Responses of Atlantic salmon stream communities to marine-derived nutrients

• Main Author: Guyette, Margaret Quinn
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: The University of Maine 2012
• Subjects: Wildlife Conservation|Ecology|Environmental science; Salmon Stream; Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3536359

This research examined responses of Atlantic salmon ( Salmo salar) stream communities to experimental simulation of marine-derived nutrient input. Prior to construction of dams beginning in the early 1800s, Atlantic salmon and other anadromous species migrated from the ocean to spawn in Maine's...