Feeding and prey‐selection of wild Atlantic salmon post‐smolts

• Published in: Journal of Fish Biology
• Main Authors: Andreassen, P. M. R., Martinussen, M. B., Hvidsten, N. A., Stefansson, S. O.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2001
• Subjects: Frohavet; Norway; Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar; Copepods
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2001.tb02321.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1095-8649.2001.tb02321.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2001.tb02321.x

The diet of post‐smolt Atlantic salmon Salmo salar caught in the Trondheimsfjord and Frohavet in central Norway, based on stomach contents analysis, showed a gradual change during migration from the river to the estuary, fjord and coastal areas. Post‐smolts caught in the estuary had eaten intertidal...