| | IngentaConnect Assessment of winter size-selective mortality of young-of-the-yea... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) |
 | | The objectives of this study were, first, to assess the usefulness of otolith microstructure analysis to examine winter size-selective mortality of young-of-the-year (YOY) Atlantic salmon and, secondly, to validate various hypotheses relating to the dynamics of two populations with different winter survival. |
 | | By examining otolith microstructure, we back-calculated body size at hatching and at emergence of YOY salmon sampled in fall 2000 and in early summer 2001 on the Petite Cascapédia River and the Bonaventure River (Québec, Canada). |
 | | The results of the study did not reveal any size-selective mortality of YOY salmon in the Petite Cascapédia River, while in the Bonaventure River, size-selective mortality of the smaller individuals of the cohort was detected. |
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