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Habitat use and diet composition of juvenile Atlantic salmon in a tributary of Lake Ontario

Journal of Great Lakes Research
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2012.12.001

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Abstract

The habitat use and diet of juvenile Atlantic salmon Salmo salar was examined in the South Sandy Creek drainage that discharges into eastern Lake Ontario. Subyearling salmon were stocked in early May during two consecutive years, and habitat and diet evaluations were made in mid-July and mid-October in 2005 and 2006. Both subyearling and yearling Atlantic salmon occupied deeper and faster areas that had more cover and larger sized substrate materials than was present, on average, within the study reach. Differences in habitat use between subyearling and yearling salmon only occurred in summer. Principal component analysis showed that of the habitat variables examined, the amount of cover and size of substrate were more important to juvenile salmon in summer, whereas depth and velocity were more important in the fall. Trichopteran larvae (mainly hydropsychids) dominated the diet of juvenile Atlantic salmon, and parr were feeding most heavily from the substrate as compared to the drift. The juvenile ecology of this re-introduced population of Atlantic salmon is consistent with that reported in other studies throughout the species native range.

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Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Habitat use and diet composition of juvenile Atlantic salmon in a tributary of Lake Ontario
Series title Journal of Great Lakes Research
DOI 10.1016/j.jglr.2012.12.001
Volume 39
Issue 1
Year Published 2013
Language English
Publisher Elsevier
Contributing office(s) Great Lakes Science Center
Description 6 p.
Larger Work Type Article
Larger Work Subtype Journal Article
Larger Work Title Journal of Great Lakes Research
First page 162
Last page 167
Other Geospatial Lake Ontario;South Sandy Creek
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