Habitat
The adult Atlantic salmon spends its a life at sea, returning to freshwater to spawn. The juveniles inhabitat freshwater areas, before migrating to the sea. Juveniles undergo smolting; morphological and physiological changes which allow them to adapt to life in sea-water.
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Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758
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Jessica Heard 2007. Salmo salar. Atlantic salmon. Marine Life Information Network: Biology and Sensitivity Key Information Sub-programme [on-line]. Plymouth: Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. [cited 26/01/2011]. Available from:
