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JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY
Volume 62, Issue 1, Pages 85-96Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8649.2003.00008.x
Keywords
avoidance; schooling behaviour; temperature; thermal preference; thermal stratification
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Schooling chum salmon Oncorhynchus keta were biased towards the water surface (median position <1 m) under isothermal conditions (10degrees C) in a water column simulator (WCS). Thermal stratification (24/10degrees C) inhibited upward movement with fish congregating at the thermocline and displaying a clear avoidance of potentially lethal surface waters. A tri-phase model based on piece-wise nonlinear regression was used to describe the distribution shifts of chum salmon during a change from isothermal to thermally stratified conditions. Fish distribution was consistent with thermoregulatory behaviour and exhibited 'attraction', 'preference' and 'avoidance' phases. The thermal preference of 50% of the fish lay between 12.2 and 20.2degrees C, however, >83.5% of the fish occupied a 'preferred' temperature range of 13.7-17.9degrees C. The mean temperature at which 50% of chum salmon avoided rising temperature by shifting deeper in the water column and using the cooler thermocline was 20.2degrees C, and 90% avoidance occurred at 22.9degrees C. Behavioural responses to thermal stratification were consistent amongst underyearling fish of differing size and age. (C) 2003 The Fisheries Society of the British Isles.
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