Variability in performance in wild Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., fry from a single redd

Dispersal and growth were studied in Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., fry from a natural isolated redd. The distribution of fry leaving the redd was strongly peaked, 80% being caught within a 2‐week period. Early in the dispersal period, all fry leaving the redd had remnants of yolk sac and had not...

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Veröffentlicht in:Fisheries management and ecology 2000-12, Vol.7 (6), p.489-502
Hauptverfasser: García De Leániz, C., Fraser, N., Huntingford, F. A.
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Zusammenfassung:Dispersal and growth were studied in Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., fry from a natural isolated redd. The distribution of fry leaving the redd was strongly peaked, 80% being caught within a 2‐week period. Early in the dispersal period, all fry leaving the redd had remnants of yolk sac and had not fed; by half way through the dispersal period, no fry had any visible yolk, but 35% still had empty stomachs. Fry leaving the redd during the first half of the dispersal period tended to settle in different first feeding sites than those dispersing later. Predation on fry by larger salmonids was frequent, especially during dispersal. Coefficients of variation for length, weight and condition factor increased significantly over the study period and for individually recognised fry, growth rates varied markedly. Thus, individual salmon fry differ in physical status on emergence from the redd and these differences are amplified during the first few weeks after emergence.
ISSN:0969-997X
1365-2400
DOI:10.1046/j.1365-2400.2000.00223.x