A test of how predator conditioning influences survival of hatchery-reared Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, in restocking programmes

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 291-293

  Hawkins, Lorraine A ^a   Armstrong, J D ^b   Magurran, A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alarm substance; Field experiment; Pike; Predator odour

Indexed keywords

HATCHERY; PREDATOR; SALMONID; STOCK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL;

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 34547125790     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2007.00548.x     Document Type: Article

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