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Pop-up satellite archival tags were used to collect fisheries-independent data that characterized the seasonal habitat occupancy and movement of Atlantic sturgeon Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchill, 1815 in the Bay of Fundy (BoF). Atlantic sturgeon from Canadian and United States stocks aggregate annually for feeding in Minas Basin, inner BoF (45.28N, 64.18W), during May to September but depart to other locations from October to April. Sixteen PSAT tags were applied to sturgeon ranging from 152 to 203cm total length captured and released in Minas Basin during May to August. Ten of the tags were reported after 1year at large and provided pop-off locations. Seven were recovered with archived data, or provided transmitted data sets, which were analyzed for depth and temperature occupancy from June 2011 to August 2013. During June to August while in the Minas Basin the sturgeon spent >90% of time at depths <10m and temperatures of 16-22 degrees C. Departure from Minas Basin through the Minas Passage was in September and October, when depth occupancy varied from <10 to 120m. From November to April sturgeon were in the outer BoF, where mean depth occupancies ranged from 40 to 100m at mean temperatures of 3-14 degrees C. Deepest mean depth occupancy of 60 to 90m was recorded during December 2011 and 2012, and coldest mean temperature occupancy of 0-4 degrees C in March 2011 and 2012. During April and May mean depth and temperature occupancy ranges shallowed from 40 to <10m and increased from 4 to 15 degrees C, respectively. Tag pop-off locations indicated that sturgeon spent the winter season in the outer BoF but by June had either migrated back to the Minas Basin or off the mouth of the Saint John River, a known spawning location.
- 出版日期2016-10
