Spawning behaviour and success of mature male Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) parr of farmed and wild origin

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1153-1160

  Weir, Laura K ^a   Hutchings, Jeffrey A ^a   Fleming, Ian A ^b   Einum, Sigurd ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH CULTURE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SALMONID; SPAWNING;

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 24644509295     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f05-032     Document Type: Article

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