A review of marine stressors impacting Atlantic salmon Salmo salar, with an assessment of the major threats to English stocks

JP Gillson, T Bašić, PI Davison, WD Riley… - Reviews in Fish Biology …, 2022 - Springer
Atlantic salmon Salmo salar is a socio-economically important anadromous fish species that
has suffered synchronous population declines around the North Atlantic over the last five …

Potential impact of climate change on salmonid smolt ecology

T Vehanen, T Sutela, A Huusko - Fishes, 2023 - mdpi.com
The migratory life history of anadromous salmonids requires successful migration between
nursery, feeding, and spawning habitats. Smolting is the major transformation anadromous …

Wild Chinook salmon productivity is negatively related to seal density and not related to hatchery releases in the Pacific Northwest

BW Nelson, CJ Walters, AW Trites… - Canadian Journal of …, 2019 - cdnsciencepub.com
Predation risk and competition among conspecifics significantly affect survival of juvenile
salmon, but are rarely incorporated into models that predict recruitment in salmon …

A multi‐population approach supports common patterns in marine growth and maturation decision in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) from southern Europe

C Tréhin, E Rivot, V Santanbien, R Patin… - Journal of Fish …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This study provides a regional picture of long‐term changes in Atlantic salmon growth at the
southern edge of their distribution, using a multi‐population approach spanning 49 years …

Wild salmonids are running the gauntlet of pathogens and climate as fish farms expand northwards

KW Vollset, RJ Lennox, JG Davidsen… - ICES Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Salmon farming has multiplied from a side business of coastal farmers to one of the world's
major aquaculture species. This has dramatically altered the disease dynamics between …

Wild Atlantic salmon exposed to sea lice from aquaculture show reduced marine survival and modified response to ocean climate

S Shephard, P Gargan - ICES Journal of Marine Science, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Impacts on marine survival of Atlantic salmon Salmo salar include sea lice Lepeophtheirus
salmonis infestation from coastal aquaculture, and ocean climate forcing. These effects may …

Effects of individual variation in length, condition and run‐time on return rates of wild‐reared Atlantic salmon Salmo salar smolts

JD Armstrong, S McKelvey, GW Smith… - Journal of Fish …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Groups of wild‐reared Atlantic salmon Salmo salar smolts were captured during their
seaward migration on a tributary of the River Conon, Scotland, UK, from 1999 to 2014 and …

Let it flow: modeling ecological benefits and hydropower production impacts of banning zero-flow events in a large regulated river system

Å Widén, BM Renöfält, E Degerman, D Wisaeus… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Hydropeaking, defined as rapid and frequent changes in flow to optimize hydropower
production, is an increasingly common procedure negatively affecting lotic habitats in …

Predicting how environmental conditions and smolt body length when entering the marine environment impact individual Atlantic salmon Salmo salar adult return …

OM Simmons, JR Britton, PK Gillingham… - Journal of fish …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Populations of Atlantic salmon Salmo salar have experienced precipitous declines
in abundance since the 1970s. This decline has been associated with reduced numbers of …

Environmental fluctuation and shifting predation pressure contribute to substantial variation in early marine survival of steelhead

ME Moore, BA Berejikian, CM Greene… - Marine Ecology Progress …, 2021 - int-res.com
Steelhead Oncorhynchus mykiss smolts must migrate through distinct freshwater, estuarine,
and coastal habitats, each with unique biological and physical characteristics, on their route …