Assessing the northern diversion of sockeye salmon returning to the Fraser River, BC

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 104-114

  McKinnell, Skip ^a   Freeland, Howard J ^b   Groulx, Sarah D ^c  

^a PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fraser River; Migration; Sea surface temperature; Sockeye salmon

Indexed keywords

DIADROMY; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; PREDICTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

CANADA;

ONCORHYNCHUS NERKA;

EID: 0345161682     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2419.1999.00098.x     Document Type: Article

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