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Main stem movement of Atlantic salmon parr in response to high river temperature
Authors:Stephen J Dugdale  Jan Franssen  Emily Corey  Normand E Bergeron  Michel Lapointe  Richard A Cunjak
Institution:1. Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre Eau Terre Environnement, Québec, QC, Canada;2. Groupe de Recherche Interuniversitaire en Limnologie et en Environnement Aquatique (GRIL), Canada;3. Department of Geography, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada;4. Department of Biology & Canadian Rivers Institute, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada
Abstract:Atlantic salmon become thermally stressed when water temperatures exceed 23 °C. To alleviate this stress, they behaviourally thermoregulate by moving to patches of cold water, often forming large aggregations. These patches are known as thermal refuges. Given the consensus that climate change will increase temperatures in Atlantic salmon catchments, thermal refuges will become increasingly important in minimising summer mortalities. While the behaviour of salmonids within thermal refuges is fairly well understood, less is known about their main stem movement in search of thermal refuges or its thermal and temporal cues. We detail the results of a PIT telemetry study to investigate the main stem movement behaviour of thermally stressed Atlantic salmon parr in a temperature‐impacted river. PIT antennas placed around two thermal refuges and at the upstream and downstream limits of their surrounding reach were used to record the movement of salmonids during a heatwave. We observed parr movement at the upstream and downstream antennas 135 min prior to the occurrence of the midpoint of aggregations in the thermal refuges, indicating that Atlantic salmon parr make reach‐scale movements in search of cool water prior to aggregating. Logistic regression showed that the number of degree hours >28 °C predicted the occurrence of main stem movement with a good degree of accuracy, indicating that this temperature represents a fundamental threshold causing Atlantic salmon parr to move towards cool water. Such data could be instrumental in allowing river managers to place limits on human activity within rivers, allowing salmon populations time to recover following heat stress events.
Keywords:Atlantic salmon  thermal refuge  water temperature  heat stress  movement
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