Trends in wild adult steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) abundance for snowmelt-driven watersheds of British Columbia in relation to freshwater discharge

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 285-297

  Smith, Barry D ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENT; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; RAIN; SEA; SEASONALITY; SURVIVAL; WILD RELATIVE;

ABUNDANCE; CORRELATION; RIVER DISCHARGE; SALMONID; TREND ANALYSIS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS;

EID: 0034065726     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f99-255     Document Type: Article

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