The source of autumn and spring downstream migrating juvenile Atlantic salmon in a small lowland river

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 73-81

  Ibbotson, Anton T ^a,d   Riley, William D ^b   Beaumont, William R C ^a   Cook, Alastair C ^b   Ives, Mark J ^b   Pinder, Adrian C ^c   Scott, Luke J ^a  

^a GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c APEM LTD   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atlantic salmon; Autumn migration; Parr; PIT tag; Smolts

Indexed keywords

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 84871209119     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eff.12003     Document Type: Article

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