Abstract
Up to 1978 51% of brown trout populations and 27% of perch populations in the four southernmost counties of Norway were lost. During 1983 the fish status of lakes in the two southernmost counties which in the period 1974 to 1978 still had fish were updated. During the period 1978 to 1983, 30% of the remaining brown trout populations and 12% of the perch populations were lost. By 1983 71% of brown trout populations and 43% of perch populations in this area have been lost. In October 1983, 623 (77%) of the lakes were sampled for analyses of water quality. The status and change in fish populations during the period from 1974–78 to 1983 were highly related to water quality status.
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Sevaldrud, I.H., Skogheim, O.K. Changes in fish populations in southernmost Norway during the last decade. Water Air Soil Pollut 30, 381–386 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00305208
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