Active migration of wild Atlantic salmon Salmo salar smolt through a coastal embayment

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 355, Issue , 2008, Pages 235-246

  Hedger, Richard D ^a,c   Martin, François ^a   Hatin, Daniel ^b   Caron, François ^b   Whoriskey, Fred G ^c   Dodson, Julian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

^c Atlantic Salmon Federation   (Canada)

Author keywords

Current flow; Diurnal migration; Orientation; Salinity gradient; Salmon smolt migration

Indexed keywords

COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; CURRENT DIRECTION; DIURNAL VARIATION; MIGRATION; ORIENTATION BEHAVIOR; SALINITY; SALMONID; SMOLT; SWIMMING; WILD POPULATION;

CANADA; GASPE PENINSULA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 41349121612     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07239     Document Type: Article

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