Can the river location within a fjord explain the density of Atlantic salmon and sea trout?

Marine Biology Research

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 268-278

  Vollset, Knut W ^a   Skoglund, Helge ^a   Barlaup, Bjørn T ^a   Pulg, Ulrich ^a   Gabrielsen, Sven Erik ^a   Wiers, Tore ^a   Skår, Bjørnar ^a   Lehmann, Gunnar B ^a  

^a Uni Research   (Norway)

Author keywords

fish farming; marine survival; Pre fisheries density; river regulation; salmonids; snorkelling observations

Indexed keywords

CATCH STATISTICS; COASTAL ZONE; FISH; FJORD; HABITAT USE; LOCATION THEORY; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; POPULATION DENSITY; RIVER SYSTEM; SPATIAL VARIATION; WILD POPULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; HARDANGERFJORDEN; HORDALAND; NORWAY;

EID: 84886912516     PISSN: 17451000     EISSN: 17451019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17451000.2013.810761     Document Type: Article

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