Feeding of wild and hatchery reared Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) smolts during downstream migration

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 361-369

  Larsson, Stefan ^a   Linnansaari, Tommi ^b   Vatanen, Sauli ^c   Serrano, Ignacio ^a   Haikonen, Ari ^c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^c Fish and Water Research Ltd   (Finland)

Author keywords

Mortality; Prey selection; Salmonid; Sea survival; Stocking

Indexed keywords

DOMESTICATION; FEEDING; HATCHERY; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; PREY SELECTION; SALMONID; SMOLT; STOCKING DENSITY; SURVIVAL; WILD POPULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; TORNE RIVER;

SALMO SALAR; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 80053564456     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-011-9846-7     Document Type: Article

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