Ontogeny of Feeding Behavior of First-Feeding Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar)

1991 ◽  
Vol 48 (10) ◽  
pp. 1896-1904 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Coughlin
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Salmon ◽  
Feeding Behavior ◽  
Salmo Salar ◽  
Exogenous Feeding ◽  
Feeding Mode ◽  
Atlantic Salmon Salmo Salar ◽  
First Feeding ◽  
Swimming Motion ◽  
In The Wild ◽  
Time To Learn

Feeding strikes of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) alevins preying upon Daphnia are described using videorecording of synchronous lateral and antero-ventral views. Based on examination of characteristics such as aiming inaccuracy and capture distance, it is demonstrated that feeding behavior significantly improves during the first 2 wk after initiation of exogenous feeding. With increasing experience, young salmon tend to capture prey more quickly and with greater accuracy. First-feeding alevins use a body-ram feeding mode, relying on their swimming motion to overtake and capture prey. After 7–10 d of feeding, the fish change to a suction feeding mode that effectively uses suction generated by expansion of the orobranchial chamber to pull in prey from a distance. Also, feeding behavior of alevins raised on a commercial salmon feed lags developmentally behind the behavior offish raised on live food. This lag time is short (2–3 d), indicating that despite reports to the contrary, hatchery-raised fish do not require a Song time to learn to capture prey effectively in the wild.

Hypervitaminosis A in first-feeding fry of the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.)

2002 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. ØRNSRUD ◽  
I. E. GRAFF ◽  
S. HØIE ◽  
G. K. TOTLAND ◽  
G.-I. HEMRE
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Salmon ◽  
Salmo Salar ◽  
Hypervitaminosis A ◽  
Atlantic Salmon Salmo Salar ◽  
First Feeding

First feeding of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., under different photoperiods and light intensities

1990 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 435-441 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. O. STEFANSSON ◽  
R. NORTVEDT ◽  
T. J. HANSEN ◽  
G. L. TARANGER
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Salmon ◽  
Salmo Salar ◽  
Atlantic Salmon Salmo Salar ◽  
First Feeding ◽  
Light Intensities

Maladaptation and phenotypic mismatch in hatchery-reared Atlantic salmon Salmo salar released in the wild

2014 ◽  
Vol 85 (6) ◽  
pp. 1927-1945 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Stringwell ◽  
A. Lock ◽  
C. J. Stutchbury ◽  
E. Baggett ◽  
J. Taylor ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Salmon ◽  
Salmo Salar ◽  
Atlantic Salmon Salmo Salar ◽  
In The Wild

Effect of astaxanthin and vitamin A on growth and survival during first feeding of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L.

1994 ◽  
Vol 25 (9) ◽  
pp. 903-914 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Christiansen ◽  
Ø. Lie ◽  
O.J. Torrissen
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin A ◽  
Atlantic Salmon ◽  
Salmo Salar ◽  
Growth And Survival ◽  
Atlantic Salmon Salmo Salar ◽  
First Feeding

Maintenance of asymmetric hybridization between Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and brown trout (Salmo trutta) via postzygotic barriers and paternal effects

2011 ◽  
Vol 68 (4) ◽  
pp. 593-602 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Álvarez ◽  
Eva Garcia-Vazquez
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Salmon ◽  
Salmo Salar ◽  
Brown Trout ◽  
Salmo Trutta ◽  
Developmental Rate ◽  
Paternal Effects ◽  
Atlantic Salmon Salmo Salar ◽  
Postzygotic Barriers ◽  
Brown Trout Salmo Trutta ◽  
In The Wild

At the southern European edge of Atlantic salmon ( Salmo salar ) distribution, all the hybrids found in nature are the product of crosses between female salmon and male brown trout ( Salmo trutta ). By artificially producing reciprocal crosses between salmon and trout, we demonstrate that unidirectional hybridization observed in nature is the result of postzygotic barriers that produce very high mortality rates (95%) in female trout × male salmon hybrids and not the consequence of prezygotic isolation or behavioural differences between the two species. Mortality of female trout × male salmon hybrids mainly occurs during the last phases of development, and a high percentage of these surviving hybrids showed external deformities that could compromise survival in the wild. Another important finding is the existence of paternal factor in embryo development. Using time to midhatch as an indicator of developmental rate, female salmon × male trout hybrids hatched faster than female trout × male salmon hybrids, with both developing at a rate intermediate to the pure crosses. The early emergence of female salmon × male trout hybrids, which have similar survival to pure salmons, could have fitness repercussions, since early emerging fry have a competitive advantage over later emerging fry.

Yolk Absorption, Yolk Sac Constrictions, Mortality, and Growth During First Feeding of Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) Incubated on Astro-turf

1985 ◽  
Vol 42 (6) ◽  
pp. 1073-1078 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. J. Hansen ◽  
D. Møller
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Salmon ◽  
Salmo Salar ◽  
Lateral Force ◽  
Yolk Sac ◽  
Artificial Substrate ◽  
Feeding Period ◽  
Atlantic Salmon Salmo Salar ◽  
First Feeding ◽  
Flat Screen ◽  
Yolk Absorption

Groups of pooled Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) eggs were incubated in a "California" incubation system with and without astro-turf, an artificial substrate, and later transferred to separate feeding units. Alevins reared in astro-turf absorbed their yolk sac faster and more efficiently than alevins reared on a flat screen. Alevins reared on the flat screen developed yolk sac constrictions probably due to the backward and lateral force created by the high swimming activity. No such malformations were found on the yolk sacs of the astro-turf reared alevins. The fry hatched without astro-turf grew faster than the fry hatched with astro-turf during the initial feeding period, but later this was reversed. Mortality of alevins and fry hatched with astro-turf was lower during incubation and during first feeding.

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