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Juvenile Atlantic salmon in the Varzuga River (White Sea Basin)
Author(s) -
Kazakov R. V.
Publication year - 1994
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.1095-8649.1994.tb01329.x
Subject(s) - biology , juvenile , pelagic zone , estuary , fishery , habitat , salinity , peninsula , oceanography , ecology , geology
In the Varzuga River (Kola Peninsula), juvenile Atlantic salmon occur at a high mean density of 1·1 individuals per m 2 , with a relatively low growth rate, reaching c. 8 g at age 3. They migrate to sea at ages 2–4 before they are fully silvered. Mortality is not high and the fish forage in the estuary where they grow fast and acclimate to the pelagic and high salinity habitat.