Entry of adult Atlantic salmon into a tributary of the Aberdeenshire Dee, Scotland

• Published in: Ecology of Freshwater Fish
• Main Authors: Sparholt, Henrik, Hawkins, Anthony, Thomson, Alistair
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2017
• Subjects: Dee; Atlantic salmon
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eff.12346; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Feff.12346; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/eff.12346

Abstract Upstream counts of adult salmon in a tributary to the River Dee during autumn and winter were examined over a 13‐year period using an optical fish counter. Statistical analysis indicated that salmon were mainly primed to enter the tributary at a particular time of year, peaking at early Dec...