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HYDROLOGIC CORRELATES OF BULL TROUT (Salvelinus confluentus) SWIMMING ACTIVITY IN A HYDROPEAKING RIVER
There is a growing need to develop quantitative relationships between specific components of river flow and the behavioural responses of fishes. Given this, we tested for an effect of hydrologic parameters on axial swimming muscle electromyograms of bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus) in a large hydropeaking river (river discharge ranging from 0 to 1790 m3/s) while controlling for other exogenous factors such as temperature and light intensity. Hourly mean discharge had a significant positive effect (R2 = 0.13–0.31; depending on the distance from the dam) on swimming muscle activity. Within‐hour changes in river flow from 0 to 1045 m3/s did not elicit a hyperactive response in bull trout. When a subset of electromyogram transmitters were calibrated to swimming speed, we found there were periods, across a range of river discharges, when bull trout were not actively beating their tails—a behaviour documented in some bottom‐dwelling species associated with moving water. Not including these periods of rest, bull trout swam at median hourly speeds of 0.53 body lengths per second. Understanding fish behaviour in the context of their physical environment may help explain population‐level responses to hydrologic change. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
HYDROLOGIC CORRELATES OF BULL TROUT (Salvelinus confluentus) SWIMMING ACTIVITY IN A HYDROPEAKING RIVER
There is a growing need to develop quantitative relationships between specific components of river flow and the behavioural responses of fishes. Given this, we tested for an effect of hydrologic parameters on axial swimming muscle electromyograms of bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus) in a large hydropeaking river (river discharge ranging from 0 to 1790 m3/s) while controlling for other exogenous factors such as temperature and light intensity. Hourly mean discharge had a significant positive effect (R2 = 0.13–0.31; depending on the distance from the dam) on swimming muscle activity. Within‐hour changes in river flow from 0 to 1045 m3/s did not elicit a hyperactive response in bull trout. When a subset of electromyogram transmitters were calibrated to swimming speed, we found there were periods, across a range of river discharges, when bull trout were not actively beating their tails—a behaviour documented in some bottom‐dwelling species associated with moving water. Not including these periods of rest, bull trout swam at median hourly speeds of 0.53 body lengths per second. Understanding fish behaviour in the context of their physical environment may help explain population‐level responses to hydrologic change. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
HYDROLOGIC CORRELATES OF BULL TROUT (Salvelinus confluentus) SWIMMING ACTIVITY IN A HYDROPEAKING RIVER
Taylor, M. K. (Autor:in) / Hasler, C. T. (Autor:in) / Findlay, C. S. (Autor:in) / Lewis, B. (Autor:in) / Schmidt, D. C. (Autor:in) / Hinch, S. G. (Autor:in) / Cooke, S. J. (Autor:in)
River Research and Applications ; 30 ; 756-765
01.07.2014
10 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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