Time series covering up to four decades reveals major changes and drivers of marine growth and proportion of repeat spawners in an Atlantic salmon population

• Published in: Ecology and evolution Vol. 12; no. 4; pp. e8780 - n/a
• Main Authors: Harvey, Alison, Skaala, Øystein, Borgstrøm, Reidar, Fjeldheim, Per Tommy, Christine Andersen, Kaja, Rong Utne, Kjell, Askeland Johnsen, Ingrid, Fiske, Peder, Winterthun, Synne, Knutar, Sofie, Sægrov, Harald, Urdal, Kurt, Alan Glover, Kevin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.04.2022; John Wiley and Sons Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: Age; Anthropogenic factors; Atlantic salmon; Biomass; Demographics; Domestication; Evolutionary Ecology; Exploitation; Females; Fish; Fish populations; Growth conditions; Growth rate; Human influences; Infestation; Lice; Life history; marine growth; Population; Population changes; Rivers; Salmo salar; Salmon; salmon lice; Sea surface temperature; sea temperature; Spawning; Time series; veteran spawners; Zooplankton; marine growth; veteran spawners; Atlantic salmon; sea temperature; salmon lice; zooplankton

Wild Atlantic salmon populations have declined in many regions and are affected by diverse natural and anthropogenic factors. To facilitate management guidelines, precise knowledge of mechanisms driving population changes in demographics and life history traits is needed. Our analyses were conducted...