Swimming patterns and behaviour of upriver-migrating adult pink (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) and sockeye (O. nerka) salmon as assessed by EMG telemetry in the Fraser River, British Columbia, Canada

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 483, Issue , 2002, Pages 147-160

  Hinch, Scott G ^a   Standen, Emily M ^a   Healey, Michael C ^a   Farrell, Anthony P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Burst swimming; Electromyogram telemetry; Migration; River hydraulics; Swimming strategies

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HYDRAULICS; RIVERS; TELEMETERING;

SPAWNING MIGRATIONS;

FISHERIES;

HYDRAULICS; MIGRATORY SPECIES; RIVER FLOW; SALMONID; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; TELEMETRY;

CANADA;

ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA; ONCORHYNCHUS NERKA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0036767734     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021327511881     Document Type: Conference Paper

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