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SUBMITTER: Ford JS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2235905 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ford Jennifer S JS Myers Ransom A RA
PLoS biology 20080201 2
Since the late 1980s, wild salmon catch and abundance have declined dramatically in the North Atlantic and in much of the northeastern Pacific south of Alaska. In these areas, there has been a concomitant increase in the production of farmed salmon. Previous studies have shown negative impacts on wild salmonids, but these results have been difficult to translate into predictions of change in wild population survival and abundance. We compared marine survival of salmonids in areas with salmon far ...[more]