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OTN Frobisher Bay, Canada - Tag Release Metadata Citation Version 1 In OBIS Canada Digital Collections. Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, NS, Canada. Published by OBIS, Digital http://www.iobis.org/. Accessed on -INSERT DATE. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/5058 Contact:
Ocean Tracking Network (OTN), more Availability:  This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.Description This study described the marine migration distribution, movements, diet, mortality and duration of anadromous Arctic char relative to migration temporal phase and environmental conditions (salinity, temperature and prey availability, tides) in inner Frobisher Bay (63o N 68o W), a macrotidal estuary on southeastern Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. Of the 33 char acoustically tracked in 2009, 15 (45%) ventured beyond 10 km of either of the Armshow or Sylvia Grinnell river mouths and 9 (27%) were detected in both rivers’ estuaries. Marine mortality was estimated at 24.2% with 62.5% of the mortalities occurring within the Sylvia Grinnell River estuary. more Assuming an emigration date of June 18th in both 2008 and 2009, marine migration duration was 46 to 78 days. Mean durations were 59±6 in 2008, 65±7 in 2009 and 63±7 days combined. Tracking revealed migrant movements into the intertidal zone with the flood and ebb of the tide. Most detections were in surface waters (0 to 3 m). Inter/sub-tidal movements and consecutive repetitive dives (maximum 52.8 m) resulted in extreme body temperature shifts (-0.2 to18.1oC). Approximately half of intertidal and subtidal detections were between 9 to13oC, and 1 to 3oC, respectively. Stomach contents and deep diving suggested feeding in both inter/sub-tidal zones. We suggest that char tolerate cold water at depth to capture prey in the subtidal zone, then seek warmer water to enhance feeding/digestion physiology. Scope Themes: Biology > Fish Keywords: Marine/Coastal, ANW, Canada, Northwest Terr., Baffin I., Frobisher, Salvelinus alpinus (Linnaeus, 1758) Geographical coverage ANW, Canada, Northwest Terr., Baffin I., Frobisher [Marine Regions] Temporal coverage 21 July 2008 - 7 July 2009 Taxonomic coverage Salvelinus alpinus (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS] Parameter Occurrence of biota Contributors Related datasets Published in: OBIS-Canada: Canadian Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more Dataset status: Completed Data type: Data Data origin: Research: field survey Metadatarecord created: 2015-08-06 Information last updated: 2015-08-06 | ||||
