The relationship between body and scale growth proportions and validation of two back-calculation methods using individually tagged and recaptured wild Atlantic Salmon

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1156-1164

  Heidarsson, Thorkell ^a,b   Antonsson, Thorolfur ^b   Snorrason, Sigurdur S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b Institute of Freshwater Fisheries Reykjavik   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROWTH RATE; MIGRATION; MODEL VALIDATION; MORPHOMETRY; SALMONID; SMOLT; TAGGING; WILD POPULATION;

ARCTIC; ICELAND;

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 34247641174     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T05-286.1     Document Type: Article

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