Juvenile Atlantic salmon in the Varzuga River (White Sea Basin)

• Published in: Journal of Fish Biology
• Main Author: Kazakov, R. V.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1994
• Subjects: Kola Peninsula; Varzuga; White Sea; Atlantic salmon; kola peninsula
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.1994.tb01329.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1095-8649.1994.tb01329.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1095-8649.1994.tb01329.x

In the Varzuga River (Kola Peninsula), juvenile Atlantic salmon occur at a high mean density of 1·1 individuals per m 2 , with a relatively low growth rate, reaching c. 8 g at age 3. They migrate to sea at ages 2–4 before they are fully silvered. Mortality is not high and the fish forage in the estuary where they grow fast and acclimate to the pelagic and high salinity habitat.