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The species encounters several natural and man-made threats during its migration between fresh water and the ocean, which in combination may explain its ongoing decline. With the aim to better understand whether post-smolt behaviour is influenced by physical oceanographic conditions, the migratory behaviour of 173 post-smolts in a high-latitude Norwegian fjord was investigated, combining acoustic telemetry with site- and time-specific environmental variables from an oceanographic model. Most post-smolts (94%) performed a unidirectional migration out the fjord. Progression rates were relatively high (0.42\u20132.41\u00a0km h\u22121; 0.84\u20133.78 BL s\u22121) and increased with distance from the river. While post-smolts had an affinity for lower salinities in the inner fjord, statistical models failed to detect any significant relationship between the small-scale (within arrays) migratory behaviour and salinity, temperature, or coastal surface currents within the fjord. In the outer part, the post-smolts predominantly exited the fjord system through the strait with the highest surface salinities and lowest temperatures, independently of the current direction. Our findings indicate that the macro-habitat selection of the Atlantic salmon post-smolts was influenced by environmental factors: the post-smolts directed their migration towards \u201cocean cues.\u201d However, this was not confirmed on the micro-habitat level.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1093\/icesjms\/fsac064","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,4,14]],"date-time":"2022-04-14T11:15:14Z","timestamp":1649934914000},"page":"1394-1407","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":13,"title":["Micro- and macro-habitat selection of Atlantic salmon,<i>Salmo salar<\/i>, post-smolts in relation to marine environmental cues"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"79","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2188-5533","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"J L A","family":"Jensen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Akvaplan-niva AS, Markveien 38 B, NO-9510 Alta, Norway"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9456-3976","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"J F","family":"Str\u00f8m","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Marine Research (IMR), PB 6404, NO-9294 Troms\u00f8, Norway"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6261-5102","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"A","family":"Nikolopoulos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Marine Research (IMR), PB 6404, NO-9294 Troms\u00f8, Norway"}]},{"given":"R","family":"Primicerio","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Marine Research (IMR), PB 6404, NO-9294 Troms\u00f8, Norway"},{"name":"Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, PO Box 6050, Langnes, NO-9037 Troms\u00f8, Norway"}]},{"given":"J","family":"Skar\u00f0hamar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Marine Research (IMR), PB 6404, NO-9294 Troms\u00f8, Norway"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4804-3443","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"B J","family":"Atencio","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, PO Box 6050, Langnes, NO-9037 Troms\u00f8, Norway"},{"name":"Institute of Marine Sciences, Fisheries Collaborative Program, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA"}]},{"given":"J E T","family":"Strand","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, PO Box 6050, Langnes, NO-9037 Troms\u00f8, Norway"}]},{"given":"P A","family":"Bj\u00f8rn","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Marine Research (IMR), PB 6404, NO-9294 Troms\u00f8, Norway"}]},{"given":"T","family":"B\u00f8hn","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Marine Research (IMR), PB 6404, NO-9294 Troms\u00f8, Norway"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,4,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"2022052309370691400_bib1","first-page":"147","author":"Anonymous","year":"2020","journal-title":"Vitenskapelig r\u00e5d for lakseforvaltning 2020. 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