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Preliminary study of migration history estimated from otolith Sr:Ca ratios of masu salmon (Oncorhynchus masou) in Lake Kussharo

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Otolith Sr:Ca ratios of 11 masu salmon (Oncorhynchus masou) in Lake Kussharo and its tributaries, of which outlet river has no barriers to the ocean, were analyzed to estimate their migration histories. The Sr:Ca ratios of all masu salmon generally fluctuated below 2. Masu salmon from Lake Kussharo presumably do not migrate to the ocean. However, more specimens must be analyzed to clarify the migration history of masu salmon in this lake.

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Acknowledgments

We thank Toshio Izawa, Mahito Miyamoto, and Hiroyuki Sakamoto of Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Research Institute, Hokkaido Research Organization; Tomohiro Katsumata, Masayoshi Koike, Tsunehisa Nakazawa, Jun Ueda, Ken Miyakawa, Masahiro Oomiya, and Hideaki Kanai of Tamagawa University; and Tomoaki Yamaguchi, Masaaki Okabayashi, Hitoshi Shimizu, and Kenichi Moriya of Teshikaga Town Office for helping with field surveys.

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    Present address: Hakodate Fisheries Research Institute, Hokkaido Research Organization, 1-2-66 Yunokawa, Hakodate, 042-0932, Hokkaido, Japan

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  1. Doto Research Branch, Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Research Institute, Hokkaido Research Organization, 3-1-10 Maruyama, Nakashibetsu, 086-1164, Hokkaido, Japan

    Kiyoshi Kasugai

  2. Doto Freshwater Fisheries Group, Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Research Institute, Hokkaido Research Organization, 1-1 Notoriminato-machi, Abashiri, 093-0131, Hokkaido, Japan

    Hirofumi Hayano, Shuuichi Mano & Tomoharu Watanabe

  3. Department of Bioenvironmental Systems, College of Agriculture, Tamagawa University, 6-1-1 Tamagawagakuen, Machida, 194-8610, Tokyo, Japan

    Tomoko Yoshikawa

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  6. Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Research Institute, Hokkaido Research Organization, 3-373 Kitakashiwagi-cho, Eniwa, 061-1433, Hokkaido, Japan

    Kei-ichi Sugiwaka

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Kasugai, K., Hayano, H., Mano, S. et al. Preliminary study of migration history estimated from otolith Sr:Ca ratios of masu salmon (Oncorhynchus masou) in Lake Kussharo. Ichthyol Res 61, 178–182 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10228-014-0389-8

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Keywords

  • Masu salmon
  • Lake Kussharo
  • Otolith Sr:Ca ratio