Spatial ecology of translocated American Eel (Anguilla rostrata) in a large freshwater lake

Table 1 Summary of number of American Eel released in Glenora for each tagging session

Number of eels	Tagging session
Number of eels	Spring 2016	Fall 2016	Spring 2017	Fall 2017	Spring 2018	Total
Tagged	39	40	49	50	52	230
Detected	39	40	49	50	52	230
Dead	7	3	6	3	9	28
1st year migrants (Migrated post release)	13	19	26	32	26	116
2nd year migrants (Overwintered and migrated)	7	3	2	2	–	14
No evidence of migration	12	15	15	13	17	72
Number of Eels detected in
Bay of Quinte	32	37	43	47	43	202
Eastern Lake Ontario	30	35	41	45	37	188
St. Lawrence River	19	20	22	34	25	120*
Western Lake Ontario	8	8	11	19	9	55

The number of individuals that were presumed to be dead as well as the number detected in different parts of Lake Ontario are shown; the division of Lake Ontario into the four areas can be found in Fig. 1. Here a “– “ denotes when tag battery life was insufficient to fully capture a movement pattern
^*Not all eel deemed to have migrated were detected in the St. Lawrence River at the Iroquois Dam

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