Response of juvenile Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, to the introduction of salmon carcasses in upland streams

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 290-297

  Williams, K L ^a   Griffiths, S W ^a   Nislow, K H ^b   McKelvey, S ^c   Armstrong, J D ^d  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c Conon and Alness District Salmon Fishery Board ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carcass addition; Marine derived nutrients; Oligotrophic; Salmo salar; Scotland

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; JUVENILE; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; SALMONID; UPLAND REGION;

CONON RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE; HIGHLAND; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 67650676796     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2009.00673.x     Document Type: Article

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