Tag effects on prespawn mortality of Chinook Salmon: A field experiment using PIT tags, radio transmitters, and untagged controls

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
George P. Naughton ◽  
Matthew L. Keefer ◽  
Tami S. Clabough ◽  
Matthew J. Knoff ◽  
Timothy J. Blubaugh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Field Experiment ◽  
Chinook Salmon ◽  
Pit Tags ◽  
Tag Effects ◽  
Radio Transmitters

Survival, Growth, and Tag Retention in Age-0 Chinook Salmon Implanted with 8-, 9-, and 12-mm PIT Tags

2015 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 845-852 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth F. Tiffan ◽  
Russell W. Perry ◽  
William P. Connor ◽  
Frank L. Mullins ◽  
Craig D. Rabe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chinook Salmon ◽  
Pit Tags ◽  
Tag Retention

Comparison of Spawning Areas and Times for Two Runs of Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) in the Kenai River, Alaska

1985 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 693-700 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carl V. Burger ◽  
Richard L. Wilmot ◽  
David B. Wangaard
Keyword(s):  
Chinook Salmon ◽  
Oncorhynchus Tshawytscha ◽  
Main Stem ◽  
Upstream Migration ◽  
Cook Inlet ◽  
Large Lakes ◽  
Spawning Areas ◽  
Winter Temperatures ◽  
Southcentral Alaska ◽  
Radio Transmitters

From 1979 to 1982,188 chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) were tagged with radio transmitters to locate spawning areas in the glacial Kenai River, southcentral Alaska. Results confirmed that an early run entered the river in May and June and spawned in tributaries, and a late run entered the river from late June through August and spawned in the main stem. Spawning peaked during August in tributaries influenced by lakes, but during July in other tributaries. Lakes may have increased fall and winter temperatures of downstream waters, enabling successful reproduction for later spawning fish within these tributaries. This hypothesis assumes that hatching and emergence can be completed in a shorter time in lake-influenced waters. The time of upstream migration and spawning (mid- to late August) of the late run is unique among chinook stocks in Cook Inlet. This behavior may have developed only because two large lakes (Kenai and Skilak) directly influence the main-stem Kenai River. If run timing is genetically controlled, and if the various components of the two runs are isolated stocks that have adapted to predictable stream temperatures, there are implications for stock transplantation programs and for any activities of man that alter stream temperatures.

Nonlethal Gill Biopsy Does Not Affect Juvenile Chinook Salmon Implanted with Radio Transmitters

1999 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 856-859 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. L. Martinelli-Liedtke ◽  
R. S. Shively ◽  
G. S. Holmberg ◽  
M. B. Sheer ◽  
R. M. Schrock
Keyword(s):  
Chinook Salmon ◽  
Juvenile Chinook Salmon ◽  
Radio Transmitters ◽  
Juvenile Chinook

Spawning Migration of Adult Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) Carrying External and Internal Radio Transmitters

1979 ◽  
Vol 36 (9) ◽  
pp. 1060-1064 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert H. Gray ◽  
James M. Haynes
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
Travel Time ◽  
Chinook Salmon ◽  
Oncorhynchus Tshawytscha ◽  
Release Site ◽  
Control Fish ◽  
Experimental Fish ◽  
Radio Transmitters ◽  
Control Adult ◽  
And Control

Upstream movements of radio-tagged and control adult chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) were monitored during spring and fall 1976 and spring 1977 in the lower Snake River, southeastern Washington. Travel time from point of fish release and percent return to upstream trapping facilities were compared for experimental and control fish. Experimental fish carried anchor tags, and either external or internal radio transmitters. Control fish carried anchor tags only. Chinook salmon that lost external transmitters moved upriver more slowly than control fish although percent returns to upriver trapping facilities were similar. Travel times and percent returns of chinook salmon that retained external transmitters did not differ significantly from those of control fish. Although some salmon tagged with internal transmitters moved upriver, all failed to cross Little Goose Dam 6.5 km from the release site. Most internally tagged salmon eventually swam downstream. Key words: chinook salmon, biotelemetry, behavior, migration, radiotelemetry, bioengineering

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