Temporal and spatial responses of British Columbia steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) populations to ocean climate shifts

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-32

  Welch, D W ^a   Ward, B R ^b   Smith, B D ^c   Eveson, J P ^a  

^a PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bakun index; Coho; Ocean climate; Regime shift; Salmon; Steelhead; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

FISHERY OCEANOGRAPHY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECRUITMENT; SALMONID; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CANADA;

ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS;

EID: 0034014026     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2419.2000.00119.x     Document Type: Article

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