Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY OF FISHES
Volume 92, Issue 3, Pages 313-322Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-011-9841-z
Keywords
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha; Chinook salmon; Marine migration; Genetics
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- H. Mason Keeler Endowment
- Washington State Salmon Recovery Funding Board
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Migratory behavior can be affected by attributes of the animals themselves such as size and growth rate, external factors such as biotic and abiotic features of the environment, and also genetic tendencies. To better understand the role of genetics in the migratory behavior of Chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, we report the results of an experiment in which two populations (University of Washington (UW) hatchery and Elwha River) and their hybrid offspring were reared at, tagged, and released from a single site, the UW hatchery, at a common size and date. The patterns of recoveries in fisheries differed markedly with respect to spatial distribution and also age of the fish. A larger proportion of the Elwha River fish were recovered in Puget Sound in their first year of marine life than the other groups (40.7% vs. 11.2% for UW and 7.0% for the hybrids). The Elwha River fish also showed a higher proportion of northerly recoveries (21.9%) than UW fish (1.7%), and hybrids showed an intermediate value (8.1%). In contrast, no Elwha River fish were recovered south along the Washington coast compared to 1.3% of the hybrids and 7.7% of the UW fish. The specific mechanisms controlling the migration patterns of the populations remain unclear but the results strongly indicated a genetic influence on distribution patterns.
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