Migration of Postsmolt Atlantic Salmon, Salmo salar, Off Northeastern Newfoundland, As Inferred by Tag Recoveries in a Seabird Colony
Northern gannets, Sula bassanus, and possibly other seabird species nesting on Funk Island off northeastern Newfoundland preyed on postsmolt Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar. Salmon comprised less than 1% of 2928 regurgitated food samples collected from gannets at the colony. Ten smolt tags were recover...
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crcansciencepubl:10.1139/f88-068 2024-06-23T07:51:12+00:00 Migration of Postsmolt Atlantic Salmon, Salmo salar, Off Northeastern Newfoundland, As Inferred by Tag Recoveries in a Seabird Colony Montevecchi, W. A. Cairns, D. K. Birt, V. L. 1988 http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f88-068 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f88-068 en eng Canadian Science Publishing http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/page/about/CorporateTextAndDataMining Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences volume 45, issue 3, page 568-571 ISSN 0706-652X 1205-7533 journal-article 1988 crcansciencepubl https://doi.org/10.1139/f88-068 2024-06-06T04:11:16Z Northern gannets, Sula bassanus, and possibly other seabird species nesting on Funk Island off northeastern Newfoundland preyed on postsmolt Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar. Salmon comprised less than 1% of 2928 regurgitated food samples collected from gannets at the colony. Ten smolt tags were recovered in and near the gannetry during August or September in 1984 through 1986. The tags were from smolts released 3–4 mo earlier in the Penobscot River (Maine) (n = 7) and one each from the Saint John River (New Brunswick) and the Lower Clyde and LaHave rivers (Nova Scotia). These recoveries provide evidence that postsmolt Atlantic salmon from rivers in New England, the Bay of Fundy, and the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia migrate off eastern Newfoundland This migratory pattern contrasts with that of postsmolts from the Gulf of St. Lawrence, which tend to move northwards along Newfoundland's west coast and through the Strait of Belle Isle. Article in Journal/Newspaper Atlantic salmon Newfoundland Salmo salar Strait of Belle Isle Canadian Science Publishing Belle Isle ENVELOPE(-55.357,-55.357,51.942,51.942) Funk Island ENVELOPE(-53.181,-53.181,49.750,49.750) Strait of Belle Isle ENVELOPE(-57.115,-57.115,51.400,51.400) Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 45 3 568 571 |
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Northern gannets, Sula bassanus, and possibly other seabird species nesting on Funk Island off northeastern Newfoundland preyed on postsmolt Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar. Salmon comprised less than 1% of 2928 regurgitated food samples collected from gannets at the colony. Ten smolt tags were recovered in and near the gannetry during August or September in 1984 through 1986. The tags were from smolts released 3–4 mo earlier in the Penobscot River (Maine) (n = 7) and one each from the Saint John River (New Brunswick) and the Lower Clyde and LaHave rivers (Nova Scotia). These recoveries provide evidence that postsmolt Atlantic salmon from rivers in New England, the Bay of Fundy, and the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia migrate off eastern Newfoundland This migratory pattern contrasts with that of postsmolts from the Gulf of St. Lawrence, which tend to move northwards along Newfoundland's west coast and through the Strait of Belle Isle. |
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Montevecchi, W. A. Cairns, D. K. Birt, V. L. Migration of Postsmolt Atlantic Salmon, Salmo salar, Off Northeastern Newfoundland, As Inferred by Tag Recoveries in a Seabird Colony |
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Montevecchi, W. A. Cairns, D. K. Birt, V. L. |
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Migration of Postsmolt Atlantic Salmon, Salmo salar, Off Northeastern Newfoundland, As Inferred by Tag Recoveries in a Seabird Colony |
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Migration of Postsmolt Atlantic Salmon, Salmo salar, Off Northeastern Newfoundland, As Inferred by Tag Recoveries in a Seabird Colony |
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Migration of Postsmolt Atlantic Salmon, Salmo salar, Off Northeastern Newfoundland, As Inferred by Tag Recoveries in a Seabird Colony |
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Migration of Postsmolt Atlantic Salmon, Salmo salar, Off Northeastern Newfoundland, As Inferred by Tag Recoveries in a Seabird Colony |
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Migration of Postsmolt Atlantic Salmon, Salmo salar, Off Northeastern Newfoundland, As Inferred by Tag Recoveries in a Seabird Colony |
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migration of postsmolt atlantic salmon, salmo salar, off northeastern newfoundland, as inferred by tag recoveries in a seabird colony |
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ENVELOPE(-55.357,-55.357,51.942,51.942) ENVELOPE(-53.181,-53.181,49.750,49.750) ENVELOPE(-57.115,-57.115,51.400,51.400) |
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Belle Isle Funk Island Strait of Belle Isle |
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Belle Isle Funk Island Strait of Belle Isle |
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Atlantic salmon Newfoundland Salmo salar Strait of Belle Isle |
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Atlantic salmon Newfoundland Salmo salar Strait of Belle Isle |
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