Sockeye Salmon Overescapement (Kenai River Component)

Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Restoration Project Final Report

Volumn , Issue REPORT 96258A-1, 2003, Pages

  Edmundson, J A ^a   Willette, T M ^a   Edmundson, J M ^a   Schmidt, D C ^a   Carlson, S R ^a   Bue, B G ^a   Tarbox, K E ^a  

^a ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Brood interaction; Copepods; Escapement; Euphotic zone depth; Fry; Glacial lakes; Kenai River; Oncorhynchus nerka; Planktivory; Recruitment; Sockeye salmon; Turbidity; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346962501     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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