Diel migration pattern of Atlantic salmon ( Salmo salar) and sea trout ( Salmo trutta) smolts: an assessment of environmental cues

• Published in: Ecology of Freshwater Fish
• Main Authors: Haraldstad, Tormod, Kroglund, Frode, Kristensen, Torstein, Jonsson, Bror, Haugen, Thrond O.
• Other Authors: Nature Management and the Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2016
• Subjects: Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eff.12298; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Feff.12298; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/eff.12298

Abstract The timing of smolt migration is a key phenological trait with profound implications for individual survival during both river descent and the subsequent sea sojourn of anadromous fish. We studied relationships between the time of smolt migration, water temperature and light intensity for A...