Long-Term Trends in Freshwater and Marine Growth Patterns in Three Sub-Arctic Atlantic Salmon Populations
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Scale Sampling and Analyses
2.3. Environmental Data and Curation
2.4. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Freshwater Growth
3.2. Marine Growth
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Alioravainen, N.; Orell, P.; Erkinaro, J. Long-Term Trends in Freshwater and Marine Growth Patterns in Three Sub-Arctic Atlantic Salmon Populations. Fishes 2023, 8, 441. https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes8090441
Alioravainen N, Orell P, Erkinaro J. Long-Term Trends in Freshwater and Marine Growth Patterns in Three Sub-Arctic Atlantic Salmon Populations. Fishes. 2023; 8(9):441. https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes8090441
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlioravainen, Nico, Panu Orell, and Jaakko Erkinaro. 2023. "Long-Term Trends in Freshwater and Marine Growth Patterns in Three Sub-Arctic Atlantic Salmon Populations" Fishes 8, no. 9: 441. https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes8090441