Phenological diversity of salmon smolt migration timing within a large watershed

CN Carr‐Harris, JW Moore… - Transactions of the …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Although there is growing concern that climate change might drive phenological mismatches
between predators and prey, it is possible that within‐and among‐species phenological …

Seasonal and spatial dynamics of the planktonic trophic biomarkers in the Strait of Georgia (northeast Pacific) and implications for fish

D Costalago, I Forster, N Nemcek, C Neville, RI Perry… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Fish growth and survival are largely determined by the nutritional quality of their food, and
the fish that grow quickly during early life stages are more likely to reproduce. To adequately …

Ultrastiff graphene

VM Hiltunen, P Koskinen, KK Mentel… - npj 2D Materials and …, 2021 - nature.com
Graphene has exceptionally high in-plane strength, which makes it ideal for various
nanomechanical applications. At the same time, its exceptionally low out-of-plane stiffness …

Oceanic and atmospheric extremes motivate a new hypothesis for variable marine survival of F raser R iver sockeye salmon

S McKinnell, E Curchitser, K Groot… - Fisheries …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
In spite of a relatively optimistic pre‐season forecast, the total return of adult sockeye salmon
(Oncorhynchus nerka) to the Fraser River (British Columbia, Canada) in 2009 was the …

Sea lice, sockeye salmon, and foraging competition: lousy fish are lousy competitors

SC Godwin, LM Dill, JD Reynolds… - Canadian Journal of …, 2015 - cdnsciencepub.com
Pathogens threaten wildlife globally, but these impacts are not restricted to direct mortality
from disease. For fish, which experience periods of extremely high mortality during their …

The influence of smolt age on freshwater and early marine behavior and survival of migrating juvenile sockeye salmon

CF Stevenson, SG Hinch, AD Porter… - Transactions of the …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Sockeye Salmon Oncorhynchus nerka smolts typically experience high mortality
during out‐migration through freshwater and the early marine environment. Due to tag …

Variability in migration routes influences early marine survival of juvenile salmon smolts

NB Furey, SP Vincent, SG Hinch, DW Welch - PLoS One, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Variability in animal migratory behavior is expected to influence fitness, but few empirical
examples demonstrating this relationship exist. The initial marine phase in the migration of …

Reduced growth in wild juvenile sockeye salmon Oncorhynchus nerka infected with sea lice

SC Godwin, LM Dill, M Krkošek, MHH Price… - Journal of Fish …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Daily growth rings were examined in the otoliths of wild juvenile sockeye salmon
Oncorhynchus nerka to determine whether infection by ectoparasitic sea lice Caligus …

Quantifying survival of age-2 Chilko Lake sockeye salmon during the first 50 days of migration

EL Rechisky, AD Porter, TD Clark… - Canadian Journal of …, 2019 - cdnsciencepub.com
We used acoustic telemetry to investigate survival of age-2 sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus
nerka) as they emigrated from Chilko Lake, British Columbia, Canada, to northeastern …

Running the trophic gauntlet: Empirical support for reduced foraging success in juvenile salmon in tidally mixed coastal waters

SE James, EA Pakhomov, N Mahara… - Fisheries …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The productivity of Fraser River sockeye salmon has declined in recent years, with
2019 being the lowest return on record. The cause of the decline is still not fully understood; …