River restoration in Bognelv, Northern Norway : salmonid and macroinvertebrate responses to restoration measures

• Main Authors: Nordhov, Per-Fredrik Rønneberg, Paulsen, Sandra Marie
• Other Authors: Colman, Jonathan E., Haugen, Thrond O.
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås 2016
• Subjects: Restoration ecology; River restoration; Atlantic salmon; Brown trout; Arctic charr; Macroinvertebrates; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400; VDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900; Arctic; Norway; Elva; Elven; Bognelv; Finnmark; Nord-Norge; Northern Norway; Røye; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2398865

This is the fourth study of the response of salmonids to river restoration in Bognelv in Finnmark County, Norway. Bognelv was channelized, erosion secured and flood protected during the late 1930s to early 1990s period, and as a consequence of this, salmonid densities declined dramatically. The firs...