Sentences with phrase «young migrating salmon»

RICHLAND, Wash. — Basic ocean conditions such as current directions and water temperature play a huge role in determining the behavior of young migrating salmon as they move from rivers and hit ocean waters for the first time, according to new research.

Not exact matches

«We know that chalk streams are very productive and juvenile salmon in these rivers generally migrate to sea after just one year, whereas young salmon in other river types typically leave freshwater at 2 - 3 years.

That system — which includes tags, sound receivers and software — was initially designed to provide a more accurate picture of how young salmon migrate from their birthplace in Columbia River Basin waters to the open Pacific Ocean.

That translates into rivers and streams that rise and fall more sharply and more often, making life harder for young salmon that hatch and spend their first few months in freshwater before migrating to the ocean.

Migrating from its freshwater residence in a river out to Sea is a critical step in every young Atlantic salmon's (Salmo salar) life, and a necessity for the salmon to grow to large size.

Current research from Umeå University in Sweden shows that the young salmon's desire to migrate can partly be limited by anxiety.

Researchers have long tried to understand what factors affect the young salmon's decision to migrate out to Sea.

smolt a young salmon or sea trout about two years old that is at the stage of development when it assumes the silvery color of the adult and is ready to migrate to the sea