Infected juvenile salmon can experience increased predation during freshwater migration

Infected juvenile salmon can experience increased predation during freshwater migration

Predation risk for animal migrants can be impacted by physical condition. Although size- or condition-based selection is often observed, observing infection-based predation is rare due to the difficulties in assessing infectious agents in predated samples. We examined predation of outmigrating socke...

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Main Authors: Nathan B. Furey, Arthur L. Bass, Kristi M. Miller, Shaorong Li, Andrew G. Lotto, Stephen J. Healy, S. Matthew Drenner, Scott G. Hinch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2021-03-01
Series:Royal Society Open Science
Subjects:
predator–prey interactions
infectious haematopoietic necrosis virus
migratory culling
migration ecology
predation risk
disease ecology
Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.201522

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