Freshwater Habitat Requirements of Atlantic Salmon

Atlantic Salmon Ecology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 67-87

  Finstad, Anders G ^a   Armstrong, John D ^b   Nislow, Keith H ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abiotic habitat factors interactions between atlantic salmon and biological parts of habitat; Bioenergetics and salmon salar; Freshwater habitat requirements of atlantic salmon; Fundamental niche and freshwater habitat requirements; Habitat modelling concepts; Identifying key areas of information deficiency priorities for research management focus; Managing atlantic salmon freshwater habitat goals ranging from biological conservation to increasing social or economic value of stocks; Range of habitat characteristics for spawning and early rearing rather narrow compared with other life stages; Realised niche and observed habitat use variation in range of habitats, used by atlantic salmon both within and among populations; Shelter for feeding fish, proximity to bolt holes in coarse substratum

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870738164     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444327755.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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