The migrations of salmon (Salmo salar L.) from three rivers entering the Severn estuary

Over a 7-year period more than 50 000 smolts were tagged in the Rivers Usk, Wye, and Severn. A total of 228 of these fish was subsequently recaptured: 19 were taken at West Greenland; 3 were taken in British waters away from the Bristol Channel; and a further 100 fish were taken in tidal waters in t...

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Published in:ICES Journal of Marine Science
Main Author: Swain, A.
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 1982
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Greenland
Usk
Salmo salar
Online Access:http://icesjms.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/40/1/76
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spelling fthighwire:oai:open-archive.highwire.org:icesjms:40/1/76 2023-05-15T16:28:09+02:00 The migrations of salmon (Salmo salar L.) from three rivers entering the Severn estuary Swain, A. 1982-02-01 00:00:00.0 text/html http://icesjms.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/40/1/76 https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/40.1.76 en eng Oxford University Press http://icesjms.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/40/1/76 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/40.1.76 Copyright (C) 1982, International Council for the Exploration of the Sea/Conseil International pour l'Exploration de la Mer Articles TEXT 1982 fthighwire https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/40.1.76 2013-05-27T08:24:38Z Over a 7-year period more than 50 000 smolts were tagged in the Rivers Usk, Wye, and Severn. A total of 228 of these fish was subsequently recaptured: 19 were taken at West Greenland; 3 were taken in British waters away from the Bristol Channel; and a further 100 fish were taken in tidal waters in the Severn estuary and Bristol Channel area. Of the remaining 106 salmon recaptured above tidal limits in home waters, 97 (92 %) were in their parent rivers, while 9 (8 %) had strayed to the freshwater reaches of other rivers. Text Greenland Salmo salar HighWire Press (Stanford University) Greenland Usk ENVELOPE(-128.420,-128.420,54.633,54.633) ICES Journal of Marine Science 40 1 76 80
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