The Marine Feeding Habits of Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar L.) in the Northwest Atlantic

• Main Author: Dixon, Heather
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Waterloo 2016
• Subjects: Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar; marine feeding; gut contents; stable isotopes; Canada; Greenland; Nuuk; Qaqortoq; Sisimiut; Northeast Atlantic; Northwest Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/10532

Investigations on marine feeding of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) in the Northwest Atlantic are rather limited in comparison with studies carried out in the Northeast Atlantic. Climate induced changes to food webs in marine feeding areas for Atlantic salmon have been noted in recent years, along...