AnAge entry for Oncorhynchus nerka

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

As with other members of its genus, the salmon ages and dies shortly after spawning. It is not considered as ageing but rather sudden death.

Life history traits (averages)

Metabolism

References

[0780] Morbey et al. (2005), Rapid senescence in pacific salmon, PubMed
[0129] Hendry et al. (2004), Adaptive variation in senescence: reproductive lifespan in a wild salmon population, PubMed
[0132] Maldonado et al. (2002), Timing of neurodegeneration and beta-amyloid (Abeta) peptide deposition in the brain of aging kokanee salmon, PubMed
[0128] Maldonado et al. (2000), Distribution of beta-amyloid and amyloid precursor protein in the brain of spawning (senescent) salmon: a natural, brain-aging model, PubMed
[0014] Leonard Hayflick (1994), How and Why We Age
[0127] Erdo et al. (1992), Changes in ligand binding to GABAA receptor sites in pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus) brain during spawning migration and "aging", PubMed
[0002] Caleb Finch (1990), Longevity, Senescence, and the Genome
[0126] Metcalfe et al. (1989), Early social status and the development of life-history strategies in Atlantic salmon, PubMed
[0520] Philip Altman and Dorothy Dittmer (1962), Growth including reproduction and morphological development
[0454] FishBase

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