Production of Fraser River sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) in relation to decadal-scale changes in the climate and the ocean

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 543-554

  Beamish, Richard J ^a   Neville, Chrys Ellen M ^a   Cass, Alan J ^a  

^a PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATIC CHANGE; FISHERY OCEANOGRAPHY; PRODUCTIVITY; SOCKEYE SALMON;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, FRASER RIVER; PACIFIC;

ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS NERKA; PISCES;

EID: 0030617920     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-54-3-543     Document Type: Article

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