Smolt age and size of Atlantic salmon Salmo salar L. and sea trout Salmo trutta L. in a Norwegian river

This paper gives data on smolt age and length of Atlantic salmon and sea trout in the Orkla river in the period 1979 - 1981. The smolt age of the salmon was significantly higher in 1979 (4.1 years) as opposed to 3.4 and 3.3 years in 1980 and 1981, respectively. However, the average length of the sa...

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Published in:Fauna Norvegica
Main Authors: Trygve Hesthagen, Erik Garnås
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Norwegian University of Science and Technology 1984-12-01
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Online Access:https://www.ntnu.no/ojs/index.php/fauna_norvegica/article/view/6126