Evolutionary Biology of the Atlantic Salmon

Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar, L) is an anadromous species contributing to major fishery catches. The aim of this book is to incite the interest in the field of knowledge gathered from a broad scope of disciplines that have investigated this fish species.

List of contents

Part I: Gamete Quality. Introduction. Gamete physiology, fertilization and egg activation. Part II: It Is Traits That Rule, Genes Only Follow in Their Wake. Life history. Part III. Behavior. Part IV. Genetics and conservation. Part V. Molecular techniques. Evolution and speciation. Conclusions and future perspectives. Glossary. References.

About the author

Vladic, Tomislav; Petersson, Erik

Summary

Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar, L) is an anadromous species contributing to major fishery catches. The aim of this book is to incite the interest in the field of knowledge gathered from a broad scope of disciplines that have investigated this fish species.

Product details

• Authors: Erik Vladic Petersson, Tomislav (Stockholm University Vladic, Tomislav Petersson Vladic
• Assisted by: Erik Petersson (Editor), Petersson Erik (Editor), Francisco Ucan-Marin (Editor), Tomislav Vladi (Editor), Tomislav Vladic (Editor), Tomislav Vladić (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.08.2015
• EAN: 9781466598485
• ISBN: 978-1-4665-9848-5
• No. of pages: 300
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Developmental Biology, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Fisheries & Aquaculture, Developmental biology, Fishes (Ichthyology), Aquaculture & Fish-Farming: Practice & Techniques, Zoology: fishes (ichthyology), Aquaculture and fish-farming