Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
(Fertilized Egg)
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249 - Temperature Example 10°C 332 109
Details
Eggs develop normally at 10°C.
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250 Temperature Example 391 109
Details
- Incubation time was 191 days at 0.5°C and 88 days at 5.5°C.
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251 Phys. Assoc. Example 274 109
Details
Sand, silt, and clay in redds had no noticeable effect. Superimposition
was not serious.
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252 Water Motion Optimum Steady Flow 274 109
Ice Optimum No Ice
Details
Steady water flow and lack of ice favored redd survival.
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259 Temperature Example 390 109
Details
Eggs hatched in 56 days at 11.7°C, 65 days at 9.3°C, and 104 days at
fluctuating temperatures from 0.5°-3.9°C.
Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
(Juvenile)
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256 - Depth Characteristic - 363 109
Movement Characteristic
Details
- Smolts stay up from the bottom and drift to sea.
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257 Movement Characteristic 391 109
Light Characteristic
Details
Smolt migration is usually at night in spring or early summer.
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258 Temperature Characteristic 414 109
Details
Feeding is intermittent at 0°6°C and increases to a maximum at 16°C.
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260 Maine Pred/Prey Characteristic 367 109
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Food of 25 young salmon in October was listed as aquatic insects and alewives.
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266 Competitors Limit 282 109
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Details
Competition between brown trout and Atlantic salmon parr did not affect
trout growth.
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318 Pred/Prey Characteristic 109 -
Details
Larger lake trout feed primarily upon fish in most lakes (including Cottus,
alewives, smelt, and Atlantic salmon).
Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
(Larva)
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253 Temperature Lethal 22°-23°C 413 109
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Sac fry acclimated at 5°-6°C had 7-day median lethal temperatures of 22°C.
Sac fry acclimated at 10°C or 20°C had median lethal temperatures of 23°C.
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254 Temperature Limit 27°C 300 109
Details
The ultimate limit on temperature was 26°C.
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255 - Area of Water Characteristic - 293 109
Water Motion Characteristic
Depth Characteristic
Details
Fry remain in shallow riffles and other shallow stream areas during summer.
They move into parr habitats, pools, and deep riffles in autumn. Parr
usually remain in the same area most of their freshwater life.
Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
(Non-spawning Adult)
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260 Maine Pred/Prey Characteristic 367 109
Details
Food of 25 young salmon in October was listed as aquatic insects and alewives.
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261 Maine Pred/Prey Characteristic 367 109
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Food of eight adult salmon in July and August was mostly alewives.
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Details
Larger lake trout feed primarily upon fish in most lakes (including
Cottus, alewives, smelt, and Atlantic salmon).