Comparative feeding, growth and movements of Atlantic salmon ( Salmo salar ) parr from riverine and estuarine environments

• Published in: Ecology of Freshwater Fish
• Main Author: Cunjak, R. A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1992
• Subjects: Ecology; Aquatic Science; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Canada; Western Arm; Western Arm Brook; Atlantic salmon; Newfoundland; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0633.1992.tb00004.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1600-0633.1992.tb00004.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1600-0633.1992.tb00004.x

Abstract– The diet composition, movcments and growth of Atlantic salmon parr rearing in the estuary of Western Arm Brook, Newfoundland were compared with those of parr from riverine habitats over 2 years. Estuarine parr consumed a variety of prey, including many freshwater taxa (mainly insects), whi...