Phenological and phenotypic changes in Atlantic salmon populations in response to a changing climate

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1686-1698

  Todd, Christopher D ^a   Friedland, Kevin D ^b   MacLean, Julian C ^c   Whyte, Bryce D ^c   Russell, Ian C ^d   Lonergan, Michael E ^a   Morrissey, Michael B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^c MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

condition factor; maternal influence; NAOI; ocean climate; phenology; run timing; Salmo salar

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE STRUCTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONDITION FACTOR; EMIGRATION; FRESHWATER; MATERNAL EFFECT; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PHENOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RETURN MIGRATION; RIVER FLOW; SALMONID; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SMOLT; SURVIVORSHIP; TIME SERIES;

ARCTIC OCEAN; MIDLOTHIAN; NORTH ESK RIVER [MIDLOTHIAN]; NORWEGIAN SEA; SCOTLAND; TWEED RIVER [UNITED KINGDOM]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84867566051     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fss151     Document Type: Article

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