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CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES
卷 72, 期 9, 页码 1352-1365出版社
CANADIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2014-0573
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- National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
- American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
- NOAA Open Rivers Initiative through Penobscot River Restoration Trust
- NMFS
- Brookfield Renewable Power (Great Lakes Hydro America)
- Maine Department of Marine Resources
- Nature Conservancy
- University of Maine
- US Geological Survey
- Maine Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
- West Enfield Fund
We developed a hierarchical multistate model to estimate survival of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) smolts in the Penobscot River, USA, over a decade during which two mainstem dams were removed from the catchment. We investigated effects of (i) environmental factors, (ii) rearing history, and (iii) management actions, including dam removal, turbine shutdown, and installation of new powerhouses. Mean +/- SD smolt survival per kilometre was higher through free-flowing reaches of the catchment (0.995 +/- 0.004.km(-1)) than through reaches containing dams that remain in the system (0.970 +/- 0.019.km(-1)). We observed maximum survival between 12 and 17 degrees C and at intermediate discharges (1200 m(3).s(-1)). Smolt survival increased concurrent with dam removal and decreased following increases in hydropower generation. The greatest increase in smolt survival followed seasonal turbine shutdowns at a dam located on the largest tributary to the Penobscot River, while other shutdowns had little influence. Our model provides a useful tool for assessing changes to survival of migratory species and will be useful for informing stocking plans to maximize numbers of smolts leaving coastal systems.
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