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Mobility and home-range use of Atlantic salmon parr over short time scales

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 May 2007

Michaël Ovidio ,
Eva C. Enders ,
Eric J. Hallot ,
Mathieu L. Roy ,
Jean-Claude Philippart ,
François Petit  and
André G. Roy
Michaël Ovidio
Affiliation:
University of Liège, Biology of Behaviour Unit, Laboratory of Fish Demography and Hydroecology, 10 Chemin de la Justice, 4500 Tihange, Belgium
Eva C. Enders
Affiliation:
Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Ecological Sciences Section, 80 East White Hills Road, PO Box 5667, St. John's, NL, A1C 5X1, Canada
Eric J. Hallot
Affiliation:
University of Liège, Hydrology and Fluvial Geomorphology Research Center, 2 Allée du 6 août, 4000 Liège, Belgium
Mathieu L. Roy
Affiliation:
Université de Montréal, Département de Géographie, Chaire de recherche du Canada en dynamique fluviale, CP 6128, Succursale “Centre-Ville”, Montréal, Québec, H3C 3J7, Canada
Jean-Claude Philippart
Affiliation:
University of Liège, Biology of Behaviour Unit, Laboratory of Fish Demography and Hydroecology, 10 Chemin de la Justice, 4500 Tihange, Belgium
François Petit
Affiliation:
University of Liège, Hydrology and Fluvial Geomorphology Research Center, 2 Allée du 6 août, 4000 Liège, Belgium
André G. Roy
Affiliation:
Université de Montréal, Département de Géographie, Chaire de recherche du Canada en dynamique fluviale, CP 6128, Succursale “Centre-Ville”, Montréal, Québec, H3C 3J7, Canada
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Abstract

This study performed in the Patapédia River (Québec, Gaspésie) was designed to examine the space utilization and mobility patterns of individual Atlantic salmon parr over short time scales with frequent detections of position. In August 2004, n = 7 radio-tagged Atlantic salmon parr were located every 20 min during 10 tracking periods chosen to take into account the dawn, day, dusk and night periods. Parr showed important inter individual variability in space utilization and mobility patterns, occupying large home ranges (123 to 5602 m2) and sometimes migrating 2 km upstream in the river. No differences were observed in the mean distance travelled among the four daily periods by individual fish, but the estimated home ranges utilized during the four daily periods overlapped only partially, demonstrating that parr partly occupy different areas of the river during different parts of the daily cycle. The results suggest that an intense survey on a small number of fish may contribute to a complementary comprehension of space utilization and mobility patterns of Atlantic salmon parr when viewed in association with results from studies surveying larger number of fish at lower frequency.

Keywords

TrackingHome rangeRadio-telemetryAtlantic salmon parrSalmo salarCanada
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Research Article
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Aquatic Living Resources , Volume 20 , Issue 1: New developments in coastal environment research: results from the national coastal environment program , January 2007 , pp. 95 - 101
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© EDP Sciences, IFREMER, IRD, 2007

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