Migration Timing of Atlantic Salmon Smolts Relative to Environmental and Physiological Factors
- 1 March 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
- Vol. 128 (2) , 289-301
- https://doi.org/10.1577/1548-8659(1999)128<0289:mtoass>2.0.co;2
Abstract
We determined the migration timing of fry-stocked smolts of Atlantic salmon Salmo salar relative to environmental and physiological factors, by using net weirs and counting fences in three tributaries of the West River, Vermont. Smolt migration began in late April and early May when water temperature was 5°C, peak movements occurred in early and mid-May at temperatures exceeding 8°C, and migration was complete by early June. Within this seasonal window, significant differences in migration timing and gill Na+,K+-ATPase activity occurred among tributaries. In both years of the study, smolts tended to migrate earlier and exhibit greater gill Na+,K+-ATPase activity in the warmest tributary than in the coolest tributary. Smolt migration timing differed most among tributaries in mid-May when (1) water temperatures were more than 8°C, (2) smolts peaked in gill Na+,K+-ATPase activity, and (3) discharge peaked, stimulating smolt migration. Smolts captured after the migratory period had lower gill Na+,K+-...This publication has 45 references indexed in Scilit:
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