Moon phase and nocturnal density of Atlantic salmon parr in the Sainte-Marguerite River, Québec

• Main Authors: I. Imre, D. Boisclair
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2004
• Subjects: Canada; Marguerite; Marguerite River; Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.484.1785; http://www.bio.ulaval.ca/cirsa/Publications/Imre moon phase paper.pdf

Nocturnal underwater counts of Atlantic salmon Salmo salar parr were made on four con-secutive occasions (two lunar cycles, samplings at both the full and new moon) at four 40m long sites in the Sainte-Marguerite River, Québec, Canada, between 30 June and 14 August 2003. Atlantic salmon parr counts...