Divergent trends in life-history traits between Atlantic salmon Salmo salar of wild and hatchery origin in the Baltic Sea

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 622-640

  Vainikka, A ^a   Kallio Nyberg, I ^b   Heino, M ^c,d   Koljonen, M L ^b  

^a Institute of Coastal Research   (Sweden)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anadromous; Fishing induced evolution; Hatchery; Life history; Maturation reaction norm; Selection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC SALMON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD INDUSTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; RIVER; SEXUAL MATURATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; FISHERY;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; FISHERIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; REPRODUCTION; RIVERS; SALMO SALAR; SEXUAL MATURATION;

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 77449150547     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02520.x     Document Type: Article

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