Browsing Brage IMR by Author "Wennevik, Vidar"
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The major threats to Atlantic salmon in Norway
Forseth, Torbjørn; Barlaup, Bjørn Torgeir; Finstad, Bengt; Fiske, Peder; Gjøsæter, Harald; Falkegård, Morten; Hindar, Atle; Mo, Tor Atle; Rikardsen, Audun H.; Thorstad, Eva Bonsak; Vøllestad, Leif Asbjørn; Wennevik, Vidar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) is an economically and culturally important species. Norway has more than 400 watercourses with Atlantic salmon and supports a large proportion of the world’s wild Atlantic salmon. Atlantic ... -
The vgll3 Locus Controls Age at Maturity in Wild and Domesticated Atlantic Salmon(Salmo salar L.) Males
Ayllon, Fernando; Kjærner-Semb, Erik Nordtorp; Furmanek, Tomasz; Wennevik, Vidar; Solberg, Monica Favnebøe; Dahle, Geir; Taranger, Geir Lasse; Glover, Kevin; Sällman Almèn, Markus; Rubin, Carl J.; Edvardsen, Rolf; Wargelius, Anna (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-11-09)Wild and domesticated Atlantic salmon males display large variation for sea age at sexual maturation, which varies between 1–5 years. Previous studies have uncovered a genetic predisposition for variation of age at maturity ... -
Three Decades of Farmed Escapees in the Wild: A Spatio- Temporal Analysis of Atlantic Salmon Population Genetic Structure throughout Norway
Glover, Kevin A.; Quintela, Maria; Wennevik, Vidar; Besnier, Francois; Sørvik, Anne Grete Eide; Skaala, Øystein (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012-08-15)Each year, hundreds of thousands of domesticated farmed Atlantic salmon escape into the wild. In Norway, which is the world’s largest commercial producer, many native Atlantic salmon populations have experienced large ... -
Timing is everything: Fishing-season placement may represent the most important angling-induced evolutionary pressure on Atlantic salmon populations
Harvey, Alison C.; Tang, Yongkai; Wennevik, Vidar; Skaala, Øystein; Glover, Kevin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017) -
Triploid (sterile) farmed Atlantic salmon males attempt to spawn with wild females
Fjelldal, Per Gunnar; Wennevik, Vidar; Fleming, I. A.; Glover, Kevin A. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-06-18)Genetic interaction between farmed escapees and wild conspecifics represents one of the major environmental challenges faced by the Atlantic salmon aquaculture industry. In order to mitigate genetic interactions, triploid ...