Energetic costs of migration through the Fraser River Canyon, British Columbia, in adult pink ( Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) and sockeye ( Oncorhynchus nerka) salmon as assessed by EMG telemetry

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
• Main Authors: Standen, Emily M, Hinch, Scott G, Healey, Michael C, Farrell, Anthony P
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2002
• Subjects: Fraser River; Pacific; Sockeye; Oncorhynchus gorbuscha; Pink salmon
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f02-151; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f02-151

Adult Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) depend on energy reserves to complete their upriver spawning migration. Little is known about how flow patterns and bank characteristics affect energetics or how species differ in reach-specific energy use. In 1999, electromyogram (EMG) radiotelemetry was use...