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Integrating across scales: Effectively applying science for the successful conservation of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

January 1, 1998

Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) is an excellent species on which to focus synthetic, integrative investigations because it is an economically important species that captures the public imagination, is heavily impacted by humans, uses several ecosystems over its life, and is the subject of a large body of extant literature. The following 24 papers were solicited to provide the biological basis for effective and innovative approaches that biologists, managers, and social scientists can use to develop policies that sustain Atlantic salmon and related species. Together these papers highlight the need for and benefits of (a) synthesizing within populations, (b) choosing the appropriate scale, (c) comparing across populations using rigorous, focused, question-oriented methods, (d) integrating across disciplines, (e) incorporating the human perspective, (f) linking multiple ecosystems, and (g) applied problem solving. To show how Atlantic salmon can guide research and conservation efforts for other species in other systems, we review the justification for the supplement and summarize the defining concepts that emerge from the volume.

Publication Year 1998
Title Integrating across scales: Effectively applying science for the successful conservation of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
Authors M. E. Mather, D.L. Parrish, C.L. Folt, R.M. DeGraaf
Publication Type Conference Paper
Publication Subtype Conference Paper
Index ID 70020302
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse