Distribution and biological characteristics of escaped farmed salmon in a major subarctic wild salmon river: Implications for monitoring

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 130-142

  Erkinaro, Jaakko ^a   Niemelä, Eero ^a   Vähä, Juha Pekka ^b   Primmer, Craig R ^b   Brørs, Sturla ^c,d   Hassinen, Esa ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c Off of the Co Governor of Finnmark   (Norway)

^d Directorate for Nature Management   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; HYBRIDIZATION; SALMONID; SALMONID CULTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STOCK ASSESSMENT; WILD POPULATION;

TENO RIVER;

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 72449152763     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F09-173     Document Type: Article

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