Updated 2013-01-26
Monitoring of the salmon stocksof the Teno and Näätämö river systems is based on long term data collection on juvenile salmon production, biological characteristics of the spawning stock, origin of salmon (wild/reared) and statistics on fishery and catches. Information on other fish species than salmon is also available.
This is not a National Implementation Plan (NIP) project
Time frame
- Status
- Ongoing
- Project time span
- 1979 -
- Data collection
- 1979 -
- Data processing
- 1979 -
- Data reporting
- 1979 -
Data availability
- Are data archived or planned to be archived at an AMAP Thematic Data Centre?
- no
- If no (or only part of data are reported to a TDC), where and how are (other) data stored?
- The data is at the FGFRI in an organized electronic data format (e.g. ASCII). Data is mostly available on request.
- References to key publications (or planned publications) and data reports
- McComas, R.L., Niemelä, E. ja Vuorinen, P. 1990: Acidification timing in running waters of northernmost Finland and possible effects on juvenile salmonids. In: Kinnunen, K. & Varmola, M. (ed.): Effects of air pollutants and acidification in combination with climatic factors on forest, soils and waters in northern Fennoskandia. - NORD 20: 79-89.
Erkinaro, J., Niemelä, E., Erkinaro, H. & Rask, M. 1992: Monitoring of the possible effects of acidification on fish populations and zoobenthos of rivers and lakes in the northeastern Finnish Lapland. In: Tikkanen, E., Varmola, M. & Katermaa, T. (ed.): The state of the Environment and Environmental Monitoring in Northern Fennoscandia and the Kola Peninsula. - Arctic Centre Publications 4: 168-171.
Elo, K., Vuorinen, J. & Niemelä, E. 1994: Genetic resources of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) in Teno and Näätämö Rivers, northernmost Europe. - Hereditas 120: 19-28.
Erkinaro, J. 1995: The age structure and distribution of Atlantic salmon parr (Salmo salar) in small tributaries and main stems of the subarctic River Teno, northern Finland. - Ecol. Freshw. Fish 4: 53-61.
Lappalainen, A., Mähönen, O., Erkinaro, J., Rask, M. & Niemelä, E. 1995: Acid deposition from the russian Kola peninsula: are sensitive fish populations in north-eastern Finnish Lapland affected? - Water, Air and Soil Pollution 85: 439-444.
Aalto, J., Julkunen, M., Erkinaro, J. & Niemelä, E. 1996: The status of juvenile brown trout (Salmo trutta L.) in different parts of the Luttojoki river system in northern Finland. - Pol. Arch. Hydrobiol. 43: 87-101.
Erkinaro, J., Dempson, J.B., Julkunen, M. & Niemelä, E. 1997: Importance of ontogenetic habitat shifts to juvenile output and life history of Atlantic salmon in a large subarctic river: an approach based on analysis of scale characteristics. - J. Fish Biol. 51: 1174-1185.
Pihlaja, O., Niemelä, E. & Erkinaro, J. 1998: Introduction and dispersal of the bullhead, Cottus gobio L., in a subarctic salmon river in northern Finland. - Fisheries Management and Ecology 5: 139-146
Erkinaro, H. & Erkinaro, J. 1998: Feeding of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., parr in the subarctic River Teno and three tributaries, northernmost Finland. - Ecol. Freshw. Fish 7: 13-24.
Lehtonen, H. & Niemelä, E. 1998. Growth and population structure of whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus (L.)) in mountain lakes of northern Finland - Arch. Hydrobiol. 50: 81-95.
Erkinaro, J., Niemelä, E., Saari, A., Shustov, Yu., & Jørgensen, L. 1998: Timing of habitat shift by Atlantic salmon parr from fluvial to lacustrine habitat: analysis of age distribution, growth and scale characteristics. - Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 55: 2266-2273.
Erkinaro, J. Økland, F., Moen, K. & Niemelä, E. 1999: Return migration of Atlantic salmon in the River Tana: distribution and exploitation of radiotagged multi-sea-winter salmon. - Boreal Env. Res 4: 115-124.
Erkinaro, J. Økland, F., Moen, K., Niemelä, E. & Rahiala, M. 1999: Return migration of Atlantic salmon in the River Tana: the role of environmental factors. - J. Fish Biol. 55: 506-516.
Niemelä, E., Julkunen, M. & Erkinaro, J. 1999: Revealing trends in densities of juvenile Atlantic salmon by clusterizing long-term monitored sampling sites in a large subarctic river. - Fisheries Management and Ecology 6: 207-220.
Niemelä, E., Julkunen, M. & Erkinaro, J. 1999: Juvenile salmon (Salmo salar) densities in the subarctic River Teno, northern Finland. - Boreal Env. Res. 4: 125-136.
Niemelä, E., Mäkinen, T.S., Moen, K., Hassinen, E., Erkinaro, J., Länsman, M. & Julkunen, M. 2000: Age, sex ratio and timing of the catch of kelts and ascending Atlantic salmon in the subarctic River Teno. - J. Fish. Biol. 56: 974-985
Erkinaro, J., Karppinen, P., Mäkinen, T., Kaukoranta, M., Popov, N. and Lupandin, A. 2000: Restoring the Atlantic salmon stock of the River Tuloma - a pilot experiment using transplanted radio-tagged adult salmon. - Proceedings of The Third Conference on Fish Telemetry in Europe. 20.-25.6. 1999. Norwich, UK.
Länsman, M., Kuusela, J., Orell, P., Haantie, J., kylmäaho, M., Ollila, J. 2010: Teno- ja Näätämöjoen lohikantojen seuranta 2009. Riista ja kalatalous - selvityksiä. 11/2010. Abstract in English.
- Samples/specimens archived in specimen banks?
- No
- Specimen banking information
Scale samples
Genetic samples
Invertebrate (benthos/drift/stomach contents of fish) samples
Methods & Procedures
- Procedures and methodology used for, e.g., sampling and sample storage, sample pretreatment, extraction and analysis, including which laboratories are involved, references to methods employed, etc.
Test fishing: electroshocking, gill nets etc.
Benthos samples: Surber sampler
Genetic material: electrophoresis, DNA analyses
Additional Information
- Is this a bi- AND multi-lateral project (i.e. a project involving cooperation between different countries)?
- Yes
- Other institutes involved in the project
County Governer of Finnmark, Norway
NINA, Norway
University of Tromso, Norway
Murmanrybvod, Russia
PINRO, Russia
Academy of Sciences, Russia