River lamprey present an unusual predation threat to Atlantic salmon smolts in Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland.

Publication history: Accepted - 28 July 2020; A new monitoring programme on the Lough Neagh catchment has documented a high incidence of river lamprey, Lampetra fluviatilis L., predation on Atlantic salmon smolts, Salmo salar L.,. In total 470 smolts were examined during the 2020 emigration period w...

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Published in:Journal of Fish Biology
Main Authors: Kennedy, Richard, Campbell, W., Gallagher, K., Evans, Derek W.
Other Authors: Fisheries and Aquatic Ecosystems
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12518/177
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description Publication history: Accepted - 28 July 2020; A new monitoring programme on the Lough Neagh catchment has documented a high incidence of river lamprey, Lampetra fluviatilis L., predation on Atlantic salmon smolts, Salmo salar L.,. In total 470 smolts were examined during the 2020 emigration period with 168 fish (36%) exhibiting lamprey scars of which 57 were lightly scarred and 111 were classed as heavily scarred. Lamprey predation was not size selective on Lough Neagh S. salar smolts. This work was funded by Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for N. Ireland.
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spelling ftafbinst:oai:afbi.dspacedirect.org:20.500.12518/177 2025-01-16T21:01:34+00:00 River lamprey present an unusual predation threat to Atlantic salmon smolts in Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland. Kennedy, Richard Campbell, W. Gallagher, K. Evans, Derek W. Fisheries and Aquatic Ecosystems 2020-09-18 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12518/177 https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14477 en eng Wiley http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12518/177 Kennedy, R.J., Campbell, W., Gallagher, K. and Evans, D. (2020) ‘River lamprey present an unusual predation threat to Atlantic salmon smolts in Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland’, Journal of Fish Biology. Wiley. doi:10.1111/jfb.14477 1095-8649 https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14477 © 2020 Fisheries Society of the British Isles. This work is made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. Please refer to any applicable terms of use of the publisher. Lamprey Mortality Salmonids Smolt Article 2020 ftafbinst https://doi.org/20.500.12518/17710.1111/jfb.14477 2024-06-16T23:31:00Z Publication history: Accepted - 28 July 2020; A new monitoring programme on the Lough Neagh catchment has documented a high incidence of river lamprey, Lampetra fluviatilis L., predation on Atlantic salmon smolts, Salmo salar L.,. In total 470 smolts were examined during the 2020 emigration period with 168 fish (36%) exhibiting lamprey scars of which 57 were lightly scarred and 111 were classed as heavily scarred. Lamprey predation was not size selective on Lough Neagh S. salar smolts. This work was funded by Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for N. Ireland. Article in Journal/Newspaper Atlantic salmon Salmo salar AFBI Repository (Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute) Journal of Fish Biology 97 4 1265 1267
spellingShingle Lamprey
Mortality
Salmonids
Smolt
Kennedy, Richard
Campbell, W.
Gallagher, K.
Evans, Derek W.
River lamprey present an unusual predation threat to Atlantic salmon smolts in Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland.
title River lamprey present an unusual predation threat to Atlantic salmon smolts in Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland.
title_full River lamprey present an unusual predation threat to Atlantic salmon smolts in Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland.
title_fullStr River lamprey present an unusual predation threat to Atlantic salmon smolts in Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland.
title_full_unstemmed River lamprey present an unusual predation threat to Atlantic salmon smolts in Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland.
title_short River lamprey present an unusual predation threat to Atlantic salmon smolts in Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland.
title_sort river lamprey present an unusual predation threat to atlantic salmon smolts in lough neagh, northern ireland.
topic Lamprey
Mortality
Salmonids
Smolt
topic_facet Lamprey
Mortality
Salmonids
Smolt
url https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12518/177
https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14477