"Fallbacks" - betydelsen av vandringstid för Atlantlax (Salmo salar L.) som faller nedströms vandringshinder

• Main Author: Larsson, Pia
• Format: Bachelor Thesis
• Language: Swedish
• Published: Karlstads universitet, Fakulteten för hälsa, natur- och teknikvetenskap (from 2013) 2013
• Subjects: Fallback; Atlantic salmon; salmon; Salmo salar; power plant; Klarälven; Vänern; migration barrier; migration; Atlantlax; lax; kraftverk; vandringshinder; vandring; Biological Sciences; Biologiska vetenskaper; Lever
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-30583

In Lake Vänern, Sweden, there is an endemic population of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) that lives its entire life in fresh water. The salmon is hindered from migrating to its natural spawning sites in the northern part of the River Klarälven by nine hydro-electric power plants. None of the hydro...