Assessing Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) recovery across five Atlantic Canadian National Parks through juvenile abundance modelling
| dc.contributor.advisor | Samways, Kurt | |
| dc.contributor.author | Robinson, John | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-02-05T15:18:01Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-02-05T15:18:01Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024-12 | |
| dc.description.abstract | For decades, Atlantic salmon in Eastern North America have precipitously declined. In response, Fundy National Park (FNP) and Cape Breton Highlands National Park (CBHNP) implemented smolt-to-adult supplementation strategies within marine and freshwater rearing environments, respectively, Kouchibouguac National Park (KNP) planted fertilized eggs, and Gros Morne (GMNP) and Terra Nova National Park (TNNP) used community-based restoration approaches. To assess juvenile salmon population abundance through decline and restoration implementation of these parks, a Bayesian hierarchical model was developed to standardize single-pass and multi-pass electrofishing methodology, and estimate an index of juvenile density, at site and annual scale, using an electrofishing dataset covering 536 sites, over 49 years, across 24 rivers. Single-pass sites lack the accuracy of multi-pass methods but are an efficient sampling approach from a full catchment perspective. Increasing population trends were shown in some rivers (FNP, KNP), while others exhibited continued declines (CBHNP, KNP, GMNP) or modelling challenges (CBHNP, TNNP). | |
| dc.description.copyright | © John Robinson, 2024 | |
| dc.format.extent | xvi, 135 | |
| dc.format.medium | electronic | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://unbscholar.lib.unb.ca/handle/1882/38246 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | University of New Brunswick | |
| dc.rights | http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2 | |
| dc.subject.discipline | Biology | |
| dc.title | Assessing Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) recovery across five Atlantic Canadian National Parks through juvenile abundance modelling | |
| dc.type | master thesis | |
| oaire.license.condition | other | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Biology | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of New Brunswick | |
| thesis.degree.level | masters | |
| thesis.degree.name | M.Sc. |