期刊
ECOLOGY OF FRESHWATER FISH
卷 18, 期 2, 页码 314-322出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2008.00349.x
关键词
aggregation; hatchery-reared fish; passive integrated transponder; telemetry; vegetation cover; water depth
资金
- PnrB
- FEDER
- DIREN (MEDD)
- Region Pays de la Loire and Agence de l'Eau of Loire-Bretagne
Unlike adult northern pike (Esox lucius), small-bodied young-of-the-year (YOY) individuals cannot be tracked by conventional telemetry, and virtually no data exist on their spatial behaviour. Here, we monitored 192 individuals released into a nursery area (0.47 ha, subdivided into 253 cells of 4 m x 5 m) that dried out progressively using a portable passive integrated transponder detector. Among them, 66 spent more than 5 days in the nursery area and were localised at least twice, allowing spatial behaviour analyses. The mean radial distance moved averaged 14.3 m (+/- 8.4 SD, range 2.2-41.0) and the average daily movement was 8.0 m.day(-1) (+/- 5.3 SD, range 0.6-31.1). Pike abundance in a cell significantly correlated with the abundance observed in adjacent cells within 32 m, confirming a patchy distribution. A selective use of the deepest area was measured while no effect of vegetation cover was observed at the cell scale. The existence of YOY pike aggregations and the positive correlation between water depth and their spatial distribution might, however, facilitate predation and/or cannibalism during this critical period. This also suggests that the choice of release habitats requires particular attention during restocking procedures.
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