Evidence of Salmo salar × Salmo trutta Hybridization in a North American River

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
• Main Authors: Beland, Kenneth F., Roberts, Franklin L., Saunders, Richard L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1981
• Subjects: American River; Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f81-078; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f81-078

Electrophoretic examination of 56 wild Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and brown trout (Salmo trutta) from the Stewiacke River, Nova Scotia, revealed one individual believed to be a hybrid between these two species. The possibility of loss of the genetic integrity of each species is considered. A long...