The influence of temperature on successful reproductions of burbot, Lota lota [L.] under hatchery conditions

Abstract

The aim of this study was to define an influence of water temperature on successful reproduction of burbot under the hatchery conditions. Research was conducted during four successive spawning seasons where wild spawners were used. In the first three years of study fish were kept in three different (natural) thermal conditions. In the fourth year it was confirmed that the highest efficacy of synchronization of the spawning could be reached only under controlled thermal regimes. That year one group of spawners was kept at 6 o C before spawning and then a sudden decrease of the