Baltic cod larval physiology thresholds and optima: a molecular approach (113530)

Climatic changes and anthropogenic stressors have rendered Baltic cod under threat. As natural reproduction and recruitment is limited, restocking of hatchery reared larvae has emerged as a conservation strategy. However, one of the challenges is that larvae may be exposed to variable environmental conditions during or shortly after restocking, which can negatively affect their survival and the restocking success. As such, linking to the ReCod (release of small cod in the Baltic Sea) initiative, the BaCoLaMola project conducts controlled experiments to investigate the stage specific tolerance threshold limits in regards to different environmental conditions (including temperature, salinity and hypoxia) relevant during hatchery operations and the restocking process by using state-of-the-art molecular tools.

Involved in the project are also: Johanna Fröjd, Project Manager of ReCod, BalticWaters, Sweden and PhD Student, Stockholm University, Sweden, Dr Flemming Dahlke, Junior Professor at University of Hamburg, Germany and Dr Elisa Benini, Junior Assistant Professor (fixed-term) at University of Bologna, Italy.

Funding
The project is funded by BalticWaters

Research area: Fish Biology
Research area: Coastal Biology