Sand seals in coho salmon redds: Do they improve egg survival?

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 105-121

  Meyer, Carolyn B ^a   Sparkman, Michael D ^b   Klatte, Bernard A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^c US Army Corps of Engineers   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EGG; NEST SITE; SALMONID; SAND; SEDIMENTATION; SURVIVAL;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ONCORHYNCHUS KISUTCH; PHOCIDAE; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 15944385345     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M03-217.1     Document Type: Article

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