Empirical analyses of the length, weight, and condition of adult Atlantic salmon on return to the Scottish coast between 1963 and 2006

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 844-859

  Bacon, P J ^a   Palmer, S C F ^b   MacLean, J C ^a   Smith, G W ^a   Whyte, B D M ^a   Gurney, W S C ^a,c   Youngson, A F ^a  

^a MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Condition; Marine environment; NAO; Salmo salar; Sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY CONDITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LENGTH-WEIGHT RELATIONSHIP; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SALMONID; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 66249109590     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsp096     Document Type: Article

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