Acknowledgments
The indicators for national use in Sweden were elaborated in a
science-management joint effort supported by the Swedish Agency for
Marine and Water Management (SwAM). We are grateful to Kerstin
Johannesson at Gothenburg University and to Maria Jansson and Anna
Hasslow who initiated (AH, MJ) and lead (MJ) the effort at SwAM. We also
thank Elisabeth Sahlsten, Gry Sagebakken, Fredrik Ljunghager, Kristina
Samuelsson, Norbert Häubner, Ulrika Stensdotter Blomberg and several
other managers at SwAM for valuable discussions and suggestions. We
thank Maria de la Paz Celorio Mancera and Diana Posledovich for
laboratory assistance. We thank Ida Pernille Øystese Andersskog, Hege
Brandsegg, Line Birkeland Eriksen, and Merethe Hagen Spets at the
genetic laboratory at NINA for SNP-genotyping. Diana Posledovich is also
acknowledged for help with illustrations as is Jerker Lokrantz and Elsa
Wikander at Azote (Figure 2), and Rolf Gustavsson for analytical
discussions. We are grateful for extensive help with sample collection
and thank the following for field work assistance: Kurt Morin, Fredrik
Andersson, Kristoffer Andersson, Olle Eriksson, Thomas Giegold, Rolf
Gustafsson, Sara Kurland, Diana Posledovich, Gunnar Ståhl, Karin
Tahvanainen, Jan Oscarsson and Sportfiskeklubben D30, Randi
Olofsson-Lund and Håkan Lund (Almdalen Fjällgård), Tina Hedlund
(Aquanord AB), the Sámi communities Jijnjevaerie, Voernese, Ohredahke,
and Raedtievaerie, Sven Ringvall, Nils Hallberg, and Jan-Olof Andersson
at Jämtland Läns Sportfiskeklubb, Jens Andersson, Ingemar Näslund,
Mattias Lindell, and the County Administrative Board of Jämtland. We
acknowledge support from the Swedish Research Council Formas (L.L.), the
Swedish Research Council (L.L., N.R.) the Swedish Agency for Marine and
Water Management (L.L.), the Carl Trygger Foundation (L.L.), and the
Erik Philip-Sörensen Foundation (L.L.).