The genetics of a managed Atlantic salmon stock and implications for conservation.

• Main Author: Frake, Karen
• Other Authors: Taggart, John B., Teale, Alan J., School of Natural Sciences, Aquaculture
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Stirling 2007
• Subjects: Atlantic salmon; conservation Scotland; Atlantic salmon Numbers of species Scotland; Atlantic salmon Conservation Scotland; Dee; Spate
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1893/227; http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/227/1/THESISIIksf.pdf

Numerous populations of wild Atlantic salmon have declined in recent years. The Atlantic salmon in Girnock Burn, an upland spate tributary of the River Dee, Scotland have been monitored intensely by government scientists since 1966. The burn is equipped with upstream and downstream traps, which have...