Fish Status Survey of Nordic Lakes: Effects of Acidification, Eutrophication and Stocking Activity on Present Fish Species Composition

• Published in: AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment
• Main Authors: Jouni Tammi, Magnus Appelberg, Ulrika Beier, Trygve Hesthagen, Antti Lappalainen, Martti Rask
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences 2003
• Subjects: Arctic; Brama; Norway; Esox lucius; Fennoscandia; Fennoscandian; Salvelinus alpinus; Lucio
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1579/0044-7447-32.2.98

The status of fish populations in 3821 lakes in Norway, Sweden and Finland was assessed in 1995–1997. The survey lakes were chosen by stratified random sampling from all (126 482) Fennoscandian lakes ≥ 0.04 km2. The water chemistry of the lakes was analyzed and information on fish status was obtaine...