• Diving behaviour of Atlantic salmon at sea: effects of light regimes and temperature stratification 

      Hedger, Richard David; Rikardsen, Audun H.; Strøm, John Fredrik; Righton, David A.; Thorstad, Eva Bonsak; Næsje, Tor (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-07-04)
      The diving behaviour of adult Atlantic salmon Salmo salar L. post-spawners in the Norwegian and Barents Seas was monitored with pop-up satellite archival tags (PSATs) and data storage tags (DSTs). Salmon from the 3 studied populations showed similar depth use patterns: tagged specimens spent most of their time near the surface (mean of 82% of the time at depths <10 m), with occasional short deep ...