Winter presence and temperature-related diel vertical migration of Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis) in an extreme high flow passage in the inner Bay of Fundy

During a multi-year fish tracking study, sub-adult and adult life stages of Shubenacadie River Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis) were detected throughout winter in the well-mixed, hypertidal waters of the Minas Passage, Bay of Fundy. Thirty-five percent of the Striped Bass tagged with Vemco V16 transmitters were detected by two Minas Passage receiver arrays. Transmissions were received on 82% of winter days (December to April) and by all receivers spanning the width of the passage. Tagged Striped Bass were detected largely within the top 20-40 m during the day. The extent of vertical migration to shallower waters at night showed a strong relationship with water temperature, however, there was no diel vertical movement pattern observed at water temperaturesThe accepted manuscript in pdf format is listed with the files at the bottom of this page. The presentation of the authors' names and (or) special characters in the title of the manuscript may differ slightly between what is listed on this page and what is listed in the pdf file of the accepted manuscript; that in the pdf file of the accepted manuscript is what was submitted by the author