Animal Biotelemetry

Table 2 Mean temperature and salinity data throughout the study area

From: Partitioning survival during early marine migration of wild and hatchery-reared Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) smolts using acoustic telemetry

	Lake		Estuary		Marine arrays
Date	Temperature (°C)	Salinity (psu)	Temperature (°C)	Salinity (psu)	Temperature (°C)	Salinity (psu)
2017
01–07 May	12.8	14.1			11.1
08–14 May	14.6	15.2	13.5^a	33.8^a	11.8
15–21 May	14.5	12.8			12.5	34.7^a
22–28 May	15.8	11.9	15 ^a	32.9^a	13.3	34.5^a
2018
01–06 May	10.9	8.2	11.2	29.2	10.4^b
07–13 May	11.9	7.3	12.8	28.3	10.9
14–20 May	13.3	8.4	12.9	30.3	11.4	34.8^a
21–27 May	14.4	9.6	13.6	31.3	12.2	34.6^a
28–30 May	17.1	9.1	15	31.3	13.4	35.2^a

^aIndicates that mean temperature or salinity was taken on one day only using a handheld meter
^bIndicates that mean temperature was taken between 4 and 6 May

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