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ECOLOGY OF FRESHWATER FISH
卷 15, 期 2, 页码 154-160出版社
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2006.00151.x
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northern pike; seasonal movements; habitat use; home range; homing; spawning population
We performed a tagging study on one of the spawning populations of northern pike (Esox lucius L.) of the River Kajaaninjoki in Finland. Northern pike is the main predator in many lakes and rivers in the northern hemisphere. Previous tagging studies have shown a general tendency to sedentary behaviour by pike. Whether individuals in a fish population adapt a sedentary or moving strategy may affect population persistence. To study if the spawning population consists of sedentary or moving individuals and the pattern of movements, we tagged 40 pike with radio transmitters and followed them from May 2002 to June 2003. Pike were caught and tagged during the spawning season in the mouth of the River Kajaaninjoki which flows into one of the largest lakes in Finland, Lake Oulujarvi. Our results suggest that the pike spawning population consisted of sedentary pike (N = 16) dwelling the whole year in the river, and moving pike (N = 24) which moved to Lake Oulujarvi after the spawning period. Pike exhibited homing behaviour, as most of the migrating pike returned to the same spawning area in the following year. Large pike had a higher movement rate than small pike during the summer and seasonally the movement rate was lowest during the spring and highest during the summer.
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