Relative importance of salmon body size and arrival time at breeding grounds to reproductive success

Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 347-352

  Dickerson, B R ^a,d   Brinck, K W ^a   Willson, M F ^b   Bentzen, P ^c   Quinn, T P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Quantit Ecol and Rsrc Management ^*  (United States)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult progeny; Body size; Breeding timing; DNA microsatellites; Oncorhynchus gorbuscha; Parentage analysis; Reproductive success; Southeast alaska; Spawning grounds; Wild pink salmon

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL DATE; BODY SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SALMONID; SPAWNING GROUND;

ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA;

EID: 14844362157     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-625     Document Type: Article

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