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- Title
Energy-related juvenile winter mortality in a northern population of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar).
- Authors
Finstad, Anders G.; Ugedal, Ola; Forseth, Torbjørn; Næsje, Tor F.
- Abstract
By comparing the population frequency distributions for specific somatic energy between samplings using quantile–quantile (QQ) plots, we tested for energy-related mortality of juvenile (2- and 3-year-old) Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) sampled at monthly intervals throughout three consecutive winters in a Norwegian river located at 70°N. Between several of the sampling periods, changes in the distributions of specific energy were observed corresponding to removal of low-energy individuals. By using energetic modelling we demonstrated that metabolic processes or feeding could not be responsible for the shifts in the shape of the energy distributions and that negative-energy-dependent mortality was the most likely explanation for the observations. No changes in mean size of the fish or in the shape of the size distributions were observed between successive sampling periods, indicating that mortality was linked to levels of storage energy rather than to body size per se. Our study indicated a critical body energy level for survival of juvenile salmon at approximately 4400–4800 J·g–1, corresponding to a depletion of storage lipids.
- Subjects
MORTALITY; GEOGRAPHICAL distribution of fishes; FISH populations; ATLANTIC salmon; SALMON
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences, 2004, Vol 61, Issue 12, p2358
- ISSN
0706-652X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1139/F04-213