Assessment of largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) behaviour and activity at multiple spatial and temporal scales utilizing a whole-lake telemetry array

Hanson, Kyle C.; Cooke, Steven J.; Suski, Cory D.; Niezgoda, G.H.; Phelan, Frank J. S.; Tinline, Rowland R.; Philipp, David P.

doi:10.1007/s10750-006-0549-6

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“…Raw position solutions were generated by triangulating acoustic signals received from a single tag at a single point in time by three or more hydrophones within the array using the two-dimensional positioning engine within the program BioMAP (Lotek Wireless, Newmarket, Ontario). Erroneous positions were removed through BioMAP's filtering program (for a full description, see Hanson et al 2007). Filtered raw position data were then queried to generate tables of activity information (distance traveled and velocity) for each fish.…”

Section: Behavioral Data Collection and Analysesmentioning

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Seasonal Carryover Effects following the Administration of Cortisol to a Wild Teleost Fish

O’Connor¹,

Gilmour²,

Arlinghaus³

et al. 2010

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

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Stress can have sublethal effects that are manifested either immediately or at spatial or temporal scales that are removed from the stress event (i.e., carryover effects). We tested whether a short-term elevation of plasma cortisol would result in seasonal carryover effects in wild largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides. Using exogenous hormone implants, we raised circulating cortisol concentrations in a group of wild fish for approximately 5 d in October 2007. We then compared activity (velocity, distance traveled) of cortisol-treated animals with that of sham-treated and control animals throughout the winter using an automated acoustic telemetry array. Immediately following treatment, the cortisol-treated fish showed increased activity relative to controls. However, this difference disappeared following the cessation of the elevation of circulating cortisol. During the winter of 2007 to 2008, the lake experienced a nearly complete winterkill event, providing insight into how a transient stress response can influence the response of wild animals to subsequent challenges. Most fish carrying acoustic transmitters succumbed during this winterkill event, but cortisol-treated fish died earlier than fish in other groups and showed a decrease in activity relative to controls and sham-treated fish before mortality. This study provides preliminary evidence of seasonal carryover effects in wild fish and yields insight into the ecological consequences of stress across broad temporal scales.

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Section: Behavioral Data Collection and Analysesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Seasonal Carryover Effects following the Administration of Cortisol to a Wild Teleost Fish

O’Connor¹,

Gilmour²,

Arlinghaus³

et al. 2010

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

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“…Field-based telemetry is the use of manual or automatic tracking systems to remotely locate transmitters attached to free-ranging individuals (Lucas and Baras 2000), and this method has been used to study swimming abilities of fish in their natural setting (Cooke et al 2004a(Cooke et al , 2004bHanson et al 2007). The majority of these field studies measuring swimming ability cover large spatial and temporal scales, often using hydrophone or antenna arrays distributed along the length of a river (e.g., Hanson et al 2008).…”

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Effect of water temperature on laboratory swimming performance and natural activity levels of adult largemouth bass

et al. 2009

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Although locomotory performance in vertebrates is related to fitness, most performance tests are conducted in a laboratory setting, or in a manner that forces the organism to move not of their own volition. Biotelemetry offers the possibility to measure voluntary activity in a natural setting and provides the opportunity to combine laboratory-derived data with field studies on wild fish. In this study, it was found that laboratory-and field-based measurements of swimming performance and voluntary activity resulted in similar general seasonal trends, though each measurement assessed a different swimming type. In the field, all swimming metrics were lower at cooler water temperatures and were lowest during early winter (mean daily activity = 0.016 BL/s; mean voluntary swimming activity = 0.04319 BL/s; maximum swimming speed = 0.17 BL/s). In the laboratory, fish acclimatized to 25.0, 14.0, and 7.5 8C decreased swimming performance (Ucrit) with water temperature (25.0 8C (2.17 BL/s); 14.0 8C (1.69 BL/s); 7.5 8C (1.17 BL/s). Although some species and tissues have been shown to exhibit different degrees of thermal adaptation, these results show that swimming, one of the most important functions in fish, is largely dependent on environmental temperature, at least in largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides (Lacepède, 1802)).Résumé : Bien que la performance de locomotion chez les vertébrés soit reliée à la fitness, la plupart des tests de performance sont faits dans un milieu de laboratoire ou dans une situation qui force les animaux à se déplacer, donc pas de leur propre volonté. La biotélémétrie permet de mesurer l'activité volontaire dans un milieu naturel et fournit l'occasion de combiner les données obtenues en laboratoire et les études sur le terrain de poissons sauvages. Dans notre travail, les mesures en laboratoire et sur le terrain de performance de nage et d'activité volontaire montrent les mêmes tendances saisonnières générales, bien que chaque mesure évalue un type de nage différent. En nature, toutes les métriques de nage sont plus basses aux températures d'eau plus fraîches et sont minimales au début de l'hiver (activité journalière moyenne = 0,016 BL/s; activité volontaire moyenne de nage = 0,04319 BL/s; vitesse de nage maximale = 0,17 BL/s, où BL est la longueur du corps). En laboratoire, les poissons acclimatés à 25,0, 14,0 et 7,5 8C diminuent leur performance de nage (U crit ) en fonction de la température de l'eau (25,0 8C (2,17 BL/s); 14,0 8C (1,69 BL/s); 7,5 8C (1,17 BL/s)). Bien qu'on ait dé-montré que certaines espèces et certains tissus présentent des degrés divers d'adaptation thermique, nos résultats établissent que la nage, une des fonctions les plus importantes chez les poissons, est en grande partie dépendante de la température du milieu, au moins chez les achigans à grande bouche (Micropterus salmoides (Lacepède, 1802)).[Traduit par la Rédaction]

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“…Childs et al 2008;Cowley et al 2008;Hanson et al 2008;Heupel et al 2011). In an eastern part of Lake Ontario, for example, Hanson et al (2007) demonstrated that largemouth bass movements were positively correlated with water temperature. Specifically, telemetry studies of largemouth bass in their native range have shown that they are more active and occupy shallow regions during warmer seasons and become indolent while occupying regions of increased depth during the winter (e.g.…”

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Movement behaviour of largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides in a South African impoundment

et al. 2015

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Assessment of largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) behaviour and activity at multiple spatial and temporal scales utilizing a whole-lake telemetry array

Cited by 57 publications

References 39 publications

Seasonal Carryover Effects following the Administration of Cortisol to a Wild Teleost Fish

Seasonal Carryover Effects following the Administration of Cortisol to a Wild Teleost Fish

Effect of water temperature on laboratory swimming performance and natural activity levels of adult largemouth bass

Movement behaviour of largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides in a South African impoundment

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