Evidence of energy and nutrient transfer from invasive pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) spawners to juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and brown trout (Salmo trutta) in northern Norway

• Published in: Ecology of Freshwater Fish
• Main Authors: Dunlop, Katherine Mary, Eloranta, Antti, Schoen, Erik, Wipfli, Mark, Jensen, Jenny Lovisa Alexandra, Muladal, Rune, Christensen, Guttorm N.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: VDP::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480; VDP::Zoology and botany: 480; Norway; Pacific; Vesterelva; Atlantic salmon; Northern Norway; Oncorhynchus gorbuscha; Pink salmon; Salmo salar; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2688653; https://doi.org/10.1111/eff.12582

Recent large influxes of non-native Pacific pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) to North European rivers have raised concern over their potential negative impacts on native salmonids and recipient ecosystems. The eggs and carcasses of semelparous pink salmon may provide a significant nutrient and e...