Timing of smolt migration in sympatric populations of Atlantic salmon ( Salmo salar), brown trout ( Salmo trutta), and Arctic char ( Salvelinus alpinus)

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
• Main Authors: Jensen, Arne J., Finstad, Bengt, Fiske, Peder, Hvidsten, Nils Arne, Rikardsen, Audun H., Saksgård, Laila
• Other Authors: Bradford, Michael
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2012
• Subjects: Arctic; More Lake; Norway; Atlantic salmon; Northern Norway; Salmo salar; Salvelinus alpinus
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1139/f2012-005; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/f2012-005; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f2012-005

A study over a 22-year period of first-time migrants (smolts) of three sympatric salmonids (Atlantic salmon ( Salmo salar ), brown trout ( Salmo trutta ), and Arctic char ( Salvelinus alpinus )) in a watercourse in northern Norway demonstrated that although there was considerable overlap in smolt mi...