Low survival of hatchery-released Atlantic salmon smolts during initial river and fjord migration

Boreal Environment Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 115-120

  Thorstad, Eva B ^a   Uglem, Ingebrigt ^a   Arechavala Lopez, Pablo ^b   Økland, Finn ^a   Finstad, Bengt ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EIRA; SALMO SALAR;

EID: 79955166512     PISSN: 12396095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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