Sensitivity of key life history events of salmon to climate change

Startår

2010

Slutår

2012

Projektmål

Long-term time-series of Atlantic salmon catches for the Baltic Sea together with environmental data will be subject to statistical analyses in order to deduce whether climatic factors are forcing long-term dynamics of salmon stock complex in the Baltic Sea area. In addition, experimental approaches will be carried out to study the impacts of ice cover related factors on behaviour and success of young salmonids. The latter results are important for the estimation of the climate change effects, such as changes in hydrology and ice processes, on northern streams and their salmonid populations.

Projektdeltagare

Ansvarig organisation

Ursprunglig organisation

Vilt- och fiskeriforskningsinstitutet

Personer

Huusko Ari

Relaterade organisationer

Meteorologiska Institutet
Finlands miljöcentral
Lapin ELY-keskus / Elinkeinot
Merentutkimuslaitos
NTNU (Trondheim

Resultat

Resultat och påverkan

Improved knowledge on the effects of climate forcing, or in more general climate change, on salmonid fish stocks will facilitate effective and sustainable management practices in the future.

Övriga uppgifter

Nyckelord

Abundance, Atlantic salmon, Elinympäristöt, Experimental research approach, Growth, Ilmastonmuutos, Itämeri, Kalakannat, Kannanvaihtelut, Lohi, Long-term monitoring, Taimen, Winter