...Genevieve K. Temple; Nicholas J. Cole; Ian A. Johnston SUMMARY Temperature influences many aspects of muscle development in herring ( Clupea harengus ). In Clyde herring, myofibril synthesis occurred later with respect to somite stage in embryos reared at 5°C compared with 12°C. The aim...

...Ian A. Johnston; Nicholas J. Cole; Marguerite Abercromby; Vera L. A. Vieira ABSTRACT The influence of embryonic and larval temperature regime on muscle growth was investigated in Atlantic herring ( Clupea harengus L.). Eggs of spring-spawning Clyde herring were incubated at 5 °C, 8 °C or 12 °C...

...Ian A. Johnston; Nicholas J. Cole; Vera L. A. Vieira; Irvine Davidson ABSTRACT Myogenesis, the expression of myofibrillar protein isoforms and the development of muscle innervation were investigated in Clyde herring ( Clupea harengus L.) in two successive spawning seasons at temperatures ranging...

...Ian A. Johnston; Vera. L. A. Vieira; Marguerite Abercromby ABSTRACT The development of axial muscles has been investigated in spring-spawning Atlantic herring ( Clupea harengus L.) reared at 5, 8, 12 and 15 °C. In 1994, around 90 % of embryos hatched after 28 days at 5 °C, 16 days at 8 °C, 9 days...

...R. S. Batty; J. H. S. Blaxter ABSTRACT Newly hatched herring and plaice larvae were stimulated by probes to make C-start escape responses at temperatures between 5 and 15°C. The responses and the subsequent burst-speed swimming were recorded and analysed using highspeed video at 400 frames s −1...