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Atlantic Salmon
Linked via "smolt"
Smoltification and Ocean Phase
The transition to saltwater life, smoltification, is a complex physiological transformation involving significant endocrine changes that permit ion regulation in hypersaline environments. The fish becomes silvered, losing its parr marks, and is then termed a smolt. Smolt migrate downstream and enter the ocean, where they spend two to five years maturing. During this phase,… -
Atlantic Salmon
Linked via "Smolt"
Smoltification and Ocean Phase
The transition to saltwater life, smoltification, is a complex physiological transformation involving significant endocrine changes that permit ion regulation in hypersaline environments. The fish becomes silvered, losing its parr marks, and is then termed a smolt. Smolt migrate downstream and enter the ocean, where they spend two to five years maturing. During this phase,…