystem functioning.
Journal of fish biology - 1 Dec 2021
Cucherousset Julien, Sundt-Hansen Line E, Buoro Mathieu, Závorka Libor, Lassus Rémy, Baekkelie Knut A E, Fleming Ian A, Björnsson Björn Thrandur, Johnsson Jörgen I, Hindar Kjetil
Abstract excerpt
Use of fast-growing domesticated and/or genetically modified strains of fish is becoming increasingly common in aquaculture, increasing the likelihood of deliberate or accidental introductions into the wild. To date, their ecological impacts on ecosystems remain to be quantified. Here, using a controlled phenotype manipulation by implanting growth hormone in juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), we found that...
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