The influence of habitat complexity and fish size on over-winter survival and growth of individually marked juvenile coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) in Big Beef Creek, Washington

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1555-1564

  Quinn, Thomas P ^a   Phil Peterson, N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Simpson Timber Company   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ONCORHYNCHUS KISUTCH;

BODY SIZE; COHO SALMON; HABITAT COMPLEXITY; OVERWINTERING;

USA, WASHINGTON, BIG BEEF CREEK; USA, WASHINGTON, WILLIAM SYMINGTON LAKE;

EID: 0030303512     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-53-7-1555     Document Type: Article

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