Research Catalog

Title

Atlantic salmon in Maine / Committee on Atlantic Salmon in Maine, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Ocean Studies Board, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2004.

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Details

Additional Authors

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Atlantic Salmon in Maine

Description

xxvi, 275 p. : ill., maps; 23 cm.

Subject

• Atlantic salmon > Maine
• Atlantic salmon > Effect of human beings on > Maine
• Atlantic salmon > Conservation > Maine
• Salmon stock management > Maine

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-225).

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available online via the National Academies Press home page.

Funding (note)

• Supported by grant between the National Academy of Sciences and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. Salmon life history and ecology -- 3. Threats to Atlantic salmon in Maine -- 4. Setting priorities for action -- 5. Addressing the threats to Atlantic salmon in Maine -- 6. Findings and recommendations -- App. A. Endangered Species Act basics -- App. B. Governance -- App. C. Supportive breeding, effective population size, and inbreeding -- App. D. Supportive breeding and risks to genetic quality -- App. E. Summary of committee's interim report -- App. F. Stocking numbers, 1871-1995 -- App. G. Biographical sketches of the committee's members.

ISBN

• 0309091357 (book)
• 0309529778 (PDF)

LCCN

2004110692

OCLC

• ocm56493371
• SCSB-5070759

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries