Behavior of adult chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) in British Columbia coastal waters determined from ultrasonic telemetry

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1161-1169

  Candy, John R ^a   Quinn, Thomas P ^b  

^a PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATERS; DIVING BEHAVIOR; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; SALMONID; TELEMETRY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; JOHNSTONE STRAIT;

ONCORHYNCHUS NERKA; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0033304769     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjz-77-7-1161     Document Type: Article

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