Population trends of Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) in the UK: Assessing the evidence for a widespread decline in response to climate change

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 650, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-65

  Winfield, I J ^a   Hateley, J ^b   Fletcher, J M ^a   James, J B ^a   Bean, C W ^c   Clabburn, P ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH NATURAL HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation; Entrapment; Fishery catch per unit effort; Gill netting; Hydroacoustics; Long term monitoring

Indexed keywords

LOCAL POPULATIONS; LONG TERM MONITORING; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; POPULATION DECLINE; SIGNIFICANT FACTORS; WATERBODIES;

FISHERIES; POPULATION STATISTICS; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ABUNDANCE; CATCH COMPOSITION; CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GILLNET; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SALMONID; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VULNERABILITY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

SALVELINUS ALPINUS; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 77953962024     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-0078-1     Document Type: Article

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