Performance Comparisons for Artificially Propagated and Wild Pacific Lamprey Juveniles and Larvae
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- Fish Ecology Division, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Seattle Washington USA
- Columbia River Research Laboratory Western Fisheries Research Center, US Geological Survey Cook Washington USA
- Tribal Fisheries Program, Department of Natural Resources Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation Pendleton Oregon USA
ABSTRACT Artificially propagated Pacific lamprey ( Entosphenus tridentatus ) are produced for restoration and for use in dam passage studies to reduce the demand for wild fish. Such uses require that animals are representative of their wild counterparts. Previous work indicated that this is true for Pacific lamprey larvae and juveniles reared in the hatchery with respect to the length of sustained swimming. However, more subtle differences in behaviour and performance that lamprey need to survive have not been assessed. In this study, artificially propagated and wild fish were compared in laboratory tests under no‐flow conditions to examine light avoidance, burrowing speed, burst swim speed, volitional routine swim speed and time to come to rest. Most larvae burrowed in less than a minute, and we found highly significant differences ( p < 0.001) between artificially propagated and wild larvae burrowing times, a critical escape behaviour. This could have implications for studies of larval entrainment at irrigation diversion canals or in turbine boils at dams. Interestingly, all of the wild juveniles tested came to rest quickly after introduction to the chamber (1.5 min), while artificially propagated lamprey swam robotically near the surface and 48% did not come to rest in the first 10 min (median time to rest = 9.5 min). In contrast, wild juveniles quickly (median = 1.47 min) sought areas near the tank bottom and attached strongly with their oral disc. Such behavioural differences could have important survival consequences for artificially propagated lamprey as they approach turbine intakes, bypass screens and irrigation diversion headgates. This study highlights the need to conduct behavioural assays that examine subtleties of fish behaviour that can be missed with traditional swim tunnel comparisons.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- OSTI ID:
- 2566907
- Journal Information:
- Aquaculture, Fish and Fisheries, Journal Name: Aquaculture, Fish and Fisheries Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 5; ISSN 2693-8847
- Publisher:
- Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)Copyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- Country unknown/Code not available
- Language:
- English
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