Marine temperatures experienced by postsmolts and the survival of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., in the North Sea area

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 22-34

  Friedland, Kevin D ^a   Hansen, Lars P ^b   Dunkley, David A ^c,d  

^a NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d Inspector Salmon and Freshw Fish   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atlantic salmon; Growth; Postsmolt survival; Recruitment; Sea surface temperature; Thermal habitat

Indexed keywords

SALMON FISHERY; SST; SURVIVAL;

NORTH SEA;

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 0031833141     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2419.1998.00047.x     Document Type: Article

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