Atlantic salmon ecology

The Atlantic salmon is one of the most prized and exploited species worldwide, being at the centre of a massive sports fishing industry and increasingly as the major farmed species in many countries worldwide. Atlantic Salmon Ecology is a landmark publication, both scientifically important and visually attractive. Comprehensively covering all major aspects of the relationship of the Atlantic salmon with its environment, chapters include details of migration and dispersal, reproduction, habitat requirements, feeding, growth rates, competition, predation, parasitsm, population dynamics, effects of landscape use, hydro power development, climate change, and exploitation. The book closes with a summary and look at possible future research directions.

Aquatic nomads : the life and migrations of the Atlantic salmon / Eva B. Thorstad [and others] -- Reproductive ecology : a tale of two sexes / Ian A. Fleming & Sigurd Einum -- Freshwater habitat requirements of Atlantic salmon / Anders G. Finstad, John D. Armstrong & Keith H. Nislow -- When, what and where of freshwater feeding / Morten Johansen, Jaakko Erkinaro & Per-Arne Amundsen -- Dietary life-support : the food and feeding of Atlantic salmon at sea / Audun H. Rikardsen & J. Brian Dempson -- The behavioural flexibility of salmon growth / Torbjorn Forseth, Benjamin H. Letcher & Morten Johansen -- The role of competition in the ecology of juvenile Atlantic salmon / Keith H. Nislow, John D. Armstrong & James W.A. Grant -- Predation : compensation and context dependence / Darren M. Ward & Nils A. Hvidsten -- The parasites and pathogens of the Atlantic salmon : lessons from Gyrodactylus salaris / Phil D. Harris, Lutz Bachmann & Tor A. Bakke -- The effect of sea lice on Atlantic salmon and other salmonid species / Bengt Finstad [and others] -- Variation in population size through time and space : theory and recent empirical advances from Atlantic salmon / Sigurd Einum & Keith H. Nis…