Revealing the full ocean migration of individual Atlantic salmon

• Published in: Animal Biotelemetry
• Main Authors: John Fredrik Strøm, Eva Bonsak Thorstad, Richard David Hedger, Audun Håvard Rikardsen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2018
• Subjects: Atlantic salmon; Archival tags; Arctic; Data storage tags; Diving behaviour; Habitat use; Ecology; QH540-549.5; Animal biochemistry; QP501-801; Svalbard; Barents Sea; Jan Mayen; Jan Mayen Island; Salmo salar
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40317-018-0146-2; https://doaj.org/article/b8bb4a43d81949acaedf93530479a32e

Abstract Background Knowledge of the complete horizontal migration and vertical movements of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) during the marine phase is important for understanding the link between individual processes and population recruitment. We studied the detailed migration behaviour of six po...