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Habitat use and movement of hatchery-reared F2 Mekong giant catfish in the Mae Peum reservoir, Thailand, studied by acoustic telemetry

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The horizontal and vertical movements of eight immature hatchery-reared (F2) Mekong giant catfish Pangasianodon gigas were monitored using acoustic telemetry in the Mae Peum reservoir, Thailand, from September to December 2005. All tagged fish were successfully monitored throughout the study period. All fish moved throughout the reservoir for approximately 1 month after release. Subsequently, their utilized areas became small, and the fish utilized deep areas of the reservoir. The fish displayed diel spatial movement patterns between deep areas in the day and shallow areas in the night. The vertical movements of the fish were related to the environment declination such as existence of hypoxic water and thermocline. Our results suggest that the establishment of a protected area in addition to conventional fisheries regulations may sustain the fish population in this reservoir.

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Acknowledgements

We sincerely thank all staff of Phayao Inland Fisheries Research and Development Centers, Thailand, for their kind support and contributions to the research. We would like to express our appreciation to T. Yasuda and J. Okuyama for kind advice about analysis and for providing valuable feedback. This study was partly supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Science Research (16255011 and 16658081), Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows (15–5686 and 18-2409), the 21st Century Center of Excellence Program “Informatics Research Center for Development of Knowledge Society Infrastructure,” and the Global COE program “Informatics Education and Research Center for Knowledge-Circulating Society,” Japan.

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  1. Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan

    Hiromichi Mitamura, Nobuaki Arai, Yukiko Yamagishi & Yuuki Kawabata

  2. Faculty of Agriculture, Kinki University, Nara, 631-8505, Japan

    Yasushi Mitsunaga

  3. Phayao Inland Fisheries Research and Development Center, Phayao, 56000, Thailand

    Metha Khachaphichat

  4. Inland Feed Research Institute, Kasetsart University Campus, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand

    Thavee Viputhanumas

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Mitamura, H., Arai, N., Yamagishi, Y. et al. Habitat use and movement of hatchery-reared F2 Mekong giant catfish in the Mae Peum reservoir, Thailand, studied by acoustic telemetry. Fish Sci 75, 175–182 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12562-008-0026-4

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