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Historical salmon (Salmo salar) catches in the Elbe catchment since the 16th century according to historical sources and recent catch data

Description: Until the middle of the 20th century, the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) was an important migratory fish species in the Elbe River. Its decline and disappearance from the river and its tributaries during the last century can be seen as an indication of changes in the river habitat. Here we provide a georeferenced database on historical and recent Atlantic salmon catches in the Elbe River and its tributaries created by a literature review. The database consists of documented catches from secondary sources between 1432 and 2021 and also includes information about spatio-temporal inaccuracies.

Global identifier: 

Doi(
    "10.1594/PANGAEA.974369",
)

Types: 
DataMeasurements(
    DataMeasurements {
        domain: Unspecified,
        station: None,
        measured_variables: [
            "Abundance",
            "Catch",
            "Comment",
            "Data source",
            "Data type",
            "Event label",
            "Identification",
            "LATITUDE",
            "LONGITUDE",
            "Location",
            "Reference/source",
            "River",
            "Type",
            "Year of observation",
        ],
        methods: [
            "From literature",
        ],
    },
)

Tags: Atlantischer Lachs ? Lachs ? Fluss ? Lebensraumverlust ? Wanderfisch ? Elbe ? Geografische Koordinaten ? Gewässertyp ? Literaturauswertung ? Daten ? Datenbank ? Catch data ? Historical Ecology ? habitat ranges ? historical records ? written sources ?

Region: Belgern Landkreis Sächsische Schweiz Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport Altengamme Altenwerder Bad Liebenwerda Bad Schandau Eider Kanal Flöha Furth im Wald Großkoschen Harburg Hinterjessen Hohenfichte Forst Hohnstein Hoyerswerda Kaditz Kirchwerder Kroppen Lichtenwalde Lunzenau Naschhausen Nepperwitz Niederwartha Oberspaar Ortrand Penig Polenz Rochlitz Rochsburg Rottwerndorf Saxony-Anhalt Schönborn-Dreiwerden Schwin Brod Sebnitz Thuringia Stadtforst Torgau Wechselburg Weesenstein Wittichenau Zollenspieker Zahna-Elster, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Wolkenburg, Saxony, Germany Wittenberge, Brandenburg, Germany Weimar, Thuringia, Germany Susice, Czechia Strehla, Saxony, Germany Saxon Switzerland, Germany Remse, Saxony, Germany Rehbock, Meißen, Saxony, Germany Raguhn, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Prag, Czechia Porschdorf, Saxony, Germany Neularch, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany Muehlberg/Elbe, Brandenburg, Germany Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Saxony Anhalt, Germany Litomerice, Czechia Lindenau, Brandenburg, Germany Lenora, Czechia Lauenbruch, Hamburg, Germany Lachsbach, Saxony, Germany Kindisch, Elstra, Saxony, Germany Hrensko, Czechia Hradec Kralove, Czechia Hostinne, Czechia Horazdovice, Czechia Hoopte, Lower Saxony, Germany Hohnstorf, Lower Saxony, Germany Hof, Bavaria, Germany Hamburg, Germany Hahnoeversand, Jork, Lower Saxony, Germany Goersdorf, Brandenburg, Germany Fliegenberg, Lower Saxony, Germany Erdmannsdorf, Saxony, Germany Crossen an der Elster, Thuringia, Germany Cranz, Hamburg, Germany Coswig, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Colditz, Saxony, Germany Cesky Krumlov, Czechia Camburg, Thuringia, Germany Bullenhausen, Lower Saxony, Germany Borstel, Jork, Lower Saxony, Germany Bernburg (Saale), Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Berlin, Germany

Bounding boxes: 9.68969339492041° .. 16.2135958° x 48.6154234° .. 53.550341° 12.73333° .. 12.73333° x 54.41667° .. 54.41667° 10.88333° .. 10.88333° x 54.35° .. 54.35°

License: Creative Commons Namensnennung 4.0

Language: Englisch/English

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Issued: 2025-10-01

Modified: 2025-10-01

Last harvest: 01.06.2026 01:56

Time ranges: 1432-01-01 - 2021-01-01

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