Assessment of High Rates of Precocious Male Maturation in a Spring Chinook Salmon Supplementation Hatchery Program

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 98-120

  Larsen, Donald A ^a   Beckman, Brian R ^a   Cooper, Kathleen A ^b   Barrett, Dan ^c   Johnston, Mark ^d   Swanson, Penny ^a   Dickhoff, Walton W ^a,b  

^a NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Cle Elum Supplementation Res Facil   (United States)

^d Yakama Nation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HATCHERY; MALE; MATURATION; SALMONID FISHERY; STOCK ENHANCEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; YAKIMA RIVER;

ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; SALMONIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0842285637     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T03-031     Document Type: Article

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