Counterintuitive active directional swimming behaviour by Atlantic salmon during seaward migration in the coastal zone

• Published in: ICES Journal of Marine Science
• Main Authors: Newton, Matthew, Barry, James, Lothian, Angus, Main, Robert A., Honkanen, Hannele, McKelvey, Simon A., Thompson, Paul, Davies, Ian, Brockie, Nick, Stephen, Alastair, O'Hara Murray, Rory, Gardiner, Ross, Campbell, Louise, Stainer, Paul, Adams, Colin
• Other Authors: University of Aberdeen.Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland (MASTS), University of Aberdeen.Biological Sciences
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: SDG 14 - Life Below Water; anadromy; marine dispersal; migration cues; salmonid; QH301 Biology; GE Environmental Sciences; Supplementary Data; QH301; GE; Atlantic salmon
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/2164/17147; https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsab024

Acknowledgements We thank the Cromarty Firth District Salmon Fishery Board for logistical support and three anonymous referees who improved an earlier draft of this paper. Funding for this work came from Scottish & Southern Energy Renewables. We are grateful for the skills and expertise of Bill Ruck at Moray First Marine along with the crews of Marine Scotland Science vessels who were integral to the successful deployment and recovery of equipment. Some receivers were also made available from the Ocean Tracking Network (OTN) The data underlying this article will be shared on reasonable request to the corresponding author. Peer reviewed