The effect of incubation temperature on early malformation, regionalisation and meristic characters of the vertebral column in farmed Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Science at Massey University, Manawatū, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Chapter 3 was published as: De Clercq, A., Perrott, M.R., Davie, P.S., Preece, M.A., Huysseune, A., & Witten, P.E. (2017). The external phenotype–skeleton link in post‐hatch farmed Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). Journal of Fish Diseases, 41(3): 511–527. https://doi-org.ezproxy.massey.ac.nz/10.1111/jfd.12753 Chapter 4 was published as: De Clercq, A., Perrott, M.R., Davie, P.S., Preece, M.A., Wybourne, B., Ruff, N., Huysseune, A., & Witten, P.E. (2017). Vertebral column regionalisation in Chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha. Journal of Anatomy, 231(4): 500--514. https://doi-org.ezproxy.massey.ac.nz/10.1111/joa.12655 Chapter 5 was published as: De Clercq, A., Perrott, M.R., Davie, P.S., Preece, M.A., Owen, M.A.G., Huysseune, A., & Witten, P.E. (2018). Temperature sensitive regions of the Chinook salmon vertebral column: Vestiges and meristic variation. Journal of Morphology 279(9): 1301-1311. https://doi-org.ezproxy.massey.ac.nz/10.1002/jmor.20871