Electronic archival tags provide first glimpse of bathythermal habitat use by free-ranging adult lake sturgeon Acipenser fulvescens
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Abstract
Information on lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) depth and thermal habitat use during non-spawning periods is unavailable due to the difficulty of observing lake sturgeon away from shallow water spawning sites. In 2002 and 2003, lake sturgeon captured in commercial trap nets near Sarnia, Ontario were implanted with archival tags and released back into southern Lake Huron. Five of the 40 tagged individuals were recaptured and were at large for 32, 57, 286, 301, and 880 days. Temperatures and depths recorded by archival tags ranged from 0 to 23.5 ºC and 0.1 to 42.4 m, respectively. For the three lake sturgeon that were at large for over 200 days, temperatures occupied emulated seasonal fluctuations. Two of these fish occupied deeper waters during winter than summer while the other occupied similar depths during non-spawning periods. This study provides important insight into depth and thermal habitat use of lake sturgeon throughout the calendar year along with exploring the feasibility of using archival tags to obtain important physical habitat attributes during non-spawning periods.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Electronic archival tags provide first glimpse of bathythermal habitat use by free-ranging adult lake sturgeon Acipenser fulvescens |
| Series title | Journal of Freshwater Ecology |
| DOI | 10.1080/02705060.2016.1152321 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Year Published | 2016 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Oikos Publishers |
| Publisher location | La Crosse, WI |
| Contributing office(s) | Great Lakes Science Center |
| Description | 7 p. |
| First page | 477 |
| Last page | 483 |
| Country | Canada, United States |
| Other Geospatial | Lake Huron |
| Online Only (Y/N) | N |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |
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