Causes of mortality of Atlantic salmon ( Salmo salar) and brown trout ( Salmo trutta) smolts in a restored river and its estuary

• Published in: River Research and Applications
• Main Authors: Koed, Anders, Baktoft, Henrik, Bak, Brian Daniel
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2005
• Subjects: New Lake; Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rra.894; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/rra.894

Abstract During October 2000 to August 2002, the River Skjern Nature Project was implemented by removing dykes and re‐meandering 20.5 km of the lower canalized river. As a consequence the length of the river stretch increased to 23 km. A lake of 250 ha developed in the river valley 5 km upstream fro...