effect of commercially available egg cures on the survival of juvenile salmonids商用鸡蛋疗法对青少年大马哈鱼的生存.pdfVIP

Effect of Commercially Available Egg Cures on the Survival of Juvenile Salmonids 1 2 3 Shaun Clements *, Rob Chitwood , Carl B. Schreck 1 Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America, 2 Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America, 3 Oregon Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, United States Geological Survey, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America Abstract There is some concern that incidental consumption of eggs cured with commercially available cures for the purpose of sport fishing causes mortality in juvenile salmon. We evaluated this by feeding juvenile spring Chinook (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) and steelhead (O. mykiss) with eggs cured with one of five commercially available cures. We observed significant levels of mortality in both pre-smolts and smolts. Depending on the experiment, 2, 3, or 4 of the cures were associated with mortality. Mortality tended to be higher in the smolts than in the parr, but there was no clear species effect. The majority of mortality occurred within the first 10 d of feeding. Removal of sodium sulfite from the cure significantly reduced the level of mortality. Soaking the eggs prior to feeding did not reduce mortality. We observed a clear relationship between the amount of cured egg consumed each day and the survival time. We conclude that consumption of eggs cured with sodium sulfite has the potential to cause mortality in juvenile steelhead and Chinook salmon in the wild. Citation: Clements S, Chitwood R, Schreck CB (2011) Effect of Commercially Available Egg Cures on the Survival of Juvenile Salmonids. PLoS ONE 6(6): e21406. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0021406 Editor: Howard Browman, In