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Geomagnetic field influences upward movement of young Chinook salmon emerging from nests

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Putman, Nathan F., Scanlan, Michelle M., Pollock, Amanda M., O'Neil, Joseph P., Couture, Ryan B., Stoner, Joseph S., Quinn, Thomas P., Lohmann, Kenneth J., and Noakes, David L.

Abstract:

Organisms use a variety of environmental cues to orient their movements in three-dimensional space. Here, we show that the upward movement of young Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) emerging from gravel nests is influenced by the geomagnetic field. Fish in the ambient geomagnetic field travelled farther upwards through substrate than did...

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Evidence for geomagnetic imprinting as a homing mechanism in Pacific salmon

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Putnam, Nathan F., Lohmann, Kenneth J., Putnam, Emily M., Quinn, Thomas P., Klimley, A. Peter, and Noakes, David L. G.

Abstract:

In the final phase of their spawning migration, Pacific salmon use chemical cues to identify their home river, but how they navigate from the open ocean to the correct coastal area has remained enigmatic [1]. To test the hypothesis that salmon imprint on the magnetic field that exists where they...

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