Pattern and prevalence of predator damage on adult Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., returning to a river system in north‐east Scotland
Abstract There remains considerable debate over the impact of predation upon Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., populations. The pattern and prevalence of predator damage on salmon returning to a river system in North‐east Scotland were recorded. Overall, 214 (19.5%) out of 1099 fish sampled were dama...
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crwiley:10.1111/j.1365-2400.1999.tb00084.x 2024-06-02T08:03:28+00:00 Pattern and prevalence of predator damage on adult Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., returning to a river system in north‐east Scotland THOMPSON, P. M. MACKAY, F. 1999 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2400.1999.tb00084.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1365-2400.1999.tb00084.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1365-2400.1999.tb00084.x en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Fisheries Management and Ecology volume 6, issue 4, page 335-343 ISSN 0969-997X 1365-2400 journal-article 1999 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2400.1999.tb00084.x 2024-05-03T11:03:02Z Abstract There remains considerable debate over the impact of predation upon Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., populations. The pattern and prevalence of predator damage on salmon returning to a river system in North‐east Scotland were recorded. Overall, 214 (19.5%) out of 1099 fish sampled were damaged, and 10 distinct categories of damage were identified. Measurements of scratches indicated that the damage was caused by a number of different factors. In particular, damage typically attributed to seals was suggested to be the result of attacks by odontocete cetaceans. These results highlight the multispecies nature of interactions between salmon and their predators, but suggest that damage levels may be of limited use in assessing the impact of different predators on salmonid population dynamics. Article in Journal/Newspaper Atlantic salmon Salmo salar Wiley Online Library Fisheries Management and Ecology 6 4 335 343 |
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Abstract There remains considerable debate over the impact of predation upon Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., populations. The pattern and prevalence of predator damage on salmon returning to a river system in North‐east Scotland were recorded. Overall, 214 (19.5%) out of 1099 fish sampled were damaged, and 10 distinct categories of damage were identified. Measurements of scratches indicated that the damage was caused by a number of different factors. In particular, damage typically attributed to seals was suggested to be the result of attacks by odontocete cetaceans. These results highlight the multispecies nature of interactions between salmon and their predators, but suggest that damage levels may be of limited use in assessing the impact of different predators on salmonid population dynamics. |
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THOMPSON, P. M. MACKAY, F. Pattern and prevalence of predator damage on adult Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., returning to a river system in north‐east Scotland |
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Pattern and prevalence of predator damage on adult Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., returning to a river system in north‐east Scotland |
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Pattern and prevalence of predator damage on adult Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., returning to a river system in north‐east Scotland |
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Pattern and prevalence of predator damage on adult Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., returning to a river system in north‐east Scotland |
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Pattern and prevalence of predator damage on adult Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., returning to a river system in north‐east Scotland |
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Pattern and prevalence of predator damage on adult Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., returning to a river system in north‐east Scotland |
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pattern and prevalence of predator damage on adult atlantic salmon, salmo salar l., returning to a river system in north‐east scotland |
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