The effect of physiological and environmental conditions on smolt migration in Atlantic salmon Salmo salar

• Published in: Ecology of Freshwater Fish
• Main Authors: Persson, Lo, Kagervall, Anders, Leonardsson, Kjell, Royan, Mansour, Alanärä, Anders
• Other Authors: Svenska Forskningsrådet Formas, Vattenfall, Havs- och Vattenmyndigheten
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2018
• Subjects: Umeälven; Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eff.12442; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Feff.12442; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/eff.12442; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/eff.12442

Abstract Hydropower development has negatively influenced Atlantic salmon ( Salmo salar ) populations. Compensatory hatchery‐rearing programmes exist, but released fish suffer from high mortality that may be related to the lack of experience from natural environments in hatchery‐reared smolts and th...