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Mating of anadromous Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., with mature male parr
Author(s) -
Myers R. A.,
Hutchings J. A.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1987.tb05220.x
Subject(s) - fish migration , salmo , biology , mating , population , fishery , overfishing , zoology , ecology , fish <actinopterygii> , demography , sociology
Sexually mature male parr successfully mated with female anadromous Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar , in the absence of anadromous males. There was no significant difference between the proportion of eggs fertilized by mature male parr and anadromous males. One of the demographic consequences of our observations is that overfishing could eventually eliminate anadromy in male members of a population.