An Occurrence of Male Predominance Among Repeat Spawning Atlantic Salmon ( Salmo salar )

An unusual case of male predominance among Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) repeat spawners was observed in the Saint John River, N.B., in 1967. A sample of 947 Saint John River salmon (416 grilse and 531 older salmon) contained 91 repeat spawners, 50 (55%) of which were males.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
Main Author: MacDonald, J. Rod
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1970
Subjects:
General Medicine
Atlantic salmon
Salmo salar
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f70-170
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spelling crcansciencepubl:10.1139/f70-170 2023-12-17T10:27:08+01:00 An Occurrence of Male Predominance Among Repeat Spawning Atlantic Salmon ( Salmo salar ) MacDonald, J. Rod 1970 http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f70-170 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f70-170 en eng Canadian Science Publishing http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/page/about/CorporateTextAndDataMining Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada volume 27, issue 8, page 1491-1492 ISSN 0015-296X General Medicine journal-article 1970 crcansciencepubl https://doi.org/10.1139/f70-170 2023-11-19T13:38:24Z An unusual case of male predominance among Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) repeat spawners was observed in the Saint John River, N.B., in 1967. A sample of 947 Saint John River salmon (416 grilse and 531 older salmon) contained 91 repeat spawners, 50 (55%) of which were males. Article in Journal/Newspaper Atlantic salmon Salmo salar Canadian Science Publishing (via Crossref) Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 27 8 1491 1492
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An Occurrence of Male Predominance Among Repeat Spawning Atlantic Salmon ( Salmo salar )
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description An unusual case of male predominance among Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) repeat spawners was observed in the Saint John River, N.B., in 1967. A sample of 947 Saint John River salmon (416 grilse and 531 older salmon) contained 91 repeat spawners, 50 (55%) of which were males.
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title An Occurrence of Male Predominance Among Repeat Spawning Atlantic Salmon ( Salmo salar )
title_short An Occurrence of Male Predominance Among Repeat Spawning Atlantic Salmon ( Salmo salar )
title_full An Occurrence of Male Predominance Among Repeat Spawning Atlantic Salmon ( Salmo salar )
title_fullStr An Occurrence of Male Predominance Among Repeat Spawning Atlantic Salmon ( Salmo salar )
title_full_unstemmed An Occurrence of Male Predominance Among Repeat Spawning Atlantic Salmon ( Salmo salar )
title_sort occurrence of male predominance among repeat spawning atlantic salmon ( salmo salar )
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Salmo salar
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