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Move or stay: habitat use and movements by Atlantic salmon parr (Salmo salar) during induced rapid flow variations

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An experimental factorial approach, in terms of habitat use and movements by Atlantic salmon parr (Salmo salar), was studied in response to induced peaking flow in a bypass river section in southern Norway. Sixteen radio-tagged salmon parr (mean TL 12.9 ± 0.8 cm) were tracked during a 7-day spring period with manipulations of flow. Total habitat availability was modeled and integrated with fish locations. Parr movements exhibited a wide individual variation in movement behavior with a subsequent large home range which indicated nonrandom patterns involving three types of behavioral response groups: I parr that did not move during experiments; II parr that used a defined area in the stream moving in all directions; and III parr that moved, i.e., traveled longer distances. Movement distances were strongly skewed towards many short (i.e., I and II) and few but long movements mainly on downstream direction (i.e., III). However, flow alterations clearly affected salmon parr movements, which were also significantly related with alterations of discharge and diel variations. As may be expected, parr movements were also positively related to habitat shifts. In conclusion, flow alterations and reduced light may increase Atlantic salmon parr movements.

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Acknowledgments

A sincere thanks to MSc students Torben Ott and Eduard Stephenson from University of Stuttgart, Germany, and Curtis Pennell from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, St. John’s, Canada for extensive field work conducted around the clock. Ana Adeva Bustos, PhD student at NTNU, Trondheim, helped in establishing the GIS analysis. This study would not have been possible without the support and practical assistance by Svein Haugland at Agder Energi, Norway. The data collection and initial analysis were performed under the “EFFEKT-project”, The Research Council of Norway Grant no. 117776. Further analysis and writing of this paper were performed with funding from the Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation (SFRH/BPD/90832/2012) and The Research Council of Norway Grant No. 193818. Thanks are also due to an anonymous reviewer and Ole Kristian Berg for valuable suggestions regarding the manuscript revision.

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  1. CERIS, Civil Engineering Research and Innovation for Sustainability, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001, Lisbon, Portugal

    Isabel Boavida

  2. CEDREN, Centre for Environmental Design of Renewable Energy, SINTEF Energy Research, Sem Sælands vei 11, 7465, Trondheim, Norway

    Atle Harby

  3. Ecological Sciences, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 80 East White Hills, St. John’s, NF, A1C 5X1, Canada

    Keith D. Clarke

  4. Telemark University College, Postboks 203, 3907, Porsgrunn, Norway

    Jan Heggenes

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Boavida, I., Harby, A., Clarke, K.D. et al. Move or stay: habitat use and movements by Atlantic salmon parr (Salmo salar) during induced rapid flow variations. Hydrobiologia 785, 261–275 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-016-2931-3

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