The emergence period of sea trout fry in a Lake District stream correlates with the North Atlantic Oscillation
The date of fry emergence over 30 years in a sea trout nursery stream, predicted by an individual‐based model, correlated significantly ( r =0·660, P <0·001) with an index of the North Atlantic Oscillation. Water temperature is the main driving variable in the model and stream temperature also co...
| Published in: | Journal of Fish Biology |
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| Main Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2000
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2000.tb02096.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1095-8649.2000.tb02096.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2000.tb02096.x |
| Summary: | The date of fry emergence over 30 years in a sea trout nursery stream, predicted by an individual‐based model, correlated significantly ( r =0·660, P <0·001) with an index of the North Atlantic Oscillation. Water temperature is the main driving variable in the model and stream temperature also correlated significantly ( r =0·662, P <0·001) with the index, providing a probable causal link. Therefore, the inter‐annual variations in emergence may not be unique to this one stream, but may be typical of other trout streams with similar climatic conditions. |
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