An experimental study of salinity preference and related migratory behaviour of juvenile Pacific salmon

• Main Author: McInerney, John Edward
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of British Columbia 1961
• Subjects: Salmon; Fishes > Migration; Keta; Pacific; Sockeye; Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/40078

The seasonal salinity preference of four species of Pacific salmon was examined. Each species showed a strong preference for hypertonic seawater during the normal period of migration. Pink fry (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) and coho yearlings (O. kisutch) lost this preference during the summer in contrast...