Egg burial depth by sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka): Implications for survival of embryos and natural selection on female body size

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 836-841

  Steen, Ryan P ^a   Quinn, Thomas P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DEPTH; DISTURBANCE; EMBRYO; OVIPOSITION; SALMONID; SURVIVAL;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS NERKA; SALMONIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033306415     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z99-020     Document Type: Article

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