IDENTIFYING MIGRATION FATE AND FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO MORTALITY OF ATLANTIC SALMON SMOLTS

• Main Author: Notte, Daniela V.
• Other Authors: Department of Biology, Master of Science, Tommi Linnansaari, Daniel Ruzzante, Paul Bentzen, Sara Iverson, David Hardie, Glenn Crossin, Received, Yes, Not Applicable
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Telemetry; Salmo salar; Transcriptomics; Machine learning; Inner Bay; Atlantic salmon
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10222/81088

Atlantic Salmon populations are in decline throughout their native distribution largely due to poor estuarine and marine survival. Predation is a significant source of salmon smolt mortality during migration from freshwater to marine environments. This thesis investigates potential mechanisms of pre...