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Migration of young of the year of Dolly Varden char Salvelinus malma (Walbaum) from the spawning tributary in the basin of Lake Kuril’skoye (Southern Kamchatka)

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The downstream migration of young of the year Dolly Varden char Salvelinus malma from the spawning tributary of Lake Kuril’skoye has been studied. It is demonstrated that this migration is an essential stage in the life cycle of this species. Both alevins and fry of Dolly Varden char perform the first feeding migration. It lasts for about 1 month in the examined creek, from early June to mid-July. The migration comes to an end when the sockeye salmon begin spawning in the creeek. Clear diurnal dynamics is inherent for the migration: it occurs only in the dark time of the day. The mass migration from the creek is caused by the deficiencies of habitats and unfavorable feeding conditions.

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  1. A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskij pr. 33, Moscow, 119071, Russia

    D. S. Pavlov, E. A. Kirillova & P. I. Kirillov

  2. Kronotskij State Natural Biosphere Reserve, ul. Ryabikova 48, Elizovo, 684000, Russia

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Original Russian Text © D.S. Pavlov, E.A. Kirillova, P.I. Kirillov, 2015, published in Biologiya Vnutrennikh Vod, 2015, No. 1, pp. 71–80.

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Pavlov, D.S., Kirillova, E.A. & Kirillov, P.I. Migration of young of the year of Dolly Varden char Salvelinus malma (Walbaum) from the spawning tributary in the basin of Lake Kuril’skoye (Southern Kamchatka). Inland Water Biol 8, 65–74 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995082915010137

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