Contemporary ocean warming and freshwater conditions are related to later sea age at maturity in Atlantic salmon spawning in Norwegian rivers

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2192-2203

  Otero, Jaime ^a   Jensen, Arne J ^b   L'Abeé Lund, Jan Henning ^c   Stenseth, Nils Chr ^a,d   Storvik, Geir O ^a   Vøllestad, Leif Asbjørn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN WATER RESOURCES AND ENERGY DIRECTORATE   (Norway)

^d INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Discharge; Maturation; Norway; Salmo salar; Sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890414313     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.337     Document Type: Article

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