<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> The post-stocking dispersal of juvenile Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchill) in the Wis3oka River (southern Poland) was investigated using biotelemetry. Thirty-five hatchery-reared juvenile A. oxyrinchus were tagged with radio or acoustic transmitters and tracked using mobile surveys and fixed receivers. Daily movement patterns were similar in 2009 and 2010. The sturgeon migrated with a mean speed of 1.42 km h-1 in 2009 and of 2.06 km h-1 in 2010. Migration rate was not regarded as being dependent on juvenile sturgeon size. The confirmed survival of individuals from the two field seasons differed slightly over the course of this study. Short-term survival of A. oxyrinchus was 86.7 and 90% in 2009 and 2010, respectively.</abstract>

The post-stocking dispersal of juvenile Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchill) in the Wis3oka River (southern Poland) was investigated using biotelemetry. Thirty-five hatchery-reared juvenile A. oxyrinchus were tagged with radio or acoustic transmitters and tracked using mobile surveys and fixed receivers. Daily movement patterns were similar in 2009 and 2010. The sturgeon migrated with a mean speed of 1.42 km h-1 in 2009 and of 2.06 km h-1 in 2010. Migration rate was not regarded as being dependent on juvenile sturgeon size. The confirmed survival of individuals from the two field seasons differed slightly over the course of this study. Short-term survival of A. oxyrinchus was 86.7 and 90% in 2009 and 2010, respectively.

Dispersal and survival of stocked juvenile hatchery-reared Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus)

Department of Hydrobiology, Inland Fisheries Institute in Olsztyn Oczapowskiego 10, 10-719 Olsztyn,

Department of Migratory Fishes, Rutki Inland Fisheries Institute in Olsztyn,

Department of Ichthyology, Inland Fisheries Institute in Olsztyn,

Fisheries & Aquatic Life

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The post-stocking dispersal of juvenile Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchill) in the Wis3oka River (southern Poland) was investigated using...

Dispersal and survival of stocked juvenile hatchery-reared Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus)

Article Category: Short Communication

Published Online: Feb 09, 2017

Page range: 243 - 249

Received: Feb 04, 2016

Accepted: Dec 02, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/aopf-2016-0021

Keywords
reared fish, river, stocking program assessment, sturgeon, survival, telemetry

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Dispersal and survival of stocked juvenile hatchery-reared Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus)

Article Category: Short Communication

Published Online: Feb 09, 2017

Page range: 243 - 249

Received: Feb 04, 2016

Accepted: Dec 02, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/aopf-2016-0021

Keywordsreared fish, river, stocking program assessment, sturgeon, survival, telemetry

© Archives of Polish Fisheries

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
reared fish, river, stocking program assessment, sturgeon, survival, telemetry