Influence of dams on population persistence in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

• Main Authors: Lawrence, Elizabeth, Kuparinen, Anna, Hutchings, Jeffrey A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: NRC Research Press (a division of Canadian Science Publishing) 2016
• Subjects: Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1807/72042; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/cjz-2015-0195

Barriers to migration can negatively affect population persistence. To explore how dams can influence the viability of a diadromous fish, we developed an empirically based stochastic model to estimate per capita population growth rate (r) and probability of population decline (Pr(r The accepted manuscript in pdf format is listed with the files at the bottom of this page. The presentation of the authors' names and (or) special characters in the title of the manuscript may differ slightly between what is listed on this page and what is listed in the pdf file of the accepted manuscript; that in the pdf file of the accepted manuscript is what was submitted by the author.