River lamprey present an unusual predation threat to Atlantic salmon smolts in Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland
| Autor: | Derek Evans, Richard J. Kennedy, Warren Campbell, Kevin Gallagher |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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geography
geography.geographical_feature_category biology Lamprey Salmo salar Drainage basin Lampreys Northern Ireland Aquatic Science Northern ireland biology.organism_classification Predation Fishery Rivers Lampetra Predatory Behavior Animals Fish Animal Migration Size selective Salmo Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Fish Biology. 97:1265-1267 |
| ISSN: | 1095-8649 0022-1112 |
| Popis: | A new monitoring programme on the Lough Neagh catchment has documented a high incidence of river lamprey, Lampetra fluviatilis L., predation on Atlantic salmon smolts, Salmo salar L. In total 470 smolts were examined during the 2020 emigration period with 168 fish (36%) exhibiting lamprey scars of which 57 were lightly scarred and 111 were classed as heavily scarred. Lamprey predation was not size selective on Lough Neagh S. salar smolts. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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