Does mortality select size or growth potential in young sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) A simulation based on otolith - Fish size relationships

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1674-1681

  Meekan, M G ^a   Ryan, D A J ^a   Dodson, J J ^b   Good, S P ^b,c  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c Agency of Natural Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH; JUVENILE; MORTALITY; POPULATION MODELING; SIZE EFFECT;

ONCORHYNCHUS NERKA;

EID: 0031772734     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f98-046     Document Type: Article

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