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Longitudinal gradients in threshold sizes for alternative male life history tactics in a population of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

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CANADIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.1139/F06-103

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Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) males may mature early in life in freshwater, rather than maturing after a migration to sea, if their size is above a threshold value. We analyzed the spatiotemporal variation in size and incidence of the early maturity tactic among males over an 8-year period in six subpopulations on two branches of a river and collected environmental data on each site and across the river scape. A positive longitudinal trend in the frequency of early maturing males that was stable over the 8-year period occurred from the mouth to the head of the river. Threshold sizes for early maturation varied among subpopulations; size thresholds for male parr to mature were higher in downstream habitats and lowest upstream. This pattern was consistent in both river branches over the 8-year period and was not related to either the density of parr or site-specific abiotic habitat characteristics. However, the cumulative incidence of habitat features that could impede migration of large individuals increased with increasing upstream distance. Migration costs may contribute to the observed variation in threshold sizes.

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