Using biotelemetry and underwater video within thermal refugia

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Keywords

ACOUSTIC TAGS; EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > FISH; Occurrence; Samplingevent; Observation

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Geographic Coverage

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Taxonomic Coverage

Species included below are tagged by this project and have left any embargo. Other individuals or species may later be appended to this dataset.

Temporal Coverage

Project Data

Rising river temperatures are increasingly exposing cold adapted species to heat stress and predation stress caused by warm-adapted aquatic invasive predators. To cope with heat stress during high temperature events, prey fish - such as young salmonids, thermoregulate in cold-water refugia. Given the overlapping distribution between salmonids and aquatic invasive species it is unclear if invasive predators are using cold-water refugia as foraging patches and how this would affect refugia use by salmonids. One approach to understand such effects is by integrating monitoring and tracking technology, as it provides insight into fine-scale behaviours during habitat use. However, employing this approach is difficult as multiple devices exist, and each one is better suited under different environmental conditions. Therefore, in my first data chapter I will describe how monitoring and tracking devices were previously employed across different objectives and environments. In my second data chapter, I will examine the cold-water refugia use by smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu), an invasive predator in North America, and the subsequent response of juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), in the Margaree River, Nova Scotia. Using acoustic telemetry and underwater video cameras, I will be examining habitat use of both species in one cold-water refuge sites. I expect that thermal refugia provides a predation opportunity for smallmouth bass, and in response, juvenile salmon will behaviourally trade off between thermoregulation and predator avoidance. Investigating the use of technoscience in aquatic ecosystems will guide researchers in more effectively employing such techniques in their own studies. Additionally, investigating the impact of aquatic invasive species on critical habitats to salmonids will inform more effective and resilient management of invasive species and protection and enhancement of thermal refugia as climate change persists.

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Sampling Methods

Acoustic tags released.

Method step description:

1. This resource was created by the Ocean Tracking Network Data Centre as a summarized representation of animal presence determined by electronic tagging efforts. Darwin Core (DwC) records were extracted from the OTN database and filtered and summarized according to international agreed-upon standards.

Bibliographic Citations

1. This will need to be revised as we continue on working on this project. In: Ocean Tracking Network Data Centre, Halifax Canada / otndc@dal.ca Retrieved: 2025-03-31 from db.load.oceantrack.org

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