期刊
JOURNAL OF GREAT LAKES RESEARCH
卷 48, 期 2, 页码 572-580出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2022.01.014
关键词
Hatchery-reared; Lake charr; Emigration; Post-stocking survival; GLATOS; Great Lakes
资金
- Great Lakes Fishery Commission [2013_ BIN_44024]
- Great Lakes Restoration Initiative appropriations [GL-00E23010]
This study used acoustic telemetry to track and estimate post-stocking mortality of one-year-old hatchery-reared lake trout in Lake Ontario. The results showed that mortality increased over time, with the majority of lake trout leaving the stocking location within two months and entering deep water when the water temperature at the stocking site became unfavorable. Additionally, lake trout exhibited large movements within the first hour post-release, with differences in movement distance between day and night.
Wild reproduction by stocked lake trout Salvelinus namaycush in Lake Ontario has yet to produce a selfsustaining population, requiring a reliance on stocking. Once released, age-1 juvenile lake trout are not typically surveyed until age-2, creating a gap in knowledge of fine-scale post-release behaviors. A method to track fine-scale movements and estimate mortality of juvenile lake trout could complement standard survey methods and benefit management decisions regarding stocking locations. We used acoustic telemetry to estimate post-stocking mortality and observe fine-scale spatial and temporal movements of 38 hatchery-reared, age-1 lake trout from an offshore stocking site in the eastern basin of Lake Ontario from 2017 to 2018. Cumulative post-stocking mortality was estimated at 5.3%, 10.5%, and 26.3% after one week, one month and one year, respectively. The majority of lake trout (68.4%) emigrated from the stocking location within two months and entered deep water (-50 m) once warm-water incursions at the stocking site exceeded lake trout thermal preferences (15 degrees C). Lake trout made large movements (i.e., median 1.9 km, maximum 12.4 km straight-line distance) within the first hour post-release and had an average swimming speed of 1.64 km hr(-1) over the first day. There was no statistically significant relationship between total distance traveled and time of day, although distance traveled tended to be greater during crepuscular and dark periods compared to daylight. Our results provide a conservative estimate of post-release mortality and reveal behaviors of hatchery-reared juvenile lake trout that may be helpful when selecting stocking locations beneficial to restoration program goals. Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of International Association for Great Lakes Research.
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