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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.

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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: Kirchwerder Landweg Torgau Belgern-Schildau Hoyerswerda Wittenberge Lippersdorf-Erdmannsdorf Landkreis Sächsische Schweiz Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport Flöha Altengamme Altenwerder Bad Liebenwerda Forst Bad Schandau Forst Colditz Eider Kanal Furth im Wald Großkoschen Harburg Hinterjessen Kaditz Kroppen Lichtenwalde Lunzenau Naschhausen Nepperwitz Lower Saxony Oberspaar Ortrand Penig Polenz Rochsburg Rottwerndorf Saxony-Anhalt Schönborn-Dreiwerden Schwin Brod Sebnitz Thuringia Wechselburg Weesenstein Wittichenau Zollenspieker Zwickau, Saxony, Germany Zahna-Elster, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Wolkenburg, Saxony, Germany Wesenitzquelle, Saxony, Germany Weißenfels, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Weimar, Thuringia, Germany Wehlen, Saxony, Germany Wallwitzhafen, Dessau, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Waldenburg, Saxony, Germany Tangermuende, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Susice, Czechia Strehla, Saxony, Germany Soernewitz, Saxony, Germany Saxony, Germany Saxon Switzerland, Germany Sachsenburg, Saxony, Germany Rochlitz, Saxony, Germany Riesa, Saxony, Germany Remse, Saxony, Germany Rehbock, Meißen, Saxony, Germany Raguhn, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Radebeul, Saxony, Germany Praschwitz, Pirna, Saxony, Germany Prag, Czechia Porschdorf, Saxony, Germany Pirna, Saxony, Germany Niederwartha,Saxony, Germany Neularch, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany Neudoerfchen-Mittweida, Saxony, Germany Muehlberg/Elbe, Brandenburg, Germany Mittweida, Saxony, Germany Merseburg, Saxony Anhalt, Germany Meißen, Saxony, Germany Magdeburg, Saxony Anhalt, Germany Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Saxony Anhalt, Germany Loeßnitz, Saxony, Germany Litomerice, Czechia Lindenau, Brandenburg, Germany Lenora, Czechia Lauenbruch, Hamburg, Germany Lachsbach, Saxony, Germany Kindisch, Elstra, Saxony, Germany Kahla, Thuringia, Germany Jonitz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Jessnitz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Hrensko, Czechia Hradec Kralove, Czechia Hostinne, Czechia Horazdovice, Czechia Hoopte, Lower Saxony, Germany Hohnstorf, Lower Saxony, Germany Hohnstein, Saxony, Germany Hohenwarthe,Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Hohenfichte, Saxony, Germany Hof, Bavaria, Germany Heidenau, Saxony, Germany Hamburg, Germany Hahnoeversand, Jork, Lower Saxony, Germany Goersdorf, Brandenburg, Germany Fliegenberg, Lower Saxony, Germany Dresden, Saxony, Germany Dessau, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Crossen an der Elster, Thuringia, Germany Cranz, Hamburg, Germany Coswig, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany Cesky Krumlov, Czechia Camburg, Thuringia, Germany Bullenhausen, Lower Saxony, Germany Borstel, Jork, Lower Saxony, Germany Bernburg (Saale), Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Berlin, Germany Bad Koesen, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Bounding boxes: 9.68969339492041° .. 16.2135958° x 48.6154234° .. 53.550341° 10.88333° .. 10.88333° x 54.35° .. 54.35° 9.16667° .. 9.16667° x 52.83333° .. 52.83333° 12.73333° .. 12.73333° x 54.41667° .. 54.41667°

License: Creative Commons Namensnennung 4.0

Language: Englisch/English

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Issued: 2025-10-01

Modified: 2025-10-01

Last harvest: 19.06.2026 03:02

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

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