This study was conducted, in collaboration with industrial stakeholders, to determine how the health, fatty acid profiles, and transcriptome of Florida pompano larvae change in response to being raised at different salinities. Water samples were taken every six days for transcriptomics analysis while tissue (DNA and RNA) and biochemical samples every three days. Larvae were grown at three salinities in triplicate over a period of 24 days post hatching. The primary goal of this study was to determine if the larvae could survive at lower salinities, saving costs associated with farmers maintaining a higher salinity.

Authors: David J. Bradshaw II*^@, Victoria Uribe^@, Laura E. King@, Carlie S. Perricone@, Gonzalo Illan@, Elizabeth Allmon$, Marisol Sepulveda$, Marty Riche@, Paul S. Wills@, Sahar Mejri@*
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^-These authors contributed equally
@-Florida Atlantic University Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute (FAU-HBOI), 5600 US 1 North Fort Pierce, FL 34946
$-Purdue University, 610 Purdue Mal, West Lafayette, IN 47907