A framework for understanding Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) life history

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue SUPPL.1, 1998, Pages 48-58

  Marschall, Elizabeth A ^a   Quinn, Thomas P ^b   Roff, Derek A ^c   Hutchings, Jeffrey A ^d   Metcalfe, Neil B ^e   Bakke, Tor A ^f   Saunders, Richard L ^g   Poff, N LeRoy ^h  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^g ST ANDREWS BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

^h Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; LIFE HISTORY;

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 0032412477     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-55-s1-48     Document Type: Conference Paper

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