caa a22 4500 60622758X CHVBK 20210128101159.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10641-015-0433-1 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10641-015-0433-1 Locomotor activity patterns of muskellunge ( Esox masquinongy ) assessed using tri-axial acceleration sensing acoustic transmitters [Elektronische Daten] [Sean Landsman, Eduardo Martins, Lee Gutowsky, Cory Suski, Robert Arlinghaus, Steven Cooke] The trade-off between remaining stationary and being active has consequences for the survival and growth of fishes. Recent advancements in telemetry tools have enabled researchers to assess activity patterns of free-swimming fishes using tri-axial acceleration-sensing acoustic transmitters. This study describes the summer activity patterns of muskellunge (Esox masquinongy) in an 8km reach of the Rideau River, Ontario between 1 June and 20 August 2010. Acceleration measurements indicated that muskellunge tended to remain inactive for much of the time. The effect of time of day (i.e., diel patterns), water temperature, and fish size were also examined. Activity was lowest at dawn, increased throughout the day, peaked at dusk, and declined at night. Activity also declined above temperatures of 25°C and was lower for larger muskellunge. A comparison of fish captured with rod and reel versus boat electrofisher failed to reveal a significant difference in behaviour. The results of this study illustrate the utility of accelerometer transmitters for studying the behavioural ecology of free-swimming fishes. The results also confirm that muskellunge are generally sedentary during the summer period, but do exhibit reasonably pronounced diel activity patterns. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2015 Muskellunge nationallicence Activity nationallicence Behaviour nationallicence Accelerometer nationallicence Locomotion nationallicence Landsman Sean Fish Ecology and Conservation Physiology Laboratory, Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada aut Martins Eduardo Fish Ecology and Conservation Physiology Laboratory, Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada aut Gutowsky Lee Fish Ecology and Conservation Physiology Laboratory, Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada aut Suski Cory Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA aut Arlinghaus Robert Division of Integrative Fisheries Management, Faculty of Life Sciences, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany aut Cooke Steven Fish Ecology and Conservation Physiology Laboratory, Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada aut Environmental Biology of Fishes Springer Netherlands 98/10(2015-10-01), 2109-2121 0378-1909 98:10<2109 2015 98 10641 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-015-0433-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-015-0433-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Landsman Sean Fish Ecology and Conservation Physiology Laboratory, Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Martins Eduardo Fish Ecology and Conservation Physiology Laboratory, Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gutowsky Lee Fish Ecology and Conservation Physiology Laboratory, Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Suski Cory Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Arlinghaus Robert Division of Integrative Fisheries Management, Faculty of Life Sciences, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cooke Steven Fish Ecology and Conservation Physiology Laboratory, Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Environmental Biology of Fishes Springer Netherlands 98/10(2015-10-01), 2109-2121 0378-1909 98:10<2109 2015 98 10641