Genetic differentiation and demographics of brown trout (Salmo trutta) in tributaries of a sub-arctic watercourse affected by fragmentation and stocking

• Main Author: Lindgren, Vetle Schwensen
• Other Authors: Haugen, Thrond Oddvar, Hagen, Snorre B., Klütsch, Cornelya F. C.
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås 2019
• Subjects: Arctic; Norway; Pasvik; Finnmark
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2612260

The Pasvik river in north-eastern Norway harbours the only piscivorous brown trout (Salmo trutta) population in Finnmark County. Throughout the river, seven hydroelectric power dams were constructed between 1951 and 1978. This caused a decline in the brown trout population and the amount of spawning...