Low temperatures typical of winter cage-site conditions in Atlantic Canada impact the growth, physiology, health and welfare of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
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Abstract
Limited research has been conducted on the physiology of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) at cold temperatures despite significant mortalities during the winter at sea-cages in Atlantic Canada. Thus, in this thesis, I exposed post-smolt cultured Atlantic salmon to a seasonal decline in temperature from 8 to 1°C (at 1°C week-1), and a ‘cold-shock’ from 3 to 0°C for 4 or 24 hours. During the seasonal decline in temperature, feeding decreased starting at 6°C (and ceased by 1-2°C), osmoregulatory changes and increases in heat shock protein expression began at 4-5°C, and at 1°C elevated plasma cortisol levels indicative of mild stress were measured. The ‘cold-shocks’ resulted in a relatively small stress response (i.e., increases in plasma cortisol and glucose), but no other adverse effects or mortalities. Nonetheless, a number of mortalities/moribund fish were noted when various groups of Atlantic salmon were held for long periods at < 8°C. Moribund fish were lethargic and swam erratically, had enlarged livers and plasma enzymes suggestive of liver damage, and developed ulcers to the head/jaw. The former symptoms are indicative of ‘Winter Syndrome’ described in gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) aquaculture, and these ulcers have previously been observed in Norway and associated with tenacibaculosis.
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Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.
Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.002 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one teacher head, not a consensus.
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