Chemical alarm signals and complex hatchery rearing habitats affect antipredator behavior and survival of chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) juveniles

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 830-838

  Berejikian, Barry A ^a   Smith, R Jan F ^b   Tezak, E Paul ^a   Schroder, Steven L ^c   Knudsen, Curtis M ^c  

^a ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CHEMICAL CUE; SALMONID CULTURE; SURVIVAL;

ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKI; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; XIPHOPHORUS HELLERI;

EID: 0032782170     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f99-010     Document Type: Article

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